[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I think your real problem here is simply that you didn't find the stories the show was telling very interesting

Not true actually. I mean yeah the main plot was garbage, that's not up for debate, but I did enjoy the weekly plots a lot, mostly because I like Wizard's silly gang. I don't find them to be as annoying as most people around here do.

I can remember a lot of those little plots, and that's saying something since I watched Wizard once like two and a half years ago.

The problem for me was when we got to see the Phantoms plotting stuff, because I knew it was all a waste since these useless idiots would never accomplish anything. Same when the whole "trying to make the Gate despair"-thing started, I knew they would fall for it, but it wouldn’t happen.

There were simply too many recurring elements wasted on something we, the audience, knew would never happen. That's what bored me.

I don’t question a Rider winning against the odds in almost every circumstance, but other shows don’t waste so much time with useless crap to set this stuff up. Like, OOO has a very similar setup with the Yummies who are able to possess or feed off of people’s energy, but for one it wasn’t always the case, different Yummies form different Greeed acted differently, and if it did happen there was no set form every single one had to go through.

With Wizard it was always: A short moment where the Gate is noticed by the bad guys, then a scene with Medusa and/or Phoenix talking about pointless stuff which then results in one of them introducing this week’s Phantom, then they brief it, then it goes after the Gate, fails, retreats, Wizard & co. take the Gate in, Phantom tries again, gets the Gate to the point of absolute despair, Wizard shows up and saves the day.

That’s what I hated, this exact formula repeating itself over and over and over again. With some small alterations here and there to be fair, but it was still so obvious that I couldn’t help but noticing it every time it happened. Other Rider shows have similar setups, no question about that, but with Wizard I noticed it in a negative way rather quickly and that bothered me.