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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

It also didn'thelp matters that Shunpei was hands down the worst sidekick for any Kamen Rider.

I know you've barely seen Ghost but I think Onari gives him some competition. He's more helpful but more annoying, so it kind of balances out.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Personally, I really like the show Wizard wanted to be. I think the villain's plot is actually very interesting and does a good job of justifying his actions throughout the show. Unfortunately, the execution was incredibly lacking. The show was deeply formulaic, poorly paced, and deeply hamstrung by Koyomi's actress being largely unavailable.

Koyomi being out of the spotlight so much really was a crippling issue though. I don't know why they didn't just get someone else to play her at that point.

I've always felt Wizard's snail-like pacing was a very deliberate move but I totally understand how it rubbed people the wrong way, given that it was still trying to have an overarching plot, even as it was relegated to a background element most of the time.

I actually still remember a lot of people at the time expecting something a little more old-school and/or dark after hearing the premise and I guess at that point it was hard not to be disappointed by the show we got. The initial reaction was still pretty positive as I recall and since I lost interest in posting here about 10 episodes in it was a MAJOR shock to the system when I came back as Gaim was starting and discovered it'd become Kamen Rider's own Goseiger in the meantime.

I think it suffers most from being the perfect level of average not to inspire very strong feelings one way or the other (unless you're, you know, me). Faiz may be a melodramatic mess but it had some really unique concepts and themes behind it. Wizard is mostly just a bunch of decent ideas executed decently.

I guess. Obviously my personal feelings are a lot different but that's my objective(ish) assessment.