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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

I might as well come out and say that I think Agito is complete garbage. It was agony to even finish. I can find something to like in most other KR seasons I am not very fond of, but there is literally nothing I like about Agito. My opinion is lowered even further by basically being a bad Kuuga in my eyes.

Kinda gotta agree here. I don't outright hate it, but man it was boring. It felt kind of emotionally shallow, like the uncanny valley of scriptwriting. Not for any particular reason I can point out, but that's the best description I can come up with.
The monsters are a whole lot of nothing, the monster of the week plots were extremely uninteresting compared to Kuuga's, the final villain felt like a pointlessly vague abstraction... and Jesus the belt is boring, which is a bigger factor for me than it has any right to be.

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While I'm here, since lists are fun, especially with comments...

1. Kabuto - Not gonna say it's a good show, and the last third was pretty lackluster, but it's one of the rare few shows I genuinely enjoyed throughout without having to take a step back and examine its merits to appreciate it in a cerebral way, instead of emotional.
Dunno why, really. Maybe it was the timing since I downloaded it at Starbucks and watched it at home during a month where I couldn't get internet.
2. Den-O - Maybe it's my ever-decaying memory for series as my watchings fade into the past that's making me say this, but even though I haven't finished it quite yet I really do like the characters in a stronger way than usual. Only thing that really bugs me is the asspull ways the new forms appear.
3. W - Can't say anything super passionate about it, but I liked the characters, plot, and gimmick. You might notice this is point is where I have to weigh pros and cons instead of following my heart. Frankly, I like most series I've seen so far equally, exceptions being the top two and bottom three.
4. Blade - Really awesome ending and characters who are likable in a more serious way than in almost anything Neo-Heisei. Not that Neo-Heisei is inferior or anything, it just has to do with the "lighter and softer" nature of it.
5. Gaim - Badass designs and gimmick, and generally good except for the ending which just kinda feels like an abrupt copout.
6. Drive - Great characters, great villains, great character arcs, and I for one like pretty much all the designs except of course the cheap kitbash-y ones.
7. OOO - Mostly the same points as Drive but not quite as good. Belt is really fun, too.
8. Fourze - I feel obligated to like this more since it gets so much praise, but I'm not a terribly big fan of Fourze. I definitely enjoyed it and liked the characters and everything, but not quite on the level of, say, OOO or W.
9. Kuuga - Kuuga was fun for me since it was my first early Heisei Rider and it was so different. It feels more personal than a lot of shows, in a way.
10. EDIT: Decade! Totally forgot about Decade. It is pretty forgettable. Probably shouldn't put it this high, but I'm weirdly nostalgic about it since it was the first series I finished, unfortunately.
11. Agito - See above. It's definitely better than my bottom two, but contrasting with Kuuga it feels more detached and sorta slow and melancholy. Like if Airi from Den-O was a show.
12. Wizard - Can't say anything people haven't said before, except I also don't like the gimmick, and as a result I can't appreciate the suit design very well.
13. Ghost - Sorry, but as I've said in the past, it just feels very soulless to me, like it's just slogging through its plot. On top of the flaws people always point out.

I also like Amazons but it's hard to place since the ending is so drastic, the tone so wildly different from other shows, and since there's going to be a second season.