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Originally Posted by Coevus

The adding of many forms and power-ups keeps new episodes fresh by adding more elements to the fights.

This, along with the post under it about collectibles. A large part of what drew me to Kamen Rider was the combination of mature story telling (depending on the show...) and really toyetic designs. I don't know of any other superhero franchise that really offers that.

Others:
-Kamen Rider Heart looks great. Maybe not the best execution of the idea, but the haphazard mixing of monster and the lead's final form is a cool idea, and I love how he manages to look both imposing and ridiculous at the same time.

-Also gonna join the Decade love train. I wish the story had been better, but it's so much fun, and it's such a unique idea for a crossover- rather than honoring the past heroes, it's about destroying them (even if it takes a while to get there). That's crazy awesome and I wish they'd committed to it more.

-Also with Decade, complaining about the AR world idea is silly, it would be impossible for them to get all the actors back, and it allows them to celebrate the series by experimenting with a different take on them.

-The Super Hero Taisen movies are just mindless fun and action, and they don't need to be anything more.

-Kamen Rider Taisen gets a way worse rap than it deserves. Don't get me wrong, the ending is phenomenally, brain-shatteringly, apocalyptically stupid, but the movie is really solid up until that, especially for a Taisen movie. I honestly think if the movie just ended right before that, it would be much more well-liked.

-With some exceptions (Sports Genmu and Safari Brave), Ex-Aid's suits are fantastic. I can see why you wouldn't like them if you aren't a fan of the over-the-top 90's aesthetic, but the suits really commit to that aesthetic, and I think that commitment helps make it work.

-Onari wasn't nearly as bad as Takeru himself was. I agree with parts of Fish's post (and I'm glad you were able to enjoy it, by the way!), but I personally feel like the message of "life is beautiful, let your life burn bright" falls flat when the character always preaching it has no personality. What's the point in letting your life burn bright if you don't have anything unique about you or anything that makes you flawed, you know? Just my opinion.

-Not so much a Rider thing as a translation thing, but I like when subbers take a little bit of liberties to make things a little more "Americanized" in their subs, especially in a show like Ex-Aid or Drive where the aesthetic has some notable American influences. There are limits though, Ryoma Warring isn't such a bad translation, but Ornac is awful.

EDIT: Also, G deserves to be canon.