[EpsilonX]

I really loved Ghost. Maybe it's because I haven't seen too many Kamen Rider series, but every single Tokusatsu series has an area where it could improve, and most of them are simply due to the nature of the series. I thought the suit designs were great, Takeru was easy to put myself in his shoes, and I enjoyed the rest of the cast as well. Onari is often criticized for being annoying, but I thought he was funny. In fact, most of my friends that I've shown Ghost to all really enjoy Onari.

The collectible gimmick in Ghost is probably my favorite, as well. The entire first 10 episodes were exciting - Takeru was basically on a quest to gather the dragon balls! The big difference is each one that he collects gives him new powers. It was an exciting race against time trying to collect everything, and Specter raised the stakes even higher. Now, I admit that after the first wish, the series slowed down like crazy, but once it started focusing on Alain's struggle it picked right back up. Which brings me to Alain - I think he's my favorite character I've seen in Kamen Rider so far. His motivations and struggles are all very believable to me, and the takoyaki thing was a funny little quirk that I could latch onto.

I watch Kamen Rider for action, cool suits, and just fun characters. Somebody tried convincing me that tokusatsu isn't good if it isn't a feels trip, and I said no. I want good action, cool suits, and fun characters - all three of which Ghost has. It's not perfect - the pacing is really weird and Specter becomes kind of boring for most of the middle of the series, but those are things that I can forgive. If those things bothered me, I wouldn't be able to watch the vast majority of tokusatsu. So much of it has characters I find boring, and weird pacing issues. Especially Super Sentai. None of it seems to want to go too deep into plot developments, character studies, or a number of other things. They just keep it simple enough for children to understand and enjoy. Which is fine, but I honestly think people forget that sometimes when they criticize a show like Ghost.

Note: I just kind of puked out ideas onto this post, so if anything is inconsistent or whatnot, I apologize. Don't read too much into it.