[ShyGuy]

I fell out of watching KR during Ghost, but Ex-Aid brought me back big time a few months ago. I also decided to go through and watch all of the Heisei KR series in order as well, just finished Kuuga this morning. Overall I have mixed feelings on it.

On the plus side, I really enjoyed Godai as a protagonist. Sure his personality is kind of one-note, but when that one note is just being a really likable and nice guy, it works for me. Godai really embodied to me what it means to be a hero, in ways other than beating up monsters.

I liked the supporting cast as well, Ichijou in particular. He had a good dynamic with Godai and their interactions were always enjoyable to watch. It was also nice to see a non-Rider getting to see so much action, and be so effective at it.

The main problem I had with the show is that the pacing dragged, and the actual plot just wasn't that interesting. The story moved very slowly, with very little happening. Almost the whole show was just the same thing over and over: new Gurongi shows up, they try to find its methods to pin it down, then Godai beats it. It was more or less a monster-of-the-week format, which I don't generally like anyway, but was held back even more in this case since there was hardly any plot development alongside it to keep things interesting up until the very end. I also thought the Gurongi were boring villains for the most part.

Ultimately, I'd say Kuuga is a show with a great main Rider and supporting cast held back by a dull plot and poor pacing.