[Enchilada645]

Yeah to be honest, I'd try to just cancel out all the negativity about a show and just dive in and let myself decide whether it's good or not. Problem about the internet is the big opinions of people can sometimes get overwhelming and that definitely effects the viewing pleasure of a show.

It's why I normally try and reset myself whenever watching a new Rider because it's a new year and it shouldn't be compared to others. Which is why I sigh when Gaim gets brought up to compare to the most recent Rider series because I thought we moved past that after Drive.

Though speaking of Ghost I have to say... I actually liked Akari as a character more than say Kiriko from Drive? Kiriko was cool don't get me wrong but it felt like Akari did more and her actions felt more meaningful since she was a childhood friend of Takeru's, and everything she does is fueled by her passion to make sure her best friend comes back to life. Like Akari did a lot of stuff which wasn't fighting related, and a lot of her involvement really helped the cast pull through when they needed it. That being said I'm a bit meh on the rest that aren't the three main Riders.

Takeru... honestly I never got the big deal about Takeru being bad, but then again I'm a guy who puts up with Sora from Kingdom Hearts so Takeru isn't really that bad in terms of his character.