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Originally Posted by kamen rider bara

It's 11 episodes in and literally, nothing has happened. We don't anything about the Time Jackers or Woz(who also feel the same and just feel like plot devices to make monsters) Sougo, Geiz and Tsukuyomi feel exactly the same as they did from the start and show no growth. Oma Zi-O storyline hasn't been revisited at all and it's just so bland. As an anniversary series, I'm not impressed so far. The cameos are done at expense of the story telling

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Originally Posted by HattoriHanzoIII

Other Kamen Rider seasons started slow too. I hated Gaim until they stopped doing the dumb dance off competitions and watched almost 30 episodes of Kabuto before it got better. I'm not expecting too much from zi-o as I have low expectations for it. Erasing history of the rider after defeating the another rider is dumb. Why are they even making the Kamen Rider Build: A New World story if everyone in Build loses their powers?

speak for drive or even recent sentai aside from kyuranger. it's not as bad as ghost because of all the fan services. there's just no thril or enthusiasm/passion in the story arcs aside from nodding cameos, Easter eggs, and as well as replicating the tone of the original series. The opening and the apocalypse prologue made the series intriguing. However, the end result is lacking like Ahs.
Absolute no tension at all. The female lead this time looks like she can serious be very capable and helpful, but she get sidelined as kind of a damsel. I have a hard time believing a last guy like zio can defeat Geiz multiple times with ease despite never being athletic at all. Geiz is suppose to be some post apocalyptic war soldier, but he get bested by Zio in brain and skill every week. I guess the twist is zio isn't "human" human. The another riders are pathetically weak. It's the same boring and predictable formula. So far, I can say 1-14 will be replicating the tone and referring to the original rider series they're paying tribute for the week. The fights are limited by merchandises being shoehorned in it like extra ride watches for no reason such as the secondary ones, extra forms, and Dan.

It's like they made the ,5 episodes to justify the reality or their laziness and factors that ruin zio in a very comedic and meta way. Having the toku alumni returns so casually without being thenselves are bad fan services even if they pay attention to details to make the riders losing their powers and memories wearing the same clothes on the same set as when their series was still airing.

I get they don't want to rehash decade fully, so instead of being a destroyer, zio just "steal" their power and memories making him the sole rider. I'm more intrigued about how Q2 will shake things up. It might be a pity that the collectible might be render useless. I have a feeling Ohma Zio might go Thanos. Geiz might have stolen some ride watches from him and the time jackers might cause him to lose his watches in the future, so he probably will be a early mid season threat if they're not saving him for the end like Lupin. I don't see him being the actual main villain since toku always change the storyline to be lighter at the last minute with cop out plot armor without repercussion or redemption nowadays. I'm eager to see a backstory for the new future riders(possible neo-fruit riders like) even if their designs are too bland and knock off Ghost like. Oh, I forgot the time jackers existed as the true villains.

Kabuto like Hibiki and maybe Blade, some actually prefer the first half of the series before other writers kicks in and focus in making the hell bro trios the joke. They even ran out of budget for clock up and the finale. Kabuto is not getting much love nowadays despite being the 35th anniversary series with very subtle references and tributes. However, along with W, Deno, Kuuga, and maybe kiva/drive, the series really launch their career and they capitalizing on it.mlclb
Kind of feel the inner joke about faiz actor got nothing better to do from the .5 web or net episodes. He looked kind of gastly like someone on med during Gaim movies.