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Originally Posted by IndigoArms

Maybe not so, but it's a sign of a good show if you're drawn in straight away. Even I know the first 10 or so episodes are supposed to establish the world we're in and have a feel for the characters while planting seeds for the plot ahead. But if people are not enjoying it, then it's their choice to not like it and not watch it or have problems with it. Some people aren't going to wait for a show to find it's footing if they're not invested in it.

It's one sign of a good show, but not the be all and end all. For example, look at Star Trek TNG. The first series of that show is awful, and the second isn't much better. But then it becomes one of the most beloved shows ever starting with Series 3.

In Tokusatsu, we can contrast with something like Nininger. People really liked the first quarter of that show, but by the end, it was detested (rightfully so, imo, but whatever.) So to go "The first 10 episodes of this 50 episode show suck, therefore the whole show will be a mess and needs a complete rewrite is a little bit of a fallacy. Yes, it's fair to say there are ways to first arc could be rewritten, but would it really be much better? With the need to fit the ridewatch selling, the past rider cameos, and character development on top of that, especially when people are still on a high from Build and Ex-Aid.

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Originally Posted by SengalBoy

I think I need to watch Den-O again, but I remembered not being too confused with the time travel stuff, and was actually felt amazed with it especially during the build up the summer movie where Ryotaro mysteriously vanishes and such.

The difference with Den-O is that Den-O really isn't a show about time travel. It has time travel in it, sure, but they never dive too deeply into it. For 80% of the series, the only use is "The Imagin dives ten years ago and we get to see the problem of the Side Character of the Week". Ore Tanjou is an exception, but you can easily raise questions about that too. Of course, for the final 20%, we get stuff like the difference between Sakurai and Yuuto (Big confuse) and whatever Kai's plan with the Junction Point is. Whereas Zi-O has time travel play a big part in the weekly plots, and that makes people try to overthink it more.