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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I feel like I'm being mean to Ryusei and I don't 100% know why. I thought he was a good Rider! Fourze's a good show!

I think I know what you're feeling here. Or at least something similar. A huge amount of secondary Riders for me fall into this weird category where I really appreciate what they add to the show, and yet I don't find myself actively caring about them as much as I do the leads... right up until I'm given cause to think about, at which point I question why I don't like them more when they're obviously so awesome.

Ryuusei, I mean, that's not even a hard one. He was in Fourze, which basically by itself means I love him. He's got the whole secret identity thing going on, which led to the memorable little twist of him transforming away from the battle, and then showing up, you know, like a meteor, which was a unique spin. Tomoko was my favorite member of the KRC before the show even premiered, so I mean, if she likes him, I'm practically obligated to agree. The fact that he actually did end up murdering Gentarou with a one-inch punch was one of the most shocking and memorable bits in the series, because I think nobody was really expecting things to get pushed that far, and I think that episode might've been directed by Sakamoto if I'm remembering right, which would make it even better, and if I'm also remembering right, that plot beat happened after he had warmed up to the Club, making it way more dramatically interesting for his character than if he was still the same stubborn jerk, where you'd only care about it from Gentarou's perspective. And-

See, Meteor's not even necessarily one of my absolute favorites, and I can barely stop myself from going on about him once you ask me to think about it. I didn't even mention the cool design, or the amazing sounds all his gear makes (Okay!), or his overly dramatic catchphrase that gets an obvious but heartwarming twist in the finale, or-

Argh! You know, the whole point I was actually trying to get around to here is that there are secondary Riders I always took for granted. There are some, like Date from OOO, who's a huge fan favorite, who I'm personally not really that passionate about at all, who are still great, and who I could easily list off dozens of things I like about them. Heck, I'm a huge fan of Ghost, and I went through a period of not caring about Specter wlll that much that lasted from after he stopped being an antagonist to right up until after the show ended, when I started looking back through aol the episodes to make my huge thread and realized Makoto is actually a total legend constantly doing awesome things the entire show.

Secondary Riders are great, is the point. It'd probably be harder to find one who doesn't have something going for them.