[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

-What does the hero do when they're not Kamen Ridering? This is the same problem I had with Wizard, another show I mostly didn't enjoy. (Rinko and Beast can stay, everyone else can go.) Takeru and Haruto are superheroes, but... what else? Takeru mostly sits around unless acted on by the plot. Which means, like Wizard, this is a show that has a tough time generating plots in interesting ways. It's mostly them sitting around until the villains act, then going to stop them, repeat for 10 episodes. Ex-Aid could generate a plot/sympathy through doctoring, Drive through crime-stopping, W through slightly-sloppier-crime-stopping, OOO through Ankh being a tremendous asshole, etc. Wizard and Ghost just sit around until evil happens, but at least Wizard had his goddamn donut. Ghost doesn't even have a donut! Beyond the lack of a b-plot to generate story, it also makes the hero feel one-dimensional. What does he want, besides Not Dying and Also Maybe Other People Shouldn't Die? Does he want to see the world, make friends, something? Takeru doesn't seem like he wants to do anything other than weakly insist that he wants to be a hero. That's not going to put food on the temple's table, kid! At least your dad chopped wood for a fire! You just sit in the basement all day!

Late to the party, but let's do it!

So, it's actually right that Kamen Rider cannot be all about Riders and monsters (as I think)! Despite obviously the "abnormal" things like Riders, monsters, or bizzare world being the interesting part of KRs. To me Tokusatsu isn’t about the suits or fighting, it’s about the people, the characters, the stories, instead of people fighting in silly colorful costumes, Which is the actual reason I follow KR, because for a toku mostly it has a proper plot.

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With no space to tell a story, you get dialogue that's perfunctory and baffling, powers that barely get utilized, and villains that are bland.

Powers that barely get utilized isn't Ghost's exclusive problem. Actually, most of the KR series to me tbh (esp. Neo-Heisei with many powers and abilities). Mostly those powers would never be used fully (only like 20% perhaps). Like Fourze Cosmic States or Drive Type Tridoron for example.

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-Onari and Akari are incredibly annoying. No screencaps, just *gestures at the first 23 episodes of Kamen Rider Ghost*.

Can you elaborate on those 2? Even if Ghost is my least favorite season, I'd think Akari is one of the better part of the show. I'd admit she's annoying af in the first part of the series tho, with how insane her denial to the surrounding is. It's like a denial atheist but with blatant evidence around you. Onari is still better than most of the other side characters IMO even if he doesn't contribute really much (one notable contribution of him is redeeming Javel).