[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I think that's the best thing going for the Rider (and I guess, Sentai) franchise: one year and they move on. As someone who's been a fan of American superhero stories for decades, the fact that these Japanese ones end and move on... like, that is why I spend my work hours reading American superhero comics, and my free time watching Japanese superhero shows. They get to tell a whole story in one year. I love so many of the Rider shows, but I'd definitely be a little skeptical of, like, Build season 2. (Honestly, even when the series get a raft of follow-up films that are really fun, like Ex-Aid and Build, part of me whispers "Just leave it alone.")

I was literally just about to say that!! I love that a long-running franchise can just let stories happen and end. There's not even any worries about getting cancelled or cut short because they constantly have a tight schedule of "on for between 45-50 episodes" so it's fairly easy to plan around it.

There's always sequels and teamups and returns movies and such, but even those I feel don't take away from it -- when the series ends, that's the main story over. Anything after is just a look at what the characters are doing now or just a cool "I'm your senior rider, let's team up and beat the heck out of this god or whatever" moment. These stories are allowed to just end and that's so, so, so important to me.