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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. I'd heard alot of good things about it, with many calling it an "underrated classic" amongst other things. And at the time the only other Rider show I'd seen was Saban's Masked Rider, so I went for it.

And holy crap was I majorly let down. In the entirety of that show, there were only 5 episodes I actually out and out liked; Sting's' character arc, which in turn lead to him being the only character I liked from that mess.

Yeah, alot of the US-original stunts were well done, but that can only carry you so far. I actually put off watching Ryuki for a couple years because I didn't want to be reminded of how friggen bored I was watching Dragon Knight.

Been ages since I've watched that show, but I remembered not liking that Adam replaced Kit as Dragon Knight and Kit eventually took a step back as protagonist because Adam is Dragon Knight. He should've been Onyx.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Kiva, Kabuto and Faiz are all series that I'd heard bad things about going in, decided "alright, I'm gonna try and see the positives here; I'm hyped for these and wanna prove those people wrong!"... and then ended up disliking them more than any other Toku I've seen. Even Ninninger.

Though, I mean, I don't hate Kabuto or Faiz. They're definitely series where you either completely vibe with the tone or you just don't. And for me it didn't work.

Funny thing is that I watched Faiz with the knowledge that it's one of the worst shows, and it didn't disappoint me...... except the finale. For some reason though Kiva was a chore to watch, even if there's Otoya.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Kuuga.
A show with unrelenting praise ended up just being your bog standard KR mystery. I honestly feel I wouldn't have been as let down by Kuuga if anyone was willing to speak ill of it, but as it stood, I felt it was just an average show that had a hard time holding my interest.
Hell, to this day, I still don't understand why people talk so highly of N-Daguva-Zeba when Go-Gadoru-Ba existed.

If this was a year or two back, I probably would've said Kabuto. A show with such gorgeous designs wasted on such a horrible story with annoying characters. However, upon my rewatch, something clicked with me. I think a combination of knowing it's biggest faults along with me seeing that Tendou was supposed to be a flat character for Kagami to grow really helped me "Get" Kabuto, so to speak. It's far from a good series, but I've come to appreciate it.

I think the thing about Kuuga is that it's a product that came during its time and people thought it was mind-blowing. It's like The Avengers, when it came out it was the first of its kind, and why I still love it, years pass by and it's a pretty standard superhero movie.