[FreshToku]

I've personally had the simplified idea of 'Kamen Riders do not fight for justice, but for the freedom of all living beings' ever since the last episode of Wizard had Decade stating those exact words. When he said that, it's like the entire theme that started from the beginning of the franchise clicked with me.

I think it's more than fair to say though, that the shows these days don't have expressing those themes as a priority. Not to sound like I don't think Kamen Rider today is 100% all toy commercial with no pathos, but sometimes the classic Rider themes only come up in a superficial sense, second to whatever kind of impressive and well-known trope they want to do. I think Zero-One has been a rather good example of that, personally.

I kinda wanted to top off my post here with a positive 'but on the other hand!', but I don't actually have one in mind.