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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Doesn't this also can be applied to Faiz?

That's an interesting point. It's true that a large number of depraved characters is present in both my favorite and least favorite Rider shows. So why is that? Well I think the difference is character development.

In Gaim, most of the characters at the start have an ambiguous morality. As the plot progresses, they commit some pretty terrible acts, especially Sid and Mitsuzane who is more depraved than Kusaka. The show gives no backstory (excluding V-Cinema) for why they behave this way and makes no attempt to redeem their actions. Kaito goes from a typical brooding antihero to a genocidal final villain. Good characters turn bad and bad characters turn worse. Zack is the exception but compared to the competition, he's too weak to actually make a difference. It's a very plot-driven show. There's no room to explore the characters as they only do whatever the plot needs them to, even if it's OOC. This is most apparent in episodes written by Haganeya who is incompetent.

In Faiz, most of the characters are clearly a**holes, except for Kiba and especially Keitarou. However, they have backstory to explain their behavior and a big part of Takumi's development is learning to open up to people and be more like Kiba. He's also aware he's an a**hole which is why he does his best not to screw up people's lives. Kaido has a similar development, going from a selfish man to someone who would sacrifice himself to save humanity. The character of the main 6 with the highest kill count is Yuka and yet she has arguably the most sympathetic backstory and is constantly trying very hard to stop murdering people. It's harder to defend Kusaka, but at least he's committed to being a protector of humanity, mostly Mari though. The plot here is secondary to the characters as the plot is progressed naturally by characters doing things they would realistically do. It helps that the show is written entirely by Inoue who cares about the characters.

In conclusion, Faiz uses depravity to enrich the characters by giving them flaws to overcome and become more heroic towards the end, while Gaim uses it to degrade them and is pretentious in its attempt to appear more complex than it actually is.

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Originally Posted by PineapplePizza

Power Rangers Samurai improved upon the source material

Agreed. I think Antonio is 1000000x better than Genta.