[Chasing]

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Originally Posted by Tremere

The weakness to having so many Riders in a show is that if you don't manage it properly, everyone becomes a one-dimension caricature.

Buster is just an old guy too stubborn and tough to die
Kenzan is a battle hungry slasher-smile freak
Slash is a guy with a split personality

Blades is the gentleman swordsman
Espada is the kid with the chip on his shoulder

Then there's Saber who's the promise maker.

Ugh I'm trying hard to invest more into this series, but damn, its hard to make it good.
Gaim had multiple Riders, but it became really clear who the main Riders are and the other Riders who were along the story were introduced relatively early, had skin in the game and became Riders later with new belts that makes pretty good sense in the story.
Kabuto has a lot of Riders too, but each of them had a story, had a motivation and they kinda have their own theme.

It's incredibly odd to me that you use Kabuto and Gaim as examples of shows that had good character arcs, when it took the entire series' runs to convey them. Saber is just barely wrapping up its first quarter. There are an unbelievable amount of one-dimensional Kamen Riders(especially in Gaim and Kabuto lol). It doesn't take away from anything.