[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

The appearance of new power ups feels semi-realistic

... wait, huh?

The Arms Monsters don't really exist for any other reason than to be alternate forms for Kiva (aside from Jiro unfortunately being a character in the 86 portion), multiple things like the Shodooran and the smaller castle fangire thing and Ixa's car exist purely to sell toys and just leave a second later with no explanation, and Tatsulot is one of the most blatant examples of Inoue's not caring about powerups or explaining them that it gives Kaixa throwing the Accel Timer a run for its money.

I won't act like there aren't good elements in how it handles toys -- their being allowed to use Ixa Save in the way they did in the 86 portion is pretty great, and Saga and Dark Kiva aren't too egregious. But compared to its contemporaries, pretty much everything around it (Kabuto, Den-O, Decade and W) handled toys in a much better consistent way with the only comparable standouts being the Zect Mizer and W's gadget animal things.



I don't really want to comment much on this thread because Kiva is the only toku show I actively hate, but I do understand what people see in it and I don't want to ruin anyone's fun by constantly ragging on it outwith the context of a review. But just from an objective standpoint this comment makes me scratch my head.