[Shin Henshin]

Ironically I'm gonna follow the last post up with the same Ghost stance and an opposite Wizard stance lol.

Ghost is a solid series that gets too much hate, imo. I feel most of it comes from the fact that the series' spiritual theme wasn't horror-based like his Surprise Future cameo made it seem. The biggest issue Ghost has is that the story does have some pacing issues and relies on repeating ideas or drawn-out arcs that don't impact the story much (The number of times Takeru seemingly passes on, the Makoto arcs where he's under Necrom's control for multiple episodes or Another Makoto, etc.) Outside of that, the main character cast and story work better than given credit.

Wizard on the other hand feels way too by-the-numbers. As mentioned, it runs the two-episode arc format into the ground with a lot of really boring and unmemorable Phantom encounters. The supporting cast to Wizard and Beast are weak at best and annoying at worst with the exception of the doughnut truck owner despite how little an impact she had compared to the rest. Medusa was a boring general-tier villain that stuck around way too long while Phoenix was way more interesting yet got killed off halfway through and Gremlin was fairly hands-off until the final arc of the series where he took over the main villain role.

Beast was a great secondary rider that became boring once he got his power-up form. Going from things like the dice-roll mechanic of his saber and the mantle-swapping to just a gun felt like an utter downgrade. As for Wizard, All-Dragon was a waste of a form seeing as it was only used once and Wizard himself was really boring. His subtly smarmy and slightly cocky personality came out way clearer in movie appearances than the series itself, making me love Wizard's cameos and team-up movie roles way more than his in-series depiction.

Imo the best version of Wizard we've ever gotten was the one we saw in Heisei Generations. Pompous, self-assured, slick, he was fantastic.