[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Not really. In the last decade we've had many, many Riders who essentially just do the same thing as a final boss kaijin would do (Solomon, Evolt, Cronus etc)

Yes, because they are his replacement, evolution. For kaijin no longer seems like a worthy threat.

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and in the past we've had many monsters like in Faiz, W and Kuuga who stuck around for a lot longer -- some even over the course of the entire show

And at least one of them survived? Kaijin in this show is doomed from the start: he or the villain who will be slain; or an ally monster. For the most part, Rider's fate is hidden in the fog. Well, yes, let's say you can predict that if the evil Rider appears 5-10 episodes before the end, then he is just the final boss, but (taking Ex-Aid as an example) you initially expect more from Parado than from Grafite.

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There's no real rule to this beyond Riders being more marketable.

Then Toei would have filmed a season without kaijins, where in each episode the enemy is a new evil Rider. But in this case, it will no longer be so interesting. But I agree that this is not a rule, but a trend that is bound to change.