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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Episodes dedicated to Blade and Agito are literally a declaration of love for these seasons. And the episodes of Kiva, with minimal use of actors from the original show and no use of its plot at all, managed to produce an amazing parody. Maybe the riders of the second phase of Heisei really were less fortunate, but Zi-O definitely loves the first ten.

The Agito episode uses Agito's own experience of being an amnesiac to connect to Tsyukyomi, and the Blade episode is about two former-rivals turned lifelong friends, just like Zi-O and Geiz - plus, it has the final moments of White Woz. The show loves the prior Riders, yes, but it still develops and progresses the main protagonist even so. Even the Kiva episode is as much about Sougo as a person, with his first love, rather than just being "Wow isn't Kiva so cool?"

(Also, like, half the "Neo"- Heisei episodes got slated for barely being about the original protagonist. People are probably still bitter Eiji was overshadowed in his by Kuroto Dan at his most obnoxious!)