[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

I haven't disliked a Rider lead this much in, um, ever. I don't know whether the blame the actor or director for our hero's inane, constant shouting.

Director / producer 100%. No actor does this on their own, and all the other characters also being one-dimensional caricatures does suggest that good actors are being forced to do dumb acting.

But Houtarou really is terrible. Dumb shouting, stupid verbal gimmick phrase, boring and bland. Easily the worst we had since Zi-O, but I think I actually prefer Sougo.

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

The only thing that's been at all interesting has been the non-Rider magic. It seems like Rinna actually gets to do things sometimes, which is nice.

Yeah it is. I caught myself thinking a few times that the show would be better if Rinne is the lead and Kamen Rider is the secondary hero.

Then again, they do next to nothing to actually put the alchemy theme to good use. Houtarou is a student for how many episodes now? Did he even have one single class, one single lecture? Or is the school just permanently on monster hunting trips now?

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

Although I wonder whether Geats raised my expectations for Rider a bit too high, but I seem to recall most Rider series left me at least a little curious as to where their plots were going by the time I watched their fourth episode. With Gotchard, there's just nothing.

Geats was very good. But I have witnessed enough good shows ending to say: It is never the fault of the previous show being too good in comparison.

The current show really is just that bad.