[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

The Heisei era really revolutionized things by doing more ongoing plot threads and character arcs, which sometimes leads to the assumption that every Rider show needs these, and that view is... complicated.

Yeah, I think for me... like, I famously do not think much of a lot of the mysteries and reveals that go into a year-long storyline. But! I think it's important that it feel like the final episode is the end of the story; that the core mechanism of the show has concluded, and there's nothing left to say with these characters in their current configuration. I don't get that from W, and that feels as much a problem of the premise (noir fiction generally is open-ended) as it is lack of boldness from the creative team. Show just wants to have its detectives detecting forever!

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Originally Posted by Sunred

For myself, Kamen Rider W was and still is one of the good introductory shows because it carries the elements of a classic Kamen Rider show established during the Showa era but gives it a Heisei flavor to it.

Oh, for sure. It's one of the Top 3 shows you can give to new viewers, no doubt. (Kuuga and Geats are the other two for me.) A two-part mystery formula is easy for viewers to key into, and the opposition basically being a crime family ranks pretty highly in verisimilitude, compared to other Kamen Rider villains who are mutant messiahs and immortal book warlords. W is, for better or worse, a very easy show to get into if you're unfamiliar with tokusatsu conventions.