[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Leo Novum

For me, the gold standard for Rider villain is Kumon Kaito from Kamen Rider Gaim. Kaito was the secondary Rider but had the completely opposite philosophy to be anything except an enemy at the end. He was strong and his final plan had actual stakes. He also had sheer presence and charisma. The finale of Gaim was excellent.

No other Rider show had managed to pull it off a second time, in my opinion.

What about Evolt? Yes, it?s not always clear with him when he?s acting seriously and when he?s having fun, and his plans are very controversial, but for who he is, this is quite logical. That is, if the immortal destroyer of worlds is not a beast or a robot, but an intelligent being, then he will fight boredom in all possible ways, sometimes even to his own detriment.
Getting back to Gavv, yes, the local villains are average at best. Their main problem is passivity and lack of charisma. One gets the impression that they really don?t want to fight with the riders, and the family connection that was supposed to aggravate and diversify the conflict only forces them to stay away from Shouma. In fact, the villain you didn't mention is largely to blame for this: Suga. He took up a decent portion of the show during which none of the Stomatch siblings showed much of themselves. And then it was already too late. And if I can forgive the stupidity and contradictions of someone like Solomon or Glion for their vileness and madness, then the local villains in the end turned out to be lackluster, albeit with some interesting moments. Either way, this show clearly loves its heroes more.