[gashatfreak]

I love Wizard! It's not the best show and is admitedly cliche, but it holds a rather special place in my heart. I mean, the fact that it was the second Rider show I watched might play a part in my opinion of it, but still.

[Layton13]

I'll throw my hat into the ring as well.

Wizard is a really damn good show that has very few missteps and archives what it sets out to achieve.

It's MOTW episodes really nail the theme it wants to explore and are perfect for that specific thing.

It's not a very plot-heavy show, which probably is why it gets a fair bit of flack, but it kind of never wanted to be, which makes the criticism feel hollow to me. People are trying to criticize features as if they were bugs.

Also, Haruo is straight up my favorite Main Rider. He has a lot of characterization and a lot of subtext to him that just speaks to me on a fundamental level!

This show rocks!

[Sunred]

Best thing about Wizard? Kamen Rider Beast and his love for mayo.

[FairyKing]

Wizard has a special place in my heart because I watched it when college was being really stressful for me, and seeing a cool hero beat monsters in the name of hope without having to keep track of too much big plot was exactly what I needed at the time. That doesn't make it objectively good, but in terms of sentimental value to me personally it's second only to W (the first season I watched).

It's also the season I'm most interested in rewatching, because while to me it seemed to be mostly style over substance (but such style!), I've heard other people praise Haruto's subtle characterization and arc of healing from trauma, and I want to see whether I pick up on that paying more attention a second time.

[Matrixbeast]

Seems if you wait long enough, history will alter course and people will like the show once dogged on.
I recall people only really letting up on Wizard once Ghost dropped and it became the new "Bad show"

[GoldenXtreme]

I'm not going to claim I'm Wizard's strongest soldier or anything, but I think it's fun! Never had a phase where I disliked it either.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

man I really need to get around to making a "fish sandwich rewatches kamen rider wizard" thread don't I

Why not?

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Layton13

It's MOTW episodes really nail the theme it wants to explore and are perfect for that specific thing.

Agree. Considering how long it's been since I watched Wizard, it's amazing how many episodes that are not important to the main plot I remember. Some will say that this is a dubious merit, but this is the type of show that mostly consists of MOTW. I won?t say that Wizard is superior to W or Fourze, but from OOO I can only remember offhand the father and son who took up vigilantism and Date's friend, with whom everyone fell in love.

[Matrixbeast]

You know what? Fuck the Outsiders. Give me Kamen Rider Nobodies.
Give me a mini series featuring a Riotrooper, a Kurokage Trooper, a Demons Trooper, someone using a G3 Mild unit, a Rideplayer, and a random End Rider from Geats (And maybe a Zect Trooper, depending on whether you classify them as one)
This group of nobodies with unremarkable abilities need to save the world while the big riders are off doing their typical drama between men.
We ain't got no Faiz Blasters to waste on a henchman. You gotta use everything you got just to take down a random MOTW

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

You know what? Fuck the Outsiders. Give me Kamen Rider Nobodies.
Give me a mini series featuring a Riotrooper, a Kurokage Trooper, a Demons Trooper, someone using a G3 Mild unit, a Rideplayer, and a random End Rider from Geats (And maybe a Zect Trooper, depending on whether you classify them as one)
This group of nobodies with unremarkable abilities need to save the world while the big riders are off doing their typical drama between men.
We ain't got no Faiz Blasters to waste on a henchman. You gotta use everything you got just to take down a random MOTW

That would be really cool. Plus, it allows to create characters from scratch, rather than playing Tetris with existing ones.