[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I much preferred Ex-Aid to Gaim and Build, to be honest. The plot got a little convoluted, but nowhere near as eye rolling or head scratching, and things just felt more cohesive.

I'm with you. I've always found Gaim to be good but overrated and Build didn't stick in my longterm memory for very long.

[Shin Henshin]

Personally I find Build to be a near-perfect series. Heck, I guess another unpopular opinion on my part is that it's the best series of the Neo-Heisei era.

Strong characters, a unique use of filming locations to give the world a more stand-out feel, an engaging story that challenged the characters involved, an extremely memorable villain whose arc spanned back to episode 1 without anyone realizing, amazingly emotional moments that still stick and stand out to this day, a high-stakes climax with an ending that you can't even call a total victory...I'll sing Build's praises all day.

Ex-Aid and OOO may be my favorite riders, but Build's my go-to recommendation any time someone's interested in getting into Kamen Rider.

[GrandComplete]

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

Personally I find Build to be a near-perfect series. Heck, I guess another unpopular opinion on my part is that it's the best series of the Neo-Heisei era.

Huh that weird I often hear Build one of the best series and also hear people often reccomending it for people. I don't see people criticising Build as much as other show to be honest.

[Kurona]

I just don’t find Gaim very good. Structurally it’s well made, and while watching it it is the sort of series that draws you in and makes you want to see where it’s going; but ultimately it just lacks any depth or interesting characteristisation. It’s the sort of series I liked when I was watching it but as time went on I realised there was less and less I actually found interesting or enjoyable. Kind of the same deal with Ex-Aid but to a much lesser degree.

[Sh Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

I just don’t find Gaim very good. Structurally it’s well made, and while watching it it is the sort of series that draws you in and makes you want to see where it’s going; but ultimately it just lacks any depth or interesting characteristisation. It’s the sort of series I liked when I was watching it but as time went on I realised there was less and less I actually found interesting or enjoyable. Kind of the same deal with Ex-Aid but to a much lesser degree.

I totally agree with this opinion. Gaim is my least favorite season of Heisei that I've watched so far, which is 19/20. My major problem with it is that most of the characters are so depraved beyond my ability to care what happens to them. At least Ryuki had nice guy Riders like Shinji and Tezuka, and eventually Ren, but Gaim only has Zack. The first 9 episodes are a chore to get through, taking way too long to provide exposition on the setting and characters instead of actually progressing the plot. The content written by Haganeya is even worse and contains a lot of OOC behavior and random nonsensical things happening.

With EX-Aid, I genuinely thought the first 23 episodes concluding with the Genm X arc were very good and the show only started to get messy once the Kamen Rider Chronicle arc started, similar to the competition arc in Zero One, although the latter had a better recovery, rising from the ashes like a falcon! EX-Aid kind of just peaked at 23 and everything after that was just okay. My favorite episode personally though is always going to be 19 where Brave Level 50 debuts against Gatton!

[DreamSword]

I actually like the little graphics that TV-N adds to their subs. It adds a layer of fun that I kinda wish more subs had.

[Shin Henshin]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

I actually like the little graphics that TV-N adds to their subs. It adds a layer of fun that I kinda wish more subs had.

I see so many people give TV-N a hard time due to how they translate some stuff but not others. That's gotten much better over time for sure, but even then I still think their subs are the best to fall onto for toku since the flare they add to the graphics adds to the big moments and transformation scenes imo.

[Androzani84]

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

I see so many people give TV-N a hard time due to how they translate some stuff but not others. That's gotten much better over time for sure, but even then I still think their subs are the best to fall onto for toku since the flare they add to the graphics adds to the big moments and transformation scenes imo.

To quote one guy on Twitter, most of the thing people hold against TV-Nihon are a) things from 15 years ago and b) things that other subbing groups do.

[Guyver Spawn]

I don't like flashy sub-titles and TVN not always translating things can be annoying. I like when people subtitle things professionally because it's less annoying to sit through. If you are someone who has never seen anything from Japan before and know nothing about their culture, some untranslated words can be off-putting for someone.

[MangaArtist18]

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

Huh that weird I often hear Build one of the best series and also hear people often reccomending it for people. I don't see people criticising Build as much as other show to be honest.

Well, it's really well-liked by most of the fandom. And I can certainly see why. It had a fun gimmick, amazing worldbuilding, some of the tightest characters in the franchise, and a neat way of tying everything together (even if some things would have been better if they had not been answered).

I didn't watch much of Build, and admit to skipping around here and there (at most watching around 23-ish episodes), using reviews and forum reactions to help fill in the blanks.

Personally, it wasn't to my liking during the last third of the show (29-49), due to (among character arcs, lore retcons, a final form with an underutilized power, and a drawn-out movie tie in) the main antagonist.

He just felt too cocky and aimless, and was, basically, a Dragon Ball Z villain. He's got his fans- I for one love his monster/true design- but as a character and villain, he falls flat for me. The V-Cinemas didn't help him, either.