Wasted Potential
I am going to be very blunt in this review. If you are not a Kamen Rider superfan, I recommend skipping this show. If you want to start watching Kamen Rider shows, there are much better stories out there. Here's why I think that:
This show has issues with it's pacing. It would be so much better if it was 25 episodes or so instead of 49. There are so many times where I felt that story is not moving, or felt like story is pulling the same tricks again and again.
Main character, Kenzaki, is a boring protagonist. One of the main themes of this show is "what it means to be a human" and "having compassion for all beings". But since Kenzaki is such a boring protagonist and pacing is bad, it fails to deliver this message.
There are some good about this show as well. Visuals are cool. Some of the suit designs are cool. I like the other riders and it has somewhat of a decent ending. But I don't think these are enough to commit watching 49 episodes. This show could've been great, but it is not...
This show has issues with it's pacing. It would be so much better if it was 25 episodes or so instead of 49. There are so many times where I felt that story is not moving, or felt like story is pulling the same tricks again and again.
Main character, Kenzaki, is a boring protagonist. One of the main themes of this show is "what it means to be a human" and "having compassion for all beings". But since Kenzaki is such a boring protagonist and pacing is bad, it fails to deliver this message.
There are some good about this show as well. Visuals are cool. Some of the suit designs are cool. I like the other riders and it has somewhat of a decent ending. But I don't think these are enough to commit watching 49 episodes. This show could've been great, but it is not...
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