Emotionally Driven Kamen Riders

[Vitor]

Has anyone else noticed that the central theme of the post decade Kamen Riders all involve varying human emotions?

W: Addiction/Power
OOO: Desire
Fourze: Power/Friendship
Wizard: Hope/Despair

It's just rather perplexing to me that four shows in a row would do this

 

[shingamyeonblack]

Right, because it's not common enough to make a theme based on emotion?

Ryuki was all about desire. Faiz was about power. You could go fishing for others if you want. I don't even see the purpose behind Kabuto.

 

[HenshinSlayer]

Kiva is about music.

 

[NateRiver]

Kiva is about music.

Because music is an emotion.


Faiz is about trust, I believe.

 

[Guardian07]

Has anyone else noticed that the central theme of the post decade Kamen Riders all involve varying human emotions?

W: Addiction/Power
OOO: Desire
Fourze: Power/Friendship
Wizard: Hope/Despair

It's just rather perplexing to me that four shows in a row would do this

You sound as if this is a bad thing, and is highly unique. I don't think so.

555 in the beginning(at its best) was about dreams. Mari's dream to be a beautician, Kentarou's dream of helping people and white laundry, Kaido's dream as a guitarist etc. And most importantly, Takumi's resolve:

I don't have dreams of my own. But I will fight to protect the dreams of others.

Then the show got derailed and forgot its central theme.

 

[shingamyeonblack]

That's right.

 

[Glamador]

I'd go so far as to say every Rider series has picked a "theme" to focus on. Even if 555 did get derailed...which is unfortunate.

Kuuga - Responsibilty
Agito - The freedom to evolve
Ryuki - Desire (Written by the same guy as OOO wasn't it?)
Faiz - Achieving Dreams
Blade - Fighting fate
Hibiki - Finding your "beat"
Kiva - Music again
OOO - Desire again, but more focused than in Ryuki

It is interesting I suppose that we got so many emotional themes in succession, but not too surprising considering the rest of the Heisei era series.

 

[Undrave]

And Den-o was about memories and how remembering something makes it real.

 

[kuroihikari]

Wasn't Den-O about desire, too? The Imagin granted wishes.

Kabuto was about identity/discovering your true self.

 

[Undrave]

Wasn't Den-O about desire, too? The Imagin granted wishes.

Kabuto was about identity/discovering your true self.

Yeah but all the wishes were essentially 'I want to fix this thing in my past that went wrong'. So it's all about memories, how they shape us, how the past influences your present. Remember what it said on Sakurai-san's watch? 'The past should give us hope'?