2023-2024: Kamen Rider Gotchard

Honestly, the show has only just begun holding my interest after the episode where Geryon vanishes again & they start the Abyssalis King arc. Got about 15 left.

I usually like most seasons on some level, but this one is just kind of there. Very kiddy, main rider is among the least interesting things in the show, etc.
 
They're still there. If you don't mind a spoiler, the one snapped & switched sides, the other is now stuck in between her & the little girl, wants to be a badass, but doesn't know how to deal with the whole situation. It was revealed that they are basically non human dolls & they're slowly developing humanity.
 
Isn't Geryon just another evil Kamen Rider?
Only in the last two episodes.
Magi and Gosei are average at bets, Go-Busters is good but they fucked up the second half, and Kyoryu is pretty good. However, none of those compare to Gekiranger
Imagine thinking Gekiranger is good.
Gekiranger doesn't compare to either Donbrothers or King-Ohger. Thus, Donbrothers was the best Sentai since Timeranger.
What makes these two such the masters of sentai?
 
What makes these two such the masters of sentai?

Well let's see, both have great stories, fantastic character development for both the heroes and villains, incredible fight choreography, camera work, and music, one is a tribute to the 80s and 90s Sentai series, which was the best era of the franchise, the other is something completely experimental, and they both don't rely on mech fights. ****, King-Ohger had No Mech November. I can't remember the last time a Sentai series went by for five episodes without a single mech fight.
 
they both don't rely on mech fights. ****, King-Ohger had No Mech November. I can't remember the last time a Sentai series went by for five episodes without a single mech fight.
So not having mech battles is a big reasoning... I see.
both have great stories, fantastic character development for both the heroes and villains, incredible fight choreography, camera work, and music
Okay then.
one is a tribute to the 80s and 90s Sentai series, which was the best era of the franchise
Do people still divide sentai into eras? Haven't read something like that since.... Ah fudge. *suddenly ages rapidly like that one Metal Gear Solid gif* It's at this point I realize Sentai is so consistent I don't have a favorite era. Can't say it's 70s since that only had three entries, 80s had Sun Vulcan and Liveman, 90s had Jetman and Megranger, 00s had Hurricanger, 10s had Gokaiger and Ryusoulger. Man, the sour entries really ruin good vibes. And here in the 2020s Kamen Rider manages to outshine Ultraman. Just like when Alien shat the bed so hard with Covenant and Predator managed to do four movies in a row that were 10/10 worthy (this reminds me I should see Prey and that Hellraiser remake at some point).
 
Do people still divide sentai into eras? Haven't read something like that since.... Ah fudge. *suddenly ages rapidly like that one Metal Gear Solid gif* It's at this point I realize Sentai is so consistent I don't have a favorite era. Can't say it's 70s since that only had three entries, 80s had Sun Vulcan and Liveman, 90s had Jetman and Megranger, 00s had Hurricanger, 10s had Gokaiger and Ryusoulger. Man, the sour entries really ruin good vibes. And here in the 2020s Kamen Rider manages to outshine Ultraman. Just like when Alien shat the bed so hard with Covenant and Predator managed to do four movies in a row that were 10/10 worthy (this reminds me I should see Prey and that Hellraiser remake at some point).

Yes, because there is no one bad show between Jetman to Timeranger, which was the 90s.

Ryusoulger is the worst Sentai series ever. It's so fucking pitiful and tries to copy every other series' homework while missing everything that made the series it copied good. Everything that was truly important from a plot standpoint was done off-screen. And then the only character in the show to be worth a damn only existed just so Red could get another upgrade. The villains had no development and were barely characters.

Outside of Trigger, Ultraman has been fine. Z was a solid entry for the most part while Blazar was freaking awesome. Best show since Orb. Arc is finally picking up steam too.

Meanwhile, Kamen Rider is failng. Kamen Rider hasn't had a truly exceptional series that broke the mold since Gaim. They really need to go back to the more serious tone and drama of the 2000s. Den-O wasn't perfect, but everything from Kuuga through Kiva was fantastic. Kamen Rider also needs to drop the evil rider bullshit and go back to having actual villains be the main threat. That was the biggest negatives for both Geats and Revice. They sidelined the Jyamato and Deadmans for evil Kamen Riders. At least Geats got a post series movie that was actually good and brought the focus back on the Jyamatos being the main threat.
 
Yes, because there is no one bad show between Jetman to Timeranger, which was the 90s.
Megaranger exists and it was the second worst entry in the entire franchise after Gokaiger, this statement is inaccurate. And shouldn't it be Fiveman through GoGo-V? Timeranger was not a 90s series.
Ryusoulger is the worst Sentai series ever.
Fourth worst after the other two and Hurricanger, I'll agree with you it had a lot of issues. That said....
The villains had no development and were barely characters.
That was Lupinranger vs. Patoranger. The main duo were the best part of Rysoulger.
Outside of Trigger, Ultraman has been fine. Z was a solid entry for the most part while Blazar was freaking awesome. Best show since Orb. Arc is finally picking up steam too.
Eh, you like Blazar and Arc more than me, that's fine.
Meanwhile, Kamen Rider is failng. Kamen Rider hasn't had a truly exceptional series that broke the mold since Gaim.
Good? Gaim was a subpar series overall and would have been way worse if they continued on before the Kikaider Reboot promo episode didn't course correct them. It was way too serious, needed monsters of the week, and had slow pacing. Still better than Ex-Aid or Build, but that's like saying Alien: Covenant is the only bad AVP movie, it's kind of obvious (and yes I did see Romulus, Ridley Scott really wanted to remake Alien: Resurrection).
They really need to go back to the more serious tone and drama of the 2000s.
No, the ones that weren't Kiva were boring as hell for large chunks of their run time and went absolutely nowhere for very large chunks. Stuff like Ryuki and Blade promised an exact amount of riders and monsters to be shown and failed. It's part of the reason I have zero trouble calling Drive the best rider entry, it set a damn goal of showing 108 monsters and stuck to it. Gotchard was able to do this as well with 101 chemies. Hibiki easily destroyed itself by not showing the entirety of its final battle. Faiz tried too hard to be sad and it failed so hard thanks to future crossovers and a much better movie. Den-O went mega serious and confusing in the last nine episodes for no reason. Kuuga and Agito were fine, but compared to some of the showa era stuff they kind of just existed. And Kabuto.... Just ugh.
Den-O wasn't perfect, but everything from Kuuga through Kiva was fantastic.
If Build didn't exist Kabuto would easily be the worst main ent- Actually no that'd be Amazons season 2. Point is Kabuto existing debunks this claim REALLY hard.
Kamen Rider also needs to drop the evil rider bullshit and go back to having actual villains be the main threat.
This did happen in Gotchard until the last two episodes, your wish is mostly there. I'll toss you an olive branch because I am in the camp of Toei does too many riders in general and should just go back to main and secondary ones again like in Faiz, Kiva, and Decade for a while.
They sidelined the Jyamato and Deadmans for evil Kamen Riders.
Revice I agree with this on some level, but Geats? This sounds a bit exaggerated.
 
Okay, I'm not even going to bother with most of your post, except:

1. Blade promised 4 riders and delivered on 4 riders. Blade is the best Kamen Rider show to date.
2. There was no Year 0, so decades are 1-10, NOT 0-9. Therefore, it;s 1991-2000, which is Jetman through Timeranger. Plus, it's better that way given Fiveman is the last Hirohisa Soda show.
3. The Ganglers sucked, but even they had better characterization than whatever the **** the Druidons were supposed to be.
 
There was no Year 0, so decades are 1-10, NOT 0-9. Therefore, it;s 1991-2000, which is Jetman through Timeranger. Plus, it's better that way given Fiveman is the last Hirohisa Soda show.
Factually incorrect. 1990 to 1999 is the 90s just like how 1980 to 1989 is the 80s, 1970 to 1979 is the 70s, etc. You can't bend facts just to have an era.
Blade promised 4 riders and delivered on 4 riders.
It also promised52 Undead, we did not get 52 Undead now did we? It failed.
 

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