(Jan. 30, 2012 1:11 AM)Hazel Wrote: 555 is a pretty bad series, but if you step back and examine it, like 90% of the terrible is because of Kaixa. Most of it is pretty sound - at least comparatively.
Kind of like what Leangle did to Blade, but magnified ten thousand times because Kaixa is there for 3/4 of the series, constantly.
As for W, there isn't one rider in it that doesn't make me physically ill to look at, the plot is pretty standard, and the primary gimmick is just not my cup of tea. It's one of those cases where my superficiality just completely blocks me enjoying something.
I know what you're talking about, but the GOOD thing with W for me is the acting. Specifically Renn Kiriyama's (Shotaro) and Masaki Suda's (Philip). Philip seems to be the more innocent of the two, so seeing him cry is not really much. But seeing Shotaro cry, and Shotaro is one of the more "manlier" characters in the show (in a way), was really hard. He watched his best friend and partner disappear, and Shotaro delivered those tears well. I practically cried the entire scene because it's one of the harder things in life to do: pulling the plug on someone.
As for OOO, I couldn't find much about the series that I liked about it. Except Ankh. I just liked Ankh, especially towards the end. But there wasn't anything about it tear-worthy.
I think Blade, W, and Ryuki were the only Rider series that deserve my respect if they can deliver sad scenes that can make me cry. Because Kuuga, 555, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, Decade, and OOO all failed in that department.