Hensei and showa riders are different.
The mental thinking is different.
Showa rider is actually very sad story.
Try read up the manga kamen rider spirit if you prefer showa riders.
The manga is very very meaningful and will let you feel that showa riders are way cooler.. (Personal feeling)
But different people do have different liking.
Do hope the Kamen Rider Spirit will be made into show.
Something like Kamen Rider the first / next.
Darker and for adult..

Garo is gore and supernatural.. Toei also have Akibaranger at the night slot..
Spirits is still on going i guess. There is another 6 more manga out after Amazon.
But the place i read it was mention as new kamen rider Spirit.. First book is about rider 1 and rider 2 than they continue back the spirit story.

Yeap the story starts with how Hongo let Ichimonji become rider 2 but after that story end, they continue with the Spirit story.
Do not know if the chinese web site that i read mix it together or memang like that.
Can pm you the link if you read chinese.. It is damn good later on.

Understand your point.. Else sure there will be more after the first and the next..

More and more mystery behind the white wizard and wiseman.
Include Koyami's real body. That is still a mystery.
Wiseman's human form yet to appear right?

Mayu's ring look alike with white wizard.
There is a possibility that her rider look is 98% alike with white wizard.

Seen like in movie, every one is henshin into riders.
Even the donut "husband & wife" also becoming a rider.
Looking forward for it. The dark rider do look great.

Kinda slowpoke, just finish watching the Wizard X Fourze movie.
Really getting tired of other riders appearing.
If with original actor / voice still ok but this time through rings...
Its kinda forcing it forcefully.. Die die also throw them in.
OOO X Fourze still quite ok when they include W but its getting old.
Slowly its like becoming sentai's call.. Just change the sentai call into henshin..
Hopefully next won't include all riders..

For me i don't mind the theme, the design as long as the story is good and well balance.
Wizard turn out good at start, love it and keep on following weekly but.. recently did't watch and only watch after like 4~5 episode once.
Don't have the every week follow punya mood..
I just hope they get back to time when they film W or before when no is no appearing of kids that play a part of the movie. Unless for a great reason.
Fourze X Wizard's 4 kids is understandable as they link to fourze's story but later they summon the rider...
Lucky is not them that henshin into the rider..

Just watched today too. Yeap, it is dragging the theme away.
Understand rinko serious and shunpai joker to like balance it but why drag rinko into funny side.. She should be more serious and lady like..
I don't mind if second rider is joker type.. but must got the limit.
Hopefully the last part get back to the original.
Since we'll be knowing haruto's pass (don't think will be yet, as pass he was football player..) but with white wizard appearing and more of wiseman & gremlims plan review PLUS the girls real origin.. Story can get pretty dark.. I HOPE for it..