Actually, that's kind of how I feel about Kuuga... I *like* it, but like you've noticed it doesn't inspire me to fangirl or to write longwinded tl;dr posts about it. And I'm a dozen episodes in and... hmm... it's very... formulaic, maybe? not on an episode to episode basis, but I can totally see it basically being new grongi joins the gageru (was that the name of the game?) - Godai gets his ass handed to him - people reflect on Godai's coolguyness - Godai figures out a new kick or accesses a new Kuuga form - Kuuga kicks Grongi ass - THUMBS UP... lather, rinse, repeat.

(Not that there's anything WRONG with that, like I said, I like it, and I like Godai a lot, he's refreshingly lackadaisical, but obviously in a totally different way from someone like Shinji (bless his heart), it's just not conducive to the sort of obsession I've developed with the others).

So I think part of why I've been stalled with advancing more with Kamen Rider in general was that in my head Kuuga was The Next One, and it doesn't so much work like that, and Den-O... I will watch, but, eeeeeh, you already know my issues with it, and I have to figure out a way to get around that so that I can enjoy it properly.

So it should be Ryuki. Which I already love a lot. I still think it's probably the FUNNEST ride... at least up to where I watched. \:D/