Kid King Wataru Is Just As Randomly Placed As Justin Stewart Was In Power Rangers Turbo

I remembered how I often pointed out that perhaps Justin in Power Rangers Turbo is one of the biggest mistakes ever. It's not because he's a kid ranger -- it's because of how randomly placed he is. Kou in Dairanger was given proper development while Justin just ended up as a gimmick where producers hoped to capture more of the younger audience BUT. FAILED. MISERABLY. Sadly, Kamen Rider Decade would commit exactly the same mistake with the Alternate Reality Kiva arc. Yup, I'm writing this not after something after Kamen Rider Kiva had its tribute arc in Kamen Rider Zi-O.

The A.R. world is a world where humans and Fangires supposedly called a truce BUT there's the Beetle Fangire. There's a child king Wataru who is in contrast to the older Wataru Kurenai. But can you imagine if ever Justin Stewart or Kou took such a high position for world peace? The whole outcome is just weird. I know there have been boy kings in history but they needed guidance from older ones. It makes you wonder why did they replace Wataru Kurenai with freaking Mini-Wataru? It's just so, so stupid IMHO.

So what makes the Kiva arc in Zi-O still better? It's not the return of Garul. No, we didn't get the original Wataru back either. But at least there's some real development by Toshiki Inoue. The problem of Boukenger's Sho Aikawa is hit or miss. I do love Kamen Rider Blade but the arc is pretty much Kamen Rider Kiva de-fanged of its fangs. Kiva sure wasn't a dark and scary series but it was still entertaining to a certain extent. Unfortunately, World of Kiva doesn't do any justice and it's even much lower than Inoue's lowest point in his career as a head writer.