>>23508120
>fujos do actually care about the kamen rider aspect
They really do, they don't just buy face actor merch, they buy any piece of merch related to their husbandos including roleplay toys, figures and posters of the Rider suits, and take any chance they get to have a picture with the people wearing Rider suits on public events.

The problem with the Ride Kamens Riders imo is that they're not characters from the shows that the fans are attached to, their suits may reference previous Riders and kaijin, but they are brand new characters with no preestablished fanbase. They thought they could hook the fangirls of popular characters up if they just made their new characters wear suits that vaguely resembled them, ignoring the fact that the fans only care about the real deal. It's similar to the problem earlier anniversary movies had when the novelty of simply bringing back the suits wore off.