Thread:Gokyr586/@comment-11502008-20160715080939/@comment-1478058-20160716180333

Gaim was not made for the 5 and under crowd. It was purposefully goofy at first 1/3rd because that was what the first arc was about, childhood. The writer, Gen Urobutchi (famous for shows that seem lighthearted at first but later turn dark like Madoka Magica) did that on purpose.

Also no one has so far complained about Ghost being "too scary", cause it's not.

Adding on, ratings don't really matter, toy sales do and guess what, Gaim had the best toy sales in a long time. Drive's toy sales where less then Gaim and Ghost isn't over yet so we don't know.

To Toei & Bandai, ratings aren't as important as toy sales. if they where, both Rider and Sentai would have been cancelled years ago since they constantly getting like 3.0's and 4.0's in the ratings compared to earlier series like Boukenger that got 9.0's.

Making the show "dumb" to make the other ones look better is like career suicide. No company does that, you're just wasting money.

and with your final point about Gaim being bad so Drive & Ghost can look better. Well first off Gaim is more popular then Drive & Ghost both online and in Japan (look at all the v-cinemas it got, the first since W). Drive is generally well liked but with lower toy sales then Gaim, but it was still popular enough to get some v-cinemas. Yet Ghost isn't that popular with fans overseas (have no clue about in Japan). Just browse some message boards and you can get the general reception that it's either meh or bad.