History YMMV / KamenRiderGeats

* HypeBacklash: Due to gaining a huge popularity boost throughout its run (and more so than any previous series), there are now plenty who have come to treat Geats with indifference or disdain, claiming that said popularity is largely [[Series/KamenRiderZiO due to]] [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne coming after]] [[Series/KamenRiderSaber years of]] [[Series/KamenRiderRevice divisive seasons]], leading to a vocal subset of detractors developing after the series ended who view it as overhyped and [[FranchiseOriginalSin just as flawed as its predecessors]]. The series' explosive critical reception resulting in the next series, Series/KamenRiderGotchard initially being negatively compared to it also did not help, especially in regard to story, tone and characters.

* BrokenBase: The [[spoiler:various redemption arcs occurring near the end of the series, mainly Michinaga's and Daichi's. Those who liked them points out how said redemptions match the [[ForHappiness theme of happiness for everyone]] the series has been building up to and find it logical that the protagonists' fight for a world where ''everyone'' is happy would also include [[SaveTheVillain villains like them]]. Those who hated them, however, felt they were poorly handled in all fronts and were just flimsy excuses to turn said villains into EasilyForgiven {{Karma Houdini}}s, seeing Kousei and Irumi's redemptions as being rushed in less than a few episodes with [[EasilyForgiven 11 years of neglect and abuse towards their daughter now swept under the rug]] and believe that the [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Fantasy mini-arc should've been the start of their redemptions rather than it being the whole process]], Michinaga never being [[WhatTheHellHero called out for his dubious actions during the JGP]] nor seen [[NeverMyFault apologizing for it]], making his atonement fall flat on its face, and Daichi's actions being treated as [[TurnTheOtherCheek water under the bridge]] by the cast despite being an [[HateSink unrepentant scumbag]] throughout the entire season, being a major threat in the final arc and infecting [[KickTheDog Sara for the sake of tormenting a vulnerable Keiwa]], him being [[SaveTheVillain saved by Ace]] was also seen as hypocritical from the later as he's been completely merciless towards other villains such as Chirami or Archimedel]].

* ContestedSequel: In comparaison to ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' before it, and the fourth divisive Reiwa season in a row. Fans of ''Geats'' points out its [[BattleRoyaleGame unique premise]] and [[WeaponSpecialization power mechanics]], [[EnsembleCast diverse array of Kamen Riders who are each well-characterized and memorable]], and feel it handles its large cast much better than ''Revice'' did. Detractors of ''Geats'' however criticize it for having a [[KudzuPlot convoluted plot]] with [[TheBigBadShuffle an excessive amount of twists regarding who the main villain]] is, increased reliance on DeusExMachina in the second half to further the plot, the amounts of {{Idiot Ball}}s and [[PoorCommunicationKills miscommunications]] towards the final arc (Keiwa's FaceHeelTurn being a prime example of this) and finally having despicable villains like Daichi and Michinaga being [[KarmaHoudini let off the hook]] with a slap of the wrist and [[EasilyForgiven having their actions swept under the rug]], [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne not unlike Takahashi's previous work]].
* DesignatedHero: [[spoiler:Daichi Isuzu killed dozens of people using his Parasite Jyamato just so he could assimilate their memories into his Tree of Knowledge, even going out of his way to [[KillTheCutie murder Sara]] and make it look like Michinaga did it just to spite Keiwa, and outright [[EatsBabies eats baby Jyamato]] with glee, yet is [[InformedAttribute treated as an attempt to start over]] after he gives up on it, even though he never shows any remorse for it, never apologized to Keiwa or anyone he's ever wronged for his actions and only allies with the heroes later on out of a curiosity at Keiwa and his sister's simple lives. All of this makes him seem less like a [[HeelFaceTurn former enemy turning a new leaf]] and more like an EasilyForgiven RetiredMonster KarmaHoudini.]]

* {{Woolseyism}}: Some fansubs translate the title of Desashin as "Deseity", a {{portmanteau}} of "desire" and "deity". [[spoiler:This also applies to its Jyamato counterpart, the Jyamashin, which is translated as "Jameity".]]

** Reach out to people when you can if they're clearly going through a rough time. [[spoiler:Before Keiwa's trauma-induced FaceHeelTurn, Ace is busy fighting off the Jyamato and protecting Tsumuri from the DGP management, Neon is trying to get her Rider powers back so that she can prevent more deaths, and Michinaga is busy destroying Phase 2 Jyamato infectees, believing that a MercyKill is better than leaving them on their own. Ace's assurance that Keiwa is able to keep it together on his own -- including telling Win to believe in Keiwa when Win thinks that Keiwa may have been subverted by the DGP -- drastically backfires: Keiwa is flung into a self-destructive spiral and resorts to siding with the DGP to try and get a wish out of them to fix the harms they've done. By the time Ace and the others realize how badly they've miscalculated, he's already tricked and kidnapped Tsumuri and has been manipulated into serving as Kekera and Beroba's pawn as leader of the Gang Riders. Ace and Tsumuri have to personally offer their encouragement to Keiwa, and help Keiwa realize that there's still hope for an ideal world because there are other people to share his goals and his burdens with, before Ace finally gains the power to undo all the damage that's been done.]]

** The final arc's moral of "hate the sin, not the sinner," as demonstrated through Keiwa forgiving Daichi for [[spoiler:murdering his sister (and countless others) by infecting them with Parasite Jyamato]] doesn't really work when Daichi was set up to be a HateSink before, spending most of the series crossing the MoralEventHorizon and culminating with an entire sequence devoted to him getting a rightly deserved beatdown. Keiwa's [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn descent into hate]] over his desire to get revenge on Daichi (also largely happens due to Keiwa [[IdiotBall ignoring some simple and obvious solutions]] to the problem. The fact that the moral is espoused by Ace is especially hypocritical, considering an arc earlier he killed Chirami and Archimedel (or outright telling Beroba [[ThisIsUnforgivable her actions won't be forgiven]] the arc before that]]), the former for being associated with the DGP and his mother's imprisonment and the latter for committing as similar offenses as Daichi, even though Chirami's crimes were much less bad than Daichi's or Archimedel's and it's not even clear if Chirami knew the true nature of the Goddess of Creation]]. There's also the fact that [[spoiler: Daichi's actions are [[DeathIsCheap eventually undone]], making it wholly meaningless whether Keiwa forgives him or not]].