- Angst Aversion: Well-written and constructed, yes, but seeing one of the happiest and most light-hearted Kamen Riders in the franchise become a tragic monster along with all the crap everyone goes through hits just a little too close to home for some people. This is especially due to the fact that Fourze was written specifically to make Japan smile again after the tsunami.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: Many reviewers have stated that Chuta Ohsugi is one of their favorite characters. Word of God stated that she also liked how Ohsugi became the faculty adviser and bemoaned how the writers missed the chance on having him do great things.
- Harsher in Hindsight:
- Gentaro's turn to the dark side in this fic would be used a recurring trend in the Reiwa era for a main character to become a villain at the second half of their series, starting with Kamen Rider Zero-One, Aruto would become the first main Rider to pull a Face–Heel Turn as a result of Is' death by Horobi's hand.
- In Kamen Rider Outsiders, Gentaro himself is assumed to be among the heroic Riders who supported Zein and its campaign of eradicating all evil, thus giving the idea that Gentaro pulled an actual Face–Heel Turn albeit offscreen like Aruto above, all the more plausible. He even voluntarily gave up his powers to Zeinnote , unaware of the AI's goal to Take Over the World.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: One of the Serpents featured in this fanfic is the Rainbow Serpent. Kamen Rider Shinobi's spin-off series reveals that the titular rider fights against Dustards, who work for Niji no Hebi. What does Niji no Hebi translate to? Rainbow Serpent.
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