For a normally dark and serious franchise, Kamen Rider has had a handful of entries that are either a Slice of Life, uplifting, optimistic, or even wacky. Generally speaking, while still having more character deaths and being darker than Super Sentai, recent series have had more kid-friendly content.
- Kamen Rider BLACK RX, while generally more lighter than Kamen Rider BLACK, had it's fair share of serious moments such as how RX got his two alternate forms, Shadow Moon's duration in the show, and General Jark as Jark Midler murdering the Sahara parents. Even then, Black RX balances its humorous and dramatic moments.
- Kamen Rider Hibiki, despite having most of the cast being professional demon hunters and the Oni (or Riders) being demons that shed their clothing during transformation, mainly tends to be a Slice of Life and has part of the focus be on Asumu's training to be an Oni. The show in general also is mainly a Coming of Age Story that focuses on the relationship between mentor and student, the old and new generation and the choices that we make in life. Even after the Retool, it did remove the fire breathing (Onibi) and the Oni claws (Onizume) abilities' sequences along with Ibuki opening his mouth for his attack, and the Makamou that opened their mouths too wide or spurted liquids due to the complaints about these sequences from parent advocacy groups who claimed that they scared children.
- Kamen Rider Den-O esentially is both this trope and Denser and Wackier. Den-O is esentially FULL of funny moments stemming from Ryotaro's bad luck and the Taro's possession hijinks. They even happen a lot during battles. It's this trope that's one of the reasons why Den-O was so popular.
- Kamen Rider Double, despite its mystery and detective story elements, had plenty of comedic and light elements present; most of the main cast (especially Shotaro and Akiko) tend to be hammy, the Big Bad is somewhat Affably Evil in spite of his malicious qualities, even to the point where he (and the rest his family) turn good within their last moments, most of the episodes being fun-filled (such as Heaven's Tornado and Fuuuuuutic Idol plots), and even after the reveal of one of the main character's pasts and his apparent death, unlike most others before his, he ultimately gets revived in the very end, leading to some happiness within the heroes in what was a Bittersweet Ending.
- Kamen Rider OOO tends to generally be an upbeat series about the nomadic, desireless titular Rider reaching out to whoever he can with his hand, the balance of one's desires, and having plenty of hilarious and heartwarming moments between him, his close ones, and the Victim of the Week. Also noteworthy is that the Big Good tends to be a Large Ham who bakes cakes and shouts "HAPPY BIRTHDAY", another rare instance in Rider where the lead and Secondary are on cooperatively, friendly terms (mostly) throughout the whole show, and the hilarity of the franchise's 40th Anniversary two-parter. That being said, this series does undergo Cerebus Syndrome after episode 30, regarding Eiji with the Purple Medals inside him and the destructive power said Medals produce especially once the resident Mad Scientist also has 5 in his body that furthers his eventual Big Bad status, though by the end, that also highlights how the main Greeed (sans Kazari) end up being a lot more sympathetic by their final moments and reveal of their true nature.
- Kamen Rider Fourze, during its production, was decided to be a show that would be "uplifting" after the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami, explaining the very soft tone and focus on friendship. Granted, Fourze has some rather realistic conflicts/horrors among several interactions yet overall, the show is generally fun and upbeat, as well as having a lower death count than most Rider series have, most of the monsters and villains being well-intentioned and misguided at best, and the Big Bad being Affably Evil and a Friendly Enemy to the Kamen Rider Club at times who commits his misdeeds for the sake of his goals than any outright malice or sadism, to the point where after the titular Rider defeats him, he befriends him and thanks him for leading the events that led to many friendships possible.
- Kamen Rider Ghost, despite the ghost theme and its Downer Beginning, has a rather optimistic story compared to its two predecessors or four successors. The show has its general themes of believing in oneself and the bonds between people and is surprisingly by far the only Rider series where NEARLY every single villain presented in the show turns good in due part of the heroes' efforts.
- Rider Time: Kamen Rider Shinobi is presented as a spin-off that's a much sillier contrast to Kamen Rider Zi-O and Rider Time: Kamen Rider Ryuki being a fun (if not entirely bloodless) romp in a world where everyone is a ninja as an environmental disaster has left Supernatural Martial Arts-based Elemental Powers the best source of once-natural resources.
- Kamen Rider Saber Zig Zags this. It's overall much lighter nature talking about stories and myths is uplifting, and it heavily runs on The Power of Friendship, just like a fantasy novel or anime. The second arc however, delves into a story about betrayal and a dark conspiracy of a corrupt organization, eventually escalating to a threat that would destroy the world by the final arc. Despite this, Saber keeps a fairly positive tone throughout, and even gives us a Happy Ending for all of our protagonists. So while it's technically darker than Ghost (the head writer's previous work), it's still a lighthearted season, especially compared to it's predecessor.
- Kamen Rider Gotchard was made this way as a creative decision, and as such has very clear high school overtones. It's immediately obvious when you put it next to the previous entries in the Reiwa era. That said, despite being as lighthearted as some of the Showa entries in the late '70s or early '80s (Skyrider and Super-1), early Phase-2 Heisei entries, Den-O, or Ghost, most of the heroes' opponents are Jerkasses, Hate Sinks, and criminals who are more than willing to commit despicable acts that usually happens in real life, sympathetic or otherwise. This only lasts for the first few arcs, as the series immediately goes a little darker as the story progresses.
