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pleuvoire · 2 years

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i actually REALLY want to write fic of godai meeting hibiki and the onis to explore that narrative contrast between them, but i also want to write fic about ichijou meeting hibiki and the onis (similarly to explore the contrasts between the shows, and also just because i love ichijou) where hibiki is like OHHHH godai yuusuke i met him once!! and the reader is equally unprepared for this revelation

#also ichijou is kinda gay about how much hibiki is his type (read: just like godai)#but when push comes to shove he’s like sorry… i’m married

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mangolon · 2 years

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Favorite Form of Every Heisei Phase 1 Main Rider

Kuuga Rising Titan

Agito Trinity

Ryuki Survive

Faiz Axel

Blade King

Armed Hibiki

Kabuto Rider Form

Den-O Gun

Kiva Garuru

Decade Violent Emotion

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number-one-toku-robot-lover · 2 years

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There are so many moments in media that I’ve watched again and again and I wish I had the words to explain why they’re important to me. I wish I could just beam my thoughts and feelings into words without losing anything.

#that scene with mr. nakado and the kid in unnatural episode 7...#like half of hibiki's dialogue...#everything out of mr. ichijou's mouth where godai is concerned..

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kamenriderserotonin · 2 years

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One thing that makes me go absolutely ballistic for a rider is when they have 0% experience in fighting

And they go into the fight omg I can transform I MUST HELP sort of scenario and then they are just some guy™️ that can transform

It is absolutely the most thing ever

#hong talks #I MEAN SHINJI? kenzaki for some time was hilarious as well #Godai looked hella confused also #nothing against my boy Hibiki but is just the professional™️ is just another archetype #bonus points if he is a dumbass it just makes it another flavor

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sailorgokaidecade · 5 months

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All Millennium-Era (Heisei + Reiwa) Kamen Riders:

Yusuke Godai (Kamen Rider Kuuga)

Tetsuya Sawaki/"Shoichi Tsugami" (Kamen Rider Agito)

Shinji Kido (Kamen Rider Ryuki)

Takumi Inui (Kamen Rider Faiz)

Kazuma Kenzaki (Kamen Rider Blade)

Hitoshi Hidaka (Kamen Rider Hibiki)

Souji Tendo (Kamen Rider Kabuto)

Ryotaro Nogami (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Wataru Kurenai (Kamen Rider Kiva)

Tsukasa Kadoya (Kamen Rider Decade)

Shotaro Hidari & Raito "Philip" Sonozaki (Kamen Rider Double)

Eiji Hino (Kamen Rider OOO)

Gentaro Kisaragi (Kamen Rider Fourze)

Haruto Souma (Kamen Rider Wizard)

Kouta Kazuraba (Kamen Rider Gaim)

Shinnosuke Tomari (Kamen Rider Drive)

Takeru Tenkuji (Kamen Rider Ghost)

Emu Hojo (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)

Takumi Katsuragi/"Sento Kiryu" (Kamen Rider Build)

Sougo Tokiwa (Kamen Rider Build)

Aruto Hiden (Kamen Rider Zero-One)

Touma Kamiyama (Kamen Rider Saber)

Ikki Igarashi (Kamen Rider Revi) & Vice (Kamen Rider Vice)

Ace Ukiyo (Kamen Rider Geats)

Hotaro Ichinose (Kamen Rider Gotchard)

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jade-lop · 3 months

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If the characters in Ride Kamens were not new characters but the one we already knew, we would get a very interesting team line up.

Imagined this….

Justice Ride: Hongo Takeshi, Godai Yuusuke, Hikawa Makoto and Kiba Yuji.

Considering the prejudice Kiba had to face in Faiz, putting him in the team with the three best example of humanity’s goodness was no different from giving him a free therapy.

Though, if we changed Hongo and Godai with Hiden Soreo and Phoenix, the result would be different….

(Phoenix's Gate was the kindness person to ever died.)

Madguy: fight-loving Momotaros, egomaniac Kuroto and down-to-earth Hibiki. I never thought of trying that recipe.

Slam Days: half-boiled detective and his walking encyclopaedia of a partner, a thief that acted more like a robber and a brainwashed victim former terrorist turned vigilante.

Wisdom Thinks: Jin, Kureshima Takatora, Asakura Takeshi, Himuro Gentoku and Evolto.

Putting a five years old child, two well-intention extremists with a fight-loving psycho with history of backstabbing his teammates and eldritch abomination from outer space in the same team…. What were you thinking? _! This line up was even crazier than Madguy! Do you want Baby Jin singularised into another Ark? _!

Tower Emblem: Black Woz and Kureshima Mitsuzane. I could not think of anything for this combination.

#random musing #kamen rider #ride kamens #kamen rider ichigo #kamen rider zero one #kamen rider kuuga #kamen rider agito #kamen rider faiz #kamen rider den-o #kamen rider ex-aid #kamen rider hibiki #kamen rider gaim #kamen rider build #kamen rider ryuki #kamen rider wizard #kamen rider w #kamen rider decade #kamen rider zi-o #don't tag as ship

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asknarashikari · 11 months

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Takumi is a True Neutral who gives no fucks, Neither a Bastion of Sanity nor an Agent of Chaos

Scene 1

Takumi: … *is just watching the chaos caused by certain kouhai and senpai ensue while blowing a hot drink*

Shinnosuke and Emu: *just arrived at the scene*

Shinnosuke: Yep…same old crap. *sighs* Let’s just wrangle them in as always… -_-

Emu: Yeah- wait, Takumi?! *notices Takumi, who is also there just watching the chaos ensue*

Takumi: *takes one look and Shinnosuke and Emu*

Takumi: Oh, well if it isn’t the parent friends?

Shinnosuke: Takumi…how long has chaos been going on? -_-

Takumi: …I don’t know. That’s none of my business, I have been watching those idiots going at it for a while now. -_- *shrugs*

Emu: …Wait wait wait, you were here the entire time and you just stood by and watch?! =_=

Takumi: …With all due respect, their bullshit is not really any of my concern. I mean, I’m not the one causing the chaos here…it’s those idiots. -_-

Shinnosuke: …Okay, fair enough but we’ll have talk to you later. -_-

Emu: Guess we’ll have to do everything by ourselves again…come on, Shinnosuke. -_-

Takumi: -_- *just watching at the parent friends charge in stop their allies’ chaos*

Scene 2

Takumi: *is sitting back and watching as Kaidou and Momotaros get into a fight, while the other taros are just egging them on and also Keitaro trying to stop the fight*

Ryoutaro: Uh…aren’t going to help stop this fight? ._.

Takumi: Huh? Go do it yourself! -_- *turns to Ryoutaro*

Ryoutaro: But your friend-

Takumi: Look, this isn’t really my problem… -_-

Takumi: Besides…Kaidou deserves to be brought down a few pegs. *looks back at the fight and just smirks*

Ryoutaro: Jeez, I hate being one of the only sane ones here… -_-’ *charges in to help Keitaro stop the fight between Momotaros and Kaidou*

Scene 3

Faiz: *is transformed, sitting in the sidelines watching his fellow main riders beat the hell out a new main rider’s significant other*

New Main Rider’s SO: You there…help me! They’ve gone crazy! O.o *sees faiz and runs over to him*

Faiz: … *says nothing as he detaches his faiz phone from his faiz driver, opens it and then setting it to gun mode and firing a shot at the SO at point blank range at the abdomen*

New Main Rider’s SO: AGH! O.o *is pushed back and falls over, as many of the other main riders dogpile on them*

Faiz: Take care of the rest!

Scene 4

Takumi: AHHH! IT BURNS! IT FUCKING BURNS O.o *has been forced to drink something really hot and his tongue got scalded*

Sento: HA! XD

Philip: So this is a nekojita…how interesting! ^_^

Takumi: Damn it you too! You captured me just for this?! =_= *oh yeah, he’s actually tied on in an excessive amount of chains to a chair*

Sento: Oh yeah? You can’t do anything about it! XD

Takumi: … -_-

Takumi: No…but those three can. Look behind you. -_-

Sento and Philip: Eh…? *turns around and sees shoutaro, akiko, and ryuuga*

Sento: Oh crap. Wait, we can explai-

Takumi: Heh… *is now just watching a battle ensue, despite being tied up*

Scene 5

Wataru: Wait, you’re just going to let Tsukasa wreak havoc among our kouhai?!

Takumi: Well yeah…I mean think about it, he’ll just get his ass handed to him anyways. Why take action if we just sit back and watch the idiot get fucked up for his troubles? -_-

Tendou: Well he’s got a point…

Kenzaki: That’s a good idea actually! Oh and let’s all take a bet on which one of our kouhai would deliver the final blow?

Shinji: Yeah!

Shouichi: I’ll bring in snacks for us while we watch!

Godai: Well…as much as I want to help my kouhai, I do want to them to make us proud. ^_^ *thumbs up like the proud semi-grandma friend he is*

Hibiki: Godai…you all can’t be serious…

Wataru: Relax Hibiki-san…Takumi actually has the right idea for once. I would definitely kill to watch the magenta menace get his ass kicked by our successors.

Takumi: Hmph…. *slight smirk*

Ryoutaro: Takumi…I think you just added more fuel to the fire… -_-’ *turns to takumi*

Takumi: …So what? Are you saying we should risk our necks just to stop our fellow world destroyer from causing problems that we have no part in and that he doesn’t deserve to get his ass kicked? -_-

Hibiki and Ryoutaro: …

Ryoutaro: I hate that you’re right about this sometimes…

(Eventually, all the Phase 1 Riders would watch Tsukasa get his ass kicked by their successors while taking bets and eating snacks… all while Takumi is further in the back, distant from the rest, just watching and laughing his ass off)

*cackles* Headcanon accepted, this is all golden

#submission #kamen rider faiz #inui takumi #ultrariderfiretornado

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tsunflowers · 2 years

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my thoughts on main riders as gamers, heisei to present

godai: not really a gamer but will play a mario party or something if people have it. pretty good at various arcade games, pinball, pachinko, etc

shouichi: good at rhythm games. likes farming sims although he says it's not as satisfying as gardening irl. he likes to decorate his house and farm. probably has maxed out hearts with all the non-romanceable housewife npcs

shinji: loves gaming, is very bad at it. he doesn't own a console so he never has time to practice

takumi: I wanted to say I didn't think takkun would be a gamer but then I remembered he has depression. probably goes into a haze where he sinks hours of his life into an rpg and doesn't come up for air

kenzaki: absolutely a gamer but kind of a normal guy type gamer. if there's no guns or cars he's not interested. I think he's the type to main a fighting game character he's not very good at just bc he loves the character so much

hibiki: no interest, no skill. unless it's taiko no tatsujin

tendou: not really interested, only plays games with juka and hiyori. you will be astounded if you see him and hiyori playing ddr together bc I know she is a mid 2000s scene kid who lives for the ddr machine in her heart

ryoutarou: I dont think ryoutarou owns a console or has any friends so he's stuck with either arcade or phone games. I can see him idly playing candy crush and getting really far

wataru: gamer alert. lots of rhythm games, stuff like the sims and zoo tycoon, and picks rpgs based on character designs. he plays a lot of dating sims but he thinks they'll teach him how to interact with people and doesn't realize no one in a dating sim has ever been normal

tsukasa: I feel like he's naturally good at every game he's ever played but if he plays with the rest of the squad they team up against him and he loses for once

shoutarou: not really a gamer. he probably makes excuses about how he would prefer to be reading a book, on paper, bc he was born in the wrong century, but he mostly just doesn't have the hand-eye coordination for it

philip: loves games but often misunderstands them in weird ways. like when you hear about a guy who beat a game but he never realized you could equip different weapons so he just played with the starter weapon for the entire game. that's philip. if he played one of the recent fes he would map out the most advantageous marriages though

eiji: probably just an idle phone game guy, i don't see him as a gamer. offers intentionally stupid advice to ankh when ankh is gaming just to make him mad

gentarou: obviously a gamer. does try to befriend enemies that can't be befriended and has to be talked out of it. safer to play games that are less combat oriented with him. I also think he doesn't really play game on his own but likes to play party games or sit and watch kengo or tomoko game

haruto: probably not a gamer. I think he's really good at carnival and arcade games though. like if a game is supposed to be unwinnable by design this guy can walk in and win in one try and he just says "it's magic"

kouta: he'll play smash or mario kart but he's not really a gamer. I don't know if he'd be good at ddr or not bc it's not really like dancing

shinnosuke: I think he's the type to have one game or one series he's really interested in so when people try to get him into something else he's like "no thanks I already play a video game"

takeru: I think he is a gamer but decidedly casual. he loved undertale

haruka and jin: not gamers

emu: emu's gaming habits are explored in canon

sento: definitely a gamer, probably loves older rpgs and metroidvanias. the type of guy to try to exploit cheats and make up rules for himself to make the game more challenging, eg nuzlockes

sougo: plays games but always makes the worst and most evil decisions bc "it's faster" and it's like sougo. the game all but told you flat out that this was the morally wrong thing to do and here you are

aruto: certainly a gamer but fairly casual. probably deeply into one rpg series and can just spout off trivia about it

touma: i dont know that guy

ikki: plays fifa

ace: ace's gaming habits are also canonical

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paraemu · 2 years

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which of the main riders should NOT be a parent

godai: canonically kids love him and we know he's good at household chores and he's just a great guy all around so he'd make a wonderful father. however its unlikely that he would have kids cause he's always traveling around, but if he ever settles down i can see foster kids coming in and out of his and ichijou's house all the time

shouichi: i havent seen agito but all i know about him is that he's basically a housewife so i assume he could take care of a kid. he seems to have some baggage that would stop him from becoming a parent tho

shinji: i dont think the thought of having kids has even crossed shinji's mind. can't really imagine him as a parent

takumi: he'd probably have to think long and hard about it first but i can see him warming up to the idea of having kids in the future (i will NEVER forgive inoue for robbing him and kiba of a future together i hope he goes to hell)

kenzaki: for obvious reasons kenzaki can't have children and actually its making me sad just typing this im skipping this one

hibiki: him being a dad is like the whole premise of the show

tendou: tendou is the perfect mary sue which means he's immortal and will never die and as such reproduction is meaningless to him

ryoutaro: he canonically has a grandson so congratulations on reproducing. i hope it was with yuuto. the idea of all the imagin pitching in and helping ryoutaro raise his child along with his sister is rly cute i love den-o

wataru: ok listen i KNOW inoue just threw in wataru's child from the future as a joke but i think wataru having a child 2-3 years after the show completely unprepared to be a parent and having a rly hard time with parenting all around is unfortunately very in-character for him. i believe in him tho i know with some therapy and a couple of parenting classes he can power thru

tsukasa: tsukasa would be a shit ass fucking dad and i dont think we should allow him near children. however it would be insanely funny if he and daiki were sougo's awful deadbeat parents who left him in a wet cardboard box all alone as a baby so now i am married to this au

philip and shoutaro: can't imagine either of them having kids

eiji: after the ooo summer movie i am convinced that eiji REALLY wants to have kids but his trauma prevented him from ever giving any serious thought to it. and then the whole ankh situation happened, so it'll probably remain an unfulfilled desire. he'd make a great dad if he ever had the chance tho (the ooo vcin doesnt exist to me)

gentarou: he has the vibes of someone who will have 5 kids by the time he's 30. in his case they're all most likely adopted but still. also probably houses and rehabilitates troubled teens

haruto: he wouldn't be half bad at parenting but i don't think it's something he wants. even after he's let go of most of his emotional baggage he's just the sort who likes to keep to himself and live independently

kouta: if he wasn't a god he would probably marry mai and have 2.5 kids with her

shinnosuke: HE DOESNT DESERVE KIRIKO SHE SHOULD BE MARRIED TO ME AND HAVE MY CHILD NOT HIS

takeru: i heard he has a child in the novel? ok i read the novel summary and nvm thats not canon to me. he should marry akari instead. the 3/3 on normie het marriages is concerning gaim-drive-ghost truly was the dark ages

emu: fast forward 4 years from the end of ex-aid and you'll find emu entering his milf era. he's going to have 3 kids separated by 2 years each. he's had like MAD baby fever since college so he's got it all planned out already

sento: realistically? banjou and sento are definitely not having children. s/o to ppl who write kid fic of them where their baby is also a science genius tho i think thats cute

sougo: no. just no.

aruto: i.... honestly dont know. hes too busy looking after the company and fighting for humagears and stuff i guess

touma: i havent finished saber yet but i think kento and touma should have two kids one boy and one girl I DONT CARE WHAT TRIO OF DEEP SIN SAYS

ikki: probably also getting normie het married and having 2.5 kids idk hes not important

ace: complete wild card we're still on episode 3. will update this when geats is over

#kamen rider

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lunar-gl1tch · 9 months

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Non Comprehensive list of Kamen Riders who smoke or have smoked Weed

ichimonji

KAZAMI SHIRO.

Godai

Shuichi

Eiji and Date

Hibiki, you know his old oni ass has that GOOD weed

Haruto AND Nitou

ryotaro doesnt smoke weed but kotaro and teddy totally do

#taking suggestions

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pleuvoire · 2 years

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hibiki (the guy) is so much like godai it’s insane. then again it makes sense because hibiki (the show) is so much like kuuga but also kinda the opposite

#they’re points on the same continuum #i think of hibiki met godai they would um. well they might in fact um

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mangolon · 2 years

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Rating Phase 1 Heisei Final Forms

Yusuke Godai’s Ultimate Kuuga

It gives me a really angry feeling, but the black with gold accents really sells it to me. A bit similar to Amazing Mighty, but you can still see how it can destroy the world. 7/10 Shoichi Tsugami’s Shining Agito

A bit similar to Burning Agito, but it does look like an evolution of Agito. The spikes on the head are a bit silly to me, and I wish they kept a bit more of the initial design, but still fun. 7/10 Shinji Kido’s Ryuki Survive

Honestly, I prefer Knight Survive, but it still does the job well. The added armor and additional gold on the helmet really emphasizes how Shinji is the best of the Riders. He’s going to try to save everyone, and he’s going to survive as well. I mean, he didn’t, but you get the idea. 10/10 Takumi Inui’s Faiz Blaster Form

He just turned red. Not that creative. Still, I like the Faiz aesthetic. 2/10 Kazuma Kenzaki’s Blade King Form

It really enhances the base Blade, and I like all the Undead symbols all over him. The gold really gives a regal look as well. But what really gets me is its role in the story, how he just spammed it over and over again, all to save Hajime. 10/10 Hitoshi Hidaka’s Armed Hibiki

Hibiki Kurenai but they did it well. I like the armor and the black upper visor where they eyes would be. The additional horns and the plating on the legs are free serotonin. 8/10 Souji Tendo’s Hyper Kabuto

The bulkier look really gives a look of strength, but the larger horns look more like a whale imo. Keeps the initial look, but stands out on its own. 7/10 Ryotaro Nogami’s Den-O Liner Form

I love the sound the DenLiner makes when it goes through him to make this form. I especially appreciate the small horns on the side to represent the other Taros. It would be cool if the face switched during which Taro’s power he was using, but whatever. The eyes on the chest and the spoiler on the head is weird, but forgiveable. 8/10 Wataru Kurenai’s Emperor Kiva

I feel like the cape could be longer, and there’s a bit too much gold for me. It just...hurts to look at. The helmet’s cool though. 4/10 Tsukasa Kadoya’s Decade Complete

The cards on the chest is a bit overt, and whenever I’m looking at the transformation sequence, I end up having to watch it a few more times because ‘”what the hell just happened”. Still, very streamlined, gets the job done. 6/10

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quartzroolz · 1 year

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Fuck it Rider runthrough rankings

Ok so, I have decided to go through kamen rider from start of heisei to end of heisei, in order. Kuuga to Zi-O. And I already Regret it but here goes a long form attempt at consolidating my feelings on this stupid fucking franchise. Currently Watching: Hibiki

KUUGA (2000)

kuuga is the best season of Kamen Rider I have seen. Its not my favourite, but its basically as close to "Objectivly perfect" as this dumb bugman franchise gets.

the characters are likable, the plot is well structured, Godai and Ichijou are gay as hell and I love it, The Mystery works really well, the action is well choriagraphed and outright brutal on occasion (y'all who have seen this show know exactly the occasion I am talking about), and it is paced really well.

if I have to compalin about anything, and I probably do, yeah forms are spaced out a bit weird and if your watching in the modern age the gurongi are subtitled which might hurt your experience somewhat (It didnt for me but I can see an argument).

9/10, amazing show.

AGITO (2001)

I would like to give a solemn Appology to the agito stans: I dont like this show, and I honestly do not get why some people do. Yes, the suits are really cool with all of the mechanical stuff they can do, like agitos horns or Gills mouth, etc. but as for the actual Plot itself... its painfully slow, the mysery aspect is boring and poorly executed, and the show meanders around for the majority of its run.

Shoichi regains his memories breifly midway through the show, just to basically imediatly lose them again, delaying any actual story progression even further. Ryo Spends 4 episodes (a month IRL time) dead in a river, and once again it really goes no-where.

Now I do like G3. I think its hillarious that the G3 armour is litterally in the wrong show. I like Hikawa (even if hes just Diet coke Ichijo from kuuga) and I think that actually tying back the story of agito to Kuuga is cool and something I wish rider would do more.

I also think the show picks up significantly once another agito is introduced and the plot gets going. problem is at that point the majority of the season is already gone and potentially interesting character arcs and stories are speedran. whats there is good, I just wish it started earlier and lasted long.

3/10. sorry agito stans. glad you like this one, it aint for me.

Ryuki (2002)

Ryuki is the season of all time. its... kind of similar to agito, which is strange because I actually ended up liking this one. I think this works because its the first time Rider did a season where everyone, sans main Character Shinji Kide/Ryuki, is a massive prick, and that works because your going to see all of these characters die on screen so that helps soften the blow.

which is not to say that Ryuki suffers from unlikable characters, even the most detestable characters (exceptions of Gai and Ouja not withstanding) have moments which help humanise them.

pacing wise, yes, it kinda has the agito problem where the main plot happens all in one go right at the start and right at the end and the middle is mostly kinda filler, and I do think that if ryukis time had been used better we could have seen all 13 riders in the actual tv show, rather than relegating Femme, Ryuga and Verde to the Alternate ending movie, but its not a huge deal really.

also, the Mirror monsters almost certainly gave some japanese kids nightmares and I count that as a good thing. Mirror monsters, while their designs can be kinda so-so, are a wonderfully scary concept. Consider how often there are Mirrored or reflective surfaces in your day to day life. the extreme paranoia the concept conjures is wonderful

Final score, 7/10. Ryuki could do a lot better in some places (and was, in seasons like geats and also Dragon Knight or so I hear? IDK not watched dragon knight yet) but for what it is it is more than solid.

Faiz (555) (2003)

Faiz is one of the less talked about entries within the western sphere of the fandom... which is Fair. I think Faiz is an OK season but I did find myself tiring with it. the suits are rad but none of the characters ever really stuck, Powerups are often barely utilised which raises the question of why have them in the first place and like... Yeah IDK it just never really Gel for me.

the ending kind of comes out of no-where as well, plus I think (Spoilers) MURDERING A CHILD FOR SHOCK VALUE at the end is bad writing and was not very fun. Kiba becoming a major villain also felt forced as his fall from grace and redemption happen very quickly just do not feel congruent with his character up to that point.

I think my biggest Faiz Takeaway is the surprise that this is japans favourite season? this kind-of-just-ok entry into a franchise which has far better and more re-watchable entries? this?

(also this is not the fault of faiz but DO NOT FIND YOURSELF READING ORPHENOCHS AS A TRANS ALAGORY, WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. I acknowledge that this is a me thing, it was almost certainly not what the writters where going for... but Damn Sweaty that aged.)

so its like a... 5/10? that feels right. am I maybe lowballing the ranking for the sake of a "haha kamen rider 555 is a 5 out of 10" joke? maybe but honestly I just did not feel this one.

Blade (2004)

Frankly all I can say is that blade sure is another Early Heisei series. I don't want that to come off as bad or negative, its not meant that way, but once you have watched from agito to here back to back you start to notice how repetitive things feel in terms of pacing and story.

not to say that anything about blade is actually that bad, however, I did end up quite liking this series even if the hostility between its main characters got really grating at times. like seriously guys, can we go 5 episodes without someone being labelled a traitor or evil?

also on negatives, Kenzaki is kind of a wet cloth of a protagonist. Hes not bad, I do like him, but Hes far from the most interesting MC the series has produced. luckily this is made up for with the supporting cast, all of whom are great characters. Tachibana and Hajime especially are compelling secondary Main characters and I did really want to see them happy.

on the subject of happy, the one thing that always has to come up in blade discussion is the ending, which while I pretty imediatly picked up on other ways the characters could have resolved it the second they found out about the whole "the joker cant be the last undead standing" thing (Mutsuki just mcfucking use remote on shima before you defeat the catagory King of diamonds, then you wouldnt have had to go through any of this shit) I do feel that, with how the series plays out, its ultimately the best ending the characters could have hopped for. its not perfect, but it means that everyone gets to live, and despite what I know about the post series novels, I do firmly beleive that, yes, one day Kenzaki would figure out a way to defy their fate.

oh and one other thing. I dont like Chalices design. or, rather, I guess, I do like it but it feels weird to find out that chalice is visually just the catagory ace of hearts undead despite looking nothing like any other Undead in the show. it kinda reaks of contrivance and I dont like it, but honestly its fine all things considered.

7/10. Good show, enjoyable, but god I want early heisei to stop repeating itself.

Hibiki (2005)

Oh Hibiki, I was so torn on how to talk about this fuckass seasons. Because, like... heres the thing. This should be easy. This should have been a 10/10. This season should have been the second coming of kuuga, and for 30 episodes it was... and then it happens.

Hibiki is infamous for its production history, with the entire creative team being fired and replaced around episode 30, with the new team being sent in by toei to make the show "more kamen rider". And thats the problem.

Hibikis first half is brilliant because it breaks so many series rules. Its different, its fresh, its so cool. The tone is so different from anything that came before. Being a rider in this season isn't a great thing, its a job. More than any other season Hibiki is a coming of age story, one where we watch the shows real main character, Tag-along kid Asumu, grow into an adult. The characters are charming and grounded. The world of Hibiki is steaped in a level of fantastical realism which sets it apart from anything else. Fights take place in the Forests and natural areas rather than cities and quarries. Its all just perfectly different enough to be unique

And its great. Its so good. Its near perfect. And then the writers change. and the show gets bad. its gets so bad that for me it tainted the first half of the show. gone is any of the creativity or freshness of the series. Now Hibiki feels like any other rider season. And thats what killed it for me. My response to Hibiki as a whole is driven purely by an emotional response to its last 18 episodes, but its a rough 18, and frankly and 18 I have no desire to ever experience again.

To give the second half its due, the Movie is pretty decent and the final episode actually kinda sticks the series's thematic landing despite the majority of the second half fumbling most aspects. I can believe that it ends how it was always going to, even if characters like Kiriya would not and should not have been there.

If you only watch episodes 1-30 (and the movie fuck it) then Hibiki is an easy 9.5/10. Top Tier season. But that's not Hibiki. Hibiki is the full 48+movie run. and that full run is, to me, and I am sorry to say this, a 1/10. Maybe 1.25 due to sticking the landing on the ending.

Writing about Hibiki makes me sad. I hate this season because I loved this season, and I just hope what comes after can get me past this massive blemish.

W (DOUBLE) (2009)

I have like 3 go to series which I use to introduce new people to Rider, and the one I think I personally am Happy re-watching the most is W. Yes, its very episodic. Yes, becaue of this the background plot ends up getting resolved in 2 episodes ultimatly. Yes, Akiko can be really annoying sometimes. Yes. I know its not perfect. I do not care.

W is pure fun. It is one of the funniest seasons the show has to offer, and also one of the most heartfelt. The show can go from sidesplitting comedy to actual serious moments in a heartbeat and it manages this without once experiencing tonal whiplash. the entire cast is likeable, the story is light and not super high stakes but fun, the individual clients that the cast encounter are great, the Music SLAPS (nobodys perfect is an under-rated rider banger IMO, love that song), and the suits are immaculate (even if most of the riders are just W retools).

speaking of other riders, the side content here is A+ too, with the WXDecade movies W portion being a really solid explaination of the backstory and giving us time with the best kamen rider who unfortunatly doesnt have more screen time, and Gaia memories of fate is also just a good time, with a good set of villains and some really cool action.

also Phillip and shotaro are just funny. I love Wikipedia and crap sherlock holmes, they are great.

8.5/10. cant give better because it is not perfect but I love it.

OOO (2010)

OOO is a mess. Like, the plot changed 5 times behind the scenes kind of mess. like I hear that during the seasons development and even airing who the final boss was going to be was constantly shifting between Ankh, Date, Maki and the eventually Cut-save-for-one-canonically-questionable-movie Giru. This, like many things, I blame on Decade... because its all Decades fault. However, despite all that... yeah OOO is kinda good innit?

OOO still stands as the, objectively, best execution of the Mix-and-match Rider gimmick. OOO does not have super forms in the traditional sense, everything is just a variation on the base form, and the closest to super forms that you do get, the combos, are not very reliable long term. also, what forms the character has access to change constantly through the series based on what Medal Eiji has, meaning that you never get OOO at their full power. hell the series ends with Eiji with almost no medals, making them (debatably) the weakest they are in the whole series. its a very interesting dynamic and its something I wish would be done more often in rider. (Geats does get close and I applaude that.)

Also... you know, its just well written. I love all of the characters, Ankh is an amazing foil to Eiji, Goto and Date make fun Secondary Riders, Mr Kogami is Amazing and I love that they keep bringing the character back in unrelated media, best part of super hero senkei fight me.

yeah. OOOs good. I wish I could be more analytical with this particular season but I cant. my brain does not allow it. 8/10. great season.

Fourze (2011)

how the fuck do I talk about Fourze? Its a great season, don't get me wrong, but I think its the most uncomplicatedly "good season" I have ever seen. like its just good. its not good in and interesting way, its not good in a way that is worth talking about in any depth, its just Good.

and theres my problem, because I dont like that, I really want to have thoughts on these seasons because otherwise... what am I doing here, wasting my time writing about funny Bugmen on the hellsite. but really, fourze is just good. its got good characters, its got a good story, its got good vibes, its just good in a very uncomplicated way.

my biggest criticism, which isnt even really that much of a criticism, is because the show has to get through 40 astroswitches, a good number either never re-occur during the show or are just kinda weird and pointless in their function outside of their specific focus period. But even then thats so minor because the 40 astroswitches are never really that much of a focus and also, once again, the weird and whacky ones are just fun.

9/10. I wish I could say more, but its fourze

Amazons (season 1) (2016)

it has occurred to me after finishing Geats I should probably include the oddities in this post/run-through because even if they are not "Main seasons" they are certainly worthy of discussion (and also I do intend to include showa here at some point, even if I am not watching it yet. who knows, by the time you are reading it maybe the showa shows are included). they give us a glimpse at ideas and characters which cant be explored normally in rider, and grant potentially interesting re-interpretations of age old characters.

with all that said... I don't really care for Amazons. season 1 specifically, I have not yet finished season 2 and it was removed from amazon prime so there goes one of the few ways to legally enjoy this franchise.

on its own its fine, like I dont think this is a particuarly bad attempt at "kamen rider but adult, violent and edgy" but I do feel that ultimatly thats all that Amazons really has. its unbearable dower and dark and features so few really likeable characters. I get why its so violent, the violence was the defining feature of original Amazon and so of course with an adult re-imagining you lean into that, but it still feels really tryhard, and more than anything, just miserable.

I might come back to this particular entry at some point because Honestly I think season 1 warrants a re-watch from me and maybe I will get it more or care more for what its doing. but all that said, 7/10. its fine. if you want Violent rider this is violent rider. I just dont feel like its that much more than that.

Zero-One (2019)

Zero One was my first season, and its a pretty well loved season by the wider community. its one of my 3 go-to "if you want to get into Kamen Rider, Start here" seasons, and its the one I point too most often when that question comes up because its the most recent, and therefore has the best VFX of any of my go-tos.

so when I say that I fucking hate this season, that might come as a surprise. if I hate it, why do I recomend it?

well its simple really. Zero-One has major, Ground up Writing and stakes issues which makes it, at best, a very frustrating watch.

Death is meaningless. most of the characters who die are AIs who are revived in the very next episode with no cost, and remembering everything that happened to them prior to their death. only 1 character death, in the whole show, Sticks, and thats Wazu (I will be using Izu, Azu and Wazu because Is, As and Was would get confusing), and that episode set is ultimatly kinda unimportant and Wazu's death is forgotten, never to be bought up again.

the ending is a mess, mostly due to covid causing constant changes to the series plans, but those final few episodes are rough and I wish that the series had ended with the Ark as the main Badguy, rather than having Aruto Heelturn and then making Horobi the final boss.

also, and I try not to bring up post-series in this because its broadly unimportant, but zero-ones post season content is utter dogshit. the movie is ok, although reviving Izu not only retroactivly makes the series ending dumber but also effectively means new Izu was murdered and her body was jacked by old izu (WHICH THIS IS NEVER EXPANDED UPON, IT JUST HAPPENS), but what the hell was zero-one Others? yeah, sure, just kill off all of the interesting characters who could have had really interesting post-series stories, Lets character assassinate everyone in this show, and then lets also kill off the secondary rider in the cruellest way possible because fuck you I guess. No I am not over Fuwa, I will never be over Fuwa, but even more so I am not over Ikazuchi and Naki. those two where Criminally underused in the show, but now we will never get a chance to get more time with them. Thanks toei.

with all that having been said... IDK, Zero one is fine. its far from the worst season I have seen, and I do still recomend it as a starting point for the franchise as a whole because its a good "onboarding" point if you will. its about as basic as a rider season can get.

Despite everything I have said: 5/10

Saber (2020)

Saber is also really bad, but kind of in the same way that fourze is really good. Its bad but I don't really have much to say about it. by all accounts, it would have worked much better as a sentai season rather than rider given the heavy team focus and a core Red-Yellow-Blue Main trio.

Saber is largely forgettable. its plot meanders around, its characters exist, and its individual story arcs tend to just happen. its not a very interesting series, and I think that really its problem. if it was as bad as it is but in an interesting way, i would probably prefer it because at least I would get that it was trying something, but really the Series is just kind of bland.

However, its not completely pointless. The henshin jingles and standby loops are A+ tier, Special shoutouts going to Slash. Desast, while he does nothing most of the season and his existance is confusing, is a fun character and I am glad he is back in recent media (although I... haven't watched any of it yet, maybe it sucks). and, of course, the Crossover Movie with Zenkaiger is Excelent. you do not have to watch saber, but you owe it to yourself to watch that film. its a wonderful, heartfelt love letter to both franchises and I love it.

but in all... saber kinda bad. I think the biggest example of why is found in Durandal, who is introduced as this big problem... but then the moment Touma figures out his gimmick hes now nothing. while this is the biggest example, its kinda an inherent repeating problem for the whole show.

2/10. not 1 because it has some good aspects... but ultimatly I would rather be angry at a season than bored with it.

Revice (2021)

So its... kinda a catchphrase of mine to say "Revice is fine, y'all are just mean" but also like... I do Get why some people dont like it. the second half can feel strange as compared to the first, Vice is a very Abrasive character to have around for every episode, and a lot of its best aspects are in side content.

but like... man I like revice. I like its themes of Freedom VS saftey, I like how it handles the aspect that being a rider pretty universally sucks for all of its characters. I like how Morally ambiguous the majority of the cast are. I like how no-one is treated as irredeemable, even if some of them are.

and mostly I like Ikki and Vice. this season lives or dies for you based on if you like the two characters at the center of it. all of the awesome suits and interesting villains mean nothing if your main characters are not likeable. and I think these two work. they bounce off of each other well and I really like the sort of broadly unstated fact that vice is all of the parts of Ikki which Ikki rejects. Ikki is humble and selfless to a fault, mostly quite and reserved, while vice is loud and narcissistic and energetic. I think their dynamic works really well.

it also plays into a theme of the season which I really enjoy, the Idea that the characters inner demons are the parts of themselves that they reject and that they ultimately have to come to terms with those parts of themselves. by the end of the series, Ikki is a bit more like vice, and is much more comfortable with the "Vice" parts of himself (even if he doesnt know why because of tragedy and heartbreak). In comparison, the other igurashis have done the same. Sakura is much more comfortable with the parts of herself she considered weak, while not letting that over ride her kung-fu Girlboss attitude. Daiji has come to terms with his Middle-child angst and insecurities. and Genta has come to terms with the mistakes of his youth and is looking to grow past them.

revice is not perfect, its storytelling can be a mess sometimes, its barely a crossover/anniversary season, the last 4 episodes feel more like Vcines than actual episodes of the show... but Damn it Revice meant something to me. this was the first season I watched as it was airing, but even regardless it stands out to me on how well handled this was. I have yet to really dive in on post series and god I hope they dont fuck it up like they did with zero one... but For me, Revice is special.

8/10. Revice is Fine. Y'all are just mean

Geats (2022)

Kamen Rider Geats is... something else. I am writing this literal seconds after finishing the final episode, because I have known what I want to say about this season for a long time but after seeing its ending just... wow.

Put simply: Geats is the first time (as far as I have seen) since Kuuga that the show has reached this level of pure, technical "greatness". Not since Kuuga has the writing been this good, the suits this good, the fights this good. and remember, I consider Kuuga to be the best season this show has done. Geats is that good.

its rich, its deep, its beautifully shot and choreographed, Its characters are layered and interesting. Geats is a tour-de-force in terms of this franchise. I thought revice was going to be a hard act to follow but geats blew it out of the water.

I do want to stress that while I consider Geats to be up there in terms of quality, I don't necessarily enjoy it as much as other seasons. Reminder that Enjoyment and "objective" quality are frequently two different things, but I would be lying if I said that I did not also still love this season.

also Geats says eat the rich. I will not elaborate further but if you have seen the show you know what I mean.

9/10. only losing a point because the disaster arc kind of never went anywhere

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

fuck it this counts. As of Writing this part, I have not actually seen the original 1971 Kamen Rider series. I whole intend to some day, I just haven't gotten around to it. so please bare in mind that some stuff I have to say about this movie may just be accurate to what that show is like.

now I am going to leave the Pacing of the film alone as far as criticism goes. even though Shin deviates heavily from the source material, it is still trying to adapt the broad strokes and tone of a 90-odd episode TV show from the 90s into under 3 hours. Plus, this is nothing new for the Shin Japan Heros films, Shin Ultraman also suffered from this.

what I will criticise is the fight scenes. Hot take but like... Geats was better. a tv show with a fraction of the budget and half the development time has better fight scenes than the big budget movie. so much of the action, especially in the first half, is weirdly edited and lacks cohesion. this does pick up towards the end, and, yes, I cheered in delight when Takeshi and Ichimonji went sicko mode on the shocker riders. like audible yell of "YEAH!" chear, but again those first few fights are weird and not great to watch.

beyond that honestly pretty major criticism, the film is very good. its kind of melodramatic and dower a lot of the time but given its specifically aiming for the tone of those 14 episodes of 1971, from what I know that's fine, that's how those episodes went. Plus, I am not going to say it isnt effective. I cried, I cheered, a good time was had by all.

This is not my favourite piece of Kamen rider media. honestly I dont know If I will revisit it for a long time. it lacks a lot of what I enjoy in this franchise. that said, this is a phenomenal work. I respect if for what it attempts, and enjoy it regardless of my aversion to the style. 9/10. Kamen rider in its purest, most raw, most uncut form.

Gotchard Section Coming once Gotchard is done and not a second sooner.

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kamenriderserotonin · 1 year

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I enjoy older rider shows the most because the physical image of the riders...is not that curated?? You know like Hollywood everyone is hairless perfect size without a single flaw style.

Like the prettiest boy is Kazuma Kenzaki and even him did cringe fail faces that put you off.

Now with newer seasons the riders are always so pretty and shiny and perfect I just....I can't...believe them?

Hibiki my man is the biggest piece of meat on the plate and sometimes you can see his acne scars ????

Bring back cringe fail murderer Asakura and Godai I'm just a regular guy with leather pants Yusuke

#hong talks #I'm not saying the newer seasons are bad Hibiki is bad bad and I hate faiz with burning passion #but there's something about older seasons portraying normal people #and not celebrities produced to make you fall for them #ups forgot the main tag #kamen rider

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ninelie00 · 1 year

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Kamen Rider Kuuga: One Year Later

Kamen Rider Kuuga was one of three shows I started when making my way through a journey where I would go through so many toku series that I have lost count of how much I have accomplished. Kuuga is a show that is so not-Rider and that is to the benefit of itself.

In many ways, Kuuga is exactly what Kamen Rider had needed in the same way the Black and RX era was. After nearly 30 years of nothing but boring, repetitive, and unoriginal plotlines that do not lend the series much of any memorability beyond the superficialities. Kuuga decides to throw what is familiar almost completely aside for a show that drives itself on the core theme of Rider but never falling into making itself *FEEL* like Kamen Rider's worst aspects. You get to enjoy a show full of human drama, and drama that is executed brilliantly. The show drives itself on a J-Drama format with the dashes of mystery to make itself instead feel like a series that just so happens to have Kamen Rider. Kuuga lavishes in what it wants to convey to the audience about humanity overcoming the evils that lay in the cracks of our world. Death in this show is always contradicted with life, a show that has an adult getting killed with also have moments where Godai spends time with children. It understands how to balance tone, it understands how to pace itself, and how to make even its quirks of 2000s CGI not feel disorienting. Kuuga brings in the cylinders of making Rider a secondary to what is the forefront of drama, something that Kamen Rider would follow until Hibiki concluded in 2005. You feel that you aren't watching something that is in the same franchise as Kamen Rider X or Kamen Rider OOO.

#Kamen Rider Kuuga #Kamen Rider #Toei #Ishinomori Shotaro #Ishinomori Productions #tokusatsu

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