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sailorgokaidecade · 3 months

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Rider Pairings - Reiwa

#masked rider #kamen rider #kamen rider gotchard #kamen rider majade #kamen rider geats #kamen rider tycoon #kamen rider revice #kamen rider revi #kamen rider vice #kamen rider live #kamen rider evil #kamen rider saber #kamen rider blades #kamen rider zero one #kamen rider vulcan

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emotionallychargedtowel · 6 months

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That post about Higuchi Kouhei and his cat got me thinking about some other tokusatsu-to-BL pipeline actors that are on current or recent BLs, so I thought I'd do a screenshot post about Kamen Rider Revice, a recent toku series that features two lead actors who star in current BLs, plus an actor in a smaller role who was part of a side couple in a BL series that recently completed a second season.

The main character of Revice is Igarashi Ikki, played by Maeda Kentaro, currently playing Ohara Yamato in I Can't Reach You. His siblings are very central to the story as well--by the end of the series, the story is centered around his whole family. Ikki's younger brother Daiji is played by Hyuga Wataru, currently playing Yamasuge Ryuiji in If It's With You.

Here they are having a bath in the opening credits for the show (the Igarashi family runs a public bath house).

I should say at the outset that I can't entirely recommend Revice, especially to folks who don't already have some tokusatsu-watching under their belts. It's a hot mess in a lot of ways. But it does have some really outstanding highlights. The best aspects of the series, in my book, were:

Kagerou (Daiji's demonic alter ego),

George Karizaki (my beloved),

Igarashi Sakura/Kamen Rider Jeanne (the most formidable female Rider I've seen in any series in the franchise), and

the relationship between Sakura and Natsuki Hana (a rare example of a convincing Sapphic ship in a franchise well known for "heated drama between men").

I'm not going to get into 2 and 3 here, as tempting as that would be, but I'll include as much of 4 as time/space permits.

It might seem weird that I'm not recommending a series with some of my favorite characters in the entire Kamen Rider franchise AND a relationship between girls that is a hair's breadth from being canonically queer. It's just too much of a trainwreck to endorse as a whole. But as I said, the highlights are really something.

One of the biggest issues I had with Revice was that Ikki, the protagonist, just isn't a very compelling character. As a result I don't think Maeda Kentaro really got to show the range of his acting abilities in this series. (This just makes me more curious to see him in ICRY. From the excerpts I've seen so far, it seems like he shows a really different side of himself.)

Maeda appreciators might still enjoy the many determined faces and creepy smiles he gets to dish out in this series. Here's a sampling.

It's possible they'll want to look away when he starts doing things like this, though.

Fans of both Maeda and Hyuga might enjoy some of their scenes fighting side by side, including doing their various henshin poses (the moves they do before they transform into their masked Rider forms).

Or when they do things like this bonkers flying kick.

Thankfully, Daiji is a more interesting character than Ikki, so Revice gave Hyuga some more challenging things to do. I thought Hyuga also just really made the most of every opportunity the show presented to him. He was seriously impressive. This is the reason I was sold on IIWY the moment I saw the announcement about it based solely on Hyuga's involvement.

Here's a sampling of Hyuga as Daiji.

In addition to playing Daiji, Hyuga also played Kagerou, Daiji's aforementioned demonic alter ego. Kagerou was formed from thoughts and emotions that Daiji repressed. The biggest of these was his resentment toward Ikki. But apparently Daiji had also been repressing a desire to be a somewhat gender non-conforming goth, because that's Kagerou's other raison d'etre.

In some ways, it's hard to imagine a character more different from Ryuji. If they have anything in common, it's the fact that they both place a high value on honesty.

One other thing that's worth noting about Hyuga's work on Revice is that he was only 17 when the show premiered. He showed major dramatic range in this part, not only playing two very different characters but doing everything from low-key nuanced scenes to bombastic high drama. Not to mention the stunts! Doing all of this at 17 is seriously remarkable.

Now for our bonus dude! There's a secret evil-fighting organization called Weekend that secretly keeps tabs on the Igarashi family for years before coming out of hiding to join the big central battle of the series. One of the Weekend operatives is Ushijima Hikaru.

Look familiar? Maybe not, he didn't make faces like this on his BL series.

How about now? Yep, it's Oku Tomoya, who plays Hanabusa Asuka on both seasons of Minato Shouji Coin Laundry.

Oku has some big scenes and interesting moments in Revice. He does some romantic pining, goes through big-time loss, does quite a bit of martial-arts sparring, gets seriously injured, and more. He even gets to henshin a few times. Here he is getting ready to do just that with Sakura and Hana. Those Weekend uniforms are pretty hardcore in a 70s flight attendant sort of way, but I feel like Oku really sells it here.

While we're on the subject of Sakura and Hana, I feel like I can't mention their relationship without including some moments where their story came particularly close to tipping into full-on yuri.

If you're going to do an enemies-to-lovers story, why not make them full-on superhero nemeses?

The word "date" might not technically get used by the characters, but there's no mistaking that the amusement park hangout Sakura invites Hana on--while she is still a fully-functioning bad guy, I might add--is definitely a date.

Most of the time when a Rider beats their nemesis for the final time they don't hold each other tenderly in the sunset.

By the end of the series, they're in a big tub together at the Igarashi's bath house.

There are tons more examples but you get the idea. If this isn't borderline-yuri I don't know what is.

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t-u-i-t-c · 8 months

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make me choose

villains or heroes → heroes

+ bonus

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kiraridertime03 · 24 days

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KAMEN RIDER DEMONS FUCKS

But he also reveals the problems with some of Revice's design decisions

Okay, so, cards on the table, Kamen Rider Revice has some of my favorite Kamen Rider designs. When they work, they are these slick, cool, iconic designs. It is a season that does legend rider designs the best, integrating the designs without being too overbearing (or just being the other riders). Jeanne is probably the best rider girl design, it's all so rad.

Kamen Rider Revice also has some of the worst Kamen Rider designs ever. Whether it be Live's highlighter yellow, or Over Demon's bullshit, some of these suits really suck. To be fair, I think the series is more hits than misses, but still.

That brings me to this thread's topic. Kamen Rider Demons. This is an ancillary rider introduced fairly early on into the series, and is a rider system that jumps around a lot, being basically Fenix's main rider system. However, the initial suit is primarily used by our boy Hiromi. And, to be honest, this design is rad as hell.

The undersuit initially has this muscly texture, looking like tendons strewn about. This muscly texture is also on the belt, tying it into that design as well. From there, the red muscles are strategically covered by a mixture of blue and bluish silver armor. It plays on the classic Spider-Man color combo to great effect. It all works so well. However, the main Vistamp gives the spider web armor on the torso and head, which is intelligently set up in the neutral black, with the other colors being the same silver and red on the rest of the body. This webbing also has an asymmetry, giving an extra visual appeal to the suit, but has a simple, nearly smooth texture, helping to not leave the suit over detailed. Plus, the whole suit has a sharp, intimidating, militaristic feel, especially exemplified by the permanently angry front eyes, flanked by some extra spider eyes on the side, glowing in a clear blue through the webbing. It's so cool! You think it would be too busy, but it somehow all meshes so well together. I would love to see him in Spider-Verse.

From there, a bit of history is given to the suit design with... KAMEN RIDER VAIL

This suit is militaristic, but in a different way. Covered in metallic armor, he wears a baggy undersuit. This both gives the suit a more aged feel (It's meant to be an older precursor to the modern rider systems) and gives the armor the freedom to be more complex. It integrates a darker silver than the main Demons and copper for the Kabuto parts. I do really enjoy this suit. However, it's important to note, because both of these suits are a part of the history of my least favorite suit in the (main) show.

OVER DEMONS

Over Demons basically just slaps the two suits together to poor effect. The undersuit is unchanged from Demons, and the torso armor is nearly unchanged from Vail, and they do not mix. The Vail armor adds 2 new colors, a new silver and bronze, all of which fight for your attention. Plus, the detail goes overboard, the torso armor adding just a bit too much texture that was gone in the main demons suit. What doesn't help is that the helmet, newly designed for the suit, adds 2 NEW COLORS, a light blue and a bluish white. It is too much.

And this is the problem with many of Revice's slapped together suits (even some of the main suits if you dislike Thunder Gale). It slaps two aesthetics together that do not mesh at all. Another great example of this is Evil/Live. The undersuit is really detailed and has a lot of colors, but the smooth black torso armor balances it all out. Then live adds a shiny white and highlighter yellow for some reason.

They use reuse to either over detail the designs, have too many colors or both. That's not to say reuse is bad, it isn't. And I get it, Revice was strapped for budget. However it can be done well. Evility Live uses the Evil undersuit and mixes it with the Holy Live armor to great effect. Destream uses the century suit, which is in a neutral white with some red details, and gives it a cool blue touch.

It can be done, but Revice sometimes just doesn't. However, that doesn't mean that Kamen Rider Demon's suit was cool enough for me to spend too much money on an action figure of it.

#kamen rider #kamen rider revice #suit design #tokusatsu #revice #kamen rider demons #kamen rider over demons #kamen rider live #kamen rider evil #kamen rider destream #kamen rider vail #yes its the sh figuarts #yes I like the figure

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baradhiblue · 7 months

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what if we kissed in our tacky pink rider suits and we're both bats

#everyone knows bats are gay but did you know they're also lesbian? really makes you think #kamen rider #kamen rider revice #kamen rider live #kamen rider evil #igarashi daiji #kagerou #bluesart

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emeruga · 2 years

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~WINGS FOR THE FUTURE~

KAMEN RIDER EVILYTYLIVE

#art #tokusatsu #kamen rider #kamen rider revice #kamen rider live #kamen rider evil #kamen rider evilytylive #kamen rider evilyty live

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tittiesoflight · 4 months

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don't forget the reason for the season. thank your local angelgirl.

#piercings are kagerou residue #anyway i think i might keep doing seasonal stuff like this bc it was fun #kamen rider revice #kamen rider live #igarashi daiji #lightsart

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mangolon · 1 year

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Goddammit Keiwa, don’t go all Kaito/Daiji on us.

Just tell him the admins forced her to do it.

#kamen rider geats #geats ep 34 #geats spoilers #keiwa sakurai #kamen rider tycoon #ace ukiyo #mitsume #goddess of creation #kaito kumon #kamen rider baron #kamen rider gaim #2013 #daiji igarashi #kamen rider live #kamen rider revice #2021

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tokucosplay · 1 year

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planetchii · 2 years

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I got bored so I made a meme.

I'm just saying.

#kamen rider #kamen rider revice #daiji igarashi #igarashi daiji #kagero #kagerou #kamen rider holy live #kamen rider live #kamen rider evil #kamen rider eviltylive #???#I guess?#I'm cackling over a shit meme what has become of my life

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tokuteasings · 1 year

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doin’ something unholy - NSFW - Kagero x Reader x Igarashi Daiji

So guess who watched the Revice Forward movie and has things to write about Kagero and Daiji because i love myself? Yes. I do.

I am so sorry

Warnings: Kagero x Reader x Daiji and full of sin. Kinda AU where they’re demons like actual demons and Daiji and angel I guess...I’m tempted to do a spider demon!Hiromi smut thingy bc I got thots. Uh...I kept it as GN as possible. Don’t bother sending me to church I’ll turn it into my hell hole. Anyway enjoy

What a lucky, lucky, little thing you are...

Fire licking at your body, hellish flicks and licks of a forked tongue toying with your form - spread out upon the altar of communion, where God can witness the most sacrilegious of unions.

Of devil and angel, of God’s most holy of creations placed in front of mortal flesh and feasting.

The devil beneath you parts your legs further and further, the sea of honeyed wine entering his lips and he partakes within your adoration. His tongue flickers in and out of his mouth, chuckling and sending vibrations into your spine that only denotes of furthering yourself from the clutches of Eden.

But the angel hushes you.

He, with his holy light and wings stained with hints of devilish black, only press his lips to yours and deft hands flutter against your chest, nipples tweaked left and right - a whine leaving your lips and echoing into his. “Daiji...” you mouth out against his wet lips, your shaking hands gripping his to cease his sacred onslaught of sending you into heaven. “D-Don’t let me-”

“It’s okay, I got you,” his wings flicker against the corner of your vision, wrapping around your chest and shielding it from the snake’s gaze from the earth below. “Kagero,” he chides out, “I think that’s enough.”

“Hmm?” Kagero simply purrs out, an ebony nail tracing the mountains of marks he dotted against your supple thighs. “Is it?” his tongue flickers in the candlelight, lapping up the last vestiges of your cream and purring as the cat would. “Have they had enough?”

“Yes...” came the hoarse little croak from your swollen lips, throat simply red and raw from being blessed by their cocks down your throat and unleashing prayers within this holy house of God towards the devil and angel beside you. “Please let me cum.”

Kagero lets out a small whistle as he stands back up to his full height, smirking and towering over your sitting form as the angel’s wings further fluff up to shy your body away from him. “Then swear yourself to me-”

“Kagero!” Daiji bats the other’s hand away, anger bubbling within his chest. “Don’t do that to them!”

“But I want to.” he roughly grabs your chin, forcing you to look up to your new deity, to fall into piety. “What will the answer be, hm?”

Daiji hushes him, a wing further shooing the other away before taking you further into his arms, peppering kisses to your already flushed skin and hoping to cool it down. “Do not listen to me.” his fingers slither towards your nethers, tempting you with the vice of heaven and choir. Dusting with light, careful, and adoring touches - banishing the welts of the demon. He is prepared to worship you as the god that you are, and to be worshiped in turn.

“I don’t care who it is...” came your sinful little whine. “Just...let me cum.”

It’s this tiny little prayer to the angel and devil in front of you, a last sacrament to both who hold your life in their hands...

God cannot save you now...

#igarashi daiji #kagero #kamen rider live #kamen rider evil #kamen rider #kamen rider imagine #kamen rider x reader #kamen rider revice #thirsty thots #THIS TURNED KAGERO CENTRIC IM SO SORRY #tale simps for kagero part 69.420 #yes i left this open at the end bc idk who yall want to fuck you into oblivion #if i did it'll just be kagero bc man that man makes me feel things

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sailorgokaidecade · 18 days

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