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How the "Remodeled Human" disappeared from Kamen Rider
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10-28-2020, 11:25 AM
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Kiwami
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Celebrating the announcement of the new
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Black
figure, Tamashii Nations sat down with Masato Hayase for an interview, a student and assistant of Shotaro Ishinomori, who after Ishinomori's death in 1998 participated in the revival of Kamen Rider for the Heisei era. He was a material manager on Kuuga and later in charge of character design and supervision with Agito, and has since had a hand in design for subsequent Riders.
Some very interesting points are brought forth in this interview, but the one I want to highlight, because it interests me the most, is: How the "Remodeled Human" disappeared from Kamen Rider.
As we know, during the Showa era almost every Rider was a "Kaizō Ningen", a "Remodeled Human" or for a term more often used, a Cyborg. Kidnapped by an evil organization, operated on against their wills, turned into a tool for world domination. Our hero escapes before the final step, a brainwash, can happen and now uses the newfound powers against their creators to save the world.
Such a setting became a staple for the Showa era, with some twists added here and there. With V3, it was the Kamen Riders themselves who operated on the new Rider V3, Amazon was a result of ancient Incan science and magic, Stronger willingly turned to the evil organization to be altered on purpose.
While the origins differed a key factor stayed the same: Sooner or later the Rider faced the grim realization that they were no longer human. The burden of living among those who looked the same, knowing oneself was forever different; having become something others might fear or call a monster.
This trend ultimately ended after Kamen Rider Black, a chosen "Century King" formed into a fighting machine by the evil Golgom cult to serve as their potential future ruler.
With the damn of Kamen Rider's Heisei era and its first show, Kamen Rider Kuuga, a new hero fought against evil, given power by a mysterious belt that integrated itself into the users body. More new heroes emerged after, their transformations were now triggered by a hidden power within them and/or the use of special belts that carried their suits.
Why did this change occur? The answer can be found in this interview and surprised me, because I never even thought about it this way.
Masato Hayase explains:
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This is because medical technology has progressed immensely over time and artificial organ transplantation had become commonplace.
However, such artificial organs are just substitutes. While they can save patients, they do not grant one the superpowers of the Riders, on the contrary, some people might be suffering for the rest of their lives.
Therefore, I had to omit the setting of a modified human. At first, I was afraid that the heroes would lose their "Rider-ness", but I couldn't make a hero show that could potentially promote discrimination.
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So the reason this hero origin was phased out is because the fiction of humans being operated on and provided with artificial organs became reality, and it was decided to not use this fate in a tragic way to avoid discrimination of a growing number of people who had to undergo these procedures.
Just an interesting point to think about, especially for someone like me who likes this trope and wants to see it back all the time. Now I am actually not so sure if I still do. I think the decision made was right, although I think the message could’ve been altered slightly. If such procedures become commonplace, wouldn’t it be important to show that someone could have them and still be a hero? Or is the message send to children inappropriate, especially to those who are sick and do not gain superpowers after their operations?
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