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What are you watching? (Kamen Rider Edition)
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Ryuki 23-24:
Episode 23 hit me like a truck the first time I watched it, and it definitely holds up on a repeat viewing. Shinji shouting Tezuka's name toward the end is burned into my memory quite thoroughly, and the proper reveal of Raia's backstory further cemented his place as my favorite Rider in the whole show.
Episode 24 begins yet another trip into the Inoue Zone, which means, you guessed it, an ineffectual Shinji (which is fine because he's going through some crap right now), some good laughs, and more focus on the ORE Journal crew. In this case, Reiko (who, for the record, I've always really liked) decides to get the scoop on Asakura from the man himself. You can probably guess this isn't going to end well. This is the first time Inoue gets to play with Ouja, and, perhaps because his character is a perfect fit for Inoue's darker habits, it's the first episode of his where I felt a significant disconnect from the other episodes. Asakura goes on a brief rant about eating mud at one point that just doesn't seem like something Kobayashi would ever write. Namely because it lacks all subtlety. That's not always a bad thing, though.
Den-O 23-24:
I've never considered myself a huge fan of Sieg, so going back to these episodes I was taken aback by how great they are. They tell a really complete, self-contained little story that stands on its own far more than the usual Monster of the Week plots Den-O has, that are clearly just there to prop up the other parts of the show before anything else. Here, the tale of this strange bird monster and the baby he calls his brother is very much the focus, and that's definitely a good thing. The pacing is impeccable, and Den-O's insanely strong characterization mixed with its also quite remarkable attention to detail elevate it a considerable degree.
Once again, there are too many individual moments to list them all, but they add up to an extremely entertaining set of episodes. Ryoutarou getting interrogated by the police is definitely a big highlight, but what I'm more getting at is all the
~really~
tiny bits and pieces Den-O always remembers to get in there. Stuff like Ryutaros turning his head away from Yuuto when he walks by like a pouting child, that show the characters behaving in a consistent and characterful way even when it has nothing to do with what's actually going on. Every single scene on the Den-Liner especially is staged in such an elaborate, well thought out way that goes so far beyond the requirements of the story that it's almost baffling.
Episode 24 also has yet another healthy dose of screentime for Plat Form, which I know isn't any kind of objective reason for liking an arc, but I'm telling you guys, any time it gets to do something,
the arc is good
.
OOO 23-24:
Firstly, the show digs into Date's backstory for the first time here, in the process adding a lot of depth to a character who could've been mistaken for someone more shallow to this point. One of my favorite scenes is actually in 23 when him and Eiji are just getting some oden. It's emblematic of (part of) what makes OOO great, because in the middle of a show where the most insane, unrealistic crap happens constantly (the arc straight up ends with Eiji using his octopus legs to drill a hole through a giant sea monster), we also get this very natural conversation between our two heroes that informs us a lot of their characters in a pretty short amount of time, in particular showing that Date sort of sees through Eiji in a way that nobody else, including Eiji himself, really does.
Secondly, the Victim of the Week here suffers from abuse to such a comical extent it's honestly hard not to root for her even when she's going a little crazy.
And thirdly, even after the token apology it would later get, I'm honestly still a little upset all these years later that Shout Out doesn't play during ShaUTa's debut. They had a perfect streak going! Why make a sweet insert song for every Combo and then NOT use one?!
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When people joked that Kagami is the main character of Kabuto they really weren't kidding.
Wait, were you guys all just joking? Because I consider this a fact on the same level as Asumu obviously being the focus of Hibiki. It's a huge part of the reason Tendou is characterized the way he is. Gattack was basically Cross-Z before it was cool.
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