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What are you watching? (Kamen Rider Edition)
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Ryuki 21-22:
A lot of things are going on at once in these episodes. Ren finally snaps out of the funk he's been in for a while, Shinji learns something that causes him to question the morality of stopping the Riders from fighting, and Kanzaki tries to get Tezuka to be a little more cooperative. This is an extremely interesting stretch of the show. It puts Shinji in more difficult position then he's ever been in, while also teasing the idea of him losing the only real ally he has.
I didn't know a thing about Ryuki's plot going in originally, so I remember being legitimately worried about that last bit. I was probably just really gullible or something, but it goes to show how completely absorbing I found this show. It trains you with Scissors and Zolda to assume other Riders are all jerks, so everything about Tezuka immediately screamed "too good to be true". I figured there had to be some cruel twist at some point, especially since the two Riders
after
him are also huge jerks. But no, for a fifth of the entire series now, he's been there, and he's been reliable, and that's why he's my favorite. He brings something to the show that nobody else can.
Den-O 21-22:
Ryutaros decided to save me the trouble of having to summarize the plot this time:
These are hands down some of my favorite episodes of the show. The actual showdown between Zeronos and Den-O Gun Form in the middle is the obvious reason why. It's
classic
. The choreography is super tense and frenetic, AND a significant chunk of it involves bike action. In a fight between my two favorite characters. It's like they made this just for me!
It sticks out in my mind like crazy to this day when I think of Den-O (or cool Rider fight scenes in general), but seeing the episodes again, it certainly helps that they're supported by such a great plot. So to speak, anyway. I mean, the actual Monster of the Week stuff this time is there and it's fine, but what I mean by "great plot" is all the extremely well done, chracter-driven drama that's really at the center here.
We're still feeling out Yuuto's character, with lots of details about him established but not explained, like the limited number of times he can become Zeronos, creating all kinds of interesting roads for future drama without forgetting to have moments to show off his actual personality too, like him only deciding to "waste" a transformation to fight Den-O after Ryutaros' careless fighting style starts running the risk of hurting Hana. Ryutaros himself is also amazing here. It's the craziest he's been at since his debut, but what makes him endearing to me is the show's commitment to writing him as an actual child. He's not quite capable of genuine malice the same way he's not quite capable of understanding why running around shooting at people is a big deal. He's also somewhat lacking in authority figures who can correct his misbehavior. It's three-dimensional, you know? Look at how violent his crayon drawings are, he's clearly rather troubled. Fortunately, Ryoutarou, awesome guy that he is, actually decides to take responsibility for the brat here, refusing to make excuses to Yuuto for not having Ryutaros under control, and trying more than anyone else usually does to explain why the way he acts is a problem. I honestly forgot how much Ryoutarou had grown by this point in the show. I'm not even halfway through, and he already feels totally different from how he did at the start.
On an unrelated note, one other revelation I've had going back to this show is that it's unfortunate so many of the episode titles involve very slick, natural sounding wordplay that you'd have to be some kind of super genius to translate without losing the joke.
OOO 21-22:
Firstly, it's Nobuhiro Mouri's turn to write an arc, and he comes out of the gate pretty strong. The plot here has a very memorable twist to it, with the premise being a Yummy born of a desire to do good. Or rather, to beat up people who do bad. There are quite a few layers to why this one works. More than anything, I think it's actually quite clever to show how weird and creepy it would be to directly apply the logic of fictional heroes and villains to stuff like random litterers on the street. It stays very true to OOO's thematic spirit that desire is never quite black and white, and Mouri shows a strong grasp on the characters while he's at it. Eiji's guile, and his unique brand of optimism, are on full display here, once again showing that he's way, WAY more intellectual than the average goodhearted hero. Gotou's character arc also makes enough genuine progress to disqualify these episodes from being filler, so they're a win any way you wanna look at it.
Secondly, The Grasshopper Yummy is a great mythology gag. Showa references of any kind are more than welcome to me, but the thematic callback to Kamen Rider's origins as a story about a monster who becomes a hero is awesome, and just on that alone, he's the most memorable monster in the whole show to me.
And thirdly, the way the Medals are used here struck me as extremely elegant. Mouri got stuck writing at a point in the show where OOO has barely any toys to play with (TaJaDor is literally his only Combo right now), but he uses that to his advantage. There's a great gag where Eiji is asking Ankh for different Medals during in the middle of a fight only to react dejectedly when told they don't have what he wants, which almost seems kind of meta. But good use is made of what it is available, including some individual use of the red Medals. Special mention goes to Condor getting used specifically because Eiji lost his only Grasshopper Medal earlier in the episode. Kicking things slightly harder isn't a particularly interesting power compared to OOO's usual fare, so using it in the context of a sort of last resort actually makes it still stick out and seem cool.
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