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Kamen rider zi-o spin-off part 2: Rider time ryuki episode 1
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04-05-2019, 03:16 PM
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ShyGuy
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As a big fan of Ryuki, I was really excited for this special. After watching the first episode, I'm not totally sold on it yet.
One one hand, I loved how much it felt like Ryuki from a production standpoint. It's great to hear all the sounds and music again, and they did a good job of capturing the atmosphere of the original season. Seeing a lot of the old characters back was great too, I would have liked to see Kitaoka again but otherwise can't complain. All of my other favorites are back with Shinji, Asakura, and Tezuka (Kind of...more on that shortly). And even though Kitaoka isn't here it's nice to have Goro in his place.
On the other hand I felt that the pacing was extremely rushed, it just kind of drops the audience in the middle of the situation, gives minimal backstory, and then several characters are already dead by the time it's over. And they were complete nobodies, so it doesn't really feel like there's any emotional weight to the deaths. They just existed to inflate the death count. I don't want to hold these problems against it too much though because it's just a 3-part special, so they understandably have to cram a lot into those three episodes. I can live with that.
The bigger issue I had is the characterization of some of the original cast, particularly Tezuka. While I think there's a strong chance he isn't actually a villain and his actions here are part of a larger plan, I still don't like the way it was handled. Betraying his allies and straight up murdering one of them is just not even remotely consistent with what his personality should be. He's not really the type to set up a fake-out betrayal plot to begin with, let alone one that involves killing someone. And of course there's still the possibility that he
isn't
faking the betrayal, which would just ruin his characterization even more. I just really disliked this portrayal because in the original show he was the only other kind-hearted, genuinely good person besides Shinji, and it sucks to see that so messed up.
So right now my feelings are pretty mixed, but I'm hoping it will improve with the remaining two episodes and maybe negate some of my initial criticisms if it handles the rest of the story well.
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