I think its future Mai.

That is great and all, but I'm not learning Japanese and as these subs are supposed to cater to English speakers primarily, they should AT LEAST use basic English grammar but we don't even get that.

I thought the idea was that each world taken over by the forest bears a new Fruit of Knowledge. Maybe he needs two fruits to revive her?

(Sigh...) Wish I hadn't finished Fourze so quickly...now I want more of it... :( Fatal drawback of mass-marathoning I guess...

Are you referring to Final Fantasy Cosplaying Mai? I'm pretty sure that is Mai's spirit from the past and that her name is Eve. Of course, who knows, maybe this Overlords original name was Adam.

Super-1 Episode 42: Also known as the funniest, fantastic episode of the series, lol. Besides the ridiculousness of a Basketball monster (Not the strangest one on this show, lol.) I love that Super-1 infiltrates a costume party held by Jin Dogma. The best part is, is that they make you believe that he just walks in in a Super-1 costume but he doesn't it's Tani in the Super-1 Costume which made even better and funnier. I love when Super-1 revealed he was the Wolfman in the scene, and finally got to meet Marshal Devil face to face, I am so pumped for that showdown now. I also enjoyed him fighting the four generals for a bit too. The Basketball monster was interesting that he could break apart and be hard to hit, it was another brilliant fight. I enjoyed this episode a lot, and also loved that Tani was taking out the Jin Dogma Fighters too.

With ZX having a prominent role in the Kamen Rider Taisen movie and me getting his Figuart cheap last weekend, I decided to check out Birth of the 10th! All Riders Together!!

I started watching it on a really dated rip (no idea who subbed it, its been sitting on my hard drive for about 3 years) that had a short summary of the original Kamen Rider series with some narration that went a bit behind the scenes. It was pretty interesting to hear about some of the landmark episodes and the kind of ratings the show was pulling in, plus it provided me with this gem of a screen cap:

http://i.imgur.com/y6hESw9.png

Oh Japan.

Moving on the the special itself, I switched over the MCS' better quality MKV. It was a pretty good special, but didn't really do much for ZX. His origin is completely glossed over in about 2 minutes, his personal supporting characters are paper thin and a fair chunk of the running time was either spent reminiscing on the past Riders or watching them fight. The suit itself was pretty cool, as were what little I saw of his powers. I should probably get around to reading the manga so I can see a bit more of him.

Badan was...generic evil organisation made up of reconstituted old suits. Kinda what I expected from a 45 min special to be honest. The Ambassador Hell/Darkness confusion gave me a chuckle though.

Before the age of yearly crossovers this must have been a pretty awesome thing to see, but now it's just kinda there. And its success kinda hinges on the crossover-ness of it all, since ZX doesn't really leave a lasting impression.

ZX is a lot more interesting in Spirits.

Oh, and watching more Gaim. Knight of Hammer.

Hibiki 07. Probably the worst episode so far.

Hibiki's training was awesome but duh...he's like the best main Rider ever but I'm getting bored of each episode having the same villains just in increasingly shittier costumes and makeup and I care about absolutely nothing involving Asumu.

Ibuki seems pretty cool I guess but his Rider form is very much like Hibiki only...not as good and although a trumpet is mostly pretty cool it isn't a touch on drumming on your enemy....until they explode.

Man, we think so alike.

And at this point I'm going to let you know that you may have jumped into the wrong season then. While there is plenty of stuff to keep rider fans happy, the show is ostensibly a coming of age story for Asumu and how the riders, particularly Hibiki, have an impact on his growth and development.