Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX (Post 273379)

Which is why I consider Ryuki my favorite show. It got me hooked to where I was doing nothing day in and out but watching it. It even made me cry :(

Originally Posted by NGW (Post 273493)

Agreed. It's not just my favorite season of Kamen Rider, it is one of my favorite shows period.

Originally Posted by Young Optimus14 (Post 273381)

You guys are really making me want to watch Ryuki :lol

Originally Posted by NGW (Post 272449)

Watch Ryuki. I enjoyed Fourze, it was the first season I watched start to finish (since Wizard, which is the season that got me into the franchise, was ongoing at the time I watched Fourze), but if you weren't already liking it the later episodes aren't going to win you over. Ryuki is far and away my favorite season and I won't hesitate to recommend it to anyone interested in watching it. Not the first season I'd recommend to someone getting into Kamen Rider as a whole, but definitely one I feel most should eventually look into.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 273426)

I feel like I'm missing something. Like, everyone else is hearing something I can't.
I honestly feel like Kuuga has one of the worst themes I've ever heard :lol

Originally Posted by Locke (Post 273668)

Everything about Kuuga sucks. It isn't just the worst toku show I've seen, it's one of the worst pieces of media I've seen, period.

Originally Posted by Young Optimus14 (Post 273672)

I'm sorry but your wrong. Kuuga is at the very least a decent show overall. Yes it's lacking in some areas but that doesn't make it horrible. The fight scenes are good and realistic with both fighters getting hurt and Kuuga's fighting style.

The Grongi are interesting in that you don't know what exactly their doing and even the sub plots are handled well as it shows how others are effected by whats happening around them with the Grongi attacks and people dying.

Originally Posted by Young Optimus14 (Post 273672)

I'm sorry but your wrong. Kuuga is at the very least a decent show overall. Yes it's lacking in some areas but that doesn't make it horrible. The fight scenes are good and realistic with both fighters getting hurt and Kuuga's fighting style.

The Grongi are interesting in that you don't know what exactly their doing and even the sub plots are handled well as it shows how others are effected by whats happening around them with the Grongi attacks and people dying.

Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP (Post 273208)

He didn't insult you, just pointed out how factually incorrect your assesment was. I also agree with Matrixbeast that Ouja was one-track and boring.

Saying Ryuki doesn't care about everyone is the exact opposite of his entire being. He wasn't smart, but he had a very clear sense of morals and justice, and became depressed when he thought he had actually killed someone. When he died, I was shocked. Because he died not as a rider fighting another rider, but as a human trying to save people. His first instinct wa sto protect, not to fight, and he paid the price. Yet in a way, it perfectly capped-off is character. Many rider boldly claim to protect innocents no matter the risk, but Shinji lived it. He literally gave everything to save others. Very powerful message. He cared for human life more than almost any pre-Decade Heisei rider I have seen.

BUT I wholeheartedly agree with you on Zolda and Knight. Zolda was the stand-out character for me. Very multi-sided, very different. He was outwardsly bad, what with being a scummy lawyer and all, but had a strong bond with his "student," genuinely seemed to show interest and feelings for the reporter girl, and when his former bumbling assistant who gets on everyone's nerves shows up, he actually treats her with kindness when he believes she is about to die. Likewise he pays entirely for a sick mother's hospital bills despite not even knowing her. He may not be very sympathetic, but he is very empathetic. It's almost like selflessness brought about by selfishness, which is the most genuine thing I've seen rarely in ANY fiction EVER that I can recall. He was a human being in every sense of the word. He showed that even the most typically villainistic archtypes can be portrayed realistically and with genuine humanity in their imperfections and strengths. This extended to Gorou, who was likewise a former street punk who, at first sight appears punk-ish, but is really humble, dedicated and full of admiration.

Ren, on the other hand, was boring and redundant. He felt totally pointless in the grand scheme. Ouja as well was cartoonishly one-track, having no layers or tricks or hidden sides. He wasn't human, he was just a single baseless motivation and was hyper boring because of that. (but his death scene was INCREDIBLY well done. The whole first half of the last episode was amazingly shot and written)