Your enjoyment of this show pleases me greatly.

It didn't take long for episode 39 to correct my error in judgement. 753 is still good, but I'd somehow forgotten that Riki is the true MVP. God I love him.

Also my goodness, Maya, what a fucking liar you turned out to be. Did we already forget how one of the early plots was about how Otoya totally bamboozled a ton of people out of their money and stuff? Wait, who the hell am I kidding, it's Kiva, of course we forgot. Also he's a womanizing weirdo but I guess that goes without saying.

"Stay away from her, she's a Fangire"
"Yeah, I know"
"So that means...you knew??"
"Yep."

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Wow, here I was thinking that my stockholm syndrome was making me think maybe Kiva wasn't going to be so bad in this final stretch, but this, this is some crap. So what the actual hell, Mio? This is so ooc. My goodness.

Also, damn it all, 753 turned back into Nago. Was fun while it lasted...is what I had typed, but at least he "slipped" during the fight at the end so hey, I guess he's starting to graduate from being an incorrigible ass.

Episode was alright until Mio went full Kiva on me.

Ok, so Nago is no longer being the funny man, which is sad, but for just about the first time ever, he's actually being a respectable human being, so I guess I'm okay with this outcome as well.

...? So this Aozora guy hates Fangires because Taiga hurt him, which is why he wants to defeat Wataru, so...he asks Taiga for help? Keep being logical, Kiva.

So Yuri gets to transform a third time. And accomplishes nothing still! Woo.

Eight more episodes. Soooon, freedom.

Yeah, don't get too excited. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one currently posting around here that actually likes Kiva, and I thought Kiva was terrible.

TV-N's fault?

Come on, I believe in you!

And the best part is, after this, whatever you watch next will seem AMAZING by comparison! Maybe do Wizard. :p

Nope, that was just the show. Well, not literally,the flippant translation is me, but the "I knew" "So...you knew??" is completely accurate.


I've already seen (and loved) Wizard. My original plan was actually to watch 555 after Kiva, but I don't think I'm too into the idea of getting Inoue's number 1 all up in my face right after getting his number 2, so...was originally thinking of skipping ahead to the next thing on my list, Kabuto, but...I think I'm gonna go ahead and take a bit of a break from Rider and go with Go-Busters after all. Should be fun. More than this.

I'll take your word for it then. Maybe Mars was onto something with that joke about Inoue writing Kiva while on the toilet. :lol

Oh wait what? That works for me then. :thumb:

Yeah, Faiz, despite being a more solid show than Kiva, has a lot of the same problems and quirks, so you probably want to build some endurance back up before tackling it.

Naturally I still wholeheartedly support the idea of watching Go-Busters. It may be "boring" in the eyes of a lot of people, but I think everyone would agree it at least won't cause physical pain the way Kiva does. :p

Man, I'm being so harsh. It's okay Kiva, I only mock you because I care.

KIVAAAAA!!!
Barny, you should watch Faiz, it's nowhere near as stupid as Kiva just... not right after Kiva.

If you do decide to do another Rider - go Kabuto; it's a bit filler laden in the middle but, mostly, it's pretty awesome.

Of course, a lot of Kabuto was also written by Inoue, so that still isn't a great idea if the goal here is steer clear of the guy for a while.

Not to worry, I eventually plan to watch all the Kamen Riders. Just not at the moment (or well, the moment after I finish Kiva anyway), probably...'course, even if I'm watching Go-Busters I'll still be watching the original show and Super-1 on the side, so I'm not cutting off the franchise anyway.

...speaking of the Showa side, I'm like 7 episodes away from finishing Skyrider, so I should be able to wrap that up soonish as well. Got opinions on that too...

...oh, and Saban's Masked Rider. Also making progress on that every once in a blue moon. I'll say this for it: if nothing else, it's written more consistently than Kiva .-.

Inoue's fingerprints are all over the pre-W Heisei era. It's hard to find a show that he didn't contribute at least a few episodes to, plus almost every movie.