Tsurugi's actually one of the show's best characters. It just takes a little way for the show to figure out how to use him most effectively.

Yeah, Tsurugi's fucking great but the writers didn't realize how to make him Not Tendou for a little

Tsurugi was basically the only character in Kabuto I actually liked in the back half. :lol

Funny, I consider Tsurugi one of the characters that got the worst of it in the second half of Kabuto. He stops being a rider, he becomes pure comic relief (that isn't very funny), his story stops having anything to do with the rest of the show, and the only reason he wasn't written out of the show is because they had a dangling plot thread they refused to address for 20+ episodes.



If I were to fix Kabuto, I'd start by having Tsurugi's worm form take over pretty much right on top of the Hoppers showing up. Then make it about Gattack trying to save him and the Hoppers kill Tsurugi (meaning the Hoppers actually did something for once). Then spend the rest of the 30s resolving what the Hoppers did and grow Gattack. Then refocus onto Gryllus Worm plot sooner as Kabuto's final boss.

Yeah, Tsurugi goes to a bad place once he starts hanging out with the Hoppers, but at peak "waga tomo KaGAmi!" he was delightful.

Kabuto in a nutshell: If you aren't Tendou or Kagami, then expect to either become a parody of yourself (Tsurugi, the Hopper Bros), barely be a character (Dark Kabuto) or disappear from the show entirely (Drake).

Tsurugi definitely fits with my headcanon of the zecters preferring to pick the most outlandish person they can find.

My life is a hurricane of judgement and randomness.

I'm watching Wizard. So far I like it.

I'm re-torrenting Ghost for the third time. Help.

Speaking of Kabuto, this might be hilarious in how obvious this is, but I'm just now realizing that the horns of the Hoppers' helmets are grasshopper legs....

SkyRider Episode 21: SkyRider and Stronger were awesome together, I loved seeing them kick ass against NeoShocker.

Episode 22: Hiroshi kicks more butt and fights against the Snowman Kaijin this time. Great action and heroics. Also, I loved the Motorcycle Henshin too.