Terui got lucky that his power-up didn't come with any lethal side effects. Isamu was not so lucky, but without his Shotriser, I'm not sure what else you expected him to do. It's tragic, sure, but calling his death "senseless" sounds like an insult to Isamu and everything he stood for.

Oh right, you know since we don't have a thread for it I might as well put it here.

That Birth X Secret Birth Story ended up being subbed recently. That was a fun watch even though it didn't really do much if I'm being honest. AR OOO World might probably the most cracked out AR World ever?

Like we've had crazy ones, but I feel like this one takes role reversal and just spins it on its head with who is what here. Also it was neat to see Birth X actually do some stuff compared to the OOO 10th Special. Overall cute little special, would recommend but don't expect it to do much for you.

Birth X was just straight up fun! Not a huge amount of emotional substance or anything but I found myself laughing every couple minutes. The short runtime necessitating a faster pace especially helps that humour land

Yes, I liked this movie too.

So I'm not scolding Isamu, but the screenwriters. There was no reason to create these deadly effects other than the tragedy itself and the film's significance. As a last resort, they could have acted like in Grease`s V-Cinema, that is, for the viewer to somehow consider him dead, and then it turned out that he just got really bad.
By the way, it turns out that if "Zero-one 10 yers special" ever happens, most of the riders there will be ghosts.

Currently watching the second episode of Kamen Rider Revice and I’m really liking what I see with the series so far.

Been watching Skyrider in my spare time, and am currently up to episode 19.

It's been fun, though I will say that, atleast so far, there's really not much to it that makes it stand out?

Maybe it's how Super-1 really spoiled me in these regards, but alot of Skyrider comes across as very "by the numbers" at the moment. The action is basic, the villain plots(with some exceptions) aren't as intense, and the supporting cast might as well not even exist.

There are definitely some good highlights though! The Penicillian episode was extremely hardcore and a ton of fun to watch, alot of the set design is pretty solid for the time period, and I consistently find Imata's' schtick funny.

Was also surprised to see the bike mechanic from Super-1 appear here as a coffee shop owner. He looks way different without the mustache and fisherman's' cap!

Oh, and the theme song is really catchy!

But yeah, that's the initial impressions so far. I'm still having fun with the show as a whole, but compared to the other bits of Showa I've seen so far, it's a bit on the weaker side.

Oh, I'm watching SkyRider as well. Only 8 episodes left. I haven't seen Super-1 yet so I can't compare, but I think it's generally a pretty decent season that functions as a revival of the franchise. Hiroshi is a lot more cheerful than most of his predecessors. Tani's okay as a mentor, but he's not as cool and helpful as Tachibana. The soundtrack is awesome!

I agree about the supporting cast though, if you've reached Episode 19 then you've already seen the last of Midori and Michi. Midori got it especially bad, being hospitalized for such a long time. There's another recurring character called Shigeru after Tama Shigeru from V3 and Jo Shigeru/Stronger, so Toei must've really liked that name.

SkyRider has my favorite Showa crossover episode ever which you'll see soon, but after that, the show kind of gets a little too goofy and I miss the way it used to be when it was more serious with only the occasional Tonda scene for levity. Honestly, it could've topped V3 as my favorite Showa season, but it's going to be lower on my ranking now.

I'm not a huge Skyrider fan. Generally speaking, this era of Rider between Stronger and Black is one that never really worked for me. I could get into this show more than Super-1, but it can be painfully generic at times. The crossover episodes that come out later on are fun, but without that aspect there's really not much to recommend Skyrider over just watching the original series instead.

The original idea with Tani was to bring back Tachibana Tobei, but the actor wasn't interested in returning so a new character was created to fill in that role.

Of all the different Kamen Rider theme songs, this is the one that will occasionally just pop into my head for no reason.

If you've paid any attention to my thoughts on comic relief characters in Kamen Rider all these years, it should come as no surprise that I absolutely hate this guy. He adds nothing to the stories and only shows up for one or two scenes to flail around while making exaggerated facial expressions. He's even worse than Onari because at least Onari ostensibly had more of a purpose to the show.

Skyrider is pretty middle-of-the-road for me too, as a big Showa fan. I love the original five shows (well, X a bit less than the others), I love BLACK and I love ZO... but I can't say a lot about Skyrider, Super-1 and ZX. They're enjoyable