They did state that Kiriko will not be the damsel in distress type, which is awesome.

Yeah I´m also trying not to be too overly positive but man this episode was just pure fun :lol

That was a great start. I'm really looking forward to the year with our new Kamen Driver... errr.... Rider :D

Here's the thing, though. He's still a rider, technically. Trideron drives HIM places. He's just there for the RIDE to his destination.

Really good start.

Glad they're sticking to "guy gets a belt, becomes Kamen Rider" formula instead of "guy had belt and can already turn in to a Kamen Rider" because I felt that was Wizard's downfall ... they tried to tie the past in to how he became what he is instead of using the show to show us.

Not on the merch bandwagon but totally looking forward to subs. May not hold a super special place in my heart like Gaim but it's off to a great start.

And totally got the Sentai feel with it ... everything with bracers now, kind of annoys me but meh.

Okay buddy :lol

Glad my one true waifu is 23 XD

But all jokes aside, loved the first episode, especially his rider kick. I kinda wanna see him, Faiz and Kabuto try to use all their rider kicks against each other XD

The Kick was glorious. Yeah it was heavy on the CG side but man I love how he is bouncing around like that. And the way he is stopping with all the sparks....me gusta.

Had to watch it with the audio muted, but I liked what I saw. Out of suit fight scenes and competent females characters [so far] are always a plus in my book.