I'm right there with you. :D

No, it's just that he always gets set up as this mysterious quasi-villain that has some kind of personal beef with Decade that never gets explained and every time he's appeared since the end of Decade his exact nature gets more and more confusing.

Anything from Decade showing up will only make it worse.


On top of that, Toei just can't seem to keep crossovers simple anymore. Gaim vs. ToQger. That's a simple idea that will make for a fun hour of watching characters play off of each other. They have enough on their own to work with. There is no reason to add a bunch of other stuff that has no reason to appear.

Wasn't there some information that this would tie in directly with the Heisei vs Showa film? That might explain Narutaki's involvement.

Of course, I don't hate that particular related series as much as others seem to.

I have a question:

Will I be able to skip this or should I watch it? I haven't seen any of Gaim so I'm not sure how that side of it will work

Gaim is pretty good, like, really pretty good. I'm not sure about ToQger.

This is more or less a cute one-off style adventure that pretty much exists to shill the movie. It's not part of either show's episodes proper (it's titled as Episode SP for both). So if you WANT to skip it, you can. The special's been pretty... divisive? I liked it though.

If you want to watch the Kamen Rider Taisen movie, I'd recommend to watch it as a prequel. It might work to skip this (we'll see about how it ties in to the show next week) but as it was really well-written and fun to watch, I think it shouldn't be skipped.

I don't stand why Narutaki called himself a "friend to all Riders" when he was one of the main villains in Decade. Also why he was in the special in the first place? His cameo seems pointless.

So has this been subbed?