Honestly, 35.5 doesn't really explain anything. She's just suddenly there, talking to the other villains as a framing device for clips.

Yeah, everything about this was stupid. It worked on me only because I over-empathize with inanimate objects and the robot dog backstory hit me in some very specific emotional spots. It was still stupid.

I have a feeling this is foreshadowing :lol

Definitely feels like Gai should've died when the Ark got its 'Kamen Rider' form, but I guess they don't want you to kill off the toys these days. Ah well.

So, the film. RealxTime or whatever.
That was a...Thing.
So nice to know that Aruto has such little faith in his friends that he doesn't tell them about the world ending event until he already failed at stopping it. Oh wait, Izu does that solely because she lost contact with him post failure.
It's either that or he's just so sick of the backstabbing parade that happened in the series that he doesn't trust anyone, in which case, fair.

Main villain's plan is literally a tech version of Yuuki's from Den-O's 3rd movie, so eh.
Why is the big MacGuffin a Thousand Jacker, though? Like, yeah, a higher up from Zaia was in on the plan and supplied them with shit, so it's not like it's a plot hole or something, but just...Why? At least the henchmen had repainted Shot and Slashrisers. Couldn't they have just taken a prop Thousand Jacker and slapped some evil lightning decals or some shit on it? C'mon.

Fuwa didn't do shit beyond be comic relief or just shoot enemies. Yaiba was surprisingly competent, which is probably an extended apology for how shit she was for a quarter of the show. Jin and Horobi were fine, and it seems Gai is hinting towards a Thouser special that doesn't exist.

Izu gets her memories back because fuck you, becomes Zero-Two because sure, why not, and rando henchmen becomes Kamen Rider Lucifer out of fucking nowhere. Meanwhile As continues to piss me off just by appearing.

I did not like this movie. As a spectacle, it was fine, but aside from giving Zero-One's already happy ending an even happier one and the novelty of seeing Izu transform, it really didn't need to happen.

Also, as of this movie, does this mean Aruto has willingly transformed into an evil form the most now? Like, Build used Hazard a couple times despite only having a few seconds worth of control, but damn. Aruto willingly used Metal Cluster twice before he had control, he willingly became Ark-Zero, and then he uses Hell Hopper here. Where's the Zi-O universe where Aruto just...Stays evil? :lol

Because it's cool to hear "THOUSAND BREAK" as Eden blows up a portion of the city? Not sure why you'd want them to release a Thousand Jacker that has even lesser functions than the actual toy. Besides, maybe they did want one but movie budget and all.

It exists and it's good Gai content.

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I'm on the coping side of that debacle and just loves to think it's not a complete "revival". It's Izu-Two inheriting memories from Izu. She's still her own person.

Though, that really doesn't excuse Aruto anyway. It's the one big jarring thing I have for Zero-One's ending.

Yeah, movie was just kinda... pointless? Like nothing really happens in it? Definitely looks nice, mind

It's just a fun post-series adventure for the cast that showcases their growth through the show that shows them more as colleagues in this Kamen Riding business. Until the V-Cinemas, anyway. I don't see why that's a problem. Not like previous rider solo movies with maybe the exception of Surprise Future ever really served a purpose to the show.

Though, the original script of Zero Two debuting there would have given it more of a purpose to exist.

Eh. Compared to even the most recent Rider summer movies at the time, they've all got something interesting going on, some actual narrative that's engaging even with some flaws in there. With the exception of True Ending anyway, which is very much the same movie.

I don't hate it, it's just... kinda rubbish. Again, nothing happens in it

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I do feel it would be fair to say that I don't like most Kamen Rider movies. I tend to skip them most of the time since aside from having a power up that appears once in show and never again, they're rarely relevant.
However, aside from Decade, most series don't end on cliffhangers telling you to watch the film to get resolution, which might be why I'm so critical over it. If Zero-One just ended on new Izu's creation and Aruto trying to teach her, rather than the S/Eden tease, it would've been far more satisfying.

Thouser Merch apparently really wasn't selling, gotta do something to get the kids / fans to pick it up. Turn him good, have all the other Riders steal it, anything!

In other news, I finished up Saber the other night. And.. was fine? Idk, I've had a couple of days to think it over and the most novel thought I've had is that the "year after" epilogue should have been like Double, and taken up the entire final episode, rather than the sudden Revice crossover. Also, Touma can just take the Wonderworld job, and then come back to Earth, because main character powers. What a chad writer.

In non-Touma news, all the other characters are here because the gang are a team, which is why they're going to job for two episodes before all sacrificing themselves. The fight scenes are good, they just feel very disconnected, like the Riders need to be around to do something, but they're sequestered off in their own fights away from the main plot. Storious's motivations are fine, but man do I wish he'd done more than just mysteriously lurk for 40 whole episodes before doing anything. I get that modern Rider works on an arc structure, and in the past you could complain about the villains either sitting around for a season doing nothing, or just keep getting clowned on all year, but Storious combines the worst of both worlds - he's around, but is constantly overshadowed and vague for 90% of the story. The Meggido on the whole are lacklustre, always outshone by Calibre or the internal forces of the Sword of Logos, so that's not super surprising, but As for Mai saving the day by posting an AskReddit on "What story means the most to you", that actually landed pretty well for me. Saber has been, at times, about what stories tell us, how we bond with others through them, and how we use stories to hlp us through difficult parts of our life. And, in a time when semingly every character has to put on a belt and tatakae, having the non-action one be a vital part of the solution works wonderfully.

So, my actual opinions? Mixed to say the least - I certainly enjoyed parts of it, but on the whole? I'm just not sure. Maybe this is what I get for watching in batches, or maybe I'm just too old. Or too burnt out irl. Everyone seems to be enjoying Revice, but my motivation just isn't there.

Anyway the best part was when Ren pulled out Dezast's book to beat forgettable endgame mook #1. That and Primitive Dragon saving Touma's life. Honestly, I'm a sucker for when an outlevelled power up comes back because of emotional significance, and Touma's bond with this dragon child being part of the key to saving the world? Beautiful.

Looove when emotions overcome toys for sure! Ren and Dezast didn't hit for me, but man if I don't get it. Shit's always so real

Finished Others: MetsubouJinrai and Vulcan and Valkyrie, so now I've officially finished Zero-One.
No I haven't, because I haven't watched the Presidents special, which I thought was an Ex-Aid thing, but apparently it's about Thouser. However, considering Toei has a penchant for releasing a drip feed of stuff post series for years afterwards Glares at Gridon vs Bravo, one can never know when they're truly done with a series.

Anyway, Others KR MetsubouJinrai. It seemed like the writer or producer or whomever heard "Oh, people are complaining about the lack of change or consequence from the last movie? Fine!" and decided to do all they could. So, MetsubouJinrai.net as we know it is gone, Zaia continues their asshole streak, and we see what happens when Humagears are hiveminded.
It was okay, since I liked the stakes and actual change to the status quo, however, it left a bitter taste in my mouth since how MetsubouJinrai reached their conclusion was confusing and didn't make sense, really.
Like, I get why, but it was unsatisfying with how quickly they went all in on that plan.

Vulcan and Valkyrie...So, y'all really gonna do Valkyrie dirty like that, huh? Like, damn. It's a bold move to shit on a character that hard without any remorse just for being girl :lol
As a whole, I liked that it was a straight continuation of the previous special. It was nice to see characters bond with Humagears without Aruto. Kind of a big deal throughout the series that wasn't explored enough.
So, that ending, huh? Ambiguous and up to the audience to decide.

I honestly don't get the issue with Valkyrie in this movie... like, the story is about and completely framed around her; and the big awful thing pointed out is that her desperation form only managed to critically damage the most dangerous entity on the planet instead of completely kill it, which Fuwa only managed to do at the cost of his own life. Like, I dunno; for the first time in the whole series I felt Yaiba was an actual character here and she wouldn't have been treated any differently if she was a guy

While I'm still meh on a few aspects of the V-Cinema.

I think my only thing is I really, really do not like the fights in either of the movies. The only reason Metsubojinrai's end up as more memorable is because Kamen Rider Zaia is heckling and being rowdy and entertaining. Also the part with the shipping guy, that was funny.

Other than that the fights are pretty poor in choreography and execution. It doesn't feel like any of the new forms or Riders end up pushing their abilities to the fullest or get a good showing. Or if they have abilities it's kind of lame like Fuwa just getting an energy wolf whenever he charges.

The fights are poorly choreographed and shot, some shots imply a punch but the suit actor barely registers the fist onto the other suit actor. Kakehi is probably not in his A-Game here considering he also directed the very good Valkyrie/Vulcan vs. Thouser fight. They killed off Fuwa which is my biggest complaint because I love Fuwa, and Yaiba only existed to peddle the same "Humagears dindunuthin" that Aruto pushed in the show that I kinda have sour taste on looking back on the show as time passed. The end part where Yaiba goes "Ah it's the humans who made them force their hand!" is really grating, way to go for a sweeping generalization. So, Yaiba says that and just... leaves? It's so confusing and just had me lost as if I wasn't already.

It's also really annoying to think that Aruto basically sent Fuwa to his death. I get it, Fumiya is really hard to obtain nowadays, but literally the last shot of Aruto we get in the series is him with this shit-eating grin as Fuwa basically offs himself in a fight against MBJR. Kinda souring to know Aruto's basically the Kuuga of this era. Oh yeah, we didn't get to see MBJR make use of all the members' weapons. You know, like how they advertised it using Naki's claws? So, that sucks.

Sorry, the movies just really had me broken in terms of viewing Zero-One as a whole.

Edit: We don't get to hear any final words from the MBJR members, too. So, that sucks real bad.

these are for sure some of the worst v-cinemas we've gotten in a while

zero-one concluded fairly decently without any loose ends aside from viewers not knowing about jin - an explanation that doesn't require two v-cinemas. zero-one had really good action and set pieces and it feels like NONE of that was ever present in these two v-cinemas. the most bizarre thing is, I care less for the cast now compared to when I had just finished the series or even realxtime. remember when we were all excited for the first v-cinema because it was a chance to maybe flesh out the other half of metsuboujinrai.net? honestly my hype died as soon as that movie ended. I dunno - it all just really feels wasted

I love the zero-one cast but boy did it feel like a chore to go through these two movies. here's my biggest issue - if you're going to try so hard to make these movies the true conclusion of their respective series, you need proper send-offs. otherwise, it feels like nothing actually mattered even though "a lot" happened

It's weird because I know it's been a while since I watched them but I feel like we got an answer to that in the Project Thouser Blu-Ray Specials for why he got revived.

I recall someone pointing it out, and this a really cool revelation. At the very beginning of the show when the main three put their swords together proclaiming that it'd be the story of the three of them forever, Mei comes and asks to join too of which Touma agrees and makes it about the four of them. Again, during Featuring's debut (and only appearance. Aww.), the three put their swords together again, Mei comes in again with a stick this time to join up with the three.

Perfectly in line with how the four of them saved the world. The main three beat Storious and Mei sends in the most crucial message that lead to the world's restoration, signifying that the story is about the four of them. It's very cool.

Yep. Naki requested for Jin and Horobi to revived and fixed because they wanted all four of them to be reunited and probably learn about the good of humanity and something like that. The other reason is that Jin is propped up by Williamson to instrument the project of putting the Ark in a humagear host and destroy it.

Oh yeah, As unceremoniously gets shot and killed once Zaia revealed he didn't intend on becoming the next Ark.
I think this pisses me off more than it should because not only did they introduce her out of nowhere, but they also played her up plan of reviving Ark through human malice.
So, good job. For such a bland, nothing character, your death pissed me off just as much as your life did :lol

I think the best way to describe the V-Cinemas is unsatisfying. Like, neat, in the first one, we got an answer to how and why Jin was revived. As is dealt with. We got to learn about Zaia's American branch. In the second, we got to see Yaiba in command of AIMS again and what happens when Fuwa tries to do something without Aruto.

None of these were questions I really wanted answered or situations I really had any interest in seeing.
Like, the film didn't do anything for me, but these specials left a bitter taste in my mouth. As if someone wanted to take Zero-One, and turn it from a middling series to a divisive one in one fell swoop.

I think also V&V sets a precedent for V-cinemas going forward. One of note is that this has me worried for Trio of Deep Sin. If the V-Cinemas can just unceremoniously kill off characters for no other reason other than to be dark, Saber's all the more at risk for it considering it's set up 8 years later, which means they can kill off anyone they want and it won't affect any later crossovers since it's set much later.

It's a little bit alleviated by the fact that it's Kamihoriuchi directing paired up with Fukuda, probably a great duo honestly. But I'm still not sure if I'm ready to see any of the main trio (mostly Kento since he's the one most at risk) killed off. Basically, I'm worried and not ready to see it, but also I have my faith in Kami and Fukuda to do it well if they're going to do it anyway.

I felt these were the best V-Cins... ever, really. By a long shot. To the point they're some of my favourite Kamen Rider movies ever made, and to a degree I finally have something in 01 I can like it for and really consider it the hallmark in Kamen Rider history it was presenting itself as.

They're depressing, but, well... it's kind of the point, it's not meant to be a cool action movie. It's a tragedy framed around the core conflicts of the show and the relationships of each character to get at what it really means to take up the mantle of Kamen Rider and what it means to use violence to achieve your goals and what that does to a person. MBJR finding themselves in such a hopeless, rock-and-a-hard-place situation with the status of how Humagears are treated that they find the only option is to turn themselves into a killing machine; Yaiba having no hope of standing against that just as anyone else but has grown to be a defender of humanity from her early days; Fuwa facing down people he considers friends and laying down his life to save both the world and them from themselves...

It was beautiful to me, really. A bit clunky in execution at times but there was a real intention and will behind it all that stood out to me. I really, really like these movies for what they were able to do, and while I am of course very sad that Fuwa, Naki and the rest of them all ended up dead... there was a point to it all and they died for something important. So far this is the greatest thing they've done for the 50th anniversary in mirroring Kamen Rider's core themes

I wouldn't exactly call them the best, but I agree that they gave a satisfying ending to Zero One after I was left feeling disappointed by RealTime. I think maybe some people might be judging the 01hers movies unfairly by V-Cinema standards (I mean, duh, of course they're dark) instead of focusing on what it does with the story and character development.

I liked the messages about freedom and justice, even if their execution was a little blunt. I liked the profound symbolism of Norse Mythology. I liked how the loose ends were resolved. I liked Isamu's heroic death, which was a perfect reflection of how he lived. I liked seeing Yua scold that narcissistic a**hole Daimonji. There's just a lot that I can praise about these movies and I can appreciate what they were trying to do.

I just finished watching the second episode of Build and it’s another KR series I can really look forward to watching somewhere down the line. Practically loved every minute of it and Build is now among my top Kamen Rider shows to watch list. So far, it is certainly a Best Match! :D

I also watched the first two episodes of V3, X, and Stronger beforehand.

It's been about a week or so since I finished Zero-One, and I kinda wanted to let the show stew for a bit. Stop letting immediate thoughts take center stage and just try to take the show in as a whole.

And, to be entirely honest, it's kind of a middling show.
I feel one of the biggest issues it has is keeping momentum. The MBJR arc ended on a strong note, and we finally get a proper introduction to Gai, who has been playing in the shadows the entire time.
And it's immediately followed by the Job Arc, which is a rough 10 or so episode stretch of the same thing in a different setting (With a brief 2 parter which features Jin and MBJR's return).
After a complete flatline that was the Job Arc, MBJR's return as well as learning more about Ark starts getting things back on track, but it just constantly trips at the hurdles. What formerly took excessive pressure and straight up hacking, now Humagears were snapping at any mildly rude person. Yaiba's character arc was too repetitive and was thoroughly unsatisfying. Gai basically getting a stern talking to for almost ending the world. Aruto's melodrama concerning Humagears' destruction when we established that they were all backed up (Aside from Was and Izu).

Ark however, wasn't without it's problems either. Mainly in that they basically changed how Ark functioned. Ark was just a super computer that was fed malice by Gai, but by the end, they were basically saying that as long as malice existed, Ark existed? I don't know where that notion came from, since they made it a point that a very specific set of circumstances happened for Ark's initial creation, but eh.

The series did have it's good points, though. Aruto is annoying, but I don't hate the guy. He has a lot of heart, which is nice. I always love heroes who can see the humanity in his enemies (The irony). Fuwa was also a really strong secondary. His non-reveal when it came to his true backstory was great, and I'm glad his character had grown to the point where it didn't matter. He didn't need a tragic backstory to do what was right, and he also grew to understand that Humagears aren't evil, but they were merely being used, like he was.
In the first and final arcs, Yaiba was nice. A competent and straight forward soldier. Shame about literally everything in between. Thouser got a dog, so good for him.

Horobi really shines as a villain, especially when he kills Izu out of spite. It's also cool to see a main hero broken like that. Aruto knows he's being a hypocrite, and he knows he's going against all his values, but his robo-wife died, and he wanted revenge.

Back to another issue, was the endings. Either you get the happily ever after ending where everyone gets what they want, or you get the middle finger ending that changes status quo at the cost of being utterly unsatisfying in every way possible. Either way, Zero-One doesn't end on a strong note.

Zero-One feels like a competent show, but it doesn't excel in any area, at least, not in a way that makes it feel superior to or on par with other shows. And it hits a hard slump that it just doesn't fully recover from.

In a metaphorical sense of way. Ark isn't here anymore. But the idea of what the Ark represents, which is malice, which I feel is exemplified fine enough for each successors in Aruto, Horobi and Es. And then nicely expanded upon by Arkland in explaining his conclusion.

I feel that Horobi is a really good character during the Ark-One arc, and Aruto choosing to forgive him and end the cycle of hatred is a strong note to end on. Again, further expanded upon in MBJR where Horobi still believes he doesn't deserve to be forgiven. Although, ruined by V&V.

BUT, I really hated the way there. After his revival, he was still basically the same character during Q1, and also it was still painful to see him tied to a plastic chair for a while. They never really gave any development for him to genuinely say that "Humans should go zetsubou" and just have him say it out of nowhere, especially at a moment when he teamed up with Aruto against the Ark. Sprinkling scenes where he laments for a bit to genuinely come up with that conclusion would have been nice. After defeating the Ark, he just somehow has gained singularity now and just sounds like a whiny weirdo during the Ark-One arc.

My reaction to Akira Date:

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I've now seen Ryu start to finish. (Final 9 Episodes left.)

I actually liked Ryu honestly.

It was better than Kyo. That said I'd say this is my favorite dino series.

Wrong thread my friend.

Since we're close to the end of October and and I'm almost done with stuff I wanted/needed to watch on my annual Halloween marathon, I decide to continue where I left off on Agito on which I'm now at episode 39 and since Ryuki will be available to watch on TokuSHOUTsu literally a day after that holiday, I am now trying to the former series as much as I can before getting into the latter. Only 13 episodes to go. I also watched the first episode of Skyrider as well.

Hey so why does it seem like Kamen Rider cares less about their showa era then the other big toku shows? Like even compared to Sentai, Kamen Rider kind of relegates the showa legacy items to small upgrades and minor roles. Why do you think this is?

The only explanation I can give you is profit. Maybe Showa Riders make less money than the other Showa Toku hero merch.

I think a big factor is that its toyline has very consistently been very successful since around the mid-2000s, and as such they can rely on those big hits to make a lot of money -- I'm not just talking popular ones like Den-O, W, Kuuga, Faiz; any recent toyline will have been a big hit with kids and hence going back only so far as 5 years is sure to both make a profit, and be far more recognisable to your target audience than V3 or Super-1. In comparison, Sentai is a bit more in-and-out on whether its recent series will be popular (and you can be very sure that Gokaiger and Dekaranger get a bunch of recognition), and Ultraman has seen steady success with New Gen but few that's overwhelmingly so, and having started in 2013 it's taken a bit for it to really build up to the point they can rely on those recent guys.

I'd also argue that none of the Showa Riders were big hits outside of the original and Black, both of which do get prominent marketing and recognition (if not as much). Ultraman has both OG Ultraman and Ultraseven as big pop culture icons, while Sentai only actually focuses on Goranger when looking back.

It's certainly a bit fascinating coming into Toku and seeing this I gotta say. You look at western franchises and it's like... G1 is 90% of Transformers' current output; you get a new MMPR Green toy every two minutes; constant countless reboots and reimaginings of 80s movies. Literally today we just heard about a new Buzz Lightyear movie. But Toku while relying on the same franchises is very happy to keep chugging forward with new additions

Also, despite the fact that KR is quite large now, you don't get canned for a decade without a good reason :lol

I think it's just that the media focuses on the 2010s as a decade a lot in general, I mean it's not like 2000s Rider has had loads of coverage other than Den-O and Decade. You haven't seen that the Eurovision fandom mostly ignores the contests up to 1998 which I prefer that mostly still had the rule about singing in national languages lol

I've finished Ghost. All of the show's' run, all of the HBVs, the Sin Specter V-Cin, the crossover movie with Drive, the summer movie, the Legend of Alain specials, and the Kamen Rider 1 movie.

During this entire adventure through the first Rider I've seen to have such an intertwined continuity since W, Ghost proved to be a rather tricky watch for me, and different from what I normally do. Not solely just due to the unique beast of a show that Ghost is(although that too), but more due to all that I had heard about it in the lead up to actually watching it.

Because like many others I'm sure, I've heard some pretty strong opinions from both sides when it comes to Ghost: Ghost is one of the best Rider shows ever, Ghost is one of the worst Rider shows ever, Ghost has really strong themes and ideas, Ghost has awful pacing and a plot that makes no sense, and so on.

As such, I kinda ended up less watching Ghost so much as I was analyzing it all through its run, if that makes sense? And as a result, I'm sorry to say but...

I kinda don't disagree with either side of the argument?

Ghost DOES go in on its overall theme of unity through empathy. Ghost also has really bad pacing, especially in the early episodes. Ghost has a cast of memorable, if not likable characters. Ghost also got rid of almost all of my favorite characters throughout the show. Ghost very much appeals to emotions. Ghost also, on the logical end of things, has alot of issues on how things are plotted out, especially in terms of plot.

The list goes on. And what ended up happening on my end when it came to a show like this was that, while I do certainly think the show has its highs(the Alain specials), it also has some mighty lows(Sin Specter), and by the end of it all, heck, for the majority of its run, I just kinda shrugged at the overall experience. Is Ghost the worst show in all of Rider? I don't think so(I'd say that's Decade), but I also wouldn't say it's one of the best either. It just kinda... is. Personally, I felt alot of what it went for was done alot better in Wizard.

As such, I'm sorry to disappoint both sides of the fence, but in the end, Ghost really didn't do too much for me personally. I certainly did like certain characters and aspects about it, but did any of it hit me as hard as any of my personal favorite entries so far? Not even close. Heck, even Onari, who from what I understand is a very love-him-or-hate-him character, was just kinda there for me. I got a giggle here and there, but was he out and out hilarious? No. Didn't ever find him super annoying either. Just kinda stock comic relief to me. Insulting as it might seem, that seems to be how I feel about alot of Ghost: Stock.

Thus, my final rating for Kamen Rider Ghost is 2/6. Again, it has some nice stuff, but I overall just kinda felt it was mediocre and it didn't leave any sort of huge impact on me. I feel it's one of those shows that you can very easily tell within the first few episodes if you're gonna jive with it or not.

So, what song did I end up deciding to add to my Kamen Rider Playlist in order to represent Ghost? Well, given the overall message of the show, I had a few songs I could've went with, but I ultimately went with "Live Life" by Crush 40; A song about the ups and downs of life and how that very aspect is what makes it worth living. Very fitting, I think.

Next up on the list of Rider shows is Skyrider once me and my binge buddy take a bit of a break. Looks like fun.

Alain's character arc was one of the best parts of Ghost for sure, even people who generally dislike Ghost usually agree with that. The Heroic Legend of Alain specials do a great job at showing his fear of living as a human, without trying to sugarcoat it or anything. Specter Rebirth is a movie I've come to appreciate a lot more on rewatch and not just cause it looks cool either, but I honestly think it's a pretty satisfying conclusion to the Makoto Doppelganger and Ganma World subplots, while setting up the continuation of Takeru's story in the Memories of the Future novel.

It sucks to hear that you ultimately didn't end up joining the rest of us Ghost lovers, but at least you found a few things to enjoy about it. The comparison to Wizard is apt and I think a lot of the stuff I like about that show is the reason why I like Ghost as well. They're both about accepting that tragedy is a part of life and finding the strength to keep living despite that and I think it's smart how Ghost uses the theme of emotions to show that the human heart is a strength with infinite potential, not a weakness.

That title is only 2 "A"s short of Alive A Life though. You ain't trying to Ryukiroll me, riiiight?

It's subbed?! Please point me in the right direction.

Awesome, thanks!

I feel those Alain Specials really should've been in the main show; I liked them alot, and of the Riders Alain definitely was my fave, followed by Takeru and then Makoto.

Sin Specter was a movie that I felt had alot of potential, but ultimately fell flat. The action was great, but I just couldn't the writers screwing over my boy Alain in favor of Makoto again ontop of Ghost's' fixation on trying to say that every horrible dad in the show is a good one. The new forms themselves do look cool though.

Yeah, while certain episodic aspects of Ghost could certainly have been handled better(looking at you, Brothers Grimm episode), its overall message is one I'm down with.

Glad to see someone see where I'm coming from with the Wizard comparison! I really do feel that the aspects of empathy, hope for the future, and living life to its fullest was done better there, and even if Wizard isn't my favorite Rider season, it's one that I do have alot of respect for because of that.

Only one way to find out. :p