My opinion might change when others get their signature Raise Buckles, but yeah, Buffa has my current favorite design for sure! The top half anyway.

The 6 months duration could be a good way to shake up the status quo halfway through the show, if someone actually manages to beat Geats and creates a dystopia as the new God of Desire. Ace loses his confidence as he feels weak for maybe the first time in his life and has to spend the rest of the show trying to get his world back. The DGP is like a trap, since it's not good enough merely to win, you have to keep participating to prevent others from trying to overwrite your world every 6 months.

Kagami lives on Earth. Earth revolves around the Sun. Sun = Tendo. Therefore, Tendo is the protagonist. Logic.

A better and more official example of a non-titular protagonist would be Shounen from Hibiki.

Yeah, that's what I think as well. The other Desire Riders will temporarily get to use signature Raise Buckles, like Magnum for Da-Paan, but they'll mostly be stuck with common tier Buckles. If I had to guess who would get which signature Buckles, I'd say NinjaFantasy for Tycoon, BeatsGrid for Na-Go and ZombieMonster for Buffa.

Wasn't that his sister, not his girlfriend? If you listen to the Japanese being spoken, I think he refers to her as such. I missed it the first time through too, since the episode was so packed!

That's right, Sara is Keiwa's older sister.

I don?t speak Japanese. The subs I watched didn?t clarify their relationship.

Sento's still has strong moral compass like his vehement denial of killing. Tendou is a social darwinist that can have lack of regards in his actions.

Same goes for the "final form being handed by the antagonist" (previous Battle Royale seasons had) which some saw as just them being lucky. It's punishment too. And to me that kinda makes Tsumuri suspicious and probably even villainous, Shiro Kanzaki and Sid were for doing that, again in Ryuki and Gaim.

The threat is meant to be a kaiju that looms over the city, dunno how would that be made without CGI here (and I know that there are lots of bad CGIs in Kamen Rider :lol).

Michinaga's stuff is often pulled in real life (that can glamorize cynicism/nihilism), against pretty much every kind of good deeds, responding to anything with criticism, sarcasm, and distrust of that person’s intentions. The view where everyone is supposed to have ulterior motives, bad, untrustworthy, and full of lies is often pushed. Of which it's more about them being like that but projects themselves on others. For this case, are you only refering to the DGP contestants?

Keiwa's behavior of not liking Neon's channel, that is quite common in real life and probably would earn him loads of supports on internet. Hating successful public figures like celebrities are often encouraged and praised as "noble" due to "standing up against capitalism" or something.

Well, the thing is, it's not that if someone was granted with superpowers, it means they're able to fight. It's just that they can easily crush something much more than normal humans, like the MOTWs, due to the superhuman power the Kamen Rider suits gave them. Not all those who are involved in a fight are actual fighters, they can just be throwing power around (and villains can be like that too, like Masamune becoming Cronus). Other than that, Keiwa thinking that the world won't change for the better means he's not all idealistic, but rather cynical even. Idealism is different from selflessness (to put others first and try making the world a better palce), the former is a view, the latter is action.

You mean like, you haven't even picked up a little basic Japanese simply from watching Tokusatsu?

Tendo is also against killing though.

Yeah, only the DGP contestants. Tsumuri only seems to scout people who have desire to create a new world, so Michinaga's claim of all his rivals being selfish might be justified within the setting and he probably thought he was doing Keiwa and Neon a favor by letting them know that Shirowe who was boasting about his heroism had saved them as means of scoring points. The world was ending and their lives would've been reset regardless of whether or not they died.

Haha, yeah, it's a really shallow bandwagon though. Spreading hate on the internet is such a waste of energy, especially when it's aimed at a genuine article like Neon who hasn't done anything wrong to deserve it. Maybe Keiwa's just envious of her position, since she probably has money, power and connections that could be used to further his vague ideal of world peace. But instead Neon doesn't want any of it, only to focus on bringing happiness to her fans, which makes her more successful than Keiwa. Neon's ambition is small, but that's what makes it more attainable.

I don't think it's fair to put the blame on Switchblade for that mixup when it was the subs they watched that didn't clarify it.

I know the character referred to the female person as his sister. But only because I've read the subtitles. I know how Japanese people refer to their relatives, I know the words. But having them being spoken in a scene while my head tries to make sense what's going on - I don't think it's as easy for many of us to understand it.

If you can that's cool, but please don't shame Switchblade for not being able to :)

Sorry if it sounded that way, it wasn't my intention to offend or shame, just curious is all.

I remember back when there were only two main sub groups, it often used to take until midweek. So for those of us who wanted to watch it ASAP, carefully listening to the Japanese words was the only option. Ironic how some subs translating something like "Onee-chan" as "[insert name here]" can actually detract from understanding instead.

Yeah, I my have watched the same subs as Switchblade, because mine didn't clarify their relationship at all, and I assumed Girlfriend. If it was ever specified, I must've missed it.

I'm 100% reliant on subs and I watch these shows and others for almost 10 years now :lol

The only phrase I recognize anywhere is the Japanese equivalent to "Are you alright? Please get to safety!" because they say that like at least 50 times in each show :lol

He just says "Ne-chan" like 2-3 times while addressing her. It's not that obvious either, I had to check.

My subs translated it as "Sis" so it worked out.