Had a wonderful time writing about this one

EPISODE 47 - "DECISION"

Thanks for reading!

https://outerstevan.wordpress.com/20...e-47-decision/

This is a really minor point to make when it didn't end up affecting your reading of all the much more important things going on in this episode, but since I hate letting even the smallest translation errors slip by, I'll note here that 9日後 is actually 9 days later, from the opening fight with Daguva.

Shout's subs for Kuuga are generally *really* well done from what I've seen of them, so it's always strange to me whenever something super simple like that managed to slip by. Ichijou would surely frown upon such sloppy editing! ...but Yuusuke would probably be chill enough to let it slide, so I guess I won't be too hard on them either. :p

Whenever you point out errors in SHOUT's' subs(like here, or with Zero-One), I can't help but think 'Man, Fish Scrubs would be really nice to have."

Thank you so much for pointing this out! Will make an edit and credit you on that. Makes so much more sense now regarding the time skip

Time for the final battle!

EPISODE 48: "KUUGA"

https://outerstevan.wordpress.com/20...sode-48-kuuga/

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This concludes the episode rundowns, but I'll be back next week with some final thoughts and reflections.

Hope you enjoyed reading it in any capacity!

EPISODE 49 - "YUSUKE"

https://outerstevan.wordpress.com/20...ode-49-yusuke/

Like most parts of this project, things did not go as scheduled. I didn't want this to go unfinished any longer, so I cut my losses and just tested some criticisms I enter the rewatch with.

Seriously, thank you all very much for reading and chatting with me throughout this process. I'll know where to go now whenever I get the toku bug next.

TESTING THREE CRITICISMS
https://outerstevan.wordpress.com/20...ee-criticisms/

Thank you too for the wonderful essays that helped me rediscover this excellent show. In some ways, your episode analyses were even better for me than rewatching them, as they sometimes confirmed my own thoughts, and in others they allowed me to see the situation in a new way. As for criticism, subjective preferences may vary, but objectively, without Kuuga, all the Heisei and Reiwa riders wouldn't exist. And that alone is a sign of success.

Even if it didn't turn out as ideally as you were hoping, I'm really glad you managed to see this through to the end. Writing about a Rider show episode-by-episode like this, and trying to really go in-depth on each one, that's a huge investment of time and effort, so I can't make it clear enough how grateful I am to have had this opportunity to see Kuuga through someone else's eyes. As a fan of the show, it's really fascinating to see how another fan approaches the same material, and to get a different perspective laid out in such extensive detail is a rare treat.

Effin' A. I applaud your efforts of reviewing every single episode in detail. :rock:

BTW, I do wanna share that while the Kuuga manga has its share of problems in terms of English translation, perhaps you might be interested with one tweak to the story that Inoue made to it that relates to one of your criticisms. Specifically, spoiler alert, Ichijo becomes Kamen Rider G3.