I was about to get really pissy here, then remembered you were talking about the Decade version. :lol

I forgot the trailer spoiled Ichimonji's return. It's a pity, too, as when it happens it really does come off as a big surprise.

:lol

but seriously, he always shows up all like "I WILL DESTROY YOU DECADE!" only to send his minions after Tsukasa and co. and then immediately run away as soon as Decade starts to attack him. Also, what was with him suddenly becoming a Fangire?

And now you can see what I mean. The writers had no idea what to do with Decade. They just shrugged and went "This'll be kinda neat" without explaining a damn thing. Stuff just happens.

It's also why Tsukasa's personality changes on a dime. One episode he'll be the embodiment of hope, the next he'll be a complete asswipe and have Yuusuke do everything, but let Tsukasa have the motivational speech at the end as if he learned a damn thing.

It really felt like they had no idea what they were doing. It's why mystery angles fail if you just have the mystery but never do anything to explain it.
Fuck sea cucumbers.

I felt the same way. I said to myself as I was laying in bed last night:

It's like the writers were like, "LET'S MAKE AN ANNIVERSARY SERIES!" Then some other guy said "AND LET'S MAKE THE FIGHT SCENES EPIC!" Then a third guy said, "and let's have him meet previous Riders!" and then they collectively said "and that's it!"

and when I read your essay Matrix, You made reference to parents being angry that they had to take their kids to a movie to finish the story, which was stupid on Toei's part for attempting to nickel and dime people just to finish the story. I was rather "eh" on Decade, but then when I saw that it lacked an ending, it caused me to not like it.

As for Tsukasa, that's bothered me since the beginning.

Is it safe for me to say the only reason I watched decade was for the Shinkenger crossover.

It's never safe...RUN MRHEROFAN! RUN AS FAR AS YOUR LEGS WILL CARRY YOU!

I'm just kidding, it's fine.

Okay, cool.

Yeah, that was pretty great. You're basically about where I left off. Gonna pick it back up again soon. Ryuki too.

EDIT: Aaaaaand I just finished Ryuki 12. Interesting revelations on Yui's brother and what his experiments had to do with Yui and Ren's now comatose girlfriend, Eri.

Also...Ren's contract monster is kind of a dick. I mean I realize that none of them are even remotely friendly, but for NO REASON the Bat monster showed up in the mirror of Eri's room, like it was mocking Ren for having to rely on it when it was the one who (apparently) put her into a coma.

How much sentience do contract monsters have, if it's ever explained. I mean they gotta be pretty intelligent but are all of em smart enough to pull off a prickish move like bat did?

Den-O 17. OK some revelations on this episode. Airi is married but has amnesia it seems so I guess that explains a little bit why she seems to zone out often. And I would hazard a guess that her husband is that guy that keeps appearing in the past. And he would be played by Kiriya from Hibiki. Just hope his not as annoying here as he was in Hibiki.

Yeah that does suck, about as much as watching Decade before Faiz, you basically learn the big spoiler in that.

Still it got me excited I love Ichimonji in the manga, so it'll be great to see him in the show for the first time.