Tendou is very much hit or miss. Either his actions are endearing and humorous to those around him, or he's a complete asshat with no likable personality traits.
Kagami though. Kagami is the one I liked.

You know who Kabuto is?

He's the world's most perfect villain rider. He is the foil for the real main rider who doesn't exist, one who needs to overcome the adversity set in place by said villain rider and eventually defeat him in the ultimate test of his skill and courage.

Only that character doesn't exist. Not even Gattack who seems to be that character at a glance but isn't. But seriously, Kabuto as a villain would be an utterly dispicable human being and a great villain if they gave him solid motivation. Instead he is one of the most repulsive heroes, nay characters I have ever had the misfortune of being exposed to.

Even his rider kick is pretentious and cocky. Turning his back to an enemy and waiting until they themselves dive in to be killed. If he ever fought a villain with brains he'd be screwed.

I liked Kagami, but if the only reason to watch the show is a non-powered character who takes a millenia to even get the chance to fight, I'm not sticking around. It's like if G3 didn't have the armour. Yeah he's okay, but he doesn't really do anything for a long ass time.

Actually, since Kabuto screws around and agitates his enemies, it makes sense that they'd be angry enough to do something like that.

If he ever fights a villain who can keep calm, then he might be screwed.

Like I said, any villain with a brain. If his enemies are stupid enough to feed that festering troll they deserve to die. Maybe he's just bug darwinism incarnate? But did we really need a show devoted to that?

Kabuto is one of those things where I really have to stress the "my opinion" thing because I know a lot of people like it and think it's great, but I just can't see the entertainment value in it. I'm not saying they shouldn't, just that I can't. There's seriously, like, nothing aside from the suits and one character that's fun to watch about that show. The fights are poor, the cast, by and large, is forgettable and what's left isn't that likable, and I stuck around for about twenty or so episodes, (got through about 10 before giving up, went back and got some more done before calling it ultimate quits) I'm gonna say 25 because I specifically remember hititng the halfway point and still not being impressed, and I can honestly say aside from some new riders showing up and not doing a hell of a lot, I couldn't really tell you what happened. I don't even think there was a main villain, just random bugs with no clear or sensical goal.

He's smaller, that makes him a Kiwami Tamashii. :p

So I'm watching Den-O trilogy Episode red, and this whole story with Yuuto has hit me right in the feels. But, uh, there's some weird things going on, like Kintaros, um... mounting Momotaros when he's recovering from his bad back.

I mean, I know this is from Japan but...

Not until I have G3-X and Gills!

...I do not recall that scene.
Now I'm tempted to go back and watch it :lol

The true villain of Kamen Rider Kabuto Hiyori. She abandons someone who wants nothing more than for both of them to live happily ever after, and causes trouble for everyone after making this decision. Also, she was just despicable to begin with.

Yeah, I still didn't like how he was able to beat V3, Black, and Super-1 in a 3 on 1 rider kick...yes he used illusion, but still...

Just...don't watch Shin if you have a weak stomach. If I had to describe Shin in one word it would be: Fatality.

Yeah, that ain't happening in real life.

I'd go with "boring," personally. :p

It's worth watching once, but man is Shin not one of the Rider franchise's high points.

Hell no. If you're gonna watch a bad no-series Kamen Rider movie, watch The First. There's at least has some great action in that movie. Shin is mostly boring (even the action) with a side of "WTF WERE THEY THINKING?!" and "WILL NEVER UNSEE!"

The First isn't that bad. It just has some issues with plotholes. The action in that and The Next were first-rate.

The First is still better than Shin. I can watch Shin but it is, odd.

The Next messed me up (although that's pretty easy). However, I can recommend the series, although the beginning of The Next needs to be censored.

I know I'm a bit late, but I'd like to point out a few things about that statement.

First, Skyrider was not running away in that scene. Him, Kabuto and Super-1 were looking for Decade but got ambushed by their target. The closest thing he did to running away was trying to dodge when Decade started with a finisher attack.

Second, Kabuto did slow down time. But Decade did it first, which is why Super-1 went down easy, and then turned invisible as well. Since that was a Decade movie and not a Kabuto one, reality didn`t rearrange itself to let Kabuto beat an opponent who was both clocked up and invisible.

I highly recommend The First and The Next to anyone curious about them. I enjoyed them, anyway :lol

Finished Cho Den-O red. If this was indeed the last we saw of Zeronos, I feel it was a... decent sendoff, even if the whole "out of control Denliner" was a pointless plot element, even if Hobotaros was hilarious. (I still don't get why he's scared of dogs) It is a bittersweet ending, and I don't like seeing Deneb upset. Overall I felt it could've used less out of control Denliner and more actual Zeronos. I mean, he really spent the entire time in Zero form getting kicked around, and Altair and Vega barely showed up. (moreso Vega)

I dunno, it's starting to feel like Den-O never ends, but not in a good way. I feel like with Ryoutaro's actor gone, Zeronos gone and the Imagin getting less and less story as characters (seriously, Momotaros got out of the house, but everyone else just farted around. I kiss Rod, Axe and Gun forms) the series is running on fumes. New Den-O does nothing for me and I almost wish I had just stopped with the end of the series.

Decade Episode 4:

Channeling Matrix...

It was ok...but very few things make sense. They implied that Wataru had been gone for ten years...what? Why did Tsukasa know Otoya's song? How did he learn it? Otoya would have been long dead by the time Tsukasa was born so how? Also, Where did this Wataru come from? How is the Spider Fangire alive? That guy mentioned a woman living in Otoya / Wataru's house. Who? Maya? and how would he know her? ok, ow...ow...my brain..it hurts ow.

Anyway...Decade flexed his Mary Sue muscles this episode, by taking out Bishop with little effort. The fight scene against Kiva was cool, except the part where Decade took Dogga and turned him into Titan's sword...but...but they're sentient...how? They also pulled a Justin and had Wataru inexplicably grow to adult size when he transformed. I don't like it when they do that. I think Yuuske was the highlight of this episode, I liked his interactions with Wataru. Yuuske's a cool guy, I like him. Kaixa aslso showed up demanding Decade's belt. Ok...hopefully it'll be explained in the next episode. Also Narutaki is creepy.

So I got a lot of episodes of Kamen Rider and watching the first episodes to see what grabs me. I liked Kamen Rider Blade a lot, I'm going to go more into that one. I'm going to see what to watch next.

I'll agree with Split. Den-O was ridiculously popular, so they decided to just...Not end it.
You said New Den-O does nothing for you, so does that mean you're not watching Episode Blue?

And Sideswipe, told ya Decade is a Mary Sue.
Anyway, Yusuke is the one who does most of the work before Kaito shows up. He gets tagged as useless, but he's actually one of the best characters in the entire series.

Ooh, good! Lots of people are put off by Blade through combination of it's first 10 episodes and his design. It's a great series and I hope you enjoy it!

Yuuske only ever gets the name Yuuseless from original Kuuga fans who think he's an embarrassment. I actually quite like him and he really comes into his own later.

As for the Chou Den-O Trilogy I was losing my mind when they announced those. Yes Final Countdown was the end of the main Den-O story but it's not as though the characters died or lost their powers or anything. Why not write more stories? W fanboys lose their shit every time the Ren Kiriyama and Masaki Suda come back as W and those are just cameos.

Takeru Satoh had other acting gigs he wanted to pursue, I mean he eventually landed Ruroni Kenshin! That's saying something. Does it suck that he couldn't continue playing the character? Sure. But young Ryutaro did a fine job and in more recent films where Momotaros basically is Den-O I'm just as happy.

It's been a while since I've seen the trilogy but I loved it to death. Seeing my favorite rider series return for 3 films was like a dream come true. And even though it was more about New Den-O seeing the character get double billing for the 40th anniversary film Let's Go Kamen Riders was even more awesome to me. Why shouldn't Toei have capitalized on Den-O's wild popularity?

Capitalizing on it's popularity was giving it 3 movies.
This is just milking it now.

Up to 42 of Ryuki now.

Man, I hope Imperer dies a swift and painful death, I really really don't like him. Gai and Tiger are dicks, but at least they look good.

XD
Imperor was my favorite Ryuki design. Very streamlined, with a unique mask and an interesting contract beast.

I'm glad you're having the EXACT same reactions that I did :lol
He had a horrible design, pretty bland contract monster, was horrible as a civilian, and sucked miserably as a rider. The only character I hate more than him is Tiger. But I hated Imperor so much. Just wait a couple episodes and you won't have to worry about him.

But the starring actor was gone.

Because W hasn't yet overstayed it's welcome. (and I don't think the return of Accel/Eternal movies were very good at all) W, the rider, hasn't had a movie devoted to himself after the series ended. Only crossovers. Den-O has had FIVE movies where he's the star. Den-O doesn't have any story left to be told, and the amount of stuff happening out of nowhere is getting repetative. If they were really good movies I wouldn't mind, but they feel like overly long episodes. In fact I could have sworn we already had a story where Denliner loses control because of an Imagin.

Also ''W fanboys?'' Don't be like that man.

I'm glad you're happy, I'm just saying Den-O should've gone out with a bang instead of just peetering out like this. It deserved a proper climax.

I'm not saying they shouldn't have. Just that they could have, and should've, done better. I'm a huge Den-O fan too man, and while I have the advantage of watching these without large time gaps, I was very happy when I found out how much Den-O lasted after the final episode aired. But to just keep going when they clearly have no story left to tell and nothing left to do with the characters it's just... kind of insulting. I mean, I'm a huge fan of Kintaros and Axe form, and I'm lucking if I see him show up for a second of non comic-relief. Same for anyone who's not Momotaros it seems. Ryoutaro as a character got screwed over by being turned into a child, regardless of the real-world reasons behind it. Zeronos is gone too, it just seems like the world is falling apart. I would've liked to have the series just ended with a happy ending instead of Yuuto's kind of soul-crushing downer and Ryoutaro turned into a child. It's a disservice to the characters and I don't like it.

I still really, really want to watch Let's go Kamen Riders since OOOs is in it, but I can't find it on youtube in English.

I thought I admitted it when I shared my thoughts on All Riders...but yeah, he totally is.

Tiger sucks, but he served an excellent purpose.
That purpose being getting the amazing beatdown he got from Ouja in the last episode I watched :D

I like the card theme, and his design. I read lots of the descriptions and this one interested me. Also I saw the trailer for Kamen Rider Battride War that gave me a good look at a lot of them.

Watched Kamen Rider OOO, I really really enjoyed that first episode and Eiji is such a wonderful character. I'm definitely continuing with this one.

Yes! Another in the OOO pile!

Happy to be in it!

I watched Let's Go raw, was able to surprisingly understand a lot. What I didn't understand is how shit just kind of shows up. Like how did OOO have a Ridevendor in the future? Where did all the riders and their machines come from? Thematically this isn't a problem, just a weird "what." Maybe it was one of the bits I didn't understand. Overall it was great and seeing the old riders I don't know was neat. Like the evolution of the image of Riders in motion. I feel bad for not recognizing the guy who played the grown up glasses kid since I'm sure he's an important person in Kamen Rider, though he was the other kid's dad? Interesting?

Speaking of, Den-O seems to have an increasingly, and frustratingly, shift in focus on children as time goes on. I don't like kids. They're gross and dumb because they haven't been alive long enough to know stuff. Yet nearly half the movie was just them. I absolutely disagree.

All the Riders came from the memories of the people. I don't know how that worked if the altered future meant that no Riders beyond 1 and 2 were ever created, but...Decade.

Anyway, it seems that you've hit the last Den-O movie (Though Wikipedia claims Super Hero Taisen is a Den-O movie).

Don't go into Kaneda/Yonemura movies expecting really tight plots. These films have a really bad tendency towards major plot holes and focusing on badass fanwank moments over narrative cohesion (both of which were at their worst in Superhero Taisen).

It claims that because they use Den-Liner in it for a bit. But that's about it.

The Rider chanting was a cooler scene than all of SHT.

I don't recall that scene, but if you say so.

But it's the one good scene in the movie. Momo proclaims himself a Red Ranger of Den-Onger.

Yeah, I probably missed that due to lack of subtitles.

But yeah, great movie, all the riders in rollcall were badass, seeing Shotaro and Philip again was nice, and TaMaShii was nifty. Also probably one of the better combo jingles. But really, it's bitter sweet that the ultimate ending to Den-O lacks Ryoutaro in any fashion. Especially when you realise that Ryuutaros, Kintaros and Urataros all possessed Momotaros... so it's a rider that's an Imagin possessed by other Imagin... begs the question of why Ryoutaro was ever even needed.

You know what I would have done? Given Koutaro the original Den-O belt. Then add Teddy to Climax Form Seig-style. (or have Climax form just weild the Teddy sword) That way we had the ultimate Den-O in the final battle.

Also, why does the new belt have the coloured buttons if New Den-O only has one form?