[GoldenXtreme]

I just finished Ryuki and I don't even know how I feel. On one hand, the characters were enjoyable, the Rider designs were awesome, and it could be quite funny. Not to mention the slaughterfest climax was awesome. On the other hand, quite a few things were never properly explained (like what the Mirror World actually is or how Kanzaki's crazy plan was supposed to work), the character development was all crammed towards the end, and that weird retcon(?) ending. In the end it was a decent but nowhere near perfect season for me, probably a notch or two below Kuuga. I think the most interesting part about it has to be how it clearly had a huge impact on pretty much all the seasons that came after it. Ryuki is quite the trendsetter!

Still the most I've ever enjoyed anything Yasuko Kobayashi wrote though. I swear I WANT to like the things she writes, but it never sits well with me.

I'll be checking out the bonus stuff later. The alternate ending to Ryuki sounds interesting. Maybe that's where I got the delusional idea that Ren got killed from. I mean, maybe he did die during the actual show's ending, who the heck knows.