[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER OOO EPISODE 27 - “1000, A MOVIE, AND A MOOK”

I think I prefer this type of anniversary celebration, of 1000 episodes -slash- 40 years, for how it takes a different look at the history of Kamen Rider’s success – namely, for how it’s also a history of Shocker et al’s failure. Where another series might point to the legacy of heroic perseverance that’s delivered the world from ruin across multiple generations, a Shocker mook might instead see it as a constant series of humiliating (and escalating) defeats. Hongo’s creation is the original sin of Kamen Rider villainy, the spark that burned down every single evil organization’s dream of global conquest.

So this'd be a place where the term mook (fodder villains) is actually used in-universe. Guess this is the substitute for the recap episodes for other KR series.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Deciding to talk about how one person or group’s constant success could be another person’s constant failure, that’s fun. Doing it all through a bonkers parody of Showa excess, where the main plotline is that Gotou can’t act? That’s amazing. You cannot get me on an OOO story’s side faster than canonically pointing out that Gotou is incredibly boring to watch, and he’s sort of a drag on the fun. (I honest to god can’t tell the difference between Normal Gotou and Bad Actor Gotou, so when the cast started reacting to him like he was a dull obstacle to art, I was like Oh Man They Got My Letter.) There’s a fun running gag to him getting endlessly demoted in the production, where it not only mirrors the last 26 episodes for him, but it also mirrors Shocker’s declining relevance. Much like Gotou, Shocker’s a joke, and this episode is the punchline.

If Goto is wooden then I wonder what'd be the difference between being wooden as in they can't act or being wooden as in it's just their character, like perhaps Maki. They somehow can manage to get the main antagonist of the series to take part normally (even for his initial rejection) in a work about the main cast. Just that Maki's more blunt about Goto and Hina's failure.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The Shocker Beast! Zero threat, despite the insane Tiger Squid Yummy design. I like that he’s never treated as anything other than a clown, because that’s Shocker. That’s 40 years of being Rider Kicked into cartoonish incompetence. But, like, he keeps showing up. He keeps trying to murder Kamen Riders, even when they’re just Megumi from Ryuki and a tiny friend, who kick his ass for fun. That dedication to doing the work, no matter the outcome… it’s such a fun rebuttal to Maki’s cutting remarks about failure negating intention.

Megumi was a good fighter so.... Probably more suitable if Sendo's Yummy are just literal Shocker mooks where, they'd be killed off easily and Sendo is about quantity over quality that he can constantly produce more so they can show up. But it's likely more unexpected if Sendo's Yummy looks like usual MOTW rather than the disposable mooks.