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Originally Posted by Androzani84

So the Amazon quiz was harder to do than the others, since a lot of fodder for good questions is either in the official one, or could be answered by watching something else.

In spite of his supernatural origin, Amazon is still considered a modified human like the other Showa Riders. How?
A) The ancient mystic grafted the Gigi Armlet onto his arm.
B) He has an artificial heart from a childhood accident.
C) A fragment of wood is lodged within his ankle.

Amazon is notably the only Showa Rider from the first 5 years not to meet any of his predecessors and initially doesn?t ride a bike. So how does he receive the name ?Kamen Rider??
A) It?s the loose translation of the ancient Incan title he inherited.
B) A couple of kids note that he reminds them of past Riders and give him the name.
C) He reads it in the newspaper and thinks it sounds catchy.

Amazon has a different narrator to the other Rider shows from the 70s and early 80s. But who was it?
A) Eisuke Yoda
B) Shun Horie
C) Goro Naya

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER FOURZE EPISODE 26 - ?A SUBLIME SLOW DANCE?

But this nicely isn?t framed as a regression, or them clinging to past glory. Miu and Shun still graduate, and they go to prom, and Miu gets her dance with Gentarou, and it?s all very sweet, the pin the show puts in their story. (Those flashbacks to them joining the KRC! My heart!) Their membership in the KRC has never been about their academics, or their shared role as students; it?s about them all being friends and caring about their school, and that hasn?t changed.

It's cool how Shun accepts that Gentarou is the most important guy in Miu's high school life but isn't morally defeated since now there's the possibility to become the most important guy in her post-school life instead. Possibilities open up when you realize that graduation is the start of life, not the end. Sentimentality can be a double-edged blade and the opposing ways that Shun and Miu process their times is important to help them both move forward without leaving behind what's important.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Ha ha, I found that album through a streaming service on a road trip a few years back, and the covers are really good. They've got a Kiva cover on there as well that was pretty fun!

Life Is Showtime as well!

Unlike Switchblade, I like Saite and thought it was fitting for the bittersweet atmosphere of the prom. Considering the current 3-girl roster of Kamen Rider Girls though, it's weird for me rewatching this and thinking, "hey, where's Chisato and Jiena?", before realizing they hadn't joined yet.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

It's ironic that it seems that Fourze talks about how a friend circle is temporary, but some of those other series may not have anyone moving on to emphasize their friendship, that your friends are available to you 24/7, unlike the reality of real life where the "fake friends" won't be there for you again. And there can be people who wish that as a true Kamen Rider, people have to give up about what they'd be doing in a couple of years, based on how the premise (...in Showa) was built upon that, where Hongo has to give up university life to fight as Kamen Rider, sacrificing their happiness for the greater good.

I think Fourze is a great example of how the spirit of Rider has developed since the Showa Era. While Riders are still expected to endure suffering and loneliness, they're no longer completely defined by that and can still enjoy a relatively normal lifestyle with friendship and dreams. There's also the show's predecessor OOO, where the classic image of a self-sacrificing Rider is criticized as unhealthy and inefficient.