[Locke]

So Blade 04:

Fear of what the Rider powers will do to your body is something I've wanted from all my Rider shows, a sense that something is happening beyond changing outfits, so I'm glad that Blade not only includes that but also makes it central to its series. That said, everything else introduced was a bit nuts, something about eternal life would cause world peace or something? (what?).

Also the relationship between Blade and the Journalist is a little bizarre, didn't they just meet the other day? And didn't they only tolerate each other because they both had something to gain? Why are they now like close childhood friends? I expect this off Gen but I assumed this series was trying to be a bit more serious. Oh well, Kenzaki isn't unlikeable at least, he feels like a proper hero and I'm quite enjoying Tachibana as well. Sadly though I've not really been given a reason to care about anyone else yet, though, although that Cupid Rider dude has an awesome suit design.

Plus it blows me away that this show came out only three years after Kuuga and yet has such impressive action sequences. I guess Heisei Kamen Rider was progressing pretty quickly til the Den-O format caught them in a rut. Plus, for whatever reason, I've always gotten more out of Riders and Rangers fighting other Riders and Rangers than I have MOTW so I like that there is so much Rider on Rider action so far.