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Kamen Rider Ryuki episode Final

Holy shit. If Ryuki the series went out with a whimper, then Episode Final goes out with a bang. Miho's relationship with Shinji was amazing and hinted towards a potential of Shinji wanting to not be a Rider anymore just for her. But I'm okay with the ending we got.

Also, cool Agito cameos

Zolda went out like a wimp just like in the series. But Ouja needed his ass kicked by Ryuga for so long. Miho dying randomly didn't make any sense. If she forfeited? i would be okay with that, or even taking the kill shot for Shinji during one of Ryuga's attacks.

Also, props to Shirou going out like a badass, flipping the fuck out and despairing due to Yui dying instead of retconing the entire series. This movie also keeps the "Yui is a useless and terrible character" issue out of the ending a lot more then Ryuki proper, which I do appreciate

So, the end is Shinji and Ren transforming into thier survive forms directly instead of putting their decks into the V-Buckles and drawing the Survive cards? But all of those dragonflies are attacking and our heroes ride off to defeat them.

My interpretation of the ending is that since Shirou was no longer there to regulate the Rider War and since's there's no wish and the fact that Shinji and Ren don't want to kill each other, I presume they go off to be proper superheroes.

May i also mention how fucking amazing this looks in HD. I watched this on my big ass HD TV and oh my god it looks amazing. For 2002, this movie looks clean, crisp and had relatively decent CGI. You can see every detail on each Rider's suit making each one look crisp and beautiful, and the survive forms look even better with that HD shine. ORE journal doesn't look run down like in the show thanks to the HD removing the blurry grime. And Shinji and Miho's eyes twinkling in the sunlight are sexy as fuck in HD. I don't even think Kamen Rider Gaim looks as good as this and that's 11 years later.

If Toei ever does a Ryuki sequel or remake, this movie sets the bar for Visual and story quality that I expect no less from.

Thank god this is the last Ryuki related thing I watched before moving off it completely. I still have Dragon knight but that's for another day.