[Shin Densetsu]

I like the pacing of Ryuki I also find it to be a great entry level KR series. I only watched a few episodes of Masked Rider when Saban had it in the mid 90's, and some old Kamen Rider dubbed in Tagalog when I visited the Philippines.

What drew me to Ryuki were the designs initially. Not as much of a bug motif but more of a sleek knight. Looked appealing. The characters are likeable too, you can tell Kido will become pretty bad ass later on, and only a few episodes in you can see the bad assery has already started.

Meanwhile Ren starts off bad ass and is pretty cool. Dark hero. I dig his cape and attacks.

I dig the vent options and the contracts with monsters. Ryuki arguably has one of the best monsters, the Drag Redder is bad ass and reminds me of the Red Dragon lightning zord or whatever it was called in Dairanger.

5 episodes in and Ren is hesitantly warming up to Kido, mainly for Yui's sake. I hope this doesn't turn into some forced love triangle.