[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Been checking out Kiva. Smacked down episode two and am watching 3.

Four main things, though:

DAMN that intro is awesome.

DA-HAMN that suit is awesome.

DA-HA-HAMN that bike is awesome.

Hell yes! Could not agree more.

Baku Baku Beating Heart forever!

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HOLY SHIT they could not have found a worse kid to play Kiva. In the suit he's so violent and hard-edged and dark and regal and vicious and yet the actor looks like a baby. He's just so young and fesh-faced, and turns into a metal demon. He should have an underlying air of darkness, yet he always looks like he had a rough day at school. He's not bad at any rate, but he is just such a staggering contrast.

I find that casting Koji Seto as the innocent, introverted Wataru really highlights the duality of the character -- which makes more sense when you get deeper into the series.

I got the sense that Kiva is a part of Wataru that he actively represses -- and that repressed, savage side of his personality takes over whenever he henshins.

Say what you will about the overall quality of Kamen Rider Kiva (I'm personally a fan -- though I recognize its myriad flaws), but Wataru has one of the most effective character arcs of any KR series I've watched. He's a very different guy by the end of the series.