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Originally Posted by NemyPred

Blade was without a doubt the hardest Rider shows for me to get all the way through, so far.
I had to take a 3 month break at the half way point. The show is just very bland & boring. Even after the "half way" mark where it's "suppose" to pick up.
It was a grind to sit & watch. Without posting spoilers, When you can replace the last episode of the show with the Movie & get a far better ending to the series. It's kind of a piss off.

Couldn't disagree more. I think Blade's ending is one of the best in the entire Rider franchise. Kenzaki is asked to choose between saving the life of his best friend or saving the world and he decides to go for option #3 - sacrificing his humanity so that Hajime can live. It's really emotionally powerful, especially when Hajime realizes what Kenzaki is planning and tries to stop him. The ending and the lengths Kenzaki is willing to go to to protect his friends is one of the big things that makes him one of my favorite Riders and that puts Blade pretty high up on my favorite shows list.

In fact, I'd love to see Blade get a US version that keeps the plot largely intact but makes Chalice female to make the Blade/Chalice relationship more of a romance. Doing that and keeping the same ending would make it even more emotionally powerful.