[Den-O]

Just got done with the movie and really enjoyed it. Some thoughts:

- The Wizard portion felt decently in line with the series if a bit rushed. I've always loved Wizard and was really happy to see Haruto again. I felt this epilogue to the series was a proper one. Specifically with the way in which Koyomi's ring finally found a place to rest in his Underworld.

- Seeing the early version of Gaim again is mind blowing A living Hase is not the strangest part of things either looking back. Mostly it's Micchy not being a horrible backstabbing ass. Takatora being his mysterious badass self is jarring based on how open he's been recently. And seeing Kouta more or less revel in his ridery-ness again is odd. In contrast to where the show is now it's crazy to see where the characters were.

- As usual the whole Alt. riders thing was weird and didn't quite work, at least in my opinion. But the basic concept allowed the story to progress. Though I wonder now, the rider locks, I wonder if they could appear in show again later? Movie exclusive forms and power ups appear in shows nearly every year now. All Dragon, Cosmic, Deathryuger, Fs-0O Frog, etc. Let's see those rider locks again. On top of that, Micchy is the one last seen holding the Blood Orange Lockseed. I wonder if that holds meaning.....