[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Phantom Stranger

I always assumed the RX suit was trying to look more like the Manga version of Black and the original concepts for the show.




Although they at least had the sense to make the neck in sections so it could bend, if albeit very little.

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I didn't eve know there was a manga for Black. What does Shadow Moon look like in the manga?

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Originally Posted by Phantom Stranger

You pretty much listed the majority of the issues I have with that series. It's almost like they were planning for a new Rider series and shoehorned the idea of it being a continuation of Black simply based on popularity. Any ties to the previous series feel really tacked on and not natural, and important questions are never answered. Like where the hell is Katsumi and Kyoko? Are they still in California? Even if they couldn't get the actresses back, at least mention them.

Don't forget that some random stranger decided off screen to allow Kotaro to live with them. I'm not sure who the bigger idiot is, Kotaro for accepting or the father for inviting.

Another problem is the forced comedy, like we had with the detective (a story that goes no where).

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As for Rideron, I can see the point of it since it does do things Acobatter can't, but I want to know how the hell he got the thing to work. More specifically, how the hell did he get it into that cave under the ocean? I'm pretty sure Whale Mutant didn't install some car elevator. *sigh* I had to stop after that episode, I couldn't take it anymore.

The thing is though, what was the point of resurrecting Battle Hopper into Acrobatter just to replace him immediately with a car? And why a car? That defies the whole point of a Kamen Rider.

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I love RX's designs, I like in theory the idea of continuing on Kotaro's story, but I hate the execution of it. I reject their canon and substituent my own.

My other thing is his requiring the help of the previous Kamen Riders to defeat Crisis when he was able to handle Gorgom on his own. It just makes Kotaro seem weaker as Rx than he was as Black.