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Decade episode 5

Where the hell is IXA? Didn't he play an important part in the Kiva?

So Wataru's father was also the evil guy. Wait? Didn't he say to kill him? But that does explain the restraint he has when plot development happens between Wataru and Onodera.

You may have noticed I haven't talked about Final Form Ride yet. Well, I think its fucking stupid. From an in-show standpoint, yes it creates some badass finishers, but it makes fruit armor look tame by comparison. The toy gimmick it was based on was dumb. "Hey, you know all of those dumb morphing figures from the 80s and 90s that turned into random other things? Yeah, let's do that in 2009."

That Kaixa fight was still badass.

I also don't like the laughing pressure point thing. it just seems like a really contrived way of forcing comedy into the show. Watching Tsukasa laugh awkwardly when Natsumi thumb stabs him in the shoulder is painful to watch. I like his humor better when he's Decade and cracking whips.

Episode 6

I was not expecting this. I was expecting Ryuki's world to be more like ace attorney, where dudes dressed up in suits and did ridiculously comical things while making claims. But no, its the Riders fighting while saying generic stuff like "She's innocent!" That's better, I guess?

I swear Ren looks like a Japanese James McCovoy. Also a slight tanget, in terms of alternate Universe versions of any of the main characters, I want the characters to look similar. Onodera looks like Godai. Tatsumi looks like Shinji. Ren? He looks more like the guy from Foundation X then Ren. I understand live action is different then comics or animation and its harder to find dudes who look similar enough to past Riders all for one season but jeez, they could have tried better.

I always love when Tsukasa pulls out the Kamen Ride for the Rider he obtained the Card for in the previous world. Kiva vs Knight was badass.

Episode 7

Abyss was the real threat? Well damn, sure saw that coming lol.

I find it weird how this Decade two parter used the prospect of time travel in a Rider War better then the in the actual figgin' show. Time Vent was just used for an original idea for a recap episode but this just made it awesome. (And no, the implication of Kanzaki Shiro throwing out timelines until he got the result he wanted of Yui getting a new life does not count. That's inferences from the fact that there's two AU stories and the fact that he has time vent, its never been shown in anything that he's completely thrown out a timeline only to get another bad result.)

Abyss was an awesome design and totally fits in with the rest of the Ryuki Riders. Wish he got used more.

I was also disappointed that Zolda wasn't even referenced that much in this whole Battle Lawyer thing. An entire storyline based around him in this world would have been awesome. But a nod from Tsukasa saying "Isn't this Zolda's thing?" would have been nice too.

The final attack Ride for this two parter was also pretty cool as Decade did the Dragon Rider kick that Ryuki usually does with Dragredder.

One thing I can say about this episode was that it was at least better then Dragon Knight lol.

Episode 8

....Did I just walk into a Kabuto episode? With the chefs and Board being more looming like Zect? This concept sounds like a better fit for Kabuto world. I would laugh my ass off seeing Tendou getting demoted to being a chef and watching the dick fight between Tsukasa and Tendou. Maybe even a cooking competition?

Obviously, I am going to be more critical of these two episodes because Blade is my favorite series. But there were some good parts.

This world showed that maybe if Board was still around, maybe it wouldn't be the best thing. The series sort of hinted at corruption and manipulation within Board itself, with Tenouji and whatnot.

But this ranking system screams full on bullshit and corruption. And you see Kendate wanting to protect people despite BOARD pushing him down. Its a very interesting change.

It's also hilarious that the Riders have to get approval to transform. What is this Metroid: Other M?

Episode 9

And a Hibiki Rider showed up. And just bombed the place and ran.

Again, I like the twist with the whole corruption angle, but it was disappointing seeing Abyss from the last arc getting defeated really easily.

And Diend.

The fight where Tsukasa used Ryuki in this episode makes me love crossover stuff like this. Using each Riders' abilities to their strengths.

Episode 10

This is completely different. I think the only similarities are that there's a group named Clover, they use the Faiz suit and that Takumi turns into the Wolf Orphenoch.

ANKH! I didn't know you were an Oprhenoch!

Diend is badass. His summons are pretty rad too, adds infinite amount of combat possibilities.

Episode 11

Eh. It wasn't that good of a two parter anyways.

Episode 12

I haven't seen Agito, but I know enough to know that Souichi is not Gills.

Damn man, Souichi looks fuckin' homeless. Real Souichi is gonna show up at some point to show this classes mofo what a real Agito can do.

God damn it Onodera. TURN INTO KUUGA IF YOU WANT YASHIRO TO PAY ANY ATTENTION TO YOU.

Episode 13

So wait, Souichi is Agito and Gills? Wha?

Welp, that arc resolved nothing. Yusuke is probably not gonna turn into Kuuga still.

Also, did Diend steal some of Decade's cards when he had his Ride booker? Because he summoned Blade during that one fight and Tsukasa didn't turn into the Rider from the previous two parter.