[Electric Turahk]

13 Riders was just horrible. It was too strange to have Shinji be a literal newbie to the Rider War, but yet all the other Riders are there and can't wait to beat up on him? It didn't make sense. I actually liked the alternate ending just that little bit more, because why should he care about Ren? He had just met the guy. This was a different Shinji. He clearly couldn't fight, so why not end it as quickly as possible?

I liked Episode Final until the end. Kanzaki had a clear plan. The reason this started and why the monsters existed and attacked people was clearly stated instead of hoping you could make all the right connections. (I never guessed that they just wanted to try and live; I just figured they were monsters. I really like that they had a purpose though.) Miho was an interesting character, though we never did manage to learn all of her true intentions... And Ryuga was awesome. I loved how they took the whole "mirror Yui/Shiro" concept that had been present in the entire series and made it clear it didn't just apply to them. Everyone had a darker mirror version.

Then it got to the ending and... I hated it. Because it wasn't an ending. Ryuki and Knight just waltz off insto the sunset to fight monsters. That's no ending to a movie. That's an ending to an episode, maybe, but it doesn't bring about an resolution.