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Giving Kamen Rider 1 a watch.

-We're Nova Shocker! We don't like Shocker! We're gonna attack them arbitrarily for no apparent reason and with no clear purpose!

-Nova Shocker's plan seems poorly thought out, or at least poorly elaborated on. Unwarranted levels of applause.

-The scene of the combatmen in the bar was fantastic.

-Takeru should have asked Edison for help.

-I am pretty confused about what the purpose of Takeru pretending to be a teacher is. Almost as much as I am about how they managed to do it. If he just needed to keep an eye on her couldn't he just...go invisible? Like...a Ghost?

-Are student teachers supposed to randomly hang around during the girls' PE period? Takeru, you're not being very inconspicuous.

-Ok usually I find Onari absolutely humorless but I love that he wasn't even able to keep a straight face while teasing Akari. L...O.....l.

-oh no shes a chuuni

-Surprise Makoto. Has he just...been hanging out there, waiting for a good moment to jump in? Cause otherwise he just...barged into some random conversation with some random guy he doesn't know.

-Seriously though does this high school just let anyone say they're a teacher and let them loose on a class? Takeru hasn't even graduated from high school...

-It's weird to hear Takeru say the word "inochi" without following up with "MOYASUZE."

-Makoto is a rude.

-Wow what the heck is this. Makoto and Takeru have bikes??? ...since when?

-So why does Lady Nova Shocker not get to turn into a monster.

-This movie needs better scene transitions.

-This stuff about "immature Eyecons" doesn't make any....sigh, whatever.

-This Movie Needs Better Scene Transitions: The Sequel: Holy Crap, Come On: They Were Just In The Middle Of A Battle, Then He Dies And Now It's The Funeral?!

-Ichigou...MOYASUZE!

(sns)

-"Let's just fight Nova Shocker in our weakest forms, it'll go great!" -Takeru and Makoto, apparently.

-What the fuck was the point of Nova Shocker's "we no conquer world we conquer eekonomix" if they were just going to end up like this? Friggin nothing is what.

-And seriously does Bufall not care at all that Urga totally lost his brains and killed Igura???

-This doesn't have anything to do with anything, but god damn do I hate TV-N's comically overdone little transformation effects. I don't care about their translation accuracy or style or whatever, it's this, and pretty much this alone, that's the reason I try to stay as far away from their subs as possible. They are truly terrible. It's a good thing there's been so little of that in this...90 minute movie.

-"Oh shit, yeah! We have other Eyecons!" -Takeru and Makoto, apparently.

-I've mostly been complaining for a while so here's a good thing: The Rider Damashii are cool. Shame they each only got like two seconds to show off. It's ok though. They were obviously hard pressed for time, and there had been no previous occasions in which the Riders could have used them. Not in this...90 minute movie.

-Is Buffal made of fucking adamantium????

-Why are the lines on Ghost's abdomen a different color from the rest of his suit? Was it like that in the show too...? Hm.

And with that, a closing thought: I thought this movie was pretty dumb. Maybe not Taisen dumb, but pretty dumb. So...hey, it's a Kamen Rider movie. Yippee. Nothing special there. Maybe I'm just too much of a goddamn nitpick. Anyway, more closing thoughts because I am a liar:

-The little behind the scenes thing during the credits is my favorite thing about this movie. It definitely looks like they had fun making it, especially Fujioka. I may not have particularly enjoyed the movie, but I will always appreciate the people making it having fun and giving it their best. It's nice to see.

-And that closing monologue from Hongo Takeshi? Truly fantastic.