[barnstenchfartface]

I haven't watched any Rider outside of currently airing stuff since I finished Faiz back in like, May (man, this summer feels like it just flashed by) for, well, reasons. But I'm back. Hopefully I can make good progress on the series I have left in these remaining months of the year.

So yeah, just got done watching episode 1 of Kabuto and Black RX.

Don't have much to say about Kabuto at the moment, other than I like how Masked Form looks in motion more than expected. Not that I disliked how it looked or anything, but it's cool.

I liked Black RX's first episode. I would have appreciated being given some context as to why Kotaro is living with these people or why he's flying helicopters now, but I guess it doesn't much matter. Episode beyond that was fine. I like the Crisis Empire guys in particular. After seeing them be nothing but disgraceful fucking jokes for forty episodes in Saban's Masked Rider watching them not be shit in this felt just a bit odd, but in a good way.

I also like the implication that Kotaro didn't even bury Battle Hopper or anything after Black, he just left his corpse rotting on some hill. Gave me a chuckle.

edit: also, while it's relevant, let me just say

fuck kiva