[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Salaryman Zero

I really loved how Kuuga (and many of the early Heisei shows up till Hibiki?) conveyed how genuinely terrifying monsters-of-the-week would be in real life. The Grongi are quite literally a race of serial killers, and having them have such a high body count really made them horrifying antagonists. I thought Faiz also did that whole atmosphere of terror really well whenever the Orphenochs showed up and that creepy Psycho-type music started playing.

Aside from Agito, the pre-Hibiki shows are the only Heisei Riders I haven't actually watched yet; funnily enough. But you've nailed something I do like about Kuuga's feel, yeah -- that terror of actual monsters running about in the city. My preference is for the insanity and silliness of seasons like OOO and Ex-Aid but I super appreciate how real Kuuga feels, despite being about an ancient karate bugman beating up rubber-suited monsters.

Agito definitely got that too, and I'm finding it interesting see how there are vague parallels between the two. Similar monsters; similar structure; similar police involvement - Ichijou would be a shoe-in for a G3 operator - similar worldviews and dispositions of the main heroes... though they do each handle it differently enough so as to not feel too repetitive.

I've got 10 episodes left of this series and I'm looking forward to them. With only just over a week until the official end of Heisei Rider, I'm glad to see it out with the one who started it off -- especially when it's this bloody good.