[Kiwami]

This was a great episode. Action aside as I already gushed about that, I really liked the short recaps sections mixed with new exposition, and most importantly: Hearing Aruto and Fuma talk about what being "Kamen Rider" means to them after Gai treats them like simple weapons to be sold to the highest bidder. And it became even better when Jin stated the same, completely unrelated to their conversation before. How often do we hear what being "Kamen Rider" means to an antagonist? It’s usually just a power that works in their favor, not a symbol they want to achieve something with. I really liked that.

I'm overall very glad that Metsubojinrai.net is back. I really, really hope Horobi just kicks Thouser's ass without it being explained much. He never really "lost" a fight before IIRC, the only time he lost was because he willingly threw himself unguarded into Vulcan's Rider Kick, he meant to lose. It would be great if comes back and continues to be awesome.

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Originally Posted by KaijuUltraFan

I have such a hard time seeing Aruto the goof-ball as being the same person in that killer neon yellow Rider suit. They're just not the same person to me at all.

One is a badass Kamen Rider, and one is the most annoying main character out of any Kamen Rider show I've seen.

"Badass Kamen Rider"









Shall I post more?

They made it very obvious who's inside this suit all along. He's gotten better at it, mostly because the situations at hand require him to, but Zero-One was always a goofball from the very beginning.

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Because Aruto's actor sucks and Shotaro's doesn't.

Just because you doesn’t like his shtick doesn’t mean the actor is bad. It’s quite the opposite for me actually, I hate loudmouth Toku heroes with a passion but Aruto I can get behind because he can be serious when they need him to. And the actor can perform well under those circumstances which makes it believable.