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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I don't think I've mentioned this yet in these threads, but Ryuki was the show I burned through start to finish in a couple weeks while catching up on OOO (which was around halfway through airing at the time), so I consider it my "first" Rider series just as much, if not more. I'll tell you upfront, I adore Ryuki. There's no way I could watch this show and not become immediately hooked on the franchise. Those first episodes in particular are definitely real strong, especially in how they establish Shinji's character.

I think what it did really well was further escalate the whole rider vs rider concept especially, if I remember correctly, when the battle royale concept was still hot after the movie adaptation of Battle Royale hit big in Japan and amongst fans of Japanese film.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

- One quick thing about the Mirror World scenes. Don't underestimate the importance of that ambient sound! It lends an eerie, otherworldy emptiness to the location, while practically serving to always let the viewer know where they are. It's especially neat whenever the show is cutting back and forth between it and the normal world.

It would make a great ring tone.