[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Also, I kind of weirdly agree with everything DreamSword said, even though I also don't at all? Well, except the bit about the Black Fang episodes. Die and I both watched that second part, posted about it, and we both agreed it was basically a total misfire. It's Bike Action without the Action. Aside from that though, yeah. Early Blade definitely has a more unique sense of atmosphere compared to the more standardized supehero antics later on, and that's one of the things that keeps me coming back to those early episodes so much. The complaints, I don't feel personally, but I wouldn't really argue most of those flaws aren't there. Some of the overarching villains are a bit of a sticking point for me, but the fun of the week-to-week Undead with human forms always overshadows that in my memories. The gamut of motivations and personalities those guys had is something I don't think many other Rider shows offer. Some of them are very atypical antagonists, to the point a guy like Shima can even just be a protagonist, no questions asked! It's totally wild and I love it.

Wow, surprised someone actually got what I was trying to say in that big ramble I did, haha. Glad to hear someone else can see why the inherent weirdness and style of the early episodes could be a point for drawing someone in.

And it's okay that neither of you understand the inherent coolness of Black Fang, a motorcycle made almost totally out of spikes driven around by an Undead monster. I understand, we're not all fans of metal, afterall, lol.

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And, before I forget to mention it for the millionth time: have we never just taken a second in this thread to sit back and appreciate how gloriously absurd the name "Battle Fight" is yet? Because that's gotta be one of my favorite terms in the entire lexicon of Kamen Rider. Might as well have called it the Combat War.

Not gonna lie, I just totally assumed that you all had already made fun of the label beforehand in some string of posts that I'd missed. Because yes, it is very silly, haha.