[Enppu]

Solid first episode, hopefully the rest of the series also lives up to my expectations.

I'm interested in seeing just how the Igarashi family dynamic plays out and whether and how they will use it to explore the meaning of family. Kamen Rider has in the past explored the concept of an adopted family, but I don't think we've really seen a Rider's biological family play a major role, except to serve as fuel for vengeance when they get killed/harmed.

The CGI dinosaur legs were the worst part of the episode for me. They were just really off-putting, since the rest of the CG was pretty great and well-implemented for a Rider series. I have a feeling I'm really going to hate the Remixes... I did enjoy the fights otherwise and I'm pretty sure Revi (or Ikki) snapped that one mook's neck with his kick. I wonder if the fact that he used to play soccer (or just football, as we call it here) will play into his fighting style.

Since dreams tend to be quite important in Rider, I wouldn't be surprised if Ikki delivers an absolutely devastating football finishing kick later on in the series, complete with dramatic slow-mo, cuts, repeats, sparkling effects, maybe against a black background, you know the things Toei likes to do. Maybe even cut between Revi kicking and Ikki kicking a ball, but I feel this is getting too far into fanfic territory already.

Definitely excited to see where this series goes.