[Daikaijuman54]

To answer the question about Black and RX appearing together in every crossover, are we sure RX isn't actually Dek Stuart from Masked Rider (I haven't seen it, but I know the guy's name) behind the mask?

Just kidding, I strangely enjoyed seeing Black and RX appearing as separate characters, possibly more, as Kurona said about them being more about their shows than their characters. Or this could be a way for some people (from what I've sometimes heard) to dissociate the two since RX isn't as good as Black as a sequel.

We now have the reveal of Dai-Shocker, an amalgamation of every Showa Kamen Rider villain organization, with our first revamped enemy general, Apollo Geist. Now I haven't seen X or either Black shows (except for the first two episodes of Black, which set up the story rather nicely) so I don't have any idea how this world stacks up with the originals, but I honestly can't recall much of the story in this one. Which is funny, because I've had better memory on some of the previous episodes, but here, I'm drawing a blank.

As for how I feel about the Showa Riders, maybe it's because I grew up watching and loving the old Showa Godzilla movies, or just cheesy retro sci-fi flicks as a kid, I find the charm of the Showa Riders appealing? Even though I haven't actually seen a full season, with the farthest I've gotten with one was Amazon. And funny enough, he's the next world! But I can sort of understand Die's disassociation/disinterest of Showa Riders and Sentai, since I was almost of the same mindset when I was starting out, but I've come to enjoy both of these and appreciate them, even if I still haven't seen them, I do want to get around to watching them eventually.