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Originally Posted by Kurona

I recently done a rewatch of Amazon and actually just finished it last week so it's kinda fun seeing it here. Extremely lovely show with a heart where it counts; I think the best way I can put it is that having him in Fourze's HBV was an extremely good choice!

World of Amazon felt... to me at the time, it felt like it was basically a random choice. Like, they needed a vehicle to highlight Dai-Shocker's invasion of the worlds and so they picked a random rider -- and with all of Heisei done and Black/RX last episode, I guess they felt Amazon would be the most fun? Unlike Black/RX I had actually seen Amazon before this, pretty early into me watching Rider; and I never quite found myself attached to this arc. I guess it's a mix of it feeling like a 'random' choice and Amazon's actor being, uh, yeah.

Relatively fun time though! I like how they did their spin on Amazon's friendship with Masahiko through the lens of his being ingrained into a fascist society. Their bond is the highlight of Amazon and... given previous worlds have had things like Kagami not being important at all in Kabuto; it's pretty surprising to see this preserved. I feel this one's way more accurate to the original Amazon than any other world aside from of course Den-O and Shinkenger.

Yeah, I obviously can't speak to if there was a better choice of Showa series to slot in here, but I think Amazon made for a solid choice. The emotional stakes are all very legible, thanks to a Legend Rider who lacks subterfuge or suspicion. I mostly don't know if does a lot with Tsukasa, but as an exploration of a Rider's ability to weather the rage of a world, I think it handled things well.