[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

RIDER TIME: SHINOBI EPISODE 1 - ?FIRST NINPOW! VOLUME: HATTARI'S ONE-SIDED LOVE"

So it?s exciting to learn that three years after his Zi-O appearances, he?s not just some solo hero, but a fully-trained ninja, back from a worldwide training expedition. It?s great to see Shinobi living up to Sougo?s hopes for him. Shinobi?s done the hard work of gaining power the right way, and he?s a strong, confident hero in the aftermath. He?s practically a new man, brimming over with enthusiasm and excitement. Far from using darkness as cover, this Shinobi bursts into the light and runs wild. This isn?t the version that Another Shinobi and the Time Jackers robbed us of (not crazy about the new red costume), but everything about this new version feels like the happy ending Sougo wished for.

Rentarou faces some difficulty, he had to pretend to be unskilled to hide his identity as Kamen Rider Shinobi for some reason, as well as missing job interviews thus his family had to live in poverty, thus Iroha also tried to get them out of poverty by her aiming for Konjou Company. Not to Sougo's extent.... but even Rentarou pretends to be less competent than he actually is... like him, but this does make him seem goofy to Iroha.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

And the fun additional cast! I missed the part in Zi-O where Shinobi comes from a family of ninjas (or maybe they never said?), so it was really fun to find out that Shinobi?s world is one where he?s part of a team. And a team that follows Shinobi?s lessons about not giving into fear, and becoming more than you were? like, those are Sougo?s lessons, but coming out of Shinobi?s mouth. Shinobi gets to be the hero for his sister and cousins that Sougo was for him. I really love that.

I guess Zi-O didn't explain about Shinobi coming from family of ninjas, because the opening narration explained about how Shinobi's world has become rife with ninjas. I don't know what cousin did you talk about, Icchi is the childhood friend of Rentarou and Iroha. With the Rider identity being unknown, the set up is that Iroha is in love with Shinobi while Icchi also has the hots for Iroha...