[AkibaSilver]

So uh, despite having the Shinobi miniseries on my laptop for 3 years at this point, and rating its theme song very high compared to other themes, I've not actually watched it. Let's fix that.



And yeah, Episode 1 is pretty solid! The sibling love triangle is weird, moreso because Rentaro seems to think it's a good idea, but ignoring that, I like it. Could it work as a full Rider series? There's some concepts here you could expand on - Mr Toad Scroll, the evil Ninja Business empire, why Iroha is in Kiriko-territory of not being a Rider despite being obviously skilled - but that's not really the point. As much as the kayfabe of this being the totally real 2022 show is uphelp (again, theme music goes hard), as a web special, it does a good job of telling its own story in the short runtime, establishing the characters, and creating a unique world that I could see happening.

Also, another thing I found in my downloads folder - back in 2020, during Lockdown 1, I took a crack at doing an English version of the Shinobi theme. It's based on a mix of Earthy and KRWiki's subs, modified to fit the flow, and I might record myself singing it and upload it at some point? I'd do it for the Episode 3, but I'm away at my first physics conference starting tomorrow (very exciting, time to learn how becoming a physics ninja can stop global warming), so it'll be late, but that was a very cute surprise from past me.