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I have finished Skyrider and in the end... it was about what I expected.

Man, if you had waited one more day, we would have finished it at the same time. You binge too fast!

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There was stuff I did very much like though. Almost every crossover episode was alot of fun, and the double-twist with Admiral Demon and Hiroshi's' father was handled really well. Ontop of the the very impressive prop made for the finale.

The final arc was easily one of my favorites for how much it escalates Hiroshi's personal drama and concludes his development. Honestly, for my mild complaints, I'll gladly admit the second half actually did a pretty good job filling in his backstory.

The most intimidating thing about Great Leader is that he's this mysterious immortal guy who always comes back, who can appear in any form, so now he's a goddamn dragon!

Rider 1, 2 and Riderman have been blown up twice now, huh.

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As well, while he's no Imata for me, I did like GanGanG. He's not super hilarious by any stretch, but I found him to be a welcome presence whenever he showed up. Like Imata though, I can see how some might be annoyed by him, especially as the main symbol of the shift in cast once the halfway mark hits.

The other main symbol is Tani's new moustache that he suddenly decides to grow. I think it looks good on him though.

But yeah, while GanGan G is generally likable and occasionally humorous, he mostly functions as a less useful version of Mole Beastman.

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Overall, Skyrider is a solid season. Nothing spectacular, but nothing super wrong with it either. But that said, Super-1 is still my favorite Showa season currently. We'll see if that changes whenever I get to the other entries I haven't seen yet.

For comparison, here's my current Showa Rider Ranking:

1) V3
2) Stronger
3) Amazon
4) SkyRider
5) J
6) ZO
7) X
8) ZX

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Whenever I decide to binge Rider next, it's gonna be Build.

You've found the winning formula! (strokes tank antenna)

Next for me, I'm going to rewatch Ryuki, then I'll continue my journey through the Showa Era with Super-1.