[GoldenXtreme]

I read through the original Kamen Rider manga, and I must say I definitely consider it a must read for any Rider fan. At the same time though, it was... different than I expected?


It definitely has a lot that sets it apart from its tokusatsu version and it is an overall darker story, but at the same time it had way more goofy 70s toku energy than I thought it would, so I actually think the show was surprisingly faithful! For a manga that predates so much of the henshin hero genre this was a bit mind blowing to me. I also didn't know about the thing with Hongo and Hayato's stint with a shared body, which I guess W was a callback to?


Good stuff overall, the art was often quite stunning and I liked both its early parts which were dark with some goofy elements and the later parts that were goofy with some dark elements.