[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

I watched Movie Battle Royale. Kind of disappointing that I waited until I finished rewatching Ryuki, only for the special guests to do nothing that a troop of random GM Riders couldn't have done. Their placement in the poster and trailer make them seem way more important than they actually are. I guess it does explain Asakura's appearance in Outsiders, but that's about it.

If it's your purpose in rewatching Ryuki... uhh... even I wouldn't ever make these expectations because, I don't have high expectations for the crossover movies in general, but is it something wrong to have that approach (guess I do watch those for obligation)? Other than the complaint,there seems to be counterparts regarding Ryuki cast's wishes and the Geats cast's, but in general form. Ren is "the power to destroy a̶l̶l̶ ̶K̶a̶m̶e̶n̶ ̶R̶i̶d̶e̶r̶s̶ everything" (general version of Michinaga's Kamen Rider exclusive). While Asakura's wish is "fight i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶G̶P̶ until the day I die" (general version of Ace's DGP-related first wish). It also feels smart to pair Ryuga with both Keiwa and Daiji - Keiwa's actor is named Ryuga Sato, and Daiji has dark twisted version of his personality in Kagerou like Shinji's Dark Shinji.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Honestly, this movie is pretty dumb in general. Like, the only reason the plot happens is due to the Igarashis suddenly having a fourth sibling like the Saimas from GoGo V (male, male, female, male). Unlike Salamandes, this baby isn't a character, but rather a plot device, as the villains extract the devil and use him as a power source for their evil goal. Maybe in 20 years, he'll be the coolest Igarashi of all time, but for now, I'm indifferent.

Perhaps this also takes away the screentime that can be used for more series dynamics, maybe if this doesn't focus much on the saving Koshiro from Baridero and Izangi fight, which feels similar to Battle Familia focusing on saving the pregnant woman to prove a point, but this victim isn't a stranger for the cast, there can be more meaningful screentime for each series including Ryuki who here is only used as extra muscles to fight.. Though here, so even you can have complaints about someone only being used as a plot device, rather than character, of which it seems to be how people like Sophia and Luna from Saber are hated so much, and you also have finished Ryuki recently..

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

The good thing about the Revice part is Vice coming back, as I expected he would. But typical of Revice, nothing is ever that simple. Later it turns out his revival was temporary, so we still have to go through more of this nonsense. Even when there's a solution to this, Ace writes a desire card to make Ikki remember Vice, rather than literally just writing, "a world where Vice is alive". So, what the hell, Ace? Again, I frankly don't care whether Ikki remembers anything. Furthermore, if Vice died due to Ikki's memory problem, then why is he still dead after Ikki remembered? Nothing here makes sense!

I guess you wouldn't complain about this when, you'd like the W ending of Philip returning. It was said that Vice (and likely Vail) are still dormant inside of Ikki, though it was never stated how to bring him back, albeit this one just feels easier (I thought it's simple while you think it's not that simple). N̶o̶t̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶h̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶t̶a̶i̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶m̶e̶m̶o̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶.̶ With Hiromi saying that Ikki's power as Revi would be halved without Vice, it feels like a missed opportunity for a reasonable excuse to downgrade a final form to base form (Geats MagnumBoost) of the current Rider honestly. Regarding you questioning Ace's wish in this movie, you don't have similar questions to those in the actual series?

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Kaima's father is an even worse parent than the Kuramas used to be. Kaima is kind of a bad dude as well for going along with the evil plan just to appease his father, but I have to pity him that his father only sees him as a tool due to him apparently not being as successful as his older siblings, even though he's literally an MMA champion. His father must be the same type as Amatsu Gai's father, expecting nothing less than 1000% all the time.

Well the Kuramas are far from the worst parents of the whole KR franchise, when there are parents that qualify for irredeemable villain such as Banno and Masamune. Ryuki also had the war starting due to abusive parents as well (... with their daughter also learning that they're actually dead, and is currently otherwordly). Though Kaima got mistreated, I do still think that, Kaima is an example when someone only selectively cares about family, they'd want to support their family while throwing everyone else under the bus in doing so, which makes a case of love turning someone bad (and how I think love doesn't necessarily mean goodness or good trait).