[Young Optimus14]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Very good thread idea, and it's something I find myself needing a lot... which is of course why when it's finally made, nothing specific comes to mind! I'm just so wonderful that way.

So in lieu of any specific thought to offer, how about I kick things off with a topic starter? I've said elsewhere that something I like about Kobayashi's writing is that her series are ones that I might not enjoy that much at the time and don't see what the big deal's about, but I end up appreciating to a much greater degree later. OOO and Den-O are big examples of this; I may still not be big on Ryuki but I think more positively of it now than I used to; and outside of Rider I'd also extend this to Shinkenger, Go-Busters and Toqger.

All of that to say: does this bode true about any series to anyone else? Not necessarily Kobayashi; her series are just the best examples for me personally. But did anyone here maybe not like, say, Blade or Fourze or anything else on the first time round; but later on came to love them a lot more?

I've been rewatching Blade here and there. I liked it the first time so we'll have to see how it goes second time around since it tends to have very loosely connected plot lines. I should try to rewatch some of the series I didn't finish just to see if my opinion has changed at all

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Into it! Thanks for starting this thread!



I haven't had a chance to rewatch much of anything yet (too much stuff that's brand-new to me), so I don't know if this 100% is valid, but Ghost is one that I feel like took a good long while to tee up its central theme, and then crushed it in its finale. (Also, yes, I am counting episode 48 as the finale of Ghost. Nothing as important happened afterwards!) It really made me value the journey of Ghost, knowing that the final beats of the story landed so well.

Also, hey, global quarantine question for folks: how are you Kamen Ridering in self-isolation? TV shows? Video games? Toys? I've been splitting my time between Ryuki and a SO-DO/Figure-rise backlog. How about y'all?

Yes binging Build and now Ex-Aid lol. With the Toei's Youtube channel actually working this quarantine has gotten a lot more exciting