[Sentai]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Just finished up Ryuki (the series anyway). Damn, that was a hard hitting final episode. I know a lot of people say the ending was a bit of a cop out but I quite like it, it kind of seemed natural that it was going to end that way.

Overall I've REALLY enjoyed this show. There were a lot of great designs, fantastic characters and a pretty deep plot. There were elements I didn't care for, such as the ORE Journal guys and sometimes the Kanzaki plot got a bit difficult to follow, but neither was big enough a problem to hamper my overall enjoyment of the show.

Out of the shows I've seen so far I'd rank it above Decade, OOO and Wizard, but below W and Fourze.

Now to check out the movie, special and Agito crossover thingy!

Could I ask why Wizard is lower?

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Which is why I like Ryoutaro as Den-O because Momotaros basically sculpted him into a fighter. A great coming of age story where a young man is shaped by an aloof mentor to become a brave warrior... only for the mentor to eventually become said warrior? If they had given Ryoutaro a proper sendoff, even just a throwaway line about how he was living with his sister happily and Momotaros took up the cause in his place. Something, anything. I didn't here "Ryoutaro" mentioned once. (figures he all but vanishes from the planet as soon as I learn how to spell his name)

Yeah, they kind of goofed when they decided to give all the Taros proper bodies toward the end of the show, because Ryotaro just sort of became extraneous. I was actually a little angry when Momo just slapped the belt on himself in Let's Go! and transformed. And I think Momotaros is awesome! But I was really into Ryotaro's arc and how he became less passive without ever losing his original personality, so his treatment in the post-series stuff is really a big slap in the face.

Also, I'm nearly about to start watching Agito. (On-Topic discussion wooooooo...)

[SPLIT LIP]

I really did like how Ryoutaro grew to be less of a whimp without going through your typical balls-tightening-up plot. He was, like you said, the same personality.

And the thing that bugs me about the Taros' getting bodies and using the belt is that in I'm Born, even with bodies they still needed Ryoutaro to become Den-O, to the point where they had to abduct four Ryoutaro's through time to have all four forms. Now I figured maybe in Climax Deka (I think) where they were all given new belts from Owner that somehow upgraded them to be able to all be Den-O since they would have specifically been made for the Imagin... so why then did in Let's Go they just become Climax form, a form where they're not really that much stronger, instead of all having their unique forms? (Four > One, especially climax which isn't even a final, all that powerful form like Liner. It really just represents unity rather than actually achieving a "greater than the sum of all parts" thing, something they can do as individuals)

I dunno, Den-O really left me with good feels when I finished the series, but it really lasted too damn long and kind of cheapened the series for me.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by ryan

The first episodes are generally weaker than later ones are. But if seeing Wataru in a tub is going to bother you, you should skip Kiva. As there's a lot more where that came from.

But, it's a good show, you'll be missing out if you never get to it. You should try it again after you've seen a couple other Riders, see what you think then.

Exactly. Don't listen to Switchblade hatin' on it. Kiva is a pretty good show that too many people have passed over.

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Just finished up Ryuki (the series anyway). Damn, that was a hard hitting final episode. I know a lot of people say the ending was a bit of a cop out but I quite like it, it kind of seemed natural that it was going to end that way.

Overall I've REALLY enjoyed this show. There were a lot of great designs, fantastic characters and a pretty deep plot. There were elements I didn't care for, such as the ORE Journal guys and sometimes the Kanzaki plot got a bit difficult to follow, but neither was big enough a problem to hamper my overall enjoyment of the show.

Out of the shows I've seen so far I'd rank it above Decade, OOO and Wizard, but below W and Fourze.

Now to check out the movie, special and Agito crossover thingy!

Ending is dark as hell isn't it? The whole thing with Shinji dying in the next to last episode was a crazy twist that I never saw coming. And the way Ouja went out like a total badass is one of my favorite moments in the series. SO much to love with Ryuki. It's easily in my top 5, maybe even top 3 Rider series.

The movies are pretty meh since they're alternate versions of how the rider war played out. Ryuga is the only cool thing that happened in Episode Final. And 13 riders has an incredibly awesome moment at the end where Shinji becomes Knight after his Ryuki deck is destroyed, it was incredibly awesome.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

Kiva is a pretty good show that too many people have passed over.

No, that'd be Blade.
I'm thinking I have to go full on Gekifanatic for Blade just so that people stop overlooking it because of "Bland designs."

Anyway, Ryuki is an awesome series. Definitely in my personal Top 5 Rider series, that's for sure.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

Exactly. Don't listen to Switchblade hatin' on it. Kiva is a pretty good show that too many people have passed over.

Or it's a deeply flawed series that squandered all of its potential and lacked any coherent version of what it wanted to be.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

Exactly. Don't listen to Switchblade hatin' on it. Kiva is a pretty good show that too many people have passed over.

I agree, though I do admit that it has it's flaws.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

No, that'd be Blade.
I'm thinking I have to go full on Gekifanatic for Blade just so that people stop overlooking it because of "Bland designs."

Anyway, Ryuki is an awesome series. Definitely in my personal Top 5 Rider series, that's for sure.

I plan to wach it after I'm done with Decade, Double and OOO.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

I plan to wach it after I'm done with Decade, Double and OOO.

Awesome!
Let me know when you get to it!

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Awesome!
Let me know when you get to it!

You got it buddy!

[Dr Kain]

Well after a month long break from other distractions, we are back on the road of Black and have watched episodes 28-44 this week. My g/f is happy that the three priests are finally doing something other than standing around talking, and she likes Shadow Moon, but she cannot wait for it to end so she can be done with it. Me, on the other hand, continue to love it even more now that it is subbed, but I still think Road Sector, Kara, and Mara are completely pointless.