[guncannon109]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

It doesn't really matter, the movie is non-canon.

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Originally Posted by Den-O

And pretty awful to boot.

Alright, I guess I'll watch it before going on to episode 21.

I'll judge it for myself when I get around to it.

[Locke]

So Black Four was another great, albeit goofy, episode.

I do have some reservations though, like I'm in two minds about how I feel about Black's powers. On the one hand I like how well they constructed the raw power of Black, the fight scenes in this are really stylish and well constructed plus it's cool to have a hand to hand style for his powers rather than like energy beams or weapons but I can't deny that it's a lot harder to get invested in a karate chop than it is those aforementioned SFX powers.

Everything else was great though!

[Locke]

Blade 08...annoyed me. Yeah Black's story may be very basic and require leaps in logic but it's direct and coherent and I can't tell you how refreshing that is after the likes of Kuuga, OOO and to a lesser extent Fourze. Blade on the other hand lacks that kind of streamlined storytelling, it tells us a lot, in a steady feed but usually holds all the important details to itself.

Yes, I know there was a war between Humans and the Undead, yes I know they sealed them in cards but did Kamen Rider forget the How and Why in the six ws? Because they are kinda important to the story and I know OOO didn't answer them and Kuuga didn't really but that doesn't make it okay.

Another criticism I have is that the show doesn't feel as big as the plot suggests, a Battle Royale to me suggests a war basically, a massive and epic clash but so far Kenzaki and Tachibana have felt like they are in the same position as any other Rider, dealing with the MOTW. We've yet to even have a singular identifiable villain, unless that Wesker cosplayer is our big bad.

It's lucky I enjoy all the Riders!

[KyoryuGreen]

Watched Decade 8 and 9. Enjoyed the Blade tribute episode really makes me want to watch it. I can't wait to get to DiEnd next episode I loved him in Superhero taisen. Really enjoying this series.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Blade 08...annoyed me. Yeah Black's story may be very basic and require leaps in logic but it's direct and coherent and I can't tell you how refreshing that is after the likes of Kuuga, OOO and to a lesser extent Fourze. Blade on the other hand lacks that kind of streamlined storytelling, it tells us a lot, in a steady feed but usually holds all the important details to itself.

Yes, I know there was a war between Humans and the Undead, yes I know they sealed them in cards but did Kamen Rider forget the How and Why in the six ws? Because they are kinda important to the story and I know OOO didn't answer them and Kuuga didn't really but that doesn't make it okay.

Another criticism I have is that the show doesn't feel as big as the plot suggests, a Battle Royale to me suggests a war basically, a massive and epic clash but so far Kenzaki and Tachibana have felt like they are in the same position as any other Rider, dealing with the MOTW. We've yet to even have a singular identifiable villain, unless that Wesker cosplayer is our big bad.

It's lucky I enjoy all the Riders!

Oh dude, you will be eating those words soon enough. Just wait. Blade is by far the greatest Kamen Rider series thus far (W is right behind it). Personally, I thought it was great not giving you all of the answers right away as too many series do that. And no, Wesker is not even close to being the big baddie of the show.

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Originally Posted by KyoryuGreen

Watched Decade 8 and 9. Enjoyed the Blade tribute episode really makes me want to watch it. I can't wait to get to DiEnd next episode I loved him in Superhero taisen. Really enjoying this series.

Ugh. The Blade world episodes are by far the worst travesties of any of the worlds Decade travels to.

[Matrixbeast]

Yeah. Blade has a mystery angle to it, but it does actually answer it's questions. The big bad isn't sunglasses, though, don't worry.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Ugh. The Blade world episodes are by far the worst travesties of any of the worlds Decade travels to.

I agree.
If the Blade episodes incentivised you to watch Blade, then more power to you, but I thought the DCD interpretation was horrid.

[Locke]

I just hope the show hurries up, I'm a fifth of the way through and I don't know anything yet.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Yeah. Blade has a mystery angle to it, but it does actually answer it's questions. The big bad isn't sunglasses, though, don't worry.



I agree.
If the Blade episodes incentivised you to watch Blade, then more power to you, but I thought the DCD interpretation was horrid.

The Ryuki world is the greatest travesty. We have one character in the original show that's a lawyer..... Let's make everybody Kamen lawyers! Ryuki got the short end of the stick on that one.

[Sentai]

I have Kamen Rider ZX and Kamen Rider G and plan on watching both today after family leaves. Onward towards adventure!

[KyoryuGreen]

To be fair I totally knew that the Kiva episode wasn't like Kiva but totally took themes throughout the series so I figured the same from all the other episodes too.