[SPLIT LIP]

That I can remember, W used his bike frequently. OOO had the bikes appear often, but it also wasn't a personal bike, but otherwise was often present. Den-O only used his bike infrequently, and mostly as part of the train. Agito didn't use his bike that much. It saw more use in ridiculous bad-CG spoon mode.

It seems the more effort put into the bike design, the more it appears. Higher quality, more solid-looking bikes get more screen time than the cheap-looking dirtbikes I find.

[Locke]

I didn't include the RideVendor simply because of that lack of personality. Anyone could use those bikes, so really Os was only a Kamen Rider in the sense that I am because I ride a bus to work.

I know that Kamen Rider is the name of the franchise and in Japan its huge and all the rest, but I really don't get why they don't just rebrand. It's kinda like how in Gaim they changed it to 'Armoured Rider', because yes the MASK was the bit that needed changing.

Kamen Rider is about the belts, not the bikes. It'd be like calling Super Sentai, Super Houseplant, as they are in at least one episode every season!

[Switchblade]

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HOLY SHIT they could not have found a worse kid to play Kiva. In the suit he's so violent and hard-edged and dark and regal and vicious and yet the actor looks like a baby. He's just so young and fesh-faced, and turns into a metal demon. He should have an underlying air of darkness, yet he always looks like he had a rough day at school. He's not bad at any rate, but he is just such a staggering contrast.

That was one of my big problems with the show. Kiva never felt like he and Wataru were the same character.

[SPLIT LIP]

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I didn't include the RideVendor simply because of that lack of personality. Anyone could use those bikes, so really Os was only a Kamen Rider in the sense that I am because I ride a bus to work.

I know that Kamen Rider is the name of the franchise and in Japan its huge and all the rest, but I really don't get why they don't just rebrand. It's kinda like how in Gaim they changed it to 'Armoured Rider', because yes the MASK was the bit that needed changing.

Kamen Rider is about the belts, not the bikes. It'd be like calling Super Sentai, Super Houseplant, as they are in at least one episode every season!

"Rider" can have more than a literal meaning, though.

[Battlizer]

Ryuki 33

Megumi is gonna attempt to uncover why she saw Shinji emerge out of the mirrors. Time will tell if she gets anywhere. Meanwhile, Reiko and Editor-in-Chief are actually putting two and two together to solve this whole people in mirrors or people near mirrors mysteriously disappearing. OR trying to. At least they feel it's connected to Kanzaki.

Megumi...doesn't look to be figuring out anything anytime soon. But uh, what's with Yui? She looks like she's beginning to dissolve. I assume this has to do with her brother's mirror world shenanigans but I dunno.

Not that there wasn't evidence enough before, but I don't think Megumi's all that right in the head...Though if journalism doesn't work out for her, she does have the whole hot magician thing going for her, I guess. Where'd she even get that mirror trick thing? Though her antics do give Reiko an idea at what's really going on.

Well, Goro's whistling seems to have improved somewhat. Uh oh, looks like Kanzaki is pretty pissed about Kitaoka, Ren, and Shinji pretty much just hanging out and not killing one another during the past few episodes. And he can make Eri's condition become irregular just by standing next to her. I mean I get that he was sort of the cause of her trauma in the first place but still.

Asakura still seems to think of Kitaoka as his priority target as he's stalking around the house. Kitaoka's falling prey to his illness again, Eri has a few days to live. Shinji's the only one who Kanzaki can't really influence in any way. he's probably hoping the other Riders would kill him.

And speaking of other Riders...here comes a new one! Wonder why he's appearing just now, Kanzaki can't be bothered to recruit them all at once or something?

Ryuki 34

Kitaoka should really lock his house. Or maybe in his rush to get him out of there so he wouldn't get in another battle, Goro just forgot to. Kanzaki gave Shinji a survive card, telling him to use it to crush the other riders. He apparently couldn't think of a better incentive as he really does have nothing on Shinji and everything he could say would just strengthen Shinji's resolve to stop the fighting.

Ren and Shinji get into another fight and for once, Ren's angry demeanor is understandable. And thing bring back Kanzaki's old classmate as Reiko's investigating him once more. He's still reluctant to talk it seems.

Man, Asakura's just straight up eating Kitaoka's food. When the hell doe she ever eat usually anyway? At any rate he seems to think he's got the drop on Kitaoka now.

Reiko visits Kanzaki's old college lab, where she meets some really creepy professor dude. Looks like he's hiding something. Really obviously hiding something as he prevents Reiko from getting to close to the mirrors.

Yui's grandma kicks her, Ren, and Shinji out for brooding and tells them to get some fresh air. Rena and Shinji are both afraid of dogs apparently. Heh. Then in an unexpected twist he three of them go to a carnival? Huh. They seem to be having fun, even Ren cracks something that slightly resembles a smile, barely. Kanzaki even shows p and he's grinning too! ...yeah, that's a pretty bad sign.

Goro was completely willing to run Asakura over just to be rid of him. Asakura, being crazy as shit, doesn't seem to care. Kitaoka does, though. He seemed willing enough before to let the other Riders die by other means...though maybe Kanzaki convinced him otherwise?

Kitaoka and Asakura star their fight, while Ren has a flahsback of Eri's hatred of merry-go-rounds and their time together, prompting him to remember her critical condition, prompting Ren to challenge Shinji to a fight. Shinji agrees pretty quickly, but he seems to sense something is wrong with Ren. They kinda abandon Yui at the merry-go-roud, somewhat hilariously after that flashback of Eri saying she used to fear being abandoned at a merry-go-round. I guess she would just try and stop them anyway...

Kitaoka and Asakura star their final vents...and Genocider's fial Vent is apparently a hole opening up in it's chest...And Ren and Shinji fight...while Shinji uses his survive card! He looks even more Kamen Rider-y now. Maybe it's the antennae. Though really....Ren could've attacked him in those five minutes they just stood there burning.

Ryuki 35

Shinji and Ren continue to fight and Ren seems to be finally going over the edge in his desperation to save Eri. Kitaoka and Asakura fight, but Kitaoka decides to bail and...HOLY SHIT MAGNUGIGAS MOVED. HE ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING! He just swatted Asakura away with his arm before falling. I rewinded this three times, to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me!

Haha, Kitaoka's a sly motherfucker, with that ploy. No mirrors, Asakura's heading back to jail and they took his deck. This is one of the few times Asakura's looked legitimately pissed off by something.

Even in his new super mode, Shinji is having trouble fending off the increasingly desperate Ren. I forgot they had cards that made them multiply themselves. That hasn't been used in a while. wow they really beat the shit out of eachother.

Yui tells Shinji of Eri's condition which explains Ren's behavior...and is worried because Eri might not have much time left and Ren won't be able to save her since there are many Riders left, but....isn't the goal of the Rider war to gain a wish anyway? Can't he just wish her back to life and in full health?

Reiko and Editor-i-Chief investigating the whole mirror monsters thing is pretty awesome. Probably the best thing they've done with the whole reporter schtick.

...I don't know what that scene with Goro singing karaoke with Megumi and Shimada was, but I'm hoping to avoid anything like it in the future. I guess they're celebrating Asakura's capture. Ren sees news of his arrest as well and OH SHIT feathers! The final boss guy is watching!

Shinji hears the mirror monster noise...but it appears to be coming form Kanzaki's own lab where they're still apparently researching the mirror world. They seem to suspect Shinji's a rider, so I wonder what their prpose is.

Ren is confronted with Kanzaki, who says he wants Ren to fight someoe, but Ren refuses to be ordered around by him. Uh...Kanzaki jsut said there is no need to rush the deaths of the Riders. But, UH, wasn't he...ugh, this guy. At any rate, Ren would rather fight Kanzaki.

So is Kanzaki the final boss guy or what? It would make sense that he is...except he and the final dude were in two different places last time and no henshin sequence was shown. Yet Kanzaki had the deck with the final boss symbol on it.

And hey, the new Rider shows up to help Shinji! I know his name from seeing his figure pop up on here. And it's a pretty easy one to remember, Tiger. final boss is kicking Ren's ass and seems to have a bunch of powers without using the damn cards. Ina fighting game he'd be the cheapest piece of shit...And even his feathers are weapons?!

So the scientists are working on a way to seal the mirror world and stop the battles once and for all. Shinji of course is cool with that and wants to help but they say they have to wait and see if he's trustworthy. Which makes sense, but..they're acting shady as hell too.

And holy shit, Ren managed to trick final boss guy and kill him? So, I guess he isn't Kanzaki after all. But then why'd he get killed off so easily? I dunno, it all seems like it was a way to goad Ren into finally killing someone. Ren seems pretty beat up by it, which of course means he'll retire as Batman for twenty years. His howls of agony seem to make Eri cry from her hospital bed...and then she opens her eyes?!

And all three scientists have tiger decks...so they're all Tiger?! Huh...

[Dr Kain]

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Shame I had to switch to TVN half way through as they abandoned the show in the 20s. Not only are their translations poor, but their video compression is garbage.

I think you have that backwards. Nihon hasn't released an episode of Kuuga past 24, which was like back in August. And I'm pretty sure Nihon subbed the Grongi speak. Either way, it ruins the show to know what is being said.

[Sentai]

Gaim ep 8

So Kaito does have a heart, it was just shattered by Yggradrassil. And Cid, I think, is going to end up as a Big Bad somewhere down the line. Or atleast a master manipulator which is somehow better.
Mai though really needs to learn not to just walk inside rips in the freaking Universe!

I have a theory about those, btw.

What if they aren't Tears in another Dimension, but Rips in Time itself? So they aren't transversing worlds.. They're going through time.

[Sentai]

Gaim ep 9

Okay, just damn. This show is starting to show hints of being much darker than Fruit. LockFruit and their connection to the Inves, Micchi learning about TakaTora(Batta), And Kouta being.. a goofball, really

This how is getting good

[SideswipePrime]

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Gaim ep 9

Okay, just damn. This show is starting to show hints of being much darker than Fruit. LockFruit and their connection to the Inves, Micchi learning about TakaTora(Batta), And Kouta being.. a goofball, really

This how is getting good

I'm surprised Mr. Juicy is behind.

There's also a Gaim commercial featuring a ten year old, Japanese version of you.

[Sentai]

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I'm surprised Mr. Juicy is behind.

There's also a Gaim commercial featuring a ten year old, Japanese version of you.

I know I know, I'm ashamed of myself to >_<

I know, I saw