[Battlizer]

Ryuki 44

Yui had a battle placing Kanzaki's mirror monsters against each other sing her control of them. If both of them drew them as children, I guess this only makes sense. Meanwhile, Tiger's still recovering and manages to cover up any mirrors he might be ear, fearfully. That afraid of losing his life when he's so quick to take it from others.

Yui doesn't remember a thing about controlling the monsters supposedly. Imperer apparently WAS rich, but his father disowned him so he could learn something. And now that his dad died, he has money, so...if he was patient enough he wouldn't have needed to become a Rider in the first place. Even he seems to think it's pretty pointless to be a Rider now. Kanzaki obviously disapproves.

Y'know...I get why Kanzaki can't allow Riders to quit...but is it really that bad if they don't wanna give up or have the gall for it? He can't just switch to another person? I'm pretty sure he has the power to do so. I guess years of going mad doing experiments kinda rattled his mind.

Also, if he wanted people who wanted to fight to the death mercilessly for a wish, he should've given decks to a bunch of prisoners or something. Which would be pretty bad, but him handing out decks to more relatable , normal people does make him more of a villain.

Imperer has cash now and tries to hire other riders for a change Shinji and Ren refused, thought there was a pretty funny scene of Ren staring blankly at all the money that was in Imperer's briefcase. Kitaoka, however instantly accepts. But Imperer distrusts him...and trusts Tiger?! that's not gonna end well for him, I suspect.

Imperer really is a character that should've been introduced earlier though. Still, nice to know he and Tiger became friends before Tiger unsurprisingly brutally betrays him. And then he instantly runs into Asakura afterwards, who breaks his deck. Ad there goes Imperer. His death was kinda tragic, at least for what they could build up about his backstory with one episode. Worst part is no one would know he died though.

Ryuki 45

Or they could just state Imperer went missing in the paper. Bt Ren and Shinji figure out what really happen obviously. Once again, Shinji feels down that another Rider died. and Shinji agrees with my assessment that Asakura is easier to understand then Tojou, but he's still against Ren killing him.

Toujou then rescues Asakura from the police so they can fight later, thinking if he kills the other Riders, he'll get some kind of power-up apparently. and ORE journals been shut down due to tax issues, but Editor-In-Chief isn't giving up! so he's lodged up at Yui's grandma's cafe while Megumi and Shimada decided to bother Kitaoka.

Yui's beginning to erase again and sees a child version of herself, telling her that she'll disappear on her birthday. would be kinda creepy if the child actor was a bit better. Sepaking of creepy, Toujou is really disturbed to find out that he didn't kill Imperer and Asakura did instead. No imaginary power-up for him I guess.

The riders fight a bunch of weird mirror monsters and Kitaoka faces Tiger, telling him that he originally thought being like him or Asakura would help him win the Rider war, but he sees now they're pieces of shit so good for him. Meanwhile Yui passes out in front of a truck and Odin just shows up to smack the truck away. Killed the driver, think though. Sorta harsh, but Yui's about the only person Kanzaki cares for anyway.

So Kanzaki's entire plan was for Yui was so she didn't disappear. Hmm. So I wonder how the Rider war accomplishes this.

Ryuki 46

Yui's situation gets worse as Shinji and Ren debate on what to do about it. Meanwhile, Kitaoka's sorta shook Toujou with his words about being the hero meaning you've already lost the Rider War. Shinji's desire about saving Yui is challenged when Kanzaki appears, telling him to win the Rider war to save her. But that goes against Shinji's ideals, since he would have to kill the others. Guess Kanzaki finally has something to hang over Shinji's head as a reason to participate in the Rider war.

Tojou invites all the other riders to a fight, yet doesn't show up while Ren, Kitaoka, and Asakura do. He does douse the car in gasoline, deciding that riders are scum and he shouldn't listen to them. I'd say he's gone off the deep end, but...

So, Kitaoka tricked Asakura into getting hit with his contract monster's own attack. Asakura got pissed enough to attack Kitaoka in the real world, which he might have succeeded in if Goro hadn't intervened. Asakura's car blows up thanks to Toujou's doing, but...I dunno if he's gone just yet.

So Toujou thought by getting rid of a ride,r he could be one step closer to becoming a hero. But in the end he lost his life doing the only truly heroic thing he ever did. A fitting ending for one messed up dude. And Shinji...seems to have finally given in and has a reason to fight in the rider War. But only time will tell if he's serious about it. Or...the next episode, really.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Suzu

Toshiki Inoue, ladies and gentlemen.

Well, to be fair, Otoya is supposed to be a shithead. It's made clear early on, when Wataru is made aware of his sleazy womanizing and is severely disillusioned.

Which should make it interesting to watch how he goes from womanizing dickbag to hero.

Otoya's a capricious dude. I think that's an intentional flaw and part of the reason all the characters refer to him as the most "human" human around. By the end, he's a pretty complex, humane guy -- with a balance of honorable and detestable traits -- and you at least understand that his womanizing is the dark side of his ability to avoid stress and live in the moment.

He's a hero in the Oscar Wilde mode: a good guy, but you have to dig through all his sensualist layers to find it.

[Battlizer]

Ryuki 47-50

So first things first..the Mirror World. So Yui and her brother created it through their drawings and it just came to exist one day and in addition to monsters it had an alternate version of Yui. The real Yui died and the mirror Yui sort of took her place. Er...well I guess it's kind a creepy, but the mirror world happens to exist because of...their imaginations? I guess so.

Then why did Kanzaki need to do the laboratory stuff again. I mean...I suppose he couldn't start the rider war if he didn't find a way to actually tap into the mirror world's power. I think that's the one I'll go with, any more thinking on this and I'll get way too confused.

The actual ending....ehhhh. I dunno how I'd end it, but that one wasn't the best. But everything just resets? I mean yeah, it's nice that my favorite characters and whatever get to live their lives and everything, but...I really wanted to see the outcome of the world where Knight saved Eri and Editor-in-Chief published the article about the Kamen Riders. If anything, they could've showed more of that, before going to the reset.

Shinji's death was almost hard to watch. The main character gets taken out in such a tragic way, but I'm glad he didn't die in a Rider fight, if Shinji had to die, it should be the for the reason he became a Rider in the first place. To save people.

He kind of made Ren and Kitaoka better people through his actions too. Ren stated before that Shinji was a better person than him or Kitaoka, and when Shinji was dying, he practically said wanted Shinji to live, because he was the one who had to win. So, I guess in the end both Shinji and Ren's dreams were accomplished. Rider war stopped and Ren saved Eri.

Also whatever compunctions they had against killing doesn't apply to Odin, it seems. Shinji even held him down for Ren to finish off! What was Odin anyway, just the extension of Kanzaki's will like a living suit of armor?

Kitaoka refusing to fight Shinji, when Shinji was briefly unstable shows how he changed a lot form the prick who tried to kill them off multiple times. He was essentially the third main hero after a while, and his idea to finish his fight with Asakura, not to win the war or cure his illness (which he'd given up on curing since he figured he lived his life to the fullest), but because he feels responsible for letting a violent criminal run free like that. Though to be fair he did try really hard to get him locked up.

He finally got his date with Reiko too, but the sickness had pretty much rendered him immobile. He had a nice quiet death scene. But man, Goro dies too?! He wasn't even a Rider to begin with. I understand why he took Kitaoka's place, but man...you could tell he wasn't used to the Rider battles, given how he fought. But dude was loyal to the end.

Asakura...didn't change much. He was mostly sort of a enemy for Kitaoka. He wasn't as much of a psychopath as Tiger was, something the characters note in the story itself. And Asakura's brand of craziness just kinda got humorous after a while, to me. Still, he worked as a foil to Kitaoka or whatever. Shinji didn't influence him much as he did the other two, but that scene a few episodes ago where he just sorta chilled out with the others for five minutes was the most progress he'll ever get in that regard.

I'd talk more about Yui and Kanzaki, but that'd bring me back to the mirror world topic, and I just wanna stay away from that shit right now.

All in all...I really like Ryuki. It has problems, most of which I feel lie in how the hell the Mirror World and Rider powers worked. But I liked the characters working through this and interacting and how Shinji's idealism changed the course of things.

Next, I guess I'll pick up where I left off in Hibiki around the 20's. But...about the Ryuki special and the movie? Are they worth watching? I hear the missing members of the 13 Riders are in them, so...is it worth watching just for them?

[MidoGreen]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I think that was actually because the actress had some kind of eye infection or something.

She had pink eye if I remember correctly.

[Powerman293]

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Originally Posted by Battlizer

Ryuki 47-50


The actual ending....ehhhh. I dunno how I'd end it, but that one wasn't the best. But everything just resets? I mean yeah, it's nice that my favorite characters and whatever get to live their lives and everything, but...I really wanted to see the outcome of the world where Knight saved Eri and Editor-in-Chief published the article about the Kamen Riders. If anything, they could've showed more of that, before going to the reset.

Are they worth watching? I hear the missing members of the 13 Riders are in them, so...is it worth watching just for them?

It is implied that Ren is dead once he gets to Eri's room in the hospital and she wakes up, as he was the last one alive and he had the "strongest life" he doesn't really move once he falls asleep and he seems to be waning

As for the answer to any other Ryuki stuff worth watching, the Movie is a must watch as its a good movie, 13 Riders is bad but its worth it to see Verde in action. I have never seen the Hyper Battle video because its a crossover with Agito, so if you're an Agito fan, check it out.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

She had pink eye if I remember correctly.

I think that may be the best story I have ever heard.

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by Tom Hanks

Finally catching up on Gaim(just finished episode 8). I only ever watched the first two episodes back when they came out. If only I had known how good it got.

Right on, mah boyah.

[KyoryuGreen]

Agito 20-I wish I had the meme with Hermes from Futurama saying that just raises further questions to Bender underwater because this show keeps going like that lol, and I like it a lot. The weird symbol guy, giving the supposed Other Shouichi the symbol was interesting and him increasing Aki's powers intriguing too. I am thinking that the boat incident (I can't remember the spelling of it exactly) has something to do with Agito, and possibly giving people latent powers or something. Also the guy killing off the first Agito was intriguing too. Ryou being controlled I hope he gets over but man that is an interesting cliffhanger with him and Mana. I feel bad for Shouichi and that the bakery is being closed down. Still like that Shouichi took the time to go to work and go from it to check on Ryou, I love how caring he is, and how serious he gets when he transforms. I love Blaze form and that sword of it, so badass. I felt bad for Hojo too, he's lucky he's even alive. Not much with Hikawa this episode but can't wait for more with all of them.

[Suzu]

Kabuto 19/20

After having that weird kidnapping stuff with Gon, Kageyama and Daisuke on, Sasword's entry was kinda refreshing. It's funny how everyone on this show seems to either have some sort of god-complex or has no confidence at all. Though it's by far from being amazing, it's still entertaining.
And omg, hearing Sasword saying he didn't like roses just cracked me up- but just because I remember him so well as Ouran's Tamaki Suoh xD

[Locke]

Blade 09.

Probably the most epic episode so far, Kenzaki and Chalice's fight was once again interrupted, but that super bike card battle thing was epic. And for once the thing we cut away to is as interesting as Kenzaki and Chalice's rivalry.

I'm actually kind of growing to appreciate Tachibana's cowardice, as it allows them to take the episodes in unexpected directions. It was such a trite scene to have the little girl screaming over the body of her mother, inspiring Tachibana to fight again but rather than finding new found strength he rushed in only to almost get himself killed - and by all regards almost killed by a very weak Undead. His fight with Wesker was really touching as well.

Is Wesker Kaito's Dad? He looks so much like him. Not really sure how I feel about his true form, it's weirdly flamboyant and very obviously a suit, much more so than the others. Well except Zebra, that thing is awful looking. I just think Wesker was cool enough in his human form.