[SPLIT LIP]

Got back into Black since there's all these rumours about a new Black Figuart, plus Locke's new avatar. 15 was good, but 16 was better. Yeah, undercover! Yeah, non-powered allies who still kick ass in a fight and pull off cool moves! That episode could have only been better if he used Battle Hopper instead of Road Sector. It's not even like I dislike the idea of Road Sector, it just looks so dumb compared to the sleak and minimalist Battle Hopper. Plus, what does Battle Hopper do these days? Sleep? He can't sleep all the time. Where does he get his exercise? And how does he stop from getting bored? Does he have a TV in that warehouse, because he can't read books without fingers? I wonder if Kotaro just puts the remote in front of his tire and Battle Hopper changes channels with the tread bumps on his wheel.

[Locke]

So Black 02, wow this was awfully paced, I'm glad that the show has a specific story focus but this was about five minutes worth of story stretched out into twenty five minutes, the rest was weird and pointless drawn out scenes or footage from the previous episode.

On the upside this show is so gloriously 80s it's brilliant in a so bad it's good sense. And the action scenes and are genuinely pretty good bar the few times when the show takes the cheaper option and makes no attempt to hide how cheap it is being.

[Battlizer]

Blade 31

Wow, what a harsh contrast to the previous two episodes. New villain pickpockets people so he can trick them into getting hit by oncoming cars while he films it on his phone. Spider Undead still being a raging tool, I see. And woah! New theme song! Wasn't expecting one. I like it though.

So yeah, two potential new villains. Phone guy and the dude from the beginning who wanted Kenzaki eliminated.And pone guy's goal is apparently to besmirch the Kamen Riders' good name in the newspaper? It's fitting that he took pic of Leangle's the one, er..."framed" as a menace.

Tachibana has some probably valid concerns about what happens after all the other Undead are sealed. Hajime doesn't seem to like the potential ramifications either.

Hmm, the Undead with the camera phone's gonna irritate me...he has that kind of personality. Not to mention he can fucking stop time and space.

And as much as the Spider Undead irritates me as well, the fact that he decided to turn into a mob boss for no reason amuses me. Anyway both of these Undead assholes seemed to want to make Kenzaki and Tachibana distrust Hajime. And now phone guy's taken Hajime's change card. Can't see this going well...

Speaking of things going bad, Kenzaki's assassin appear to be an artificial Undead. Interesting...

New Generation segment...Okay, so those two job-quitters don't want to be Kamen Riders. And I had to rewind it to check, but...is that Kenzaki as a garbage man? What the hell is this...

[Switchblade]

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Blade 31

Wow, what a harsh contrast to the previous two episodes. New villain pickpockets people so he can trick them into getting hit by oncoming cars while he films it on his phone. Spider Undead still being a raging tool, I see. And woah! New theme song! Wasn't expecting one. I like it though.

You're at the point where the show's new writer takes over more or less full time. It's a really seamless transition, especially compared to Hibiki and Decade. The biggest change is that shit just keeps getting more and more awesome from here on out.

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New Generation segment...Okay, so those two job-quitters don't want to be Kamen Riders. And I had to rewind it to check, but...is that Kenzaki as a garbage man? What the hell is this...

It's a promo for the Blade movie: Missing Ace. The two people you've been watching are L'Arc and Lance. And yes, that was Kenzaki as a garbage man - Missing Ace takes place several years after an alternate ending to the series.

[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

You're at the point where the show's new writer takes over more or less full time. It's a really seamless transition, especially compared to Hibiki and Decade. The biggest change is that shit just keeps getting more and more awesome from here on out.

I will look forward to this then!

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It's a promo for the Blade movie: Missing Ace. The two people you've been watching are L'Arc and Lance. And yes, that was Kenzaki as a garbage man - Missing Ace takes place several years after an alternate ending to the series.

Huh. Garbage man seems like a bit of a downgrade. Anyway, should I watch Missing Ace after I'm done with Blade, then?

[Battlizer]

Blade 32

So basically, phone guy wants Hajime to revert back to his Joker form, presumably making him fucking crazy as a result. I'm not sure why Tachibana's so quick to believe two villains who would obviously have something to gain by making Hajime their enemy.

So now...Hirose's father is back, offering advice to Tachibana. Nice that Tachibana thought back to Sayoko. Though...seeing as Hirose's dad is the one raising the artificial Undead, I'm not sure how much he can be trusted. Unsurprisingly, it doesn't take much to get Kenzaki out of a funk. And that's a good thing honestly. He doesn't tend to mope around for longer than five minutes.

Spider-Mutsuki is still pretending he's Gambit, I see. I like how Kenzaki pointed out that he's acting exactly like the maniac he's describing Hajime as. Oh and we get how Hajime got his human form finally. Apparently the human undead just looks like Hajime with an Undead belt on. Huh. And apparently he's the cause for Hajime's hmm...sudden humanity, I guess after being an Undead. Like his consciousness sorta.

Surprisingly, Hajime actually knows Kenzaki's actual name and not just his Rider handle. Good to know that whole time rozen thing has a weakness. Even if it is a weird one. Seriously, hold a cloth? What? So basically Hajime being the Joker undead is majorly bad news since it had no species to represent, it'll just kill everything. So NO one should want Hajime to return to being that, and the phone guy is a sick fuck for wanting to do so.Sort of explains why even the most psychotic Undead were like, "man we need to take this guy out..."

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Battlizer

Huh. Garbage man seems like a bit of a downgrade. Anyway, should I watch Missing Ace after I'm done with Blade, then?

You can really watch it anytime. It's non-canon and the only thing it spoils is how Blade doesn't end.

[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

You can really watch it anytime. It's non-canon and the only thing it spoils is how Blade doesn't end.

Ah, good point. Well, I'll watch it whwnever I get the chance.

Blade 33

So Kenzaki's Jack Form is stronger than Tachibana's. Because...he's the main character, I suppose. Hajike's bedridden again. Forced to fight the evil of the Joker card. Even Prof Hirose says so. Of course, he's also seems to be going a little loopy. I mean if there's somethiong wrong with Kenzaki...why attack Kenzaki? Why not just tell him?

Oh great....here comes phone guy. So sealing all those Undead and using their cards allows Hajime to suppress the Joker. And phone guy is a beetle undead. I hate to admit it, but his design is kinda cool.Anf course he just kicks Kenzaki's ass with ease in Jack form. Bah. And if that wasn't enough, here comes that artificial Undead. I don't know why he would try to seal it again when it clearly failed to work last time...


I really hope Tachibana isn't just going along with this crazy plot of Prof. Hirose's...

[Battlizer]

Blade 34

I wish Prof. Hirose and Tachibana would just be straightforward about whatever the hell was wrong with Kenzaki. I do get the feeling that Tachibana realizes that Prof. Hirose is slightly off his rocker and is trying to get him to find a better way of stopping Kenzaki from fighting.

Geeze, spider-Mutusuki. Nozomi gives you the weakest slap ever and you're gonna punch her for it? Haha, why is the spider Undead just this thug? Finally, there's a glimpse of Hajime's true Joker form. It does look sort of like an insect jester. So Hajime morphs into the Wold Undead and finally learns the true power of human emotion while briefly kicking Mutsuki's ass. That was pretty awesome.


Okay, so I guess I have to take back my Kenzaki doesn't mope for long comment, but I appreciate his reasons for doing so. But still. Was pretty easy to get him out of it.

Ha! I like how Hirose tricked phone guy. And wow, Kenzaki, henshining in front of all those people. Not that they seemed to care that much about their secret identities in Blade at all, but still. FINALLY, phone guy gets sealed. Without Kenzaki going into Jack form. But who needs Jack form? Fucking KING form looks awesome. Painful transformation, it looks like.

[Matrixbeast]

King Form is awesome. One of my favorite final form designs, especially with the cards actually being in the costume.