[KyoryuGreen]

Watched Episode 20, and 21 of Kuuga and really enjoyed seeing Yuusuke going back to see all the others coming back that was a lot of fun. Also intrigued with what's happening with Kuuga. Also liked the scarfed guy at the end he seemed interesting too.

[algo448]

Wizard 8 and 9: This was a very good arc, as the kid's story tied nicely with Haruto's and instead of giving us a random Phantom of the week, Phoenix got the spotlight, he's a good oponnent for Haruto and I definitely enjoyed more his presence this week.
The scene with Dragon in Haruto's underworld was great too, but introducing Dragon Styles so early in the show? That feels kind of rushed.

White Wizard had a bigger role this week and while he seems like a very interesting character, I don't trust him he could very well be tied to Wiseman, or Wiseman himself.
Or maybe he's just a scheming guy with terrible social skills...

[Sentai]

Another episode of Kiva down.

I think Waturu is going to break down and cry when Megumi and Nago discover he's Kiva. And I'll feel sad about that.. Waturu's trying! LEAVE HIM ALONE!
I tell you this though. Spider-Fangire, Sheep-Fangire, that Chef one... These Fangire are creepy little bastards. Between Spider's obsession, Sheep's pervertness, and whatever Chef is doing in that pot.. Yegawd.
And I do like how they handle powerups. How whatever arm he uses changes color, and the melding of the Fangire's head with his own.

Kiva has alot of beautiful visuals. I'm very much enjoying myself with this series.

[algo448]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Another episode of Kiva down.

I think Waturu is going to break down and cry when Megumi and Nago discover he's Kiva. And I'll feel sad about that.. Waturu's trying! LEAVE HIM ALONE!
I tell you this though. Spider-Fangire, Sheep-Fangire, that Chef one... These Fangire are creepy little bastards. Between Spider's obsession, Sheep's pervertness, and whatever Chef is doing in that pot.. Yegawd.
And I do like how they handle powerups. How whatever arm he uses changes color, and the melding of the Fangire's head with his own.

Kiva has alot of beautiful visuals. I'm very much enjoying myself with this series.

Up to this day I find the Fangire to be amongst the creepiest Rider monsters ever, all of them are able to assume human form, they are resilient as heck and they need to feed on humans permanently, doesn't help that most of them are complete psychos.

The visuals of Kiva are great, and his main 4 forms are a simply beautiful, different enough from each other withouth feeling like completely different riders.

[Sentai]

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Originally Posted by algo448

Up to this day I find the Fangire to be amongst the creepiest Rider monsters ever, all of them are able to assume human form, they are resilient as heck and they need to feed on humans permanently, doesn't help that most of them are complete psychos.

The visuals of Kiva are great, and his main 4 forms are a simply beautiful, different enough from each other withouth feeling like completely different riders.

Them and the Grongi from Kuuga are the top two creepiest for me personally. Grongi are creepy in and out of Monster form, and Fangire's are just really really creepy in human form.

Exactly. And the Finishing Visuals for each of them are works of art. Each and every one.

[algo448]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Them and the Grongi from Kuuga are the top two creepiest for me personally. Grongi are creepy in and out of Monster form, and Fangire's are just really really creepy in human form.

Exactly. And the Finishing Visuals for each of them are works of art. Each and every one.

I haven't watched Kuuga but from what I've heard the Grongi are complete monsters in every sense of the word.

The finishers, man those finishers, I told you before but Kiva is a visual spectacle from beggining to end, the only thing that imo comes close to it are Wizard's spells.

[MidoGreen]

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Originally Posted by algo448

Up to this day I find the Fangire to be amongst the creepiest Rider monsters ever, all of them are able to assume human form, they are resilient as heck and they need to feed on humans permanently, doesn't help that most of them are complete psychos.

The visuals of Kiva are great, and his main 4 forms are a simply beautiful, different enough from each other withouth feeling like completely different riders.

Yeah, the Fangire are definitely some of the creepiest Rider kaijin that ever existed.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Them and the Grongi from Kuuga are the top two creepiest for me personally. Grongi are creepy in and out of Monster form, and Fangire's are just really really creepy in human form.

I still maintain that the Mirror Monsters are, by far, the creepiest Rider monsters. Seriously, look around you right now and count all the reflective surfaces. Any one of them could be a doorway for a monster to reach out and grab you.

[uchihabro77]

Going through more Wizard,

I am liking most of this series, except as I mention most everytime now, I. Hate. Gremlin! I just cant stand him. Dont know why, but I seriously hate that he is the final villian...

[Locke]

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Same. That is, it was satisfying without me having to ignore any succeeding event in the show itself.

It's like, lots of Kamen Rider series can have satisfying conclusions, but then do something to lessen it at the last moment, like they're under some kind of contract to leave things open-ended to some degree? I guess so they can appear in movies later without much time spent re-establishing how it's possible. Without spoiling, IMO W should have, and indeed looks to be designed, to have ended on 48. Everything about it just makes that a perfect moment of closure. But then 49 basically returns things to "normal" which isn't bad per-se, but I always say 49 should have been a movie in place of Eternal Returns. That way they could have thgeir return to status quo without under-cutting the effects of 48. A tie-in/sequel movie is less detrimental to a TV series and the plot of 49 could have been made more dramatic and built up verses one episode of self-contained retconning.

My biggest problem with Rider endings, at least so far, has been that the shows largely faff around for like thirty five episodes and then for the ending portion of the show, they basically completely change what the show is about to give it an identifiable villain and some semblance of plot before it ends. What this does, in reality, is causes a massive emotional disconnect and makes everything feel rushed and nothing clicks.