[Matrixbeast]

I dunno. I was satisfied with Kabuto, and generally speaking, most people tend to view Kabuto as a middle of the road series at worst, while Hibiki's final third is wildly regarded as inferior and Revice is generally seen as a poor series.

I do feel they made several poor calls with Revice, though. Nixing Hiromi was just the start.
While people praise it for not sidelining Sakura, I felt they tried to push her too hard. Her Weekend plot was the worst of the 3 and she tended to get inserted into episode plots that don't really need her, while also forcing Aguilera to spontaneously have an obsession over her.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

While people praise it for not sidelining Sakura, I felt they tried to push her too hard. Her Weekend plot was the worst of the 3 and she tended to get inserted into episode plots that don't really need her,

Well, Keiwa is in the background throughout the entire JGP and doesn't even get good fights. In this regard, Sakura is still lucky.

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while also forcing Aguilera to spontaneously have an obsession over her.

Sakura's character was originally built around her claim to be invincible. Aguilera made her see her weakness, and that's what all villains do: expose the weaknesses of heroes and their allies. But in Sakura's case, it provoked the acceptance of a weakness and turning it into a strength. Accordingly, after Aguilera tried to repeat the initial effect, plunging her into despair, but in the end it turned against herself, dragging her to the bright side. Overall, I would say that this arc was not very controllable, but logical enough.

[Mesnick]

And since we're talking about Revice, I think it's worth giving him his due and appreciating the first episode, which, without speaking literally, managed to show very precisely why Ikki should become Kamen Rider.
When the Deadmen attack Phoenix during the presentation of the belt, Hiromi is the first to grab it. He is fearless, but he does not have enough strength and therefore he fails. The belt goes to Daiji, who is able to use it, but he is too scared to do so. In the background, Sakura fights the Giffs Jr., ignoring the device. She doesn't need a belt to protect people, she's strong without it. And only Ikki has all the necessary qualities and reason to use it.
Of course, the fact that later all three also became riders pretty much spoils the pledged message. Still, the first episode of Revice is to be commended for being such an empathetic, smart, and imaginative demonstration of what it means to be a Kamen Rider.

[DreadBringer]

Noticed that Ace's move in his last episode is something that already happened in previous serieses, like Battle Royale ones.

Shiro from Ryuki ran an experiment that killed his physical body, of which by then his Mirror World version appears as a ghost without physical form (hence he has Odin as his puppet), but also gets powers like controlling monsters, warp reality, affecting people's health.

Mai from Gaim gets the Forbidden Fruit fused to her, and later Ryoma murders her by extracting her heart from it, but while her body dies, the Fruit manifests as her spirit turning her into Woman of the Beginning.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Noticed that Ace's move in his last episode is something that already happened in previous serieses, like Battle Royale ones.

Shiro from Ryuki ran an experiment that killed his physical body, of which by then his Mirror World version appears as a ghost without physical form (hence he has Odin as his puppet), but also gets powers like controlling monsters, warp reality, affecting people's health.

Mai from Gaim gets the Forbidden Fruit fused to her, and later Ryoma murders her by extracting her heart from it, but while her body dies, the Fruit manifests as her spirit turning her into Woman of the Beginning.

And this is also the main state of Takeru and Ankh in their shows.

[Sunred]

That time of the year again soon.

[GoldenXtreme]

I hope Kusanta brings me good quality Faiz subs for Kaixa day.

[JusticeMagnum]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but with all the recent Kaixa news, a few weeks ago Bandai announced that Kaixa will be joining the legend belt series. Much like Faiz this will probably only have the transformation and finisher sounds which for the inexpensive price point that these go for I think that's more than ok. Also they'll be releasing an exclusive version at Narikiri World which pays tribute to the original toys packaging.

[Yasmeen599]

watching kamen rider kugga right now. got to the episode were (spoilers?) kugga almost dies good show so far, its slower then what im used to with these shows but makes up for it with stellar action and good characters!