[Fish Sandwich]

So, as usual for me with these serialized spinoff deals, I waited until everything was all out and subbed to binge it all in one sitting, starting with this one completely on chance, which turned out to be a great choice considering it's very explicitly part one of two, despite the simultaneous release gimmick.

So like, right away, on a conceptual level, something has already gone wrong, but I'll save that kind of talk for the 7 Sougos thread.

This one is more of an appetizer than anything, and it's not offensively horrible. Just an okay-ish murder mystery featuring Decade that almost hits a note of mad brilliance at the very end when Inoue basically announces to the viewers you should've never been taking this seriously to begin with. And credit where credit is due, Tsukasa did tell us there's no guarantee everyone there was human! That's legitimate foreshadowing!

Overall though, I can't say I got too invested. It seems like a waste to have this Yuusuke be a knockoff of the knockoff, for one thing, (I take some umbridge with the idea that any version of Yuusuke in the multiverse would be a crazed killer too, but, you know, onore Dikeido) and none of the other characters were doing too much for me outside of Sougo, who captured a surprising amount of what I like about Sougo, despite being a robot.

So yeah, not soul-crushingly awful, but a pretty unnecessary feeling series that's shockingly light on outright superhero action. If I'm being blunt, you're probably best off just watching Go-Rider again for your Rider mystery mini-series fix.