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* AmericansHateTingle:
** The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy, [[LoveToHate and/or enjoy doing so]].
** The show itself partly falls into this. In Japan, it's loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the West, while it's still well received overall, some dislike it due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1V0_hUJwU The People With No Name]].
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Masato Kusaka. Many like him for being a {{Jerkass}} and others hate him for the same reason, mainly by the Western fans.
* BadassDecay: Takuma. At first, he's able to curbstomp all three Renegades on his lonesome, is enough for ''one'' of them in ''human'' form, ''will kick your ass with poetry,'' and at one point wields the stolen Faiz Gear against the good guys (admittedly, though, that last seems to happen a lot.) Later in the series, he's a constantly weepy, whimpering ButtMonkey. Takuma circa #20 and Takuma circa #40 have zero in common and not in a good way. To be fair, this trope is Justified; and somewhat Foreshadowed! He IS a dangerous enemy...right up until the episode he gets his butt kicked and nearly killed [[spoiler: by Faiz in Axel Mode]]. After this, at some point we see Lucky Clover gathered in front of some 'Masterpiece' paintings carrying on a discussion; which boils down to him saying "at a certain level, if it isn't perfect its garbage". One can presume that before that episode, he was so used to being on the giving end of a CurbStompBattle that nearly getting killed broke him, and THEN he gets beat up [[spoiler: by a Delta Gear user]]. From here it becomes clearer and clearer that he was always a SmugSnake and is simply undergoing a much slower version of such characters comeuppance.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: To some people, the series goes so far with likeable characters being put through utter hell, characters who get into conflict because they couldn't do so much as sit down and talk for a few minutes, horrible people that get away with the crap they do, and an ending that's a borderline DownerEnding due to the heavy amount of awful things more likely to happen to the characters than good (Assuming that they haven't died yet), it's one of the darkest series in the Kamen Rider franchise. Which either makes it an interesting and compelling watch, a miserable series where one is just going to stop caring about anybody, [[TakeAThirdOption or some combination of both.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Masato Kusaka is a {{Yandere}} MagnificentBastard who will [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk kill or bully anyone whose in his path]]. He is also [[PopularityPower extremely popular]] among Franchise/KamenRider fans in Japan.
* EarWorm: The Hyper Battle Video, especially the Three Belts song.
* EsotericHappyEnding:
** The movie's ending; [[spoiler:yes, Takumi saved Mari, but the world is still overrun by Orphenochs with the human race near extinction and the resistant force abandon Mari and her friends]].
** The show's ending: The Orphenoch King is defeated… but [[spoiler: he yet lives, and Saeko is still tending to him and plotting something. ''This means we actually don't know if the good guys win this series.'' Half the cast is dead, and ''not'' in the temporary way, and all friendly Orphenochs, up to and including Takumi himself, still suffer from the breakdown they all suffer; we see Takumi's vision begin to blur, letting us know that he doesn't have long]]. There's a reason this is a strong contender for the darkest KR series.
*** Extended even more when in Kamen Rider Yongou, [[spoiler: it reveals that EVERYONE, except for Kaido, died. This includes Mari and Keitaro, and yes, Takumi. However, due to being revived in the twisted timelines, he's had enough of sacrifices, thus causing the constant time loops. The movie ends with Takumi finally ending the loops and dying for good... But at least preserving the fact that he [[GoOutWithASmile died with a smile]].]]
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:Both of 555's novels, with one (Grotesque Flowers) featuring [[JerkAss Masato]] coming back from the dead and ''[[RapeAsDrama rapes Mari]]'', and the second (part of the Heisei novel series) references said rape. Since the subject of rape hasn't even been a topic of discussion in the franchise prior to or since then, this comes out way out of left field. [[OutOfCharacterMoment Maybe even when it concerns Masato]].]]
* GameBreaker: Blaster Form.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** The fact that Kiba Yuji died as a young man in the beginning of the series becomes saddening when as of August of 2015, his actor had also passed away at the age of 35. Harsher still [[spoiler:he died in both the series finale and the Paradise Lost film.]]
** When we're first introduced to Kusaka, we see him riding a horse, and Takumi tells him [[spoiler: "not to get kicked by a horse and die". Kusaka eventually gets killed by Kiba, the Horse Orphenoch]]. Of course this could double as Hilarious in Hindsight depending on how you view Kusaka.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Remember the opening sequence? In a moment, Takumi is sitting on a chair looking like he was going to have his hair cut by Mari. [[spoiler:Come the Showa vs Heisei movie and Takumi is there...with shorter hair.]]
** The Hyper Battle DVD Special...is Takumi a fan of Music/TheLonelyIsland?
* LoveToHate: Kusaka is this for various reasons. MagnificentBastard? Check! DracoInLeatherPants? Check! Being the definitive {{Jerkass}} in the history of ''Kamen Rider''? Check!
* MagnificentBastard: Masato Kusaka. He's a scheming {{Jerkass}} of epic proportions, and the epic proportions are what make him fun to watch. He's a "[[AntiHero good]] [[TokenEvilTeammate guy]]" version of TheStarscream (and the term "good guy" is used very loosely--he's only a "good guy" because he hates the villains only slightly more than he hates the heroes). He's popular in Japan, but the popularity could be the ''enjoyment of a good bad guy.'' He really is the series' [[VillainProtagonist best villain]], and a rare instance of it being shown that not everyone who ''doesn't want the apocalypse'' is necessarily a sweetheart in all (or any!) other ways.
* MemeticMutation: '''MISUNDERSTANDINGS''', due to the show being filled with PoorCommunicationKills
* {{Narm}}:
** Dragon Orphenoch stopped beating up Faiz due to a toy airplane.
** The Badass new Rider in ''Paradise Lost''... who speaks English. Not Gratuitous; he speaks perfect English and, other than "Henshin," he never speaks a word of Japanese. Rumor has it that his Japanese was so bad, they made him speak English instead.
* NightmareFuel:
** Just how do Orphnochs kill and/or turn a human? [[spoiler: By having tentacles enter their insides and go into the heart (Though Kiba just downright ''stabs the heart with his sword''), shown rather graphically ([[SpecialEffectsFailure against a backdrop of a chest X-ray, thankfully]]).]] ButWaitTheresMore. [[spoiler:Said target then continues to live for a few minutes, wandering in some confusion before dying and turning into dust... or reviving as an Orphnoch.]]
*** [[spoiler:Said heart ''bursts into flames and disintegrates into nothing'']]
** The scene showing the Orphnoch King eating an Orphnoch. Petrifying it first, then breaking its face off and eating it with crunching noises, then opens its mouth with a simple but HORRIBLY disturbing CGI effect.
*** It's also scary because the body of the first petrified Orphenoch, which the King didn't get to eat, was ''indestructible.'' That makes it freakier.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Kaidou's actor, Mitsuru Karahashi, may now be better known to tokusatsu fans as Fuwa Juzo in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.
** Same thing for Kitazaki's actor, Ray Fujita, better known as Rei Suzumura from ''Series/{{Garo}}''.
* SlowPacedBeginning: Takes 8 episodes to catch on.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: With the dark, serious tone of the show, one could easily mistake this TV Asahi Sunday morning program for an adults' show.
* TheWoobie:
** Kiba is established as this in episode 1. He wakes up after a 2 year coma and it's revealed his previous happy life is no more. His parents are dead, his girlfriend hooked up with someone else and his house is sold because his corrupt uncle needed money.
** Yuka gets it just as bad. She's not only TheUnfavorite and has to deal with AbusiveParents who absurdly dote on her (half? step? foster?) sister, but said sister is an UngratefulBitch who, after Yuka brings their parents to her when she gets hurt, lies off her ass and tells them that it's ''Yuka's'' fault in the first place. Apparently, Yuka's property is also routinely stolen and/or destroyed at school. In an early episode, a group of girls tackle her to the floor and steal her shoes and socks - the next time she sees her stuff, it's torn and cut to pieces. Is it ''any wonder'' that when she first became an Orphenoch, she [[BewareTheNiceOnes took no prisoners]]?
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** The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy, [[LoveToHate and/or enjoy doing so]].
** The show itself partly falls into this. In Japan, it's loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the West, while it's still well received overall, some dislike it due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1V0_hUJwU The People With No Name]].
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Masato Kusaka. Many like him for being a {{Jerkass}} and others hate him for the same reason, mainly by the Western fans.
* BadassDecay: Takuma. At first, he's able to curbstomp all three Renegades on his lonesome, is enough for ''one'' of them in ''human'' form, ''will kick your ass with poetry,'' and at one point wields the stolen Faiz Gear against the good guys (admittedly, though, that last seems to happen a lot.) Later in the series, he's a constantly weepy, whimpering ButtMonkey. Takuma circa #20 and Takuma circa #40 have zero in common and not in a good way. To be fair, this trope is Justified; and somewhat Foreshadowed! He IS a dangerous enemy...right up until the episode he gets his butt kicked and nearly killed [[spoiler: by Faiz in Axel Mode]]. After this, at some point we see Lucky Clover gathered in front of some 'Masterpiece' paintings carrying on a discussion; which boils down to him saying "at a certain level, if it isn't perfect its garbage". One can presume that before that episode, he was so used to being on the giving end of a CurbStompBattle that nearly getting killed broke him, and THEN he gets beat up [[spoiler: by a Delta Gear user]]. From here it becomes clearer and clearer that he was always a SmugSnake and is simply undergoing a much slower version of such characters comeuppance.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: To some people, the series goes so far with likeable characters being put through utter hell, characters who get into conflict because they couldn't do so much as sit down and talk for a few minutes, horrible people that get away with the crap they do, and an ending that's a borderline DownerEnding due to the heavy amount of awful things more likely to happen to the characters than good (Assuming that they haven't died yet), it's one of the darkest series in the Kamen Rider franchise. Which either makes it an interesting and compelling watch, a miserable series where one is just going to stop caring about anybody, [[TakeAThirdOption or some combination of both.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Masato Kusaka is a {{Yandere}} MagnificentBastard who will [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk kill or bully anyone whose in his path]]. He is also [[PopularityPower extremely popular]] among Franchise/KamenRider fans in Japan.
* EarWorm: The Hyper Battle Video, especially the Three Belts song.
* EsotericHappyEnding:
** The movie's ending; [[spoiler:yes, Takumi saved Mari, but the world is still overrun by Orphenochs with the human race near extinction and the resistant force abandon Mari and her friends]].
** The show's ending: The Orphenoch King is defeated… but [[spoiler: he yet lives, and Saeko is still tending to him and plotting something. ''This means we actually don't know if the good guys win this series.'' Half the cast is dead, and ''not'' in the temporary way, and all friendly Orphenochs, up to and including Takumi himself, still suffer from the breakdown they all suffer; we see Takumi's vision begin to blur, letting us know that he doesn't have long]]. There's a reason this is a strong contender for the darkest KR series.
*** Extended even more when in Kamen Rider Yongou, [[spoiler: it reveals that EVERYONE, except for Kaido, died. This includes Mari and Keitaro, and yes, Takumi. However, due to being revived in the twisted timelines, he's had enough of sacrifices, thus causing the constant time loops. The movie ends with Takumi finally ending the loops and dying for good... But at least preserving the fact that he [[GoOutWithASmile died with a smile]].]]
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:Both of 555's novels, with one (Grotesque Flowers) featuring [[JerkAss Masato]] coming back from the dead and ''[[RapeAsDrama rapes Mari]]'', and the second (part of the Heisei novel series) references said rape. Since the subject of rape hasn't even been a topic of discussion in the franchise prior to or since then, this comes out way out of left field. [[OutOfCharacterMoment Maybe even when it concerns Masato]].]]
* GameBreaker: Blaster Form.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** The fact that Kiba Yuji died as a young man in the beginning of the series becomes saddening when as of August of 2015, his actor had also passed away at the age of 35. Harsher still [[spoiler:he died in both the series finale and the Paradise Lost film.]]
** When we're first introduced to Kusaka, we see him riding a horse, and Takumi tells him [[spoiler: "not to get kicked by a horse and die". Kusaka eventually gets killed by Kiba, the Horse Orphenoch]]. Of course this could double as Hilarious in Hindsight depending on how you view Kusaka.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Remember the opening sequence? In a moment, Takumi is sitting on a chair looking like he was going to have his hair cut by Mari. [[spoiler:Come the Showa vs Heisei movie and Takumi is there...with shorter hair.]]
** The Hyper Battle DVD Special...is Takumi a fan of Music/TheLonelyIsland?
* LoveToHate: Kusaka is this for various reasons. MagnificentBastard? Check! DracoInLeatherPants? Check! Being the definitive {{Jerkass}} in the history of ''Kamen Rider''? Check!
* MagnificentBastard: Masato Kusaka. He's a scheming {{Jerkass}} of epic proportions, and the epic proportions are what make him fun to watch. He's a "[[AntiHero good]] [[TokenEvilTeammate guy]]" version of TheStarscream (and the term "good guy" is used very loosely--he's only a "good guy" because he hates the villains only slightly more than he hates the heroes). He's popular in Japan, but the popularity could be the ''enjoyment of a good bad guy.'' He really is the series' [[VillainProtagonist best villain]], and a rare instance of it being shown that not everyone who ''doesn't want the apocalypse'' is necessarily a sweetheart in all (or any!) other ways.
* MemeticMutation: '''MISUNDERSTANDINGS''', due to the show being filled with PoorCommunicationKills
* {{Narm}}:
** Dragon Orphenoch stopped beating up Faiz due to a toy airplane.
** The Badass new Rider in ''Paradise Lost''... who speaks English. Not Gratuitous; he speaks perfect English and, other than "Henshin," he never speaks a word of Japanese. Rumor has it that his Japanese was so bad, they made him speak English instead.
* NightmareFuel:
** Just how do Orphnochs kill and/or turn a human? [[spoiler: By having tentacles enter their insides and go into the heart (Though Kiba just downright ''stabs the heart with his sword''), shown rather graphically ([[SpecialEffectsFailure against a backdrop of a chest X-ray, thankfully]]).]] ButWaitTheresMore. [[spoiler:Said target then continues to live for a few minutes, wandering in some confusion before dying and turning into dust... or reviving as an Orphnoch.]]
*** [[spoiler:Said heart ''bursts into flames and disintegrates into nothing'']]
** The scene showing the Orphnoch King eating an Orphnoch. Petrifying it first, then breaking its face off and eating it with crunching noises, then opens its mouth with a simple but HORRIBLY disturbing CGI effect.
*** It's also scary because the body of the first petrified Orphenoch, which the King didn't get to eat, was ''indestructible.'' That makes it freakier.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Kaidou's actor, Mitsuru Karahashi, may now be better known to tokusatsu fans as Fuwa Juzo in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.
** Same thing for Kitazaki's actor, Ray Fujita, better known as Rei Suzumura from ''Series/{{Garo}}''.
* SlowPacedBeginning: Takes 8 episodes to catch on.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: With the dark, serious tone of the show, one could easily mistake this TV Asahi Sunday morning program for an adults' show.
* TheWoobie:
** Kiba is established as this in episode 1. He wakes up after a 2 year coma and it's revealed his previous happy life is no more. His parents are dead, his girlfriend hooked up with someone else and his house is sold because his corrupt uncle needed money.
** Yuka gets it just as bad. She's not only TheUnfavorite and has to deal with AbusiveParents who absurdly dote on her (half? step? foster?) sister, but said sister is an UngratefulBitch who, after Yuka brings their parents to her when she gets hurt, lies off her ass and tells them that it's ''Yuka's'' fault in the first place. Apparently, Yuka's property is also routinely stolen and/or destroyed at school. In an early episode, a group of girls tackle her to the floor and steal her shoes and socks - the next time she sees her stuff, it's torn and cut to pieces. Is it ''any wonder'' that when she first became an Orphenoch, she [[BewareTheNiceOnes took no prisoners]]?
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** The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy, [[LoveToHate and/or enjoy doing so]].
** The show itself partly falls into this. In Japan, it's loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the West, while it's still well received overall, some dislike it due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1V0_hUJwU The People With No Name]].
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Masato Kusaka. Many like him for being a {{Jerkass}} and others hate him for the same reason, mainly by the Western fans.
* BadassDecay: Takuma. At first, he's able to curbstomp all three Renegades on his lonesome, is enough for ''one'' of them in ''human'' form, ''will kick your ass with poetry,'' and at one point wields the stolen Faiz Gear against the good guys (admittedly, though, that last seems to happen a lot.) Later in the series, he's a constantly weepy, whimpering ButtMonkey. Takuma circa #20 and Takuma circa #40 have zero in common and not in a good way. To be fair, this trope is Justified; and somewhat Foreshadowed! He IS a dangerous enemy...right up until the episode he gets his butt kicked and nearly killed [[spoiler: by Faiz in Axel Mode]]. After this, at some point we see Lucky Clover gathered in front of some 'Masterpiece' paintings carrying on a discussion; which boils down to him saying "at a certain level, if it isn't perfect its garbage". One can presume that before that episode, he was so used to being on the giving end of a CurbStompBattle that nearly getting killed broke him, and THEN he gets beat up [[spoiler: by a Delta Gear user]]. From here it becomes clearer and clearer that he was always a SmugSnake and is simply undergoing a much slower version of such characters comeuppance.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: To some people, the series goes so far with likeable characters being put through utter hell, characters who get into conflict because they couldn't do so much as sit down and talk for a few minutes, horrible people that get away with the crap they do, and an ending that's a borderline DownerEnding due to the heavy amount of awful things more likely to happen to the characters than good (Assuming that they haven't died yet), it's one of the darkest series in the Kamen Rider franchise. Which either makes it an interesting and compelling watch, a miserable series where one is just going to stop caring about anybody, [[TakeAThirdOption or some combination of both.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Masato Kusaka is a {{Yandere}} MagnificentBastard who will [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk kill or bully anyone whose in his path]]. He is also [[PopularityPower extremely popular]] among Franchise/KamenRider fans in Japan.
* EarWorm: The Hyper Battle Video, especially the Three Belts song.
* EsotericHappyEnding:
** The movie's ending; [[spoiler:yes, Takumi saved Mari, but the world is still overrun by Orphenochs with the human race near extinction and the resistant force abandon Mari and her friends]].
** The show's ending: The Orphenoch King is defeated… but [[spoiler: he yet lives, and Saeko is still tending to him and plotting something. ''This means we actually don't know if the good guys win this series.'' Half the cast is dead, and ''not'' in the temporary way, and all friendly Orphenochs, up to and including Takumi himself, still suffer from the breakdown they all suffer; we see Takumi's vision begin to blur, letting us know that he doesn't have long]]. There's a reason this is a strong contender for the darkest KR series.
*** Extended even more when in Kamen Rider Yongou, [[spoiler: it reveals that EVERYONE, except for Kaido, died. This includes Mari and Keitaro, and yes, Takumi. However, due to being revived in the twisted timelines, he's had enough of sacrifices, thus causing the constant time loops. The movie ends with Takumi finally ending the loops and dying for good... But at least preserving the fact that he [[GoOutWithASmile died with a smile]].]]
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:Both of 555's novels, with one (Grotesque Flowers) featuring [[JerkAss Masato]] coming back from the dead and ''[[RapeAsDrama rapes Mari]]'', and the second (part of the Heisei novel series) references said rape. Since the subject of rape hasn't even been a topic of discussion in the franchise prior to or since then, this comes out way out of left field. [[OutOfCharacterMoment Maybe even when it concerns Masato]].]]
* GameBreaker: Blaster Form.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** The fact that Kiba Yuji died as a young man in the beginning of the series becomes saddening when as of August of 2015, his actor had also passed away at the age of 35. Harsher still [[spoiler:he died in both the series finale and the Paradise Lost film.]]
** When we're first introduced to Kusaka, we see him riding a horse, and Takumi tells him [[spoiler: "not to get kicked by a horse and die". Kusaka eventually gets killed by Kiba, the Horse Orphenoch]]. Of course this could double as Hilarious in Hindsight depending on how you view Kusaka.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Remember the opening sequence? In a moment, Takumi is sitting on a chair looking like he was going to have his hair cut by Mari. [[spoiler:Come the Showa vs Heisei movie and Takumi is there...with shorter hair.]]
** The Hyper Battle DVD Special...is Takumi a fan of Music/TheLonelyIsland?
* LoveToHate: Kusaka is this for various reasons. MagnificentBastard? Check! DracoInLeatherPants? Check! Being the definitive {{Jerkass}} in the history of ''Kamen Rider''? Check!
* MagnificentBastard: Masato Kusaka. He's a scheming {{Jerkass}} of epic proportions, and the epic proportions are what make him fun to watch. He's a "[[AntiHero good]] [[TokenEvilTeammate guy]]" version of TheStarscream (and the term "good guy" is used very loosely--he's only a "good guy" because he hates the villains only slightly more than he hates the heroes). He's popular in Japan, but the popularity could be the ''enjoyment of a good bad guy.'' He really is the series' [[VillainProtagonist best villain]], and a rare instance of it being shown that not everyone who ''doesn't want the apocalypse'' is necessarily a sweetheart in all (or any!) other ways.
* MemeticMutation: '''MISUNDERSTANDINGS''', due to the show being filled with PoorCommunicationKills
* {{Narm}}:
** Dragon Orphenoch stopped beating up Faiz due to a toy airplane.
** The Badass new Rider in ''Paradise Lost''... who speaks English. Not Gratuitous; he speaks perfect English and, other than "Henshin," he never speaks a word of Japanese. Rumor has it that his Japanese was so bad, they made him speak English instead.
* NightmareFuel:
** Just how do Orphnochs kill and/or turn a human? [[spoiler: By having tentacles enter their insides and go into the heart (Though Kiba just downright ''stabs the heart with his sword''), shown rather graphically ([[SpecialEffectsFailure against a backdrop of a chest X-ray, thankfully]]).]] ButWaitTheresMore. [[spoiler:Said target then continues to live for a few minutes, wandering in some confusion before dying and turning into dust... or reviving as an Orphnoch.]]
*** [[spoiler:Said heart ''bursts into flames and disintegrates into nothing'']]
** The scene showing the Orphnoch King eating an Orphnoch. Petrifying it first, then breaking its face off and eating it with crunching noises, then opens its mouth with a simple but HORRIBLY disturbing CGI effect.
*** It's also scary because the body of the first petrified Orphenoch, which the King didn't get to eat, was ''indestructible.'' That makes it freakier.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Kaidou's actor, Mitsuru Karahashi, may now be better known to tokusatsu fans as Fuwa Juzo in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.
** Same thing for Kitazaki's actor, Ray Fujita, better known as Rei Suzumura from ''Series/{{Garo}}''.
* SlowPacedBeginning: Takes 8 episodes to catch on.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: With the dark, serious tone of the show, one could easily mistake this TV Asahi Sunday morning program for an adults' show.
* TheWoobie:
** Kiba is established as this in episode 1. He wakes up after a 2 year coma and it's revealed his previous happy life is no more. His parents are dead, his girlfriend hooked up with someone else and his house is sold because his corrupt uncle needed money.
** Yuka gets it just as bad. She's not only TheUnfavorite and has to deal with AbusiveParents who absurdly dote on her (half? step? foster?) sister, but said sister is an UngratefulBitch who, after Yuka brings their parents to her when she gets hurt, lies off her ass and tells them that it's ''Yuka's'' fault in the first place. Apparently, Yuka's property is also routinely stolen and/or destroyed at school. In an early episode, a group of girls tackle her to the floor and steal her shoes and socks - the next time she sees her stuff, it's torn and cut to pieces. Is it ''any wonder'' that when she first became an Orphenoch, she [[BewareTheNiceOnes took no prisoners]]?
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* DracoInLeatherPants: Masato Kusaka is a {{Yandere}} MagnificentBastard who will [[{{Jerkass}} [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk kill or bully anyone whose in his path]]. He is also [[PopularityPower extremely popular]] among Franchise/KamenRider fans in Japan.
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* EsotericHappyEnding: The movie's ending; [[spoiler:yes, Takumi saved Mari, but the world is still overrun by Orphenochs with the human race near extinction and the resistant force abandon Mari and her friends]].
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* EsotericHappyEnding: EsotericHappyEnding:
** The movie's ending; [[spoiler:yes, Takumi saved Mari, but the world is still overrun by Orphenochs with the human race near extinction and the resistant force abandon Mari and her friends]].
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* HarsherInHindsight: The fact that Kiba Yuji died as a young man in the beginning of the series becomes saddening when as of August of 2015, his actor had also passed away at the age of 35. Harsher still [[spoiler:he died in both the series finale and the Paradise Lost film.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:
** The fact that Kiba Yuji died as a young man in the beginning of the series becomes saddening when as of August of 2015, his actor had also passed away at the age of 35. Harsher still [[spoiler:he died in both the series finale and the Paradise Lost film.]]
** The fact that Kiba Yuji died as a young man in the beginning of the series becomes saddening when as of August of 2015, his actor had also passed away at the age of 35. Harsher still [[spoiler:he died in both the series finale and the Paradise Lost film.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: Remember the opening sequence? In a moment, Takumi is sitting on a chair looking like he was going to have his hair cut by Mari. [[spoiler:Come the Showa vs Heisei movie and Takumi is there...with shorter hair.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** Remember the opening sequence? In a moment, Takumi is sitting on a chair looking like he was going to have his hair cut by Mari. [[spoiler:Come the Showa vs Heisei movie and Takumi is there...with shorter hair.]]
** Remember the opening sequence? In a moment, Takumi is sitting on a chair looking like he was going to have his hair cut by Mari. [[spoiler:Come the Showa vs Heisei movie and Takumi is there...with shorter hair.]]
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* {{Narm}}: Dragon Orphenoch stopped beating up Faiz due to a toy airplane.
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* {{Narm}}: {{Narm}}:
** Dragon Orphenoch stopped beating up Faiz due to a toy airplane.
** Dragon Orphenoch stopped beating up Faiz due to a toy airplane.
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* NightmareFuel: Just how do Orphnochs kill and/or turn a human? [[spoiler: By having tentacles enter their insides and go into the heart (Though Kiba just downright ''stabs the heart with his sword''), shown rather graphically ([[SpecialEffectsFailure against a backdrop of a chest X-ray, thankfully]]).]] ButWaitTheresMore. [[spoiler:Said target then continues to live for a few minutes, wandering in some confusion before dying and turning into dust... or reviving as an Orphnoch.]]
** [[spoiler:Said heart ''bursts into flames and disintegrates into nothing'']]
** [[spoiler:Said heart ''bursts into flames and disintegrates into nothing'']]
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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
** Just how do Orphnochs kill and/or turn a human? [[spoiler: By having tentacles enter their insides and go into the heart (Though Kiba just downright ''stabs the heart with his sword''), shown rather graphically ([[SpecialEffectsFailure against a backdrop of a chest X-ray, thankfully]]).]] ButWaitTheresMore. [[spoiler:Said target then continues to live for a few minutes, wandering in some confusion before dying and turning into dust... or reviving as an Orphnoch.]]
** *** [[spoiler:Said heart ''bursts into flames and disintegrates into nothing'']]
** Just how do Orphnochs kill and/or turn a human? [[spoiler: By having tentacles enter their insides and go into the heart (Though Kiba just downright ''stabs the heart with his sword''), shown rather graphically ([[SpecialEffectsFailure against a backdrop of a chest X-ray, thankfully]]).]] ButWaitTheresMore. [[spoiler:Said target then continues to live for a few minutes, wandering in some confusion before dying and turning into dust... or reviving as an Orphnoch.]]
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Kaidou's actor, Mitsuru Karahashi, may now be better known to tokusatsu fans as Fuwa Juzo in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: RetroactiveRecognition:
** Kaidou's actor, Mitsuru Karahashi, may now be better known to tokusatsu fans as Fuwa Juzo in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.
** Kaidou's actor, Mitsuru Karahashi, may now be better known to tokusatsu fans as Fuwa Juzo in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.
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* TheWoobie: Kiba is established as this in episode 1. He wakes up after a 2 year coma and it's revealed his previous happy life is no more. His parents are dead, his girlfriend hooked up with someone else and his house is sold because his corrupt uncle needed money.
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* TheWoobie: TheWoobie:
** Kiba is established as this in episode 1. He wakes up after a 2 year coma and it's revealed his previous happy life is no more. His parents are dead, his girlfriend hooked up with someone else and his house is sold because his corrupt uncle needed money.
** Kiba is established as this in episode 1. He wakes up after a 2 year coma and it's revealed his previous happy life is no more. His parents are dead, his girlfriend hooked up with someone else and his house is sold because his corrupt uncle needed money.
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* AmericansHateTingle: The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy, [[LoveToHate and/or enjoy doing so]].
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* AmericansHateTingle: AmericansHateTingle:
** The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy, [[LoveToHate and/or enjoy doing so]].
** The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy, [[LoveToHate and/or enjoy doing so]].
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** The Hyper Battle DVD Special...is Takumi a fan of Music/TheLonelyIsland?
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* FanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:Both of 555's novels, with one (Grotesque Flowers) featuring [[JerkAss Masato]] coming back from the dead and ''[[RapeAsDrama rapes Mari]]'', and the second (part of the Heisei novel series) references said rape. Since the subject of rape hasn't even been a topic of discussion in the franchise prior to or since then, this comes out way out of left field.]]
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* FanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:Both of 555's novels, with one (Grotesque Flowers) featuring [[JerkAss Masato]] coming back from the dead and ''[[RapeAsDrama rapes Mari]]'', and the second (part of the Heisei novel series) references said rape. Since the subject of rape hasn't even been a topic of discussion in the franchise prior to or since then, this comes out way out of left field. [[OutOfCharacterMoment Maybe even when it concerns Masato]].]]
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** The show itself partly falls into this. In Japan, its loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the West, while it is still overall well received, some dislike it due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
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** The show itself partly falls into this. In Japan, its it's loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the West, while it is it's still overall well received, received overall, some dislike it due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
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Pretty sure Faiz has quite a few fans in the West as well.
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** The show itself falls into this. In Japan, its loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the west it's disliked due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
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** The show itself partly falls into this. In Japan, its loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the west it's disliked West, while it is still overall well received, some dislike it due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
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* [[AmericansHateTingle Americans Hate Masato]]: The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy, [[LoveToHate and/or enjoy doing so]].
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* [[AmericansHateTingle Americans Hate Masato]]: AmericansHateTingle: The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy, [[LoveToHate and/or enjoy doing so]].so]].
** The show itself falls into this. In Japan, its loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the west it's disliked due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
** The show itself falls into this. In Japan, its loved for its dark plot and themes, while in the west it's disliked due to the backbone of most of its drama relying heavily on [[PoorCommunicationKills the characters not knowing what to say to each other.]]
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*** Extended even more when in Kamen Rider Yongou, [[spoiler: it reveals that EVERYONE, except for Kaido, died. This includes Mari and Keitaro, and yes, Takumi. However, due to being revived in the twisted timelines, he's had enough of sacrifices, thus causing the constant time loops. The movie ends with Takumi finally ending the loops and dying for good... But at least preserving the fact that he DiedWithASmile.]]
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*** Extended even more when in Kamen Rider Yongou, [[spoiler: it reveals that EVERYONE, except for Kaido, died. This includes Mari and Keitaro, and yes, Takumi. However, due to being revived in the twisted timelines, he's had enough of sacrifices, thus causing the constant time loops. The movie ends with Takumi finally ending the loops and dying for good... But at least preserving the fact that he DiedWithASmile.[[GoOutWithASmile died with a smile]].]]
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* BaseBreaker: Masato Kusaka. Many like him for being a {{Jerkass}} and others hate him for the same reason, mainly by the Western fans.
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* BaseBreaker: BaseBreakingCharacter: Masato Kusaka. Many like him for being a {{Jerkass}} and others hate him for the same reason, mainly by the Western fans.
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* MemeticMutation: '''MISUNDERSTANDINGS''', due to the show being filled with PoorCommunicationKills
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* EarWorm: The Hyper Battle Video.
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* EarWorm: The Hyper Battle Video.Video, especially the Three Belts song.
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** The Badass new Rider in ''Paradise Lost''... who speaks English. Not Gratuitous; he speaks perfect English and, other than "Henshin," he never speaks a word of Japanese.
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** The Badass new Rider in ''Paradise Lost''... who speaks English. Not Gratuitous; he speaks perfect English and, other than "Henshin," he never speaks a word of Japanese. Rumor has it that his Japanese was so bad, they made him speak English instead.
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*** Extended even more when in Kamen Rider Yongou, [[spoiler: it reveals that EVERYONE, except for Kaido, died. This includes Mari and Keitaro, and yes, Takumi. However, due to being revived in the twisted timelines, he's had enough of sacrifices, thus causing the constant time loops. The movie ends with Takumi finally ending the loops and dying for good... But at least preserving the fact that he DiedWithASmile.]]
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The show's ending: The Orphenoch King is defeated… but [[spoiler: he yet lives, and Saeko is still tending to him and plotting something. ''We actually don't know if the good guys win this series.'' Half the cast is dead, and all friendly Orphenochs, up to and including Takumi himself, still suffer from the breakdown they all suffer; we see Takumi's vision begin to blur, letting us know that he doesn't have long.]] There's a reason this is a strong contender for the darkest KR series.
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The show's ending: The Orphenoch King is defeated… but [[spoiler: he yet lives, and Saeko is still tending to him and plotting something. ''We actually don't know if the good guys win this series.'' Half the cast is dead, and all friendly Orphenochs, up to and including Takumi himself, still suffer from the breakdown they all suffer; we see Takumi's vision begin to blur, letting us know that he doesn't have long.]] There's a reason this is a strong contender for the darkest KR series.
