History Series / KamenRiderAmazons

->''"In order to protect humanity...I had to abandon mine."''

* CastingGag: It's just a little funny that Jun Yamasaki, typecast by now thanks to [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Toru Hojo]] and [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz the Centipede Orphenoch]], appears here as the TragicMonster.

* DarkerAndEdgier: As a whole, ''Amazons'' is definitely the darkest ''Kamen Rider'' series Toei Company has made, surpassing the likes of ''[[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]]'', ''[[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue Shin]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderWizard Wizard]]'' and even [[Creator/GenUrobuchi Urobuchi's]] ''[[Series/KamenRiderGaim Gaim]]'' to the point it has almost no verbal humor. Ever. Even more so than the original namesake which, despite the gory finishers, still had the general tone of either a 1970s Showa-era ''Kamen Rider'' show or an early 2000s, more-intense Heisei ''Kamen Rider'' show. Season 2 is even worse, with a bleaker, more dreary and tragic tone. Yes, {{Tragedy}} is part of Season 2's themes.

* DarkerAndEdgier: As a whole, ''Amazons'' is definitely the darkest ''Kamen Rider'' series Toei Company has made, surpassing the likes of ''[[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]]'', ''[[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue Shin]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderWizard Wizard]]'' and even [[Creator/GenUrobuchi Urobuchi's]] ''[[Series/KamenRiderGaim Gaim]]'' to the point it has almost no verbal humor. Ever. Even more so than the original namesake which, despite the gory finishers, still had the general tone of either a 1970s Showa-era ''Kamen Rider'' show or an early 2000s, more-intense Heisei ''Kamen Rider'' show. Season 2 is even worse, with a more bleaker, dreary and tragic tone. Yes, {{Tragedy}} is part of Season 2's themes.

* ManChild: Mamoru. One episode even shows him having to be comforted with toys to receive some shots. He also takes longer than the others to recgnize that [[spoiler: Amazon Sigma is not quite Jun Maehara anymore]]. Downplayed example since he's biologically 16 (and would be much younger than the rest of the extermination team either way), but he is still very childlike for that age.

* ManChild: Mamoru. One episode even shows him having to be comforted with toys to receive some shots. He also takes longer than the others to recgnize that [[spoiler: Amazon Sigma is not quite Jun Maehara anymore]].

* YoungerThanTheyLook: The Amazons we see in Series 1 all have different biological ages, from 16 (Mamoru) to middle-aged (some of the Amazons of the week) but are chronologically only two years old. [[spoiler:Chihiro is born during the five-year TimeSkip between Season 1 and 2, but is already in his late teens due to accelerated aging.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: The Amazons we see in Series 1 all have different biological ages, from 16 (Mamoru) to middle-aged (some of the Amazons of the week) but are chronologically only two years old. [[spoiler:Chihiro is born during the five-year TimeSkip between Series 1 and 2, but is already in his late teens due to accelerated aging.]]

''Kamen Rider Amazons'' is a 2016-2018 web series part of the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise loosely based on ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon''. It was specifically planned for release on the Amazon Prime streaming service debuting on April 2016 in Japan and on April 2018 worldwide with English subtitles under the MarketBasedTitle ''Amazon Riders'' (the first official ''Kamen Rider'' import since ''[[Film/KamenRiderTheFirst The First]]''). As such, unlike the MerchandiseDriven shows airing in the Sunday morning kids' slot, ''Amazons'' is a DarkerAndEdgier (and BloodierAndGorier) take on the ''tokusatsu'' formula--[[UpToEleven even more so than the original]] ''[[UpToEleven Amazon]]'' [[UpToEleven series]]. A [[{{Bowdlerise}} re-edit]] of the first season aired on Japanese television in 2016. A second season was produced following the success of the first, and began streaming on April 2017 in Japan.

* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: The battles between Haruka and Chihiro during the first half of Season 2 are this, but Haruka's greater combat experience helps him win tidily against the less seasoned Chihiro's more advanced belt, tougher armor, and large array of higher quality weapons. [[spoiler:An UpToEleven version occurs whenever Jin and Chihiro fight due to Jin being Chihiro's father.]]

* DoubleStandard: Jin battles against the potentially mass-murderous threat of the Amazons, but is shown in [[spoiler: Episode 8 to be just fine with [[MoralDissonance not just protecting, but outright ignoring humans that kill, too]].]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Season 2 ends this way with the deaths of Chihiro, Iyu, Nanaha, and Mamoru. Jin is forced to kill his lover Nanaha, and with combined forces with Haruka, kills his only son. The original NPS crew ends up killing Mamoru, who tried to protect Nanaha, with an HP round, and discover that he still had his ¥5 coin. Iyu dies when the HP installed in her armlet kills her, and both Jin and Haruka once again WalkingTheEarth. But Haruka presumably places their armlets next to Nanaha's painting. Since {{Tragedy}} ''is'' among the main themes in Season 2, this is the most likely case.]]
* DramaticHourLong: A first in a ''Kamen Rider'' series outside movies. Justified, due to the web format thanks to Amazon.

* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:Season 2 takes place five years after "M".]]

* AnArmAndALeg: Neo Alpha is disarmed (literally) by Amazon Alpha during their fight.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Jin and Mido both intend on [[spoiler: killing the children of the orphanage]]. Jin's doing it because [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity he's still convinced he's saving people from Amazons]]. Mido's doing it [[spoiler: [[ControlFreak out of anger they've regained their wills to live]]]].
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Haruka's seen Jin as this since the end of Season 1 but [[spoiler: Jin raring to attack the child Amazon orphans]] really rubs it in.
* BigBad: Yugo Tachibana, who's spearheading both 4C and [[spoiler: the Amazon Livestock Project]].
* BigGood: Haruka's mother Reika, who hired the Peston team to protect the orphanage.
* BoomerangBigot: Mido hates Amazons and is raising [[spoiler: the Orphans]] solely to see them serve humans.
* CurbStompBattle: The sheltered Amazon orphans stand no chance against Amazon Neo Alpha. Inversely, Neo Alpha's mechanical additions are nothing against the original, who disarms him in [[AnArmAndALeg every definition of the word]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A CorruptCorporateExecutive is secretly [[spoiler: [[AdultFear brainwashing young teenagers]] to [[HumanTraffickers sell them off to rich buyers for harmful purposes]]]].
* TheDragon: Einosuke Mido, who's [[spoiler: raising the orphan Amazons Tachibana's feeding to people]].
* DramaticIrony: Haruka and Jin's final battle plays out a lot like their very first, with Haruka mindlessly rushing at a calm Jin before the two tussle. This time though, Haruka's fully in control of himself while Jin has long-since abandoned even his sanity to his anti-Amazon crusade; thus fully playing to their respective Types.
* EatingTheEnemy: What the [[spoiler: Amazon Livestock Project]] is.
* EveryoneHasStandards: A disgusted Kurosaki [[{{Kneecapping}} cripples Tachibana]] after finding out about [[spoiler: the Amazon Livestock Project]].
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Einosuke Mido is not only the head of the orphanage but also [[spoiler: the director of the Amazon Livestock Project]].
* FantasticRacism: The [[spoiler: Amazon Livestock Project]] was born of it, its director wanting to see Amazons serving humans.
** Haruka accuses Jin of this before their last fight, claiming his obsession with Amazons is all that's left of him.
* GrandFinale: Served as one to the entire ''Amazons'' series.
* {{Irony}}: Amazon Alpha [[spoiler: murders Neo Alpha VIA an arm to the chest]]. He goes out against [[spoiler: Omega]] the same way.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Despite being Amazon-killers in service to Tachibana, 4C were entirely in the dark about [[spoiler: the Amazon Livestock Project]]. Kurosaki eventually learns of it and [[EveryoneHasStandards is not pleased]].
* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Amazon Alpha makes Neo Alpha]] the sole exception to his "Never kill humans" rule. After all, he "[[SelectiveObliviousness smelled like an Amazon]]."
* RayOfHopeEnding: ''The Last Judgement'' ends with [[spoiler:Jin dead, the Amazons nearly extinct (with the exception of Haruka and a few orphans) and Haruka wandering into parts unknown. However, Mizuki is still taking care of those remaining and swears to wait for Haruka while Tachibana ends up removed for exploiting the Amazon Livestock Project. 4C will probably cease hunting Amazons for now and Jin is implied to be happy in death with his wife and child.]]
* TheReveal: The orphanage taking care of Muku and her friends is [[spoiler: actually a PeopleFarm where tamed Amazons are being created from Jin's cells and raised into food for humans]].
* RivalFinalBoss: The film's final battle is between Haruka and Jin after they've crossed their respective lines. [[spoiler: Haruka wins]].
* ShutUpKirk: Haruka accuses Jin of not caring about protecting people anymore; that only his Amazon obsession remains. His response?
--> '''Jin''' ''(Nonchalant)'': It was there from the beginning.
* StockholmSyndrome: The [[spoiler: orphan Amazons accept their lot in life as food for other people]] and don't see it as a bad thing. That changes when Haruka begins bonding with them, culminating in [[spoiler: Muku regaining her will to live and leading a rebellion against Mido]].
* SuperHumanTrafficking: The [[spoiler: Amazon Livestock Project turns domesticated Amazons into cattle for rich people to eat]].
* TheMovie: To ''Amazons,'' natch.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Jin makes clear to Haruka during their fight that it will be their last and that only one of them can walk away. [[spoiler: It's Haruka]].
* ThouShaltNotKill: ''Last Judgement'' involves both Haruka and Jin crossing their own respective lines before their final face-off. Haruka is [[spoiler: [[ThouShaltNotKill forced to eat Muku to save his own life, albeit at her own request]]]]. Jin [[spoiler: [[ApeShallNeverKillApe murders Mido during their final battle]]]] despite the latter re-affirming his humanity, since he "[[LoopholeAbuse smells like an Amazon]]." Before they fight, they lampshade it.
--> '''Haruka''': [[SuddenlyShouting DID YOU KILL SOMEONE]]!?
--> '''Jin''': [[TranquilFury Did you eat someone]]?
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Haruka discovers that the orphans are being [[spoiler: cultivated into livestock for rich humans to eat]]...and that none of them seem to mind. [[HeelRealization That changes]].
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Neo Alpha boasts about having surpassed Jin as the new Alpha. When they finally do fight, all his bells and whistles are useless against [[{{Determinator}} Alpha's persistence]]. [[CurbStompBattle The moment Alpha closes the distance, it's over]].
* TheWorfEffect: Amazon New Omega is trashed by Neo Alpha during their confrontation despite having overpowered Alpha on numerous occasions.
* WouldHurtAChild: The film may as well be called "Let's Hurt Kids: TheMovie." Where to start?
** 4C overseer Yugo Tachibana is [[spoiler: [[PeopleFarm propagating the taming of teenage Amazons]] and [[EatingTheEnemy selling them off for people to eat]]]].
** The Peston Service encounters teenage Amazons on the run and [[HopeSpot manage to calm them down]], but are forced to help kill them when 4C antagonizes them into battle.
** Jin intends to [[spoiler: murder the orphan Amazons once he manages to trick one of them into letting him free]]. He even tells them this point-blank after [[spoiler: doing away with Mido]].
** Muku displaying a regained will to live incenses Einosuke Mido into [[spoiler: butchering orphans left-and-right]].

The series concluded with ''Kamen Rider Amazons The Movie: The Last Judgement'', a theatrical movie released in May 2018, with two {{compilation movie}}s of the first two seasons being released a few weeks before it.

--> '''Jin''' ''(Nonchalant)'': It was always there.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A CorruptCorporateExecutive is secretly [[spoiler: brainwashing young teenagers to sell them off to rich buyers for harmful purposes]].

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Despite being Amazon-killers in service to Tachibana, 4C was not told about [[spoiler: the Amazon Livestock Project]]. Kurosaki eventually learns of it and [[EveryoneHasStandards is not pleased]].

* RayOfHopeEnding: ''The Last Judgement'' ends with [[spoiler:Jin dead, the Amazons nearly extinct with the exception of Haruka and a few orphans, and Haruka wandering into parts unknown. However, Mizuki is still taking care of those remaining and swears to wait for Haruka, Tachibana has been removed after attempting to exploit the Amazon Livestock Project, 4C will probably cease hunting Amazons for now, and Jin is implied to be happy in death with his wife and child.]]

--> '''Haruka''': DID YOU KILL SOMEONE!?
--> '''Jin''': Did you eat someone?

* WouldHurtAChild:

** Jin intends to [[spoiler: murder the orphan Amazons once he manages to trick one of them into letting him free]].