Kamen Rider: General Thread

Well, he got slapped by Rinko Kirito Kiriko, for one. And I think Chase is gonna get the brunt of Micchy's villainous treatment to Kouta, while Shinnosuke would get more of the "I viewed you as a brother!" treatment.

We'll see.

I don't believe things will go that badly.

Edit: Episode 38 down.

Kick his ass Shouichi.

And props to Ozawa for knowing how to treat Houjou.

Well, ok, that might have been a stomach attack, but still.

edited 22nd Apr '15 6:56:46 PM by HandsomeRob

Also, Kirinko and Regiser the Winter Chaser. Hail Hydroidmude! Ultron parallel when?

edited 22nd Apr '15 6:56:39 PM by Psyga315

Episode 39.

Man, Hikawa just couldn't catch the point. I mean, Houjou and Ozawa pretty much said the exact same thing and he still didn't get the drift.

That being said, Ryou has finally exceeded his past self.

edited 23rd Apr '15 8:43:27 AM by HandsomeRob

So there's this

All of them played before the shows started. It's interesting to see Amazing Mighty Kuuga in the rain before he fights off Daguva in episode 47 (or was it 48?)

So I'm progressing in Kuuga.

Is it normal that at moments I want to yell at Yuusuke and Ichijo "oh just kiss already !" ?

Thats about the standard reaction at this point. lmao

Speaking of Kuuga, I found some cool concept arts. I posted them in my tumblr.

http://passingthroughstranger.tumblr.com/post/117265057668/speaking-of-kamen-rider-concept-arts-here-are

http://passingthroughstranger.tumblr.com/post/117265455788/and-theres-more-i-shit-you-not-again-these

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2578301890 Original link. Just... wow. WOW.

Think I found the inspiration for OOO.

X4 and X3

Since fucking when?

Thos concept arts look pretty cool.

Oh wow, was that a potential female Rider?

Yes. Presumably she'd be dead by the end of the episode.

edited 24th Apr '15 2:53:10 PM by Deadbeatloser22

It's sad that I can't even disagree with that.

The lack of female riders is one thing, but the tendency to kill them off is just fucking dickish.

If you think those concepts are cool, get a load of these guys.

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2578301890

It's all in Chinese, but I'm sure you know they're all worth tens of thousands of words.

Seriously, I think this is THE most material for Kamen Rider Kuuga you will ever find in the internet EVER.

Still, gotta give credit to the Kamen Rider wiki forums; a user gave them a link to the one I gave, so kudos to him or her.

Episode 40 down.

So that's where Decade got the idea from.

It took Hikawa a while, but he eventually got his shit together.

Aye. Between Mayu and Yoko I thought we'd finally sorted it. And then things happened.

Bastards.

Japan is strange when it comes to handling female characters.

And by strange I mean slightly off putting at best and extremely misogynist at worst

In fact I believe that Natsumi and Nadeshiko are the only female Riders who're still alive at this point.

Nadeshiko died initially however, and isn't really a character as much as she was a plot device. Natsumi never appeared again after the movie she transformed, and I want to say that Natsumi as KR Kivala would have been a much better assistant rider then Yuusless Onadori. But the handling of Decade was so bad that the treatment of Natsumi and Kivala are probably at the bottom of sins that show needs to count up.

May is also alive, though she got shuffled off right at the beginning of the Gaim / Wizard movie along with the other two.

The thing is, if you combined Mayu's plot arc with Yoko's early appearance, and gave both some more integreation with the plot, you'd get a great female rider.

You'd get a great rider period, but Japan seems patently incapable of doing that. I've referred to it as casual sexism, cause it seems like they do it for no other reason than because they are girls without any real thought to it. It' pointless and frustrating.

I'm especially disappointed in Urobuchi, cause after Madoka, I'd thought he'd be better and give more of a role to his females, but Yoko just did nothing of consequence (despite being hyped as a strong fighter).

Seriously, some of these shows have absurd quantities of Riders and yet we're still so lacking on females? Kiriko especially is handled awfully (we know the next secret mission will elaborate on this somewhat but I'm not expecting anything much) in that regard.

I mean, still not perfect but Sentai at least reliably has at least 1 to a team and gives them something to do, although they normally get cheated out of power-ups and the like.

edited 26th Apr '15 10:30:19 AM by TenebrousGaze

...I actually liked Decade.

So then they'll explain why she isn't a rider?

Considering the rather weak hand wave they gave earlier in the series, I'd hope it's good one.

Though even if it is, the problem isn't that they explain why she isn't a Rider. The problem is the amount of effort they put into justifying why she can't be a rider, when we know the real reason is because she's a girl.

I swear. This has been going on for years, and it's so......unnecessary. Kids don't fucking care. Just let women be riders, and don't kill them off so quickly. Why is that so difficult?

I like Decade for what it meant. It's the reason we have both the Movie wars and now the Super Hero Taisen movies. Sure, the latter aren't perfect, but if not for the Decade Shinkenger crossover, we wouldn't have them.

edited 26th Apr '15 10:34:45 AM by HandsomeRob

It's okay, I liked the 94 Street Fighter movie. It's okay to like things.

edited 26th Apr '15 10:34:22 AM by SilentlyHonest

I wondered the same thing when Kyoryuger only had one female Kyoryuger (until muuuuch later) and they justified it as that girls dont naturally have the ferocity and guts needed to be one.

which is a nice way of saying "girls are demure and weak"