History Manga / KamenRiderSpirits

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[[caption-width-right:336:No Gods or Buddha. Only Kamen Rider.]]

A manga started in 2001, drawn by Muraeda Ken'ichi and based off of the original Showa era ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series (well, except for [[Series/KamenRiderBlack BLACK]]/[[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX RX]]). Essentially an alternative version of ''Film/KamenRiderZX'', depicting everything as the original shows would have done with an A-movie budget, it [[{{Revival}} revives]] the first ten Riders for a CrisisCrossover.

This series, more than anything else, is about reminding modern readers just how awesome the original characters were, without needing a revision. It's currently complete in 16 volumes, followed by a sequel ''Shin Kamen Rider Spirits''. SKRS is due to be complete by 2023.

* DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Implied. The TV continuity implied that the various "Great Leaders" we saw were all the same entity in different forms, but ''Spirits'' has each incarnation appearing separately.]]

* HijackedByGanon: The Garanda Empire, Dogma Kingdom and Jin Dogma were among the few organizations in the Showa era not explicitly confirmed to be connected to Shocker. In ''Spirits'' however, they're among the evil organizations that the Great Leader secretly controlled.

* LegionOfDoom: [[spoiler:The executives and kaijins of all 11 past evil organizations the Kamen Riders faced are resurrected by Badan in the stages leading up to the Great Leader's revival and each given a different portion of Japan to terrorize.]]

Takes place in the present day (to the extent possible). It begins with Taki Kazuya (still an FBI agent) in New York City investigating a series of grisly vampire-like murders. As it is clear he can't rely on the Riders for help (Hongo Takeshi tends to appear and disappear like the wind), he has built his own Rider Suit, homaging Manga/SkullMan and informally known as "Taki-Rider". Taki is more than man enough to take on the Mooks, but when the man behind the plot shows up... so does Hongo and his ScarfOfAsskicking.

This series, more than anything else, is about reminding modern readers just how awesome the original characters were, without needing a revision. It's currently complete in 16 volumes, followed by a sequel ''Manga/ShinKamenRiderSpirits''. SKRS is due to be complete by 2023.

* AdaptationalBadass: The Riders were already very badass, but the manga took it even further by making all of them capable of performing stunts that would make {{ComicBook/Cyborg}} jealous.
* AdaptationExpansion:
** What did you expect when they're making a serialized {{manga}} out of a 45-minute TV special?

%% * BackStab: TONS of them.
%% * BadassArmy: SPIRITS. Especially Platoon 10.
%% * BadassBiker: ...take a guess.

%% * BadassNormal: Taki, Anri, and [=GanGanG=] especially. Later followed by SPIRITS, to a lesser level.
%% * BackToBackBadasses: What else would you expect from a CrisisCrossover?
%% * BigDamnHeroes: Sometimes the plural isn't even necessary.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The BigBad has the power to [[PowerCopying transform into any of the nine Kamen Riders and use their abilities]]. [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Where have I heard that before?]] [[spoiler:They're also both personifications of the Great Leader for the ''Kamen Rider'' eras they're getting {{Crisis Crossover}}'d against.]]

* EvolutionaryLevels: When [[BigBad JUDO]] fight ZX, he transform into Ichigo. Then shift to other riders, in chronologial order (skipping Riderman), each form are more powerful than previous one. He claims these forms represent a step of evolution, with ZX being his perfect body.
%% * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Riderman]]

%% * HeelFaceTurn: ZX

* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: When Badan starts their invasion of Earth, they concentrate entirely on Japan; Mikage explain that this is because the island was the seat of Badan's power in the past and they're just reclaiming what's theirs.
* OhCrap: One MOTW has this when he realizes that a single spot on his near-impenetrable armor is weakened from repeated attacks by Riderman... as the latter slams a machine gun into the weak point and blasts away at point blank range. Turns out that impenetrable armor means the bullets can't get out = death by ricocheting bullets aplenty!
* YouAreNotAlone: In the first chapter, Taki is despairing because he's the only person in New York who had an inlinking of what was going down, but he's powerless before the MOTW. And then Hongo Takeshi [[DynamicEntry strides through the door]]:

*** "How the hell did you get in here?"
*** "HOW SHOULD I KNOW!?"

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* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Near the end of SPIRITS, Interpol officer Ken Sakuma and Annrietta Birkin team up to form the unit, made up of 2,500 contractors willing to back up the assembled Kamen Riders against the Badan invasion since most military forces were wiped out in the initial attack.

This series, more than anything else, is about reminding modern readers just how awesome the original characters were, without needing a revision. It's currently complete in 16 volumes, followed by a sequel ''Manga/ShinKamenRiderSpirits''.

For the Heisei-era equivalents, see ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' and it's SpiritualSuccessor[=/=]StealthSequel, ''Series/KamenRiderZiO''.

** Later in in the chapter Skyrider says he carried him

* AdaptationalBadass: The Riders were already very badass, but the manga [[UpToEleven took it even further]] by making all of them capable of performing stunts that would make {{ComicBook/Cyborg}} jealous.

You can read the manga in English [[http://www.mangareader.net/911-37551-1/kamen-rider-spirits/chapter-1.html here]]

** The manga also helps explaining the various PlotHoles in the Showa era shows, such as the unexplained return of Riderman in various reunions despite him dying in the original show.

* The Bus Came Back: Ruriko finally returns and an explanation was given of what's she's been doing since her disappearence from the original show.

For the Heisei-era equivalents, see ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' and it's SpiritualSuccessor, ''Series/KamenRiderZiO''.

* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Stronger, usually. Subverted, in that when he does say it this time, [[BadassCreed he's visibly battered and broken, with no obvious chance of winning.]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And then he does.]]

* AdaptationalBadass: The Riders were already very badass, but the manga [[UpToEleven took it even further]] by making all of them capable of performing stunts that would make {{Superman}} jealous.

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