History YMMV / ShinKamenRiderPrologue

** [[BigBad Iwao Himuro]] is the paranoid head of the ISS. An uncaring, heartless BadBoss to his employees, Himuro considers those who refuse to cooperate with his projects as his own enemies, and has them either assassinated or imprisoned. Using his facility as a front for human experimentation, Himuro plans on obtaining financial gain through the mass production of super soldiers to be sold to the military industry. Forcing Shin's father to continue the research after having his former partner "resigned", Himuro denies his permission to not get his son involved, explaining that it was "too late for that". Armed with a submachine gun, Himuro guns down Ai, Shin's pregnant girlfriend, when she takes the bullet for him.

* MemeticMutation: [[TheWoobie "Poor Shin"]]

* AwesomeMusic: For all its faults, this films soundtrack is incredible.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Shins transformation is something to behold

* BrokenBase: Big time. Some fans appreciate it for being akin to the darker parts of the Showa Era, whereas other fans despise it for being [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy TOO dark]], pointing that in comparison to entries like ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'', the film goes too far.

* HilariousInHindsight: WhatCouldHaveBeen mentions that Shin's transformed state would have been retooled to look more Franchise/KamenRider-like, which is ''exactly'' what happened with ''Film/UltramanTheNext'' and ''Series/UltramanNexus'' (Shin's actor would appear in ''[[Series/UltramanGaia Gaia]]'' and ''[[Series/UltramanMebius Mebius]]'' instead).

* TheWoobie: Shin, full stop. He gives up his dreams of motorcycle racing to help be a test subject to cure incurable illnesses, only to be [[CosmicPlaything manipulated]], [[BodyHorror mutated]], and have everything torn from him, his loved ones included, and even his very child is treated as a mere weapon before its even born. Nonetheless, [[TheDeterminator he pushes on, no matter what he faces.]] He's such a Woobie that the fans created their own [[catchphrase MemeticMutation]] for him: "Poor Shin"

* TheWoobie: Shin, full stop. He gives up his dreams of motorcycle racing to help be a test subject to cure incurable illnesses, only to be [[CosmicPlaything manipulated]], [[BodyHorror mutated]], and have everything torn from him, his loved ones included, and even his very child is treated as a mere weapon before its even born. Nonetheless, [[TheDeterminator he pushes on, no matter what he faces.]]

** "''No matter how short it was, those days were exciting.''/''Forever. I entrust my wishes to eternity.''/''Forever. I entrust my wishes to eternity.''"

* CompleteMonster: In one of the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest entries]] in the franchise, these selected two are the most vile:

* CompleteMonster: Being one of the darkest entries in the franchise, these selected few are the most vile:

* CompleteMonster:

* TearJerker: The ending theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzybL1tC-lw Forever]] really makes one feel bad for Shin even more.

"''No matter how short it was, those days were exciting.''
''Forever. I entrust my wishes to eternity.''
''Forever. I entrust my wishes to eternity.''"

** ''No matter how short it was, those days were exciting.''
** ''Forever. I entrust my wishes to eternity.''
** ''Forever. I entrust my wishes to eternity.''

** Shin and Onizuka's entire transformation scene.

* BrokenBase: Big time. Some fans appreciate it for being akin to the darker parts of the Showa Era, whereas other fans despise it for being [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy TOO dark]], pointing that in comparison to entries like ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'', the series goes too far.

* HilariousInHindsight: WhatCouldHaveBeen mentions that Shin's transformed state would have been retooled to look more Franchise/KamenRider-like, which is ''exactly'' what happened with ''Film/UltramanTheNext'' and ''Series/UltramanNexus'' (Shin's actor would appear in ''[[Series/UltramanGaia]]'' and ''[[Series/UltramanMebius Mebius]]'' instead).

* HilariousInHindsight: WhatCouldHaveBeen mentions that Shin's transformed state would have been retooled to look more Franchise/KamenRider-like, which is ''exactly'' what happened with ''Film/UltramanTheNext'' and ''Series/UltramanNexus'' (Shin's actor appeared in [[''Series/UltramanMeibus'']] instead).

* HilariousInHindsight: WhatCouldHaveBeen mentions that Shin's transformed state would have been retooled to look more Franchise/KamenRider-like, which is ''exactly'' what happened with ''Film/UltramanTheNext'' and ''Series/UltramanNexus''.

* HilariousInHindsight: WhatCouldHaveBeen mentions that Shin's transformed state would have been retooled to look more KamenRider-like, which is ''exactly'' what happened with UltramanTheNext and UltramanNexus.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: See the BloodierAndGorier example on the main page. Also, Shin and Onizuka's entire transformation scene. ''His face gets ripped apart from within, for GOD's sake!''

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: See the BloodierAndGorier example above. Also, Shin and Onizuka's entire transformation scene. ''His face gets ripped apart from within, for GOD's sake!''

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: See the BloodierAndGorier example above. Also, Shin and Onizuka's entire transformation scene. ''His face gets ripped apart from within, for GOD's sake!''
* LoveItOrHateIt: The biggest example in the KamenRider franchise.