Kamen Rider: General Thread

That wasn't actually a Dinosaur it was an Another Zyuranger.

So... Watched Zi-O.

Who the hell wants to be a king? With no royal blood? Is he going to seize Emperor Akihito's abdication? Isn't that heresy or something??

Elephant T-Rex has good potential as a meme, Another Build really has a S.I.C. vibe going on, I like the concept of the villains contracting with people and changing history and Tsukuyomi is interesting. And cute. :3

Two things: have you noticed that she was really using a future version of the Faiz Phone? And what's with the zither music?

Yep, I noticed her gun made Faiz symbol on shots. Though I didn't quite spot full phoneness in appearance.

Finally caught the ep.

Most people, when told they'll become an evil overlord, would try and avoid that shit.

But this one will try to become a good one.

Oma Zi-O might still believe he's a good overlord, you know.

Pretty sure that was a clock, not a Phi.

Kamen Rider ZI-O - Ziku Driver Hacked! And A Possible Female Rider?

Long list of absolutely everything. Though remember, we might get something like Shift Tridoron that adds its own sounds. Very mild spoilers but spoilering because some people don't like looking at leaks

Notable: 2019, 2038 and 2058. The first is probably an upgrade that will debut in 2019, while the others could relate to another Rider from a sooner future?

Tsukuyomi, wishful thinking dictates she might become a Rider.

Weird placeholders - future, next. A Rider with a new driver (like how Mach was Next System)? Or again, an armour watch that makes its own noise.

Ex-Aid Riders, Showa Riders, Amazons Riders Heisei final forms: all probably just toys

Evil - probably Oma Zi-O.

Chick has a henshin device. We've seen it as a gun. I can see that being an early twist.

Not expecting much. She'll probably lose every fight, or get caught before she can change or something else to keep her out of the action.

Kamen Rider Build Soundtrack and Song Collection now available to purchase on iTunes.

I was wondering why I felt like Build's soundtrack wasn't very memorable and it turns out it's because Kenji Kawai did it hahaaaaaah. Night Rogue's still got the best theme, though.

Original Kamen Rider Kuuga Actor Joe Odagiri To Direct A Film By Toei

That's something...

As people would say in my country:

"They're letting us dream"

Whelp, this doesn't prove he's coming back, but if he doesn't, people are gonna be disappointed even if they know nothing was guaranteed.

So they may have shot themselves in the foot, but that depends on what happens.

18 years (going on 19 soon) is a long time. Long enough for a person to change their minds about something. About 2 or 3 years ago, Tom Baker came back to Doctor Who, so it's not out of the question for us to see the original Kuuga again.

Just finished episode 24 of Ghost

• "He sure is melodramatic". It took until now and Goemon possessing Onari for them to comment on actual walking meme
• I am Akari and throughly disengaged from this crossover nonsense
• "In another country" mein gott how many crossovers is Ghost going to have???
• Lighthearted crossover hijinks while Ganma machinations are still happening made for some interesting tonal divides but it all worked out in the end

Zi-O 2 and 2.5

Reading too far on the "previously on" segment is a neat bit

I do like that Rider kick. they sure do love labeling

So we've got stable time loops. Not sure what to think about that.

Plus for actually giving the secondary an item, minus for it just being a finisher we barely see

Does Geiz having the Ghost watch mean we won't get a Ghost episode?

Sougo not quite getting Build's powers is golden

The Rules:

"Multiples of the same power can't exist at once". Another Riders count and this dominoed so Takumi didn't even become Sento

"Another Riders can only be defeated by their respective Rider powers"

They clearly don't care, hence why he's still Katsuragi with the Taro face.

No really, the third rule is "don't ask unnecessary questions"

So these two episodes haven't really enamored me to the show but I like the ideas enough to keep watching. I particularly want more detail on the future stuff though; what bad stuff Oma Zi-O is doing and how the future resistance know about the Time Jackers. The weird time loop in this episode was unnecessary but not too awful. Not a fan of them flitting between their original Rider selves and their time-altered non-Rider selves whenever Another Build is up or down but a future episode could explore that better.

Edited by FerrousMaelstom on Sep 11th 2018 at 12:21:28 PM

I liked 1.5, it was cute and it gives me hope for the main cast's general dynamic but 2.5's explanations of mechanics left me really dissatisfied.

Jerk move to just leave Tsukuyomi in the present with the monster

Ok fine I laughed at the formulas being replaced with Sougo's dumbass knowledge

Wait so what was the point of dumping the ride watch with Sento in Build's finale if they were going to do this weird loop thing

I dunno how to feel about Sento calling himself "Takumi" in this episode because it seems to go against what Build had built up to, what with Takumi's ghost explicitly leaving to make a clean break and affirmation against Evolt. Especially because of how half-assed the explanation was.

If it takes this much effort to beat the first monster, I have a bad feeling about they're going to handle escalation.

I actually love this setup of them all living under the same roof but have Tsukuyomi and Geiz just been wearing the same outfit. or do they have multiple copies. Did the uncle seriously just look at Geiz and go "oh I guess that's what those teens who don't wish to be a king dress like"

The fact that they just refer to him as Zi-O from now on really seems to be building up to dehumanizing Sougo to become Oma Zi-O.

Oh no it's the gamer gremlin Rider in the next episode I don't know if I'm prepared for this

Well Another Ex-aid can't possibly have a suit worse than the original, there is just nowhere to go lower.

Ok.

Lets see where this goes.

Really curious to see Decade though.

Uh, yeah, me too. Especially since his power-set flies in the face of the rules we've just been given. His super mode is literally using a rider's powers alongside a summoned version of said rider

If you don't mind leaks: This is what Another Ex-Aid looks like.

And on the subject of leaks, a video that's fairly low quality but does show some things we haven't seen otherwise.

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I mean I like Ex-Aid's suit so I'd say it can definitely be worse.

Zi-O 2 and 2.5: Everything is still a bit confusing right now, so I guess I'll have to wait for the next Rider to make things clearer. As you guys said, let's see how this goes.

Regarding Ex-Aid, I've noticed that Hiro refers to him in the preview not as an intern, but as a full-fledged pediatrician. So I take it that the time-altering event is going to be "never having been infected by Parado and, thus, not delaying his dream of becoming a doctor and, consequently, becoming a doctor sooner"? Geez, if the other Riders' "nails" are gonna be as spoilerish as this, I should be careful with this show...

And did they really evoke the Bellisario's Maxim with that Rule 3?