Category Archives: Kamen Rider

Shinji and Kamen Rider Ryuki episode 1 revisited

Thoughts about Shinji’s character arc and the general storyline as it reflects in the first episode of Kamen Rider Ryuki. More

Thoughts on Tsukasa after Decade finale (2 years old)

I was going through Google Docs and I found something I meant to post long ago but somehow never got around to. It was a little over two years, about a week after the final episode of Kamen Rider Decade. … More

Over 3 months of stuff?

Work happened. Then vacation happened. The stuff I’ve gotten into in the past 3 months, and that I’ve been playing catch up with: Community, Mad Men, The Good Wife, Downtown Abbey, The Hour. More

Reverse/Re:birth PV

I’m kind of really really behind on OOO (read that as in: I have no idea about Date’s general state of well-being, in general), but the song is cool! Also, top hats!

When bad shit happens to favorite characters

Okay, seriously why is it that my favorite characters always seem to die or suffer horrible fates? I mean, well, okay, not always, not every one of them, but very very often. More

OOO 23-24: The Fighting Doctor

As far as I’m concerned, the important thing about these episodes is… Date backstory!! I mean, yes, there was all the stuff about Date’s former colleague, and how she wanted to be pretty like her sister, and how the lesson is … More

Catching up with Kamen Rider OOO… again

Right. Been busy again, yada yada. But it doesn’t feel right to just skip through, so I’ll go off my notes for the episodes I watched (yes, I take notes while watching Kamen Rider, and yes, I realize what this … More

Kamen Rider OOO 19-20: bromances, badass chicks, escaped convicts and and peacocks

In which Date and Gotou’s epic bromance begins, and Satonaka is total badass. More

Kamen Rider OOO 17-18: a dude named Date

Still playing catchup. These obviously deal with a whole more than just Date, but I’m really interested in him, so that’s what this post will be about mostly. Episodes 17 and 18 are basically a bit of an introduction to … More

OOO 16: Desire drives the wheel of life. No, really.

If Kamen Rider OOO‘s episode 15 was about advancing the plot, episode 16 is about both that and also about advancing the mythology and the ideas behind the story.