Kamen Rider 555 Paradise Lost

What if the bad guys won

What is it about?
An Alternate ending where the bad guys manage to change 90% of the world into Orphonochs and the hero has amnesia and is reported missing 

The Good
When it is a movie you can see the suit budget is a bit better 
Great fighting scene 

The Bad

The movie is a just a drag. I didn't enjoy it so much 

The Ugly
There is no ending since everything just end 

After Credits: No

Verdict: Can be missed. 

Kamen Rider 555

 A build your own Kamen Rider

Let me see if I understand the story:  In the world there are being calls the Orphenochs. They are like humanoid animals I guess. They are the superior being bend on controlling the world. The company that handles are called Smart Brain. The develop 3 belts to stop them which is part of the Kamen Rider story. 

Kamen Rider: So there are 3 Kamen Rider in the show. Kamen Rider Faiz which is the main one. Kamen Rider Kaiza which has some heavy firepower and lastly Kamen Rider Delta which is strong but very unstable. Each of them has their own robot compainion to help them. The Kamen riders are all modular with attachments that help boost their abilty  

I didn't like it: The characters are good. The story is just all over the place. In the end they try to tie the story but it just feel very convoluted. I don't understand what is the motivation of the bad guy. This also has to be the worse transformation of any Rider since they need to bring a briefcase with a bag everywhere 

In the end: The bad guys all died and the main hero lives. I guess that the best ending we can hope for. But yeah... 80% of the characters that we know all died. Next on the list is Kamen Rider Blade 

Kamen Rider Ryuki Movie

What if situation

What is it about?
After the series ended they made the movie with a lot of different what if scenario. All of these endings are not canon but more like a multiverse of endings 

The Good
We can see and extra budget goes into these movies since the effects are way better
The first female Kamen Rider (Femme) which is part of the main storyline 

The Bad
It is just a branch and after seeing hte actual ending these show has stakes that I really don't care about 
Everyone dies here as well

The Ugly
Nothing much

After Credits: No

Verdict: If you like Kamen Rider you should watch this 

Kamen Rider Ryuki

 Every Kamen Rider takes a while to love

Lets see if I understand the plot: So basically a scientist is trying to save his sister by summoning Riders to fight in the mirror world. In order to save it the all riders need to fight and the last Rider will get one wish of anything. Something like that... there are a couple of plot holes but we won't go into that 

Kamen Rider: There are 12 kamen riders with the hero being Kamen Rider Knight (Ren) and Kamen Rider Ryuki (Shinji). Between them there is KR Golda (Gun) KR Zoida (Snake) KR Tiger (Claws). 

Card battle: The uniqueness of these show is that the Kamen Rider uses cards to battle. They need to put a card in a slot and something will activate. Like a sword, their monster and also their final move. Only Ren and Shinji have secondary forms which will give them and extra boost of power 

In the end: This is annoying part. In the end everyone dies and the whole timeline is reset. This is the canon ending (we will discuss it in the next post). Which seems like a cop out since we are very invested in the characters. Next is Kamen Rider 555

Kamen Rider Agito

I kinda like this one 

What is it about: Let's see if I can explain this. A group of people was involved in an accident which awaken dormant powers that is called Agito. Basically they become Kamen Rider Agito and they have to fight the monsters that is send by the bad guy 

Kamen Rider: The main hero is Agito (red, blue, prime and overdrive versions) Gillis a feral Kamen Rider that uses sharp claws and tentacles to attack and finally G3X, a human made Kamen Rider with crazy arsenal 

Story: There are funny bits. The side characters are fun. Mana-chan is very cute. The police side story is very annoying. The most confusing story ever is the Agito side story. I don't get it one bit

In the End:  Everybody had a happy ending. Which is better than Kugaa. So far this is better than Kugaa and plus this is going to be a thing of more Kamen Riders. 

Kamen Rider Kuuga

 The first Kamen Rider in the Heisei Era (2000-2019)

Going in: A lot has change since Kamen Rider Black RX. This shows is more serious and realistic. Almost every episode there are deaths and the threat of the Unindentified Lifeforms are real. Our hero Godai Yusuke will team up with the police to stop all the treats 

Kuuga: First of all the Hensin is not that great. The rider itself comes with 10 forms. White (Base) Red (Strong) Blue (Fast) Green (Sensory) Purple (Titan) Add Lighting to the form and it will amplify its power to be more stronger. There is also a secret form which is Black (Ultimate). The Bike its the standard Kamen Rider motorcross bike with a armor attachment in case the bad guys are tough 

Bad Guys: Honestly I wasn't paying that much attention to these bad guy. I honestly am not 100% sure of the motives of them. But I think by killing people the final boss will be powerful (which is did) and everytime it is stopped by kuua they have to do all over again (I think). The final bad guy only shows up the last 3 eipsodes. The deisgn of the bad guys are not to exterme like before. All the designs appear to be humanoids probably a budget thing I guess

Overall: I love the story. I like this Kamen Rider. All the side characters are great and the B story is mostly cater to kids. This is a great start to the series. Next it will be Kamen Rider Agito 

Kamen Rider Black RX

The last Kamen Rider for the Showa Era

Where did we left off: Minami Kotaro is now a helicopter pilot and is adopted by a family and has a girlfriend. A new enemy is the Crisis Empire who is trying to invade Earth. The General with 4 captains (each with it's own set of skills) will send their monsters to defeat Kamen Rider

Powers: So he uses the power of the sun (he got a solar panel on his waist). The most powerful weapon is a lightsaber called Revolcane. RX also has Macro Eye and RX kick. But the twist is that he can  transform to two different Riders which is Robo Rider RX (basically a robot which is super strong) that has a gun and Bio Rider (Classic Kamen Rider Design with a sword) that can change to molecules and get him out of nasty situations. He has 3 bikes and also a car 

Story: This story is more lighthearted and is geared for kids. Since every episodes there are always kids involved in this story. Kotaro doesn't have that high stakes like the past series.  Frankly I didn't quite enjoy the story since it is really dumb. I do like however the fight scene since this show really has up the effects game (it is made in 1989) 

Notable stories: The return of Shadow Moon was interesting. He has a couple of friends aiding him. The final episodes we see all 9 riders from past Kamen Rider series came to help. The ending was notable because it is very dumb

Kamen Rider Black

Starting my Kamen rider marathon

Why? The best way to keep motivation to exercise on my machine is that only watching Kamen Rider while I am on it.  So lets start with the only one that I remember fondly which was Kamen Rider Black

What is Kamen Rider: Basically the character is a cybrog than turns into a bug like hero and stop mutants from invading earth. Kotaro has the power to Hensin (Transform) in to Kamen rider. Kamen Rider has powers like, super hearing, multi eyes, power strips, his belt can go give out a strong flash which seems to be the answer to everything. Lastly he has two bikes one can go offroad and one can go faster than light (I know it sounds rediculous. 

This show is dumb: Really the story is not bad, but everything happens at a praticular place. No one can seem to handle the mutants and the hero Kotaro always is at the right place at the right time. Plus because this is a 1988 show. The effects are not that bad but the editing is terrible. Sometimes the will be in a park which will pan to a different place at a time. 

In the end: He defeats the bad guys and its left alone. Really everything he fought. The peace but in the end he didn't get to be with the people he loves. That's a sucky ending