Make Way for Meteor Storm!

Finished Fourze 28 last night, which introduces Kamen Rider Meteor Storm, the upgrade to Kamen Rider Meteor, and I have to admit I was mostly impressed. Mostly. His finisher is straight out of Beyblade, and it seems rather OP for something so derivative. The suit is amazing, and I love the double meteor design for the helmet.

It seems to me, though, that even though Cancer is gone, Ryusei's secret is far from safe. Tomoko should (at least I would hope) have a pretty good feeling that Ryusei is Meteor. He does nothing to throw her off the trail when she notices him running off to retrieve the Meteor Storm Switch. Ryusei possibly fears this as well, explaining part of his action at the end of the episode. And if he is revealed again, do we have to go through another episode 27-28? Can he ever reveal his secret the the Kamen Rider Club?

Honestly, Meteor reminds me too much of Kamen Rider TheBee, another close-range Rider with a ridiculous rule set. Add in the fact that I hate almost all of Kabuto (Fuck you Souji Tendou), and I shouldn't really like Meteor at all. While the suit design is fantastic, Tendou ruins everything with is cocky-ass demeanor and constant talk about his destiny to rule over all. Yet somehow I can't get enough of Ryusei, his backstory or Meteor itself. He's got such a tremendously sad past and reason for fighting plus he's the rebirth of Bruce Lee in style and execution. I want him to be able to reveal himself as Meteor while still retaining the ability to transform. It seems like the rule is only there to protect the M-BUS and Tachibana, but between Fourze and Meteor, it should be well protected in the even of an attack.

Won't surprise me at all if we found out later that Kisaragi's parents worked with Utahoshi's parents and that one of them is actually Tachibana, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

MFW: Kisaragi's Parents

But the most heartbreaking loss of episode 28 has to be Cancer. I'm sorry, but I can't get enough of his puns. I think I've watched the Meteor v. Cancer fight from 27 at least 15 times at this point, just for the puns. Soran Tamoto was brilliant in his portrayal of Kijima, a great midseason boss, and his presence will be greatly missed. But hey, at least he gets to hang out with Sonoda in the Dark Nebula.

WE'RE IN SPACE (KR Fourze 1)

Another fall, another Rider, but this one has an ace up his sleeve. The power of SPACE!!!

Just watch out for space cops.

Yes, and now I'm going to hear that voice every time I start an episode. Anyway back the really topic: Fourze. Ok, as some of you might know, I love 555. He is definitely one of my top five Riders (V3, W, Decade and Den-O would round out the rest, in no order) with one of the best belts systems ever. Watching Takumi fumble around on the battlefield while trying to equip his Faiz Pointer, getting the Rider Kick in at the very last second, was always a pleasure, so when I heard about Fourze, I peed a little.

Sure, I'm not in love with the whole composite hero thing, since it seems like we have had three similar systems almost back-to-back. Yes, he seems kinda similar to OOO (both are kinda oblivious but incredibly loyal) but whatever (and are they in the same universe?). I like the suit design, albeit had to grow on me at first, as it works well with the abilities Fourze is capable of, and Gentaro Kisaragi is hard not to love, between the hair and the attitude.

If you haven't seen episode one, you can find it here at TV Nihon.

Combo breaker?

Gentaro seems to be a good fit for the theme too. He is very likable and his' will to put everything on the line for friendship. A perfect fit to a series with the tag-line "Youth switches on into outer space!"

While the episode is kinda disjointed, we do find out some major plot implications for the future. For one, Kengo's dad is the man who is killed at the beginning of the show . . . in space. We also know that Gentaro and our Rider Girl Yuuki are childhood friends inching ever closer to their lifelong dreams, and that one of the school officials (I presume headmaster) is in control of the Zodiarts, creatures bearing the powers of constellations. Kengo, while willing, is unable to effectively become Fouze and barely has the strength to man the Powerdizer.

Because every hero needs a pose . . . and a Rider girl.

The characters have a huge potential for growth, and I' interested to see which direction they take with the foil Rider. If anyone has info please link, but I imagine it's going to either be a new character or Shun (because he is an ass).

Episode two in just one week away, and I already can't wait!

Bueaty, Love and Sea Monsters (Kamen Rider OOO 23-24)

In this mini-arc, we are privileged to encounter another pure form, all-blue Shauta Combo or "Marine Combo" as some have come to know it. We also inch closer and closer to a rider change and upgrade in the Birth camp.

Yes, but not in the way you would expect. . .

But first off, episode 23 starts with Kazari and Maki crafting plans, Ankh fretting over the lack of medal combos he and Eiji have managed to procure, and Kazari sets up a marine-type Yummy to ensnare a researcher, Yumi Sakura, who's sister, Rei, runs the beauty company where they both work, hoping to capitalize on her jealously of her sister's beauty. This last bit seems not to work out so well at first, as Uva is quick to point out to his ex-partner, but Kazari assures him it will all work out with time.

Yumi, who loves her role in the company and puts up with the abuse, runs into Date at the ol' oden cart, whom she use to travel with and seems to have a crush on.

Date and Yumi literally run into each other at the oden cart.

Date has to run off to face off against a Greeed, so he promises to meet her later on that night at the oden shack.

Kamen Rider Birth's Drill Arm (Made in China) is shattered by Kazari. Don't worry kids, it gets fixed in 24.

The chance encounter seems to re-spark her flames of passion, which the Yummy seizes upon, feeding to desire to it's full potential. Taking the egg with her, Yumi proceeds to go back to the lab, entrancing everyone she crosses with he newly obtained beauty.

She even manages to ensnare Eiji, who is left dumb(er)struck by her presence. Date is unfazed.

This is what happens when a Kamen Rider falls in love. It's stupid, has no finisher and it's surrounded by hearts. At least it has knee-caps, since falling in love in hard on the knees.

The plot thickens in 24, as it's not up to Date to save the day (or at least for the time being it is, since Eiji is completely useless at this point). Yumi manages to escape, assaulting the Date and Ankh with a swarm of Ei Yummy spawns. The next day, Rei starts freaking out since her sister is no where to be found, and she needs her report in order to make it seem as if she in control of everything (see kids, even exploitation has it's downsides). Yumi enters, bent on controlling the company from hence forth, captures Rei, and proceeds to handle the press conference on her own.

Revenge is a dish best served cold. And underwater.

While everyone else is entranced by her face, Date is still unaffected and rushes to the lab to talk some sense into Yumi. Just as he confesses that he was more impressed by the true Yumi, the Ei-Sai Yummy attacks. Shintaro shows up as back-up as Date transforms into Birth, now with an upgraded CLAWS Drill Arm, to protect the Sakura sisters. Yumi in injured in the attack badly, yet Date manages to remove enough Cell Medals to remove the "Sai" element of the Yummy, morphing it into a large Itomakiei Yummy which bursts out the building.

FIND A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS!

Meanwhile outside, Eiji as OOO and Kazari are going at it, as Ankh has sensed the presence of a Yummy near the lab, hoping that the transformation would snap Eiji from his daze. The plan works, and Eiji uses the Take head to steal Mezool's Shachi Medal from Kazari, allowing him to go Shauta Combo. Kazari flees as Eiji uses his new found water powers to dominate the Yummy on land and sea, finally dispacting it with a Scanning Charge: Octo Banish attack. As things start to cool down, Yumi thanks Date, who decides to pass on her for now, and says he has some work to complete first.

This arc was pretty sweet, mainly due to the insight into Date's past and the reveal of Shauta Combo. As a whole, 8/10.

The Justice Mini-Arc Complete (Kamen Rider OOO 21-22)

JUSTICE!!! This is a fantastic arc, filled with heroes, pseudo-heroes and punks. Lots and lots of punks. This one a double-dose of OOO, so time to dig in!

The mini-arc deals with justice, in all of it's dimensions. Shintaro, Eiji and the crew are out buying supplies for the Valentines Day festivities at the Cous Coussier when they notice a grown man picking on a little kid. Shintaro rushes out to scold the man, with Eiji following close behind. The boy's father shows up soon after, and Chiyoko recognizes him as her old classmate Susumu Kanbayash. His son, Takashi, just like his old man, has a strong sense of justice and punishment for the wicked. Susumu wants to become a lawyer, and in a flashback we discover that he's run away from his wife and kid until he manages to pass the exam.

Susumu takes Takashi away and warns him to watch himself, which leads to Takashi cursing his ol' man and running off. Failing to give chase, Susumu is approached by Uva, who spawns a Yummy from his desire for justice. Meanwhile, Eiji presses Ankh for information on why he cannot obtain his true form, even after collecting more of his cores. Before he can reply in full, he sense a Yummy. They race to the scene to find Susumu, bruised and unconscious, and a Hopper Yummy . . . beating up a purse-snatcher??? What's going on? Eiji transforms, defeats several Trash Yummies, but lets the Yummy escape after he witnesses it give the purse back to a terrified woman.

Confused, they head back to the Cous Coussier, where Chiyuku patches up Susumu before he runs off to his part-time job. Later that night, Susumu confronts some loud youths, blaring music in the park. The Yummy appears again, as if summoned by his will, and proceeds to f*^k their sh!t when OOO and Birth drop in on the scene. Uva shows his face to tip the odds back in his favor, forcing Eiji to use the new ability Giga Scan by means of the Kujaku Core. Right as he is about to unleash his fury, Susumu gets in the way, he wants to use this power to punish the wicked. Inspired by this father, Takashi also shields the Hopper from an attack.

Takashi and Susumu leave to go off and punish the wicked. Elsewhere, Shintaro is still trying to master the Birth Buster, improving ever so slightly with every passing day. While Maki is completely opposed to the idea of Shintaro training to take over for Date, Date forces the scientist to understand. As Date and Shingo wrap up a training session, the Yummy makes his move. OOO shows up first, goes GataToraBa to clear out some Trash Yummy, then questions Susumu's sense of justice as he allows his Yummy to attack a defenseless coward. Date and Shintaro show up, Date goes Birth and helps combat the Yummy and meddlesome Uva while Shintaro tries to get Takashi to safety. Birth and OOO team up to weaken Uva enough for him to abscond, and OOO delivers a Giga Scan straight to to face of the Hopper. Now that is what I like to call . . . JUSTICE!!!

Everyone heads to C.C. for a good time, and everyone lives happily ever after. For now. These episodes are gonna have kinda a weird scoring. 21 is a 5.5/10, 22 a 6/10, however together they make a 7/10 arc because there is enough good stuff in both to out-weigh all the crap.

The Red Combo Cometh . . . Later(Kamen Rider OOO 19)

I was hoping this episode would mark the glorious new age of the Red Combo, but my hopes and dreams were crushed last week when OOO 19 ended with a preview of how awesome full Red will be. Don't get me wrong, this week's episode was still exciting, as it marked some new developments in Yummy creation/attributes, along with some alright series plot progression.

The episode opens in the Cous Coussier. As Eiji running into work late, he notices a familiar face mopping the floors: OMG, it Gotou!!! He seems to have left his old life behind in order to figure out exactly who he is inside. Satonaka enters shortly after and is shocked a bit as well to see Gotou doing manual labor in this fine establishment, but then she informs Eiji that he is wanted at the Kougami Foundation.

It seems as if Kougami got everyone a present from his trip to Europe, and for Eiji, he has another one for Ankh's cores. After careful rash consideration, Eiji decides to give the medal back to Kougami, so that Ankh is not tempted to leave the body of Shingo to die. Kazari, elsewhere, is up to his old tricks again.

After breaking the ruthless criminal Toichi Yamagane by infusing him with a Yummy, Kazari meets up with Maki, who explains that he can;t come by the lab for a while, since Date has now taken up residence there. Yamagane, fueled by revenge for his partner who sold him out and the detective who locked him up, starts to hunt down his marks, and guess who the detective responsible for his arrest was? That's right, it was Shingo!

Heading back to the Cous Coussier, Eiji runs into the other mark, a hapless criminal/pinhead named Yasuji "Yasu" Okumura, who wants to protect the man who saved his life. Comic-style flashback ensues; Ankh decides to use him as bait. I love how he has selective memory when it comes to Shingo's past. He boasts earlier in the series that he knows everything Shingo knows, and yet he doesn't remember this dude at all. WTF!?!

Anyway, Yamagane attacks again and transforms into a new, odd-looking Yummy: it's a hybrid Lion-Kurage Yummy. Ankh is immediately worried, as this means that Kazari has incorporated Mezool's Cores into his body. The Yummy can also spawn jellyfish with multiply when slashed, and it's resistant to a blast from the LaKiriEtar, due to it's dual nature. Date arrives soon after this, becomes Birth and begins his assault before Kazari jumps into the fray. Kazari manages to knock Birth off the side of the building that they are fighting on, while the Yummy proceeds to rape OOO. During the fight, Yasu steals Ankh's medal case, and gives it to Kazari. ZOMFG, IT'S A TRAP!!!

Forced out of his henshin, Eiji lies helpless as Kazari reclaims all but one of his cost cores, and transforms into an incredibly powerful form. What will happen next?

9/10! The suspense is killing me!

The Episode That Proves That Eiji is an Idoit (KR OOO 18)

Barnaby here with another exciting episode recap and review of Kamen Rider OOO 18! In this week's episode we see some new equipment for both OOO and Birth, plus we get some insight into how Birth's abilities work. But enough talk, lets get into it!

As you saw in last week, we had a first for OOO universe, a two-stage Yummy. By that, I mean a Yummy who was able to represent two-step desire spawned from Rie, a young kendo student who wants to become stronger for some unknown reason. The original Yummy, a kabuto-type, was destroyed by Birth and OOO at the end of 17, but before that, a second Yummy, a kuwagata-type, budded off of it vowing to destroy everything.

So we open to see Eiji and Ankh coming back to the Cous Cossier after an unfruitful search for the kuwagata. Eiji theorizes about the new development that not even Ankh had seen before, while meanwhile across town, Gotou is silently stalking our new buddy Date.

Honestly I really like Date and his personality. He's kinda goofy yet determined, but no where near as bad as Eiji. Too bad he's not going to be permanent. Oops. Um, well . . . spoiler alert. X-/

Anywho, Gotou decides to try and kill himself by running out in the rain all night. Eventually he stumbles into the Cous Cossier, thinking that he's passed into the afterlife. Not a bad way to be greeted though, if you think about it. I surely hope that when I die, Hina and Chiyoko are there to soothe my sorry soul.

Eiji and Ankh make they way over to Rie's dojo to find out what her true heart's desire was when Date interrupts, boasting that he already knows. She's in love with her instructor, who as it turns out is engaged and is going to be married on the next day. OH NO!!!!

Here's the kicker: before the entire plot is spilled, both Ankh and Date nod in agreement of what's really going on, but Eiji is still completely lost. Turns out that he just doesn't get relationships, at all (which kinda explains the whole "not-hitting-on-Hina" thing; he's just an idiot), so he never considered that to be an option until it was the only thing left.

Oh Eiji, will you ever get a clue?

While he goes off to hid in the corner, Date readies himself to give Rie a pep talk when Trash Yummy burst into the dojo. Date still delivers his words of wisdom while kicking a$, which inspires Rie to run off and stop the kuwagata. It's a bad idea, yes, but she's do damn cute that it doesn't matter.

Date saves Rie from this blunder right in the nick of time, transforms into Birth, and begins to take on the Yummy when Eiji shows up. Turns out that he slipped a Tako Candroid into his bag while he was asking for love advice. Transforming into OOO, Eiji and Date team up on the Yummy when Uva butts in.

Now it's time for some new equipment kids! Birth deploys his Drill Arm and the new Caterpillar Legs, which operate like tank tracks and are also magnetized, and starts to beat Uva senseless. I image he could also scale metal walls with this new attachment, but that has yet to be seen.

"Oh, what nice legs you have." "All the better to take your medals with."

Meanwhile, OOO uses the long over-due Unagi Medal and Cheetah Medal to keep the kuwagata at bay. The Unagi Core Medal deploys two electric whips, which seem to work very well against his foe.

Whip it like you know you should.

Back at the Kougami Bio Labs, Maki gets a visit from the head honcho himself, back from his vacation. As they watch the battle unfold on a monitor, Kougami boosts about having two perfect means of collecting medals: Birth for Cells, OOO for Cores.

On the battlefield, Birth ask for OOO to keep both Uva and the kuwagata at bay while he charges his Breast Cannon to max capacity, which is done by continually loading in cell medals. I hope this works with other attachments, but, once again, only time will tell if this is true. Birth blasts the sh!t out of the kuwagata as Uva escapes just in time, then he proceeds to collect all of the medals with his Crane Arm attachment. You know, Date would be able to meet his goal a whole lot faster if he didn't just waste Cell medals left and right. I mean the overcharge was cool, but was it really necessary?

'Nuff said b!tches.

After the battle, Eiji offers a partnership, which Date outright refuses, as he see Eiji as a weak person. Nevertheless, Eiji is impressed with the type of person he sees in Date, and it seems as if he looking forward to working with him regardless of what Date thinks.

So ends 18. 7/10, mostly for the new equipment. The next episode looks exciting; Kazari gets back into the mix, and it seems as if Kougami has a present for Eiji in the form of a new Core. Can't wait! ( ^.^ )-b

The Bloated Blockhead Bastard Strikes! (KR OOO 16)

Hey all! Hehe, so after that boasting about having more free time ahead, I immediately got sick and have been out of commission until now. Also, I've added an0ther reason to why I should never EVER go back home again: you catch the flu within 16 goddamn hours. Speaking of sedecim, OOO 16 has been out now for a bit, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten about you. In fact, I have your medicine right here!

Maki and Kazari are wrapping up their container experiment with Gamel, as he has now ingested 14 Core Medals. The power of having multiple Cores is apparently a bit much for Gamel to control, even after his body morphs to adapt to his new found power. Such a fool, he thinks he's following Mezool's wishes , when really he's it' s just a tool. Maki pushes his luck with Kazari, who dispatches of him easily and leaves with his "fee": Ankh's Core!

Meanwhile Hina is trying to patch up Eiji back at the Cous Coussier, although she might be doing more harm than good. Ankh is no where to been seen, which we find out to be because he is off visiting the Kougami Foundation to eat their brains and gain their knowledge . . . I mean just to gain knowledge. Kougami seems unphased by the idea of Maki plotting against him, since Maki moving toward his general goal of greed changing/save the world. He begs for Eiji (oh yeah he barges in and starts throwing he's "weight" around) and Ankh to hold back and wait for Maki's experiment, whatever it might be, to unfold.

Ankh leaves in a huff, but Eiji hangs around to get some more information about the Core Medals and the Greeed. Now we finally get a true explanation of the birth of the Greeed and the purpose of the Core Medals. But first, let's check in on our betrayed Greeed, Uva and Mezool. It appears that Mezool managed to retain one Core, which Uva now wants, but Mezool manages to escape with. Uva sends some trash Yummy after her, while we start to hear an explanation for the Greeed. FINALLY!

So 800 years ago, scientists of the time tried to make an artificial life form. Wait. This sounds kinda familiar. That didn't well either. Oh scientists, when will you ever learn? Anyway, they compressed some creatures into coins, then ordered them in groups of nine which eventually began to gain consciousness. That consciousness started to develop a greed complex, and now here we are, in the future, with crazy a bugmen trying to murder a landshark lady.

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So OOO was made to control/suppress the powers of Greeed/greed. Now Eiji is even more unsure of his or Ankh role in all of this. After defeating the trash, Eiji of course unknowingly protecting Mezool in the process, we flash over to Maki in the lab talking about destroying the world.

Gotou steps in and tries to arrest him for his role in last week's episode, but stops when he realizes that Birth is complete and he could wield it if he stays on his good graces.

Meanwhile, Gamel starts wondering around town looking fro Mezool, and eventually drifts into the Cous Coussier's Christmas fair. Eiji unwittingly serves him while struggling to figure out why he looks do damn familiar. Gamel mistakes Hina for Mezool, then goes crazy when he realizes it's not her and releases so much energy that he breaks everything in the shop and runs out.

Eiji gives chase, then tries to stop Gamel from rampaging. Mezool shows up and fuses with Gamel, who is all too willing to give her all of himself. Maki shows up to help complete the experiement with Mezool now, and he throws in thousands of more Cell Medals plus two of Uva's Core Medals. This causes Mezool to complete change forms into a giant Cthulhu-esk landshark thing, and she immediately loses control and begins to rampage. It kinda looks like a more retarded Castle Doran.



Eiji goes OOO TaToBa, but lacks the power to do anything. Right as things look extremely bleak, Birth shows up and uses his capsule machine inspired powers to damage PsychoMezool, sending two of Uva's Core's flying. Seizing the opportunity, OOO goes GataKiriBa and finishes her off. Cores go flying, and Ankh, Kazari and Uva all fight for their share with Ankh only grabbing two.

On the way back home, Birth come back. Dropping his henshin, we see not Gotou, but an unfamiliar face. Who is this man? (spoiler alert - his name is Date Akira)

Lost and Found (KR OOO 15)

Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you enjoyed them. Mine were great: went to see Tron Legacy (freaking awesome BTW, if not just because of Daft Punk), MST-3000-ed Interstella 5555, worked a ton. O.K. maybe that last part was not so great, but whatever. Let's keep the good cheer going! I give to you KR OOO 15.

Do you like it? It just came out last week, so I watched it for you and wrapped it up with a nice little bow. Let's take a closer looksie.

Maki and Kazari are hatching more plans for world domination, hoping to see what happens when all (or at least a large proportion) of the medals are contained in a single vessel. What new powers will be unleashed? Furthermore, Maki hints that the Birth belt (no use hiding it now XD) is virtually complete and needs only minor testing. Sounds like next episode we might see a new Kamen Rider in town.



While their diabolical plot is being fine-tuned, Eiji helps out Chiyoko set up the Christmas decorations at the Cous Coussier. Hina apparently has gone out and is out of touch (not like her, but let's roll with that for now), so Eiji has been forced to pick up the slack. And the tab for Ankh's ice pops. MERRY CHRISTMAS EIJI!!!

Meanwhile in the backroom, Ankh is spying on the Kougami Foundation building and gleams the whereabouts of his missing Kujaku Core Medal. It seems as if it will be transported with 5000 other Cell Medals to Maki's research lab for an experiment he is planning. Sounds like a trap to me, but what do I know. Shintaro, of course, will be overseeing the operation, and as he heads out to prep the cargo, Ankh kidnaps Eiji and tells him about the plot, imploring him to use OOO's power to re-obtain his Core. Eiji is reluctant to become a criminal and threatens to hold out when Kazari appears, telling the pair that Hina has been captured and is aboard the truck as well.

Now they they are both invested in stopping the caravan, the dysfunctional duo make their way over the Kougami Building to head off Gotou. After checking the truck, Shintaro dismisses the plot, but Eiji tails him anyway, just to be sure. On the way to the drop, the caravan is stopped buy Uva and Mezool. Gotou and his forces are useless against the Greeed, so Eiji transforms into OOO TaToBa. While everyone else is occupied, Ankh attempts to break into the truck, but both Gamel and Shintaro halt his efforts. During the struggle, Hina awakens and, using her crazy She-Hulk powers, attempts to break free from her cage. Eiji, blinded by his love for Hina, lets the situation get out of control and loses the Kawagata, Tora and Batta Core Medals as Mezool knocks him off of the bridge. Kazari intervenes as well and takes four other Cores from Ankh, two of Mezool's and two of Uva's. But where did the other three go? Hmmmm . . .

Uva and Gamel escape with the truck, and Gotou gives chase unsuccessfully (I mean who sets themselves up for a PIT maneuver?). Mezool and Kazari stay behind to finish off Ankh, who dives off the bridge to safety. Mezool confronts Kazari about his behavior and motives, but is slow on the draw and has all of her Core Medals stolen by her former partner, who says he is seeking evolution. Uva and Gamel, after shaking Gotou, arrive at the rendezvous point with Hina knocked out (again) in the back of the truck.

Elsewhere, Eiji and Ankh are waking from their base jumping experiment, and get pissed off at each other for not having the some goals but having to depend on other another. Right as it about to come to blows, Eiji says that he will go along with this mission IF Ankh pays for a year of ice. Nice plan Eiji! You're not a complete idiot!

Kazari joins back up the remainder of the gang, saying that OOO came back and took out Mezool. Gamel runs off to save his princess, and Kazari attempts a sneak attack on Uva, which fails. Uva, now aware of the depths of Kazari's betrayal, escapes just Hina comes round again. Ankh and Eiji show up just in time, and goes SaGouZo to take out Kazari. Gamel shows back up, and Kazari tricks him into creating a Yummy to combat OOO. In this three-on-one, OOO can't hold his own and requests more medals. While switching out coins, Kazari forces his to drop the Sai and Gorilla Cores, but OOO manages to shift into LioToraZo to counter Kazari's finisher. The counter dislodges a Cheetah Core, which brings back one of my favorite forms: LaToraAtch. The release of his henshin blinds Gamel, however Kazari is able to escape with him and all the his newly procured Cores. OOO is able to defeat the Yummy using the Tora Can, Gotou's sly thievery and a triple scanning slash.

Back at the lab, Kazari gets Gamel to ingest all of Mezool's Cores to push his and Maki's plot forward.

And that is it folks. Birth is definitely showing up next round, and it looks like Gamel might be getting a new . . .um . . . form. This episode was a wild ride, and it marks the beginning of an exciting arc. 10/10. Keep it up!!!

. . . And That is Why Cats Can't be Surgeons. (KR OOO 14)

I'm sure by now I'm sure all of the faithful have already watched and rewatched episode 14 of OOO by now, but it's been a long week so cut me some slack. I actually completed my rewatch like 3 or 4 days ago, but I'm just now getting around to typing things up. Having a job with responsibilities is stupid . . . I mean rewarding!

Anyway, onwards to KR OOO 14!

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If you recall the ending of 13, Shingo is in bad shape. Ankh pretty much has left him to die because he's a moody bitch. Doctors struggle to keep Shingo going through life support, but hope is fading fast. Eiji returns, looking for Ankh (who of course is hanging out on some bench, being harassed by some dog), but decides to chase after with Candroids instead. Right as he's running out to the vending machine, the director is being rushed into surgery for a heart condition. He recognizes Eiji from earlier, stops him and begs him to explain what's going on. After finding out the cause of Tamura's greed, he feels responsible and his condition worsens. If only there were some miracle surgeon who could perform him delicate operation!

Once at the vending machine, Eiji wastes ALL of the Cell Medals in his possession on Candroids to find Tamura and Ankh. That's right, all of them. He even buys some unagi, which can't help him track shit! He manages to find Ankh right as Yummimura is about to flay him open. Ankh coughs up 4 Core Medals for Eiji then flies back to the hospital to reunite with Shingo.

Elsewhere, Eiji transforms into OOO and starts to kick the Siamese Yummy's ass again. He goes TakaTorarTar and pulls Tamura out from the Yummy, similar to how her dealt with Kazari's last Yummy.

Damn you Kazari! Image from anime4touch.blogspot.com.

Right as the tide begins the turn and Tamura makes her way to the hospital, Kazari shows up with a score to settle. He beats the crap out of Eiji and steals the Cheetah and Tora Medals, leaving Eiji powerless. Oh crap, now we can't see LaTorarTar Combo!!! Ankh shows up just in the nick of time and give Eiji another Tora Medal, allowing him to go TaToBa.



Using the Medajalibur, OOO quickly cuts down the Yummy while Kazari manages to escape with his recovered medals. Back at the hospital, Tamura performs the surgery and saves the day. Heartfelt moments ensue. Awww.

Meanwhile Mezool's plan comes to fruition as she has used a con-man to raise several Piranha Yummy undetected. As the rest of the gang feasts and plans out how they are going to defeat OOO, Maki is back at the lab developing the new belt system. We get a full mock-up of the suit and right before the episode ends, we get a glempse of one of Ankh's Kujaku Core Medals! Oh, no what is he planning!?!

This episode was pretty solid, a good 8/10. We also get a good shot of Birth, and Ankh is back in his rightful place. Hopefully 15 will be just as good, because it seems that Birth is showing up in 16! Yay!

Chou Den-O Blue: A Return to Grace

I'm sure by now you've either read my review of Chou Den-O Red or you've watched it yourself (hopefully both), so you know that it's probably the worst Kamen Rider movie ever. Seriously, if I want to watch a five minute motorcycle scene with no point, I'll watch Twin Peaks. At least that would be more interesting, and I get to see a woman hold a conversation with wood.

Luckily, Chou Den-O Blue: The Dispatched Imagin is Newtral, marks the redemption of the Chou Den-o name. Honestly, I didn't think that I would like it as much as I did, since I'm not the biggest fan of Kotaro, Teddy or Chou Den-O. Kotaro really proved his worth in this film, and saved this movie trilogy from being a disaster.

The movie centers are the relationship that Teddy and Kotaro have forged since their last appearance in Farewell, Kamen Rider Den-o: Final Countdown, as Teddy has become Kotaro's good luck ward of sorts. Whenever Kotaro is about to be, say, crushed by a giant spherical work of art or splashed with a bucket of water, Teddy predicts the outcome and protects him from the pitfall. Kotaro seems to take this protection fro granted, as he hardly notices when Teddy bursts in the save the day.

After Ryotaro is injured during a fight with a new Imagin, the Owner calls Kotaro in to investigate, but there's a twist: the Owner is reissuing Teddy's contract, reassinging him to his own side and giving him the name Aleksandrovic (more like AleksandroBITCH). Teddy reluctantly goes along with the plan, but is too passive to say anything about it. Kotaro, visibly broken up, is teamed up with Kintaros to chase after the Mantis Imagin.

Kotaro is hopeless without his good luck charm, Teddy. Almost everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Meanwhile, Mantis is helping her contract owner, Miku, replace herself in the past. Kotaro is finally able to track her down, and tries in vain to take care of the Imagin. Of course, since he is not use to using Kintaros, he fails miserably at satisfying her "battlelust."

The new forms for Chou Den-O: "Ax" form and "Rod" form

Back on the DenLiner, Aleksandrovic is . . . polishing spoons? Wow, Owner. You really needed help with that task. After some awkward conversations, Kotaro take Ryotaros off with him to investigate the double Miku problem. When they get there, Miku's grandmother is testing both Mikus to figure out which is real. After a cook-off and a tennis match, Mantis gets frustrated with Other Miku's lack of progress, and decides to intervene. Kotaro decides to kidnap Other Miku while Den-O Gun Form makes a distraction.

Aboard the DenLiner, Kotaro tries to convince Other Miku that the Imagin Mantis is just using her to steal away her time. They have simultaneous revelations, with Kotaro and Miku coming to the conclusion that you don't miss something until it's gone. Elsewhere, Ryutaro is getting is ass kicked by Mantis. Ryotaros is forced out from the Henshin, leaving Ryutaro in Plat Form. Kotaro and Urataros go off to save Ryotaro, New Den-O taking on a Rod Form (literally, his weapon is a fishing rod).

He's still go good enough to take out Mantis, but he does get her . . . motivated. She eventually forces him out of his Henshin. Teddy, realizing that he misses his boo, too, and rushes off to save him from peril. Normally, as the Owner describes earlier in the movie, this action leads to the destruction of the Imagin, since they break their contract. Teddy doesn't care.

Together, they manage to defeat Mantis, and sure enough Teddy begins to disappear after the fight. Right as he completely vanishes, he gives Kotaro an interlocked star charm to act as his new luck charm. Aw, how sweet!

Back on the DenLiner, everyone is sulking over the loss of Tendon. Don't cry gang, 'cause it looks like Owner has a surprise: Aleksandrovic! Turns out that he's just reset the contract and returned to his previous owner because their bond was so strong. He reassumes the name Teddy, and all become right with the world.



All in all, Blue is sooo much better than Red. The action is larger, the story is much more interesting and it actually makes you like the main protagonists more, unlike Red which was 72 minutes that I can never get back. 9/10!!!

OOO 13 is out, I just haven't watched it yet (visitors + finals = no free time for blogging), but I intend to get to that tonight. I do have a review of Yellow coming soon, along with a review of Death Game Park, Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2, Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl, The Scott Pilgram Blu-Ray, and Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, if I can finish that in time. Ciao for now though!

Chou Den-o Red: The Festival of Suck

Sorry about the late post, I've just been busy. Work and such. :-/

I know what you're thinking. "When the F*ck will Den-o die?" The answer: never. He's been turned into a kid, and did that stop him? No. Series is over, does that stop him? No, he just sticks his infinite climax d^ck into everyone else's movies (What were you expecting a Kiva movie? Too bad bitch!). I mean don't get me wrong, I like Den-o. he's one of my favorite riders in the Heisei era, but come on! All go thing come to an end, that means you, too, Den-o!

Anyway, back to the matter at hand: another F'ing Den-o movie. At first I though I might enjoy this one, for a change. I mean the intro suggests that they might actually be able to "fix" the whole Yuuto clusterf*ck, but boy was I wrong.


So the movie opens with Ryotaro helping his sister Airi out renovating the ol' Milk Dipper. Suddenly Momotaros (of course) possesses Ryotaro to tell him of the dire plot the Piggies Imagin are hatching. Looks like they have hijacked the DenLiner, and they are running a crazy loop though January 2010 and the sands of time (not to be confused withe horrible movie, mind you).

M-Taro takes off. Airi keeps working away, Ozaki and Miura fawning over her all the while, until she's attacked by street punks out to do some rapin' (which seems kinda harsh for a KIDS DRAMA!). M-Taro rushes back in to save the day, and to figure out who sent the punks, because there's always a ring leader when rapin' involved. Low and behold, it's a Yuuto! Wow, what an upstanding dude!

Retreating to the DenLiner to think about what they learned today, we see that ol' cast again: the Owner, the Imagin gang, Kohana and of course the most important of the all, Naomi.

Oh, Rina Akiyama. . .

Snap back to reality. While the Owner does his thing with a tape measurer and the group discusses crap, Deneb appears. He begs them to find Yuuto (probably so they can rape the timeline again), and to keep they DenLiner in check, they decide to anchor it in May 2010. Meanwhile, back in the "present" day, Yuuto saves Airi from more punks and blah, blah, more useless crap. I kinda tuned out during this part. Still kinda distracted by Oshirina . . .

Tuning back in, some strange dude in spying on the whole scene. His name is Major Creeper, I mean, Hiroshi Kikuchi. Seems as he's in cahoots with the Piggies to win the heart of Airi (he wants her heart, the Piggies could give a f*ck less, just to clarify).

Meanwhile back at the anchoring point, Momo sense the Piggies, but still injured from his earlier hi-jinks, he tells Ryo and Urataros to go off and find him. They fail, miserably of course, but at least we got to see rod form. They go back to discuss matters, and as Ryotaro leaves, the ropes holding the DenLiner breaks! Now he has no way of defending himself from the Piggies!

Airi gets attacked (again), and Ozaki and Miura can't help (again). Taken hostage, she must hope that someone, anyone will come to her aid. Ryotaro goes Plat Form (hehe it's funny every single time) and fails to save her when Yuuto shows up and goes Zero Form. Kikuchi, however, is waiting to run over both Piggie and Zeronos with a truck filled with gasoline (overkill much?). Piggie eventually gets fed up with the fact that Kikuchi is a total coward, throws Airi into the back of the truck, and tries to steal Kikuchi's time.

Fighting him off, Kikuchi takes off and Zeronos after him in the ZeroLiner/ZeroHorn. Ryotaro gives chase, runs into Momo, and they steal a tandem bike, cause that's a useful way a catching a truck.

Zeronos goes Vega, knocks Piggies off the truck, then proceeds to try and save Airi. Sword form Den-o and Piggies get it on (and Momo delivers his most awkward line ever). Zeronos, now in Altair form, saves Airi (who falls back in love with him [I'm saving you the trouble now]) and Kikuchi the worm. Meanwhile Den-o goes Climax form, and beats the crap out of Piggies. The rest of the movie is pretty much crap, and that's that.



By far one of the worst Kamen Rider movies, and definitely the worst Den-o movie to date. Hopefully Episode Blue and Yellow will be much better, but we can only hope. 5/10 only because of Climax finale and Zeronos's epic battle, other than that this movie was garbage.

I'm kinda backlogged on OOO, so I'll most likely post a multi-review of OOO 11 & 12. See you all then! Now back to Golden Sun!