#Kamen rider ooo spoilers

[nugulover69]

What if we were both horrifying monsters motivated by our own selfish desires. and we shot laser beams at each other on the beach. and we're both boys

[offhandway]

i'll be thinking about this scene for a while

[gyagu]

you ever come around a screenshot so accurate about a scene you just watched minutes ago and feel so lucky ...

[forkroid]

So I just finished Kamen Rider OOO, and I have so many thoughts and feelings and I honestly cannot believe they actually ended it the way they did.

I know some of my friends are still watching it so I'm putting the rest under the cut

I was waiting for there to be another 10min of show where they'd follow up on the, like, "desire is a powerful thing that can bring evolutionary change never before seen" and the whole thing about Hina figuring out how to save Eiji, Shingo, AND Ankh to come up with SOME way to fix Ankh's broken medal.

Like it seemed like there were a lot of moments pointing to that- some miraculous change or big!!!! Thing!!!! that Kougami seemed to hint at through the whole show. But then the credits started rolling, and then when the credits had like a "look what everyone is up to now" thing going in the background I thought maybe they were gonna get to it there- and I guess they kind of did sorrrrta with Eiji looking at the medal pieces and being like "someday I'll find a way..." with Ankh's??? Ghost????? Following him around, and just kind of left it open ended, but I guess I kind of expected something a little more on the nose considering all the lead up?

I guess maybe that just could have simply been referring to the final OOOs "power up" or whatever? But honestly that wasn't mind-blowingly powerful since Maki managed to deflect that one massive blow with relative ease, and it was using Ankh's medals that actually gave him the power to finish the job.

So I guess I was sort of expecting some extra "miracle" to happen or something? Maybe I was just hoping for some deus ex machina thing to save the day and have everyone live happily ever after or something. But at the same time I'm not actually that upset about the ending, because it was kind of the logical conclusion - Ankh couldn't stay in Shingo's body, that was never going to happen, so what excuse could they give for him to have a body of his own? It's not like the medals grant wishes. Maybe there could have been some mad science or something building off the work of those ancient alchemists or whatever, but that would have really been pulled from nowhere. I was almost hoping they would, like, idk have shared custody of Eiji's body?? Since there was so much weird stuff happening with Eiji's body?? Kind of like a Revice situation??

But I also like everyone to have a good, happy ending. I wanted Ankh to have better. I wanted him to actually consciously appreciate the life he had after he finally realized he had it. Not just retrospectively, not just "I am able to die because you helped me live" in the last 2~3 episodes. I wanted him to have a future of experiences he could actually enjoy in the moment. But just because that's how I wanted it to go doesn't mean that was how it should have ended either.

Honestly, Ankh's character development felt so delayed to me that I was concerned they weren't going to get to it, yet somehow the scene with him and Eiji fighting in the water didn't feel like an afterthought, it was really satisfying and dramatic. I can't be mad cause they really hooked me in and tugged on all my heartstrings, and it was pretty emotional when Ankh decided to basically sacrifice himself fighting rather than focus on his own self preservation.

It was a good ending I think, even if I'm admittedly a sucker for "and then everyone lived" endings over "the consequences are real and the deaths are permanent and that's what makes his actions meaningful" endings.

[t-u-i-t-c]

6 and 13 for the toku questions :3

6. Favorite secondary character?

Banjo from Kamen Rider Build. I think he adds so much to the story and is really an important piece of Sento's journey and development. I'm also very fond of his arc where he's trying to figure out what he's fighting for and why he even wants to be a Kamen Rider. A lot of the time it seems so simple to say you're fighting for this or that, but it was interesting to see someone who didn't really have a reason and needed to really think about it. I think it was covered well in Heisei Generations too, but Sento and Banjo's conversation about it at the cafe in earlier episodes really stuck with me. It's talking about the reality that having power does put responsibility on Riders' shoulders and that if one isn't ready to carry the weight of it, then they're not fit for the power. It's really interesting to look back on when you've seen the entire series and how each Rider has utilized their power. Overall, I think that Banjo is a very important character and Build would not be Build without him.

13. Which character death upset you the most?

It's Eiji. I literally cannot convey to you how upset I was. I never felt so upset about a character death before or since.

Toku 20 Questions

[the-tubort]

Rewatching OOO and im at the part where Gotou and Eiji keep speculating why Date would want 100 million yen and keep going "HE MUST want to build a MEDICAL SCHOOL!" As if he wouldn't want the money to literally save his life from the fucking BULLET LODGED IN HIS SKULL

[kamenridergaysex]

that rude ass bird that i hate

[humanundead]

eiji using ankhs core medals therefore ankhs own powers to fight ankh...he cant use the combos too much or he'll go berserk....dare i say this is sounding familiar

[rosemirmir]

bluesulfur:

Ankh: Yeah… it’s gonna break.

Hina: Break…? Your Medal?

Ankh: Looks like it.

Hina: Then what’ll happen to you?

Ankh: Once a Medal is destroyed, it vanishes. The same… goes for me.

Hina: Then… you’re gonna die?

Ankh: You think I’m gonna die?

Hina: That’s what you just said!

Ankh: A pile of Medals, dying… huh?

Hina: Where are you going, Ankh?

Ankh: I’m going back. That useful idiot is screwed without me, isn’t he?

[ranbuescalation]

Eiji & Ankh  ✨

[nugulover69]

Eiji being a rich boy who traveled to colonized countries to try and do tangible good only to witness the horrors of war firsthand and have his trauma used for political gain, subsequently leading to him becoming a suicidal vagabond is, as Goto says, rough

[offhandway]

still worried for ankh even when's severely hurt

[eliasdrid]

Date meeting Gotou (Episode 18, Kamen Rider OOO)

I thought the music choice for this scene was cute

[mangolon]

Spot the difference. But really, I like this design, it seems more distorted than usual.

[the-tubort]

I think one of the most important parts of OOO's ending was how sudden Ankh left. It's not this long and drawn-out scene where Ankh gives this huge monologue about how he is actually grateful about all these memories he has and how he feels truly human while dying in Eiji's arms, he just reminds Eiji that there are people in his life that do care about him even if he can't and he needs to reach out to them and just gives Hina a smile as he gives her the other half to his broken core. Everyone calls out to Eiji and reaches their hands out to him, and he calls out to them as well, and the season is over with Ejji musing that one day he and Ankh will meet again and it's honestly beautiful.

[elb0wn00dle]

What the fuck man just watched ooos 10th anniversary movie