#so im back to feeling. bad. like a dumbass. like an impulsive asshole who cant keep his mouth shut to not annoy anyone

[thecherrygod]

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[frida--y]

first kr series i watched n i didnt do a good long text post about it!

man shinji is still my favorite protag, he’s such a strong character and such a dumbass at the same time. i LOVE how when yui was threatening to kill herself to stop the fighting and ren was saying that he would use the fighting to force a new life for her, shinji was on her side, saying we should consider her feelings and to what she wants, a true feminist icon. he considers the feelings of others so strongly that when he wanted to close the mirror world, he started to see what the others were fighting for and thought to himself that he didnt have the right to dismiss their reasons to fight (ren wanted to bring his gf back from a coma and kitaoka not wanting to die). he is very empathetic, it shows in his introduction when he is disputing a traffic incident he wasnt even involved in lmaoo and is present throughout the whole show. it’s sadly his “downfall” as he tries to take on all the problems everyone has- he wears himself thin and doubts himself multiple times, but honestly i think that trait of his is very strong.

him becoming a rider by chance is really on point of him lol i really love that he shaped this into his purpose as a rider “to protect people, including riders.” he truly wanted the fighting to stop and at the end and even finally brought up the resolve to close the mirror world, knowing it will displease others, but.. ya know whats happens at the end... :’)

ren....number one asshole 2nd rider.. what else can i say.

he frustrated me, because he was so mean n closed off to shinji for such a long time lol (everything that i love in a character) it’s hard to fault him when he’s as self sacrificing as shinji (to a degree.. lmao). he only fights for eri and tries to overcome the hurdle of killing and he ultimately cant when it comes down to it, it’s great to see the limits of his conviction, of course he doesnt have it in him to kill, he’s one of our heroes after all. 

;_;

he really showed how much he valued shinji’s friendship at the end, to go from not bothering to understand shinji’s moral dilemma, to fully understanding where he is coming from, it’s the resolution of their friendship.  i cannot speak what happened in the last two episodes lol i cry!

uuuuu these two....THEY!!

god did kitaoka grow on me lol, he was such a bastard; made shinji believed he killed someone, thinks he’s hot/smart, and thinks his better than others and above them in terms of class. then once you learn that hes dying and is going to die very soon, it really changes your perspective on him, especially since no one knows it (shinji does, like the day before the huge fight iirc). 

it’s such an easy thing to dismiss him, when he’s actually interesting if you look hard enough. even if he’s been haughty seemingly all his life, goro has really changed his life. when he’s at last days all he talks about is how goro is going to fine without him.. ;_;

kitaoka isnt a hero, because to him becoming a hero is when you lose; he doesnt go and save goro because of the possibility of dying, he’s too afraid of dying and he’s supposed to be all about himself, so his wish is for immortality (though im assuming that’s a front considering how bad his illness is wrecking his body, he just wants to live). he even says to asakura that he wishes that he could be like him, free to act as he pleases without concern for his actions. i wonder what was his dream in the past that he gave it up a long time ago (prob living forever with goro) and what is his hidden hobby haha also the irony of the sick and dying man having the strongest attack and the biggest weapons *chef’s kiss* 

oh, aaannnndddd ive already said this but, favorite suit from ryuki

i do like the other riders too; gai is the ultimate bastard (a gamer lol), his death was purely to show that we are heading towards the end. tiger hit me hard emotionally (displayed ryuki’s themes), his twisted idea of what is a hero is what we think of in all honestly. we often go “they have suffered so much!! they’re my hero!! ;A;” and tiger twists that into “i have to kill my father-figure and my only friend so i can suffer and become a hero!” it makes his death have so much impact as he acts on an impulse to save a random father and son since they reminded him of the professor. 

imperer and raia are great too, raia... he... i love him.. in another lifetime i think he and shinji are happy :’’’) as well as tezuka’s bf. sano............. pain.... ryuki is pain....

yeah... ryuki is fucked up with its message daring to state that a “hero” isnt someone who suffers the most, a hero is someone who believes in themselves and decides what’s right from wrong. <-- a thing i kinda miss in recent riders, but the obvious choice of right and wrong is an easier thing to write. 

of course special mention to asakura, too horny to live

what a change in the mood of the story, riders were now being killed, and the mirror world monsters are now getting stronger. he fights because he loves it, kills because he can, theres nothing to it, it’s just the excitement of the fight and that’s why i love him. a simple character with simple motivations and yet he’s my all time favorite villain lmao

i end my talk about my favorite kamen rider series with the most beautiful shots of the series

yui deserved better, the fact that the series ends with her accepting her death as a child and choosing to stay in the mirror world for the sake of the other riders and her brother... whoah..