#that’s a show by aruto

[incorrectreiwakamenriderquotes]

Izu: My programming prevents me from harming a human. However…

Izu: *slaps Gai so hard he goes flying*

Izu: My programming never stated anything about slapping a bitch.

[iristial]

[chancellorxofxtrash]

y'all were lying to me on tumblr dot com, zero one is good actually

[t-u-i-t-c]

finding myself to be incredibly fond of fuwa and i don't know when it happened

[floraesky-a]

or

[faerociousbeast]

sasuke trying to kill sakura vs him trying to kill naruto is not a “double standard” they literally are different situations 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ he had to kill naruto bc naruto was the only thing making him feel “warm and fuzzy” which made him “weak” and naruto kept on trying to understand him and bring him back. he had to kill naruto bc naruto is his weakness and he cant have weakness. but he COULDNT bring himself to do that even after making his lifelong goal revenge, even when he cut off everyone and everything else, even though killing your “best friend” would give him insane powers, he couldnt bring himself to kill naruto.

he was gonna kill sakura at the bridge bc she was just in the way lol

[mephilesthedork]

HAI! ARUTO JA NAITO!

STOP IT! BREAD PUNS!

[narashikari]

Coping with the end of Gotchard with some Houtaro/Rinne hcs

I love this show to bits and I love my children to pieces

Houtaro doesn't get the nerve to confess to Rinne until their graduation day and even then he could barely get the words out. In the end he ripped the second button on his blazer off and hoped to Fruit Jesus that she understood what it meant. Thankfully, she did- and she responded by backing Houtaro into the sakura tree he brought her to confess under and kissed the living daylights out of him. (Atropos had to egg her into doing it lol)

Kyoka and Minato had a bet going on on how long it would take for those two to get together. Minato lost badly

Their first date got crashed by quite a few spies... Sabimaru, Renge Ryo, Lachesis and a very reluctant Spanner at one table, Keiwa, Daiji, Rintaro and Isamu at another, and Ikki, Touma and Aruto at another (Ace was also spying via fox god powers). Needless to say, neither Houtaro nor Rinne were amused

When Houtaro first brought Rinne home as his girlfriend, Mama Ichinose hugged Rinne hard enough to bruise her ribs and Papa Ichinose teased Houtaro for somehow getting someone as smart and pretty as Rinne

Houtaro and Rinne move in together about a year or so into their relationship. By then both were devoted to their alchemy studies full time, with Houtaro aiming to become a teacher at the Academy and Rinne focusing more on the research side and working with her dad

Naturally, they got pitted against each other for their advancement exams. They promised each other they wouldn't hold back on the other so they went all out in their match (short of actually transforming and using the Chemmies which they were explicitly barred from doing). Minato eventually had to stop them because they were doing too much damage to the area

Their academy senpai threw them a party after their advancement was confirmed, and both had a bit too much to drink... Let's just say things got a bit heated that night

There were a few people who had... feelings over Houtaro and Rinne having an active sex life lol. Particularly the ones who don't get any action even though they're a world famous superstar (cough Ace cough)

Houtaro started thinking of proposing to Rinne when Spanner and Lachesis got married. He asked Spanner for advice and poor Spanner had to admit that he had been so nervous that he passed out and he ended up proposing while in the ER for a concussion (RIP Spanner's dignity, yes he deserves it)

Houtaro did ask Rinne's dad permission to marry his daughter, and Fuga's reaction was to laugh and say that he knew Houtaro would take care of Rinne the moment he saw Houtaro ready to take a fatal hit for Rinne (ep. 48)

Still, Houtaro had no idea how to actually propose though, and he turned down every idea suggested to him by other people (including his dad, Minato, Ryo, and fellow Riders)

In the end Houtaro just brought up the idea of getting married randomly over dinner, Rinne admitted she'd been thinking about it as well, and they agreed they should do it soon. They went out the next day and bought the rings and that was that.

The bachelor party was a disaster, par the course for gatherings with many Riders present. Too much alcohol was consumed, Emu cried over his a baby rider getting married, people got freaked out by Shouma's... organ, and Tsukasa went bonkers after one too many people teased him about being Kaguya's father. They are all glad that Kaguya and Aruto are rich enough to pay for damages

Some of the Chemmies were also at the bachelor party and Hopper-1 was disgusted at the lightweights who passed out after a few drinks... or one... and of course he had his favorite Kahlua milk

Also, some time during the bachelor party, Houtaro got kidnapped by Rinne's secondary rider senpai, and they gave him the third degree spiel about what they'd do if he dares to hurt Rinne. They did have the sense to bring him back though (Daiki wanted to leave Houtaro at the random forest they brought him to but Keiwa overruled him)

Sabimaru was the best man, Renge was maid of honor, Ryo was the officiant and Hopper-1 was the flower Chemmy (of course, it was the same yellow flowers from Rinne's story).

Houtaro cried the second he saw Rinne walking down the aisle to him on her father's arm. And he was so awestruck by her that he stammered through his vows even though he was reading them from a piece of paper ("Can you blame me? I'm marrying the prettiest woman on Earth!!")

[incorrectreiwakamenriderquotes]

Fuwa: Why do you look like that?

Aruto, laying face-first on the floor: Like what?

Fuwa: Like you’re dead.

Aruto: It’s because I’m dying. Leave me here to perish.

Yua: Prez accidentally called Izu “babe” in front of everyone today.

Aruto: *sobs into the floor*

[cina-full-moon-xanadium]

i've gone on and on about this point on many different shows and movies lately but stepping back from it there really is such a huge problem with modern kamen rider stories having too MUCH forgiveness. Like that seems a really stupid thing to say about a kid's show but when it's a kid's show dealing head-on with the kind of topics it is, it's like... you need to set a limit, here. You need to set some kind of standard for kids

in 01 Thouser is forgiven for his warmongering and ZAIA continues on as normal. Horobi forgives Aruto and HIDEN continues on as normal. In Beyond Generations Hongou forgives the nazi scientist for destroying his life and the lives of many others while his son forgives him for completely abandoning him. Similarly George in Revice and Neon in Geats forgive their fathers for doing some truly awful shit to them and then just abandoning them, and all this happens at the drop of the hat with swirling emotional music, and it's like-- where does this stop? It's good to educate kids about the merits of forgiveness and accepting faults but it's also important to give them standards of where things go too far, where there are things they should stand up to and people they don't need to waste every second trying to make amends with.

It's not a difficult thing and not something Kamen Rider hasn't done before; Faiz's Kaixa and Ryuki's Ouja were characters that the main protagonists tried to understand and communicate with but got taken advantage of at every turn because of that, and there's no reward for their kindness -- their pain only stops when those characters die. And these are stories about the merits of kindness and communication in a world that makes that difficult!! It's what makes those stories so much stronger and what makes those characters so much more memorable! There's going to be people you can't win over and you're going to have to walk away from and I think what's completely lost me about Kamen Rider lately is how toothless it is in this respect. It wants to educate its audience about complex subjects but then answers it with a 'you should forgive everyone' blanket statement. It's just bad storytelling and it's frustrating to see it do this time and time again

[iristial]

Goodbye to Yuya Takahashi as Gavv head writer dreams after I lovingly looked through Aruto and Ace screencaps the previous night, hello to Junko Komura who will make me bawl my eyes out in the final stretch even if I don't tune in for the whole show 💖

Word on the wind is that Gavv turned on his race because his mum got turned into a snack (...cannibalism??), which means he's got the Komura familial issues, potentially Stacey adjacent style? Will there be longing and heartache underneath that cheer, maybe a hallucination or two showing a glimpse of the tender, perhaps complicated relationship now lost between son and mother? I'm ready to have my heart broken :D (I swear I do want Gavv boy to be happy - but hurt and comfort can co-exist xD)

The villain line-up looks a little basic (then again it's kinda on brand for Komura) but the lady with the pink highlights and purple contacts is appealing to my soft spot for well-dressed villainesses 👌

[bolankus]

I'll explain these. Also, spoilers againf for the third time (I'm also learning how to use these buttons. So cool, right :3

MonoTV: fuck MonoTV it should be obvious why I hate it (it can be funny at times though but now I'm salty since Ace is dead and it just.. is the one that's mainly hosting the killing game I know it's a robot but still)

Teruko: she's a really relatable character. anyways she's cool I enjoy her character.

Xander: can't have much of an opinion he wasn't alive for that long so I'm not sure how to feel. that's why it's at mixed.

Eden: she's alright. not a favorite or too likeable but she's still a fine character (I wanted her dead over Ace I was praying on her downfall when I was in denial)

Hu: STOP. JUST STOP. NICO ISN'T INNOCENT FOR EVERYTHING. PLEAKDJS. IT MAKES ME SO MAD.

J: they're cool I enjoy their character a lot. I'm also calling J a they because uh.. not sure if they're trans YOU CANT BLAME ME FOR BEING CONFUSED

Veronika (I don't remember how it's spelt): I liked her character at first before realizing yesterday how psychotic she actually was. I'm salty again because of everyone's reaction- or lack of one- to Ace's execution

David: he can be funny at times but uhhgfhh.. IM SO SALTY OVER ACE'S DEATH but David is just a piece of shit in general. but I don't hate David that much.

Aruto: I don't like him because of the whole thing with his sister. but like. he's a good character. but he's fucking weird because of the whole thing with J's mom. I know people can like celebrities but jesus christ get your hands out of your PANTS! /j

Levi: he's cool. he's likeable and seems just really nice and whatever. but now his boyfriend's dead 😞😞😞😞

Ace: please come back I DONT CARE IF HE WAS AN ASSHOLE I USUALLY FAVORITE THE ASSHOLE CHARACTERS WHEN THEY HAVE REASON FOR BEING A DICK but yeah he's cool I miss him already

Min: I liked Xander's character at the time and cried when he died so I didn't like her. I know my opinions are shit but they're MINE HAHA SUCK IT /j I just didn't really like her in general sorry she's cool just not to me

Charles: uugdgfhh.. I know he's gonna die because of his weaknesses :( but uh.. my favorites are all similar since all I'll say is that I had and still have a hyperfixation on Byakuya Togami before and after watching this show

Whit: I don't know if I simply like him or favorite him. but he's cool he's very cool! funny guy very sily

Arei: I think I cried when I saw her dead. please I'm just a really emotional person. anyways I think I understood her a lot more after seeing her talk to David about her sisters. she's cool. or WAS (sorry)

Nico: just kinda pisses me off.... okay it's just because I'm still salty over Ace's death if this was before the trial they'd probably be neutral (I believe the autism headcannons by the way)

Rose: she's so hot anywaus uhfhfhb I really like her character. she's really silly and I'm kinda thinking she might have ADHD due to how she acts in and out of trials. I also have a really shit memory so I kinda understand her but not since her memory is of course different then my slowly molding one /j

Anyways there's my opinions because I got woken up at three in the morning

[jade-lop]

Glad I waited and watched episode 37 and 38 together.

In previous seasons, the Riders either went berserk or died before receiving their Final Forms.

This season, those two burdens fell on Hopper1.

Ichinose on the other hand, followed on Aruto’s footstep. Well, almost. If not for a timely intervention, he would have turned into a Phantom Malgam now.

Even though I had followed tokusatsu for quite a long time now, it still amazed me how this genre always managed to invoke strong emotion over things that would not have been taken seriously in any other shows.

Rinne easily fell into depression and self-blamed but she quick to get up on her feet again. As long as someone gave her the right encouragement.

I loved the fight under the rain without BGM. Just the sound of falling rain. So nice.

Did they waited for rain to fall or they made their own rain?

Ichinose’s scene with Tamagon was nice too. It was so homey and comforting.

I hoped the characters could finish their meal more often. Ichinose only taken a bite of those pancake and omurice.

I wondered if Ichinose’s omurice really tasted good. That was Tamagon’s first meal. They never tasted anything else before, so the strange flavour might tasted just fine for them.

I like Tamagon’s voice.

Nijigon reminded me of Waninoko.

So many Riders with multi-coloured Final Forms and powers, but only this time they outright named the form Rainbow.

‘’Alchemy is like cooking.’’ First time I heard that was from Fullmetal Alchemist.

I would be greatly disappointed if the next season had less Rider Kicks than Gotchard.

[winterking975]

So… Been casually binging Zero-One from episode 1 through to 29. And the show has done a great job keeping me invested throughout.

But episode 30 man. I don’t know what it was about it, but it just hooked me in. It made me feel so excited and it got my blood pumping seeing all that raw emotion and action unfold in front of me. If it wasn’t for the fact it was like 3am in the morning when I was watching it; I swear I probably would’ve audibly cheered for Aruto.

And that’s when I knew. Kamen Rider is something special. It’s emotional, it gets the blood pumping and it doesn’t shy away from asking big questions. Kamen Rider in general now just seems so awesome and exhilarating to me now.

Now I want to eagerly finish off Zero-One and dive headfirst into a brand new series! So please, if you have any suggestions for me. Please let me know. I am dying to experience more Kamen Rider!

Also personal question out of curiosity. Has there ever been a Kamen Rider series set in like space? It seems like a neat idea but I’m not sure if it’s already been done.

[asknarashikari]

https://x.com/tokustats/status/1851731953080504675?s=46&t=r5cQ-fyChNi-Dn-w3MjHHg

Wait, only 26 "Aruto ja nai to" in the whole show? I could've sworn he used it more than that