Domino 555
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Catching this on veoh and loving it so far but what dose everyone else think of this series, I know this fourm has some die hard fans of this one (which may include me later).
Kamen Rider Blade
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Doggy Kruger
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My personal favorite kamen rider series.
It was a blast to talk about it on the boards during its run (oh how I miss thsoe days)
It had the most interesting villains of any kamen rider I've seen so far and each story arc was great in their own ways. Not only that, it had great character development as well as a fun cast. Everything about the show kicks ass. Highly recommended series.
What I like most about it though is how I'm able to watch the series over and over again. So far I've seen the show 4 times and still can't get enough of it. Each time I watch the final ending I feel proud of being a kamen rider fan. This is just my opinion though.
It was a blast to talk about it on the boards during its run (oh how I miss thsoe days)
It had the most interesting villains of any kamen rider I've seen so far and each story arc was great in their own ways. Not only that, it had great character development as well as a fun cast. Everything about the show kicks ass. Highly recommended series.
What I like most about it though is how I'm able to watch the series over and over again. So far I've seen the show 4 times and still can't get enough of it. Each time I watch the final ending I feel proud of being a kamen rider fan. This is just my opinion though.
VerusMaya II
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Seconding Doggy Kruger's post.
Starts off a little rough but it gets into the swing of things very quickly and ends up being incredibly enjoyable. One of my personal favorite endings, too.
I'm re-watching Blade now, in fact. Just got to ep 20.
Starts off a little rough but it gets into the swing of things very quickly and ends up being incredibly enjoyable. One of my personal favorite endings, too.
I'm re-watching Blade now, in fact. Just got to ep 20.
Its another fun rider series nothing much to complain abou this one. The only thing I found though & hard to get use to was the entire card aspect of it but thats just cause of all that ugi pokie crud out there :S
I figure they were just trying to cash in on that aspect at the time?... I really have no idea but the series is good dispite the card aspect
I almost did not make it past the first 5 episodes or so because just the thought of it turned me off so much but by then I was hoooked .
I just kept saying its KR its got to be good
I figure they were just trying to cash in on that aspect at the time?... I really have no idea but the series is good dispite the card aspect
I almost did not make it past the first 5 episodes or so because just the thought of it turned me off so much but by then I was hoooked .I just kept saying its KR its got to be good
Recyclable
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I just finished this series yesterday. What a great series! It does drag in certain points but overall it was a great experience. Although the things that annoyed me were Amane and [HIDE]Emo-Mutsuki[/HIDE] And compared to the only other KR I've seen, Kabuto, the ending in Kabuto was a joke compared to this. Although I still like Kabuto :sweat:
Demetrivamp
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I think it was awesome but I wanted to see garren and leangle's king forms also Chalice's wild form kicks ass. I think my favorites are Kabuto, and Faiz. But if I had a top three blade is number three. The worsted series to me is hibiki.
Recyclable
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If I remember correctly (and I should since I just finished the series), Garren and Leangle don't have King forms because Tachibana and Mutsuki are not a "perfect match" as Kenzaki is to Blade. But then again there could be someone who is more compatible in the world with Garren and Leangle than those two and could ultimately have a King form... I confused myself...:sly:
Demetrivamp
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I am sorry I must of not paid attention there. Ok now I understand thanks.
kayvee
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im not sure if i should make a spoiler tag... well just in case
[HIDE]i re-watched kr blade series again and i found out that when tachibana retrieve his evo-king card, his henshin buckle were already ko'ed.. and as for mutsuki, he's always being controlled & i dont think karasuma even made him a rouser.. probably he doesnt acknowledge him for getting his henshin buckle from isaka :laugh: [/HIDE]
MattComix
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I had an immediate aversion to the series because I loathe the card gimmick, so I didn't watch it for a number of years. I also hated the design for King Form (still do for the most part). But sometimes I can go back to a Rider show and watch it through even if my problems with it remain. Sometimes when I try that, I can find something to enjoy to a greater or lesser degree. It didn't work with Hibiki, Kabuto I started out liking and after the first time it turned me off I gave it several other chances to no avail.
Ryuki I watched all the way through and kinda found myself wishing I had stopped at the movie. Faiz I got into even though I hated its pacing and Inoe was in full-on "I don't care about the superhero stuff I wanna write about people being sad all the time" mode. Lucky Clover just might be the laziest villan faction I've ever seen. But I like those slick tech-suits and I became a bit of a sucker for Takumi x Mari. Though overall, I'll just take Paradise Lost.
With Blade, I have no lost love for card gimmick but at the same time I really, really liked Blades pacing and I got into Kenzaki's and Tachibanas characters. Though Tachibana often being easily mislead was frustrating for me. I was never that big on him starting out cowardly. I ended up liking many other things about the show. I began to see why some fans of older Rider series were actually a bit kinder to Blade in comparrison to Ryuki and Faiz. I even started to dig on the henshin-wall effect after awhile. Remember Tachibana's jump off an overpass henshin?
Blades got it's flaws but somehow it struck me as a Rider show that had some of its priorities in the right place. It remembered that at the end of the day it's supposed to be a superhero action adventure series and the drama is there to lift that up. It had a consistant tone and one that fits for a Kamen Rider show. With the exception of the wacky but thankfully brief thing with Hajime losing his memory and his wacky lookalike.
I liked that Blade wasn't afraid to have some villans who were just straight-up, laugh maniacally evil like Tenouji. They had some of that cry for the monsters kind of stuff but they at least attempted to balance it out. I still say though and this really bugged me with Faiz. No character needs to be able to henshin into both a Rider AND a monster. That's sort of like when you're playing pretend as kids and you always get the kid who wants to be god of everything. "Okay I'm Iron Man and I can also turn into the Hulk!"
Ryuki I watched all the way through and kinda found myself wishing I had stopped at the movie. Faiz I got into even though I hated its pacing and Inoe was in full-on "I don't care about the superhero stuff I wanna write about people being sad all the time" mode. Lucky Clover just might be the laziest villan faction I've ever seen. But I like those slick tech-suits and I became a bit of a sucker for Takumi x Mari. Though overall, I'll just take Paradise Lost.
With Blade, I have no lost love for card gimmick but at the same time I really, really liked Blades pacing and I got into Kenzaki's and Tachibanas characters. Though Tachibana often being easily mislead was frustrating for me. I was never that big on him starting out cowardly. I ended up liking many other things about the show. I began to see why some fans of older Rider series were actually a bit kinder to Blade in comparrison to Ryuki and Faiz. I even started to dig on the henshin-wall effect after awhile. Remember Tachibana's jump off an overpass henshin?
Blades got it's flaws but somehow it struck me as a Rider show that had some of its priorities in the right place. It remembered that at the end of the day it's supposed to be a superhero action adventure series and the drama is there to lift that up. It had a consistant tone and one that fits for a Kamen Rider show. With the exception of the wacky but thankfully brief thing with Hajime losing his memory and his wacky lookalike.
I liked that Blade wasn't afraid to have some villans who were just straight-up, laugh maniacally evil like Tenouji. They had some of that cry for the monsters kind of stuff but they at least attempted to balance it out. I still say though and this really bugged me with Faiz. No character needs to be able to henshin into both a Rider AND a monster. That's sort of like when you're playing pretend as kids and you always get the kid who wants to be god of everything. "Okay I'm Iron Man and I can also turn into the Hulk!"
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