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Well, I've just finished re-watching Kamen Rider Kabuto after eight years. Yeah, it has been eight years since I've last seen that show and I've decided to re-visit it to see if it's still good now than I thought it was back then and......it wasn't as great as I remembered it. I mean, that's kind of the problems with re-evaluations and re-watching certain shows that you remembered from a long time ago, not everything is gonna be great. And that's kind of the problem when you have a lot of shows that has lasted for over 40 years like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Doctor Who, etc.. And with that, let's get back to how I really feel about Kamen Rider Kabuto. Look guys, I'm not gonna lie to you when I say this, but Kamen Rider Kabuto was just weird (and not in a good way), but also frustrating and confusing for me to understand. I mean, the story was just all over the place, and the finale just felt a little lack-lustering. Plus, the villains' motifs were just really, really underwhelming to me. I don't even know what their real goals were from the beginning even after it was revealed that the Natives were the real brains behind the development of the Masked Rider system in Kabuto's storyline. The characters are just.....not that engaging to watch, except for Tsurugi Kameshiro/Kamen Rider Sasword and maybe Yagaruma/Kamen Rider TheBee (I)/Kamen Rider Kick Hopper. But, I also feel like this show was being really mean-spirited to the character of Daisuke Kazuma/Kamen Rider Drake and it's not just his story arc from the TV show, but also from the movie as well. It's almost as if the producers and writers actually despise his character or if they have an issue with the actor. But what really boggled me about this show was that it was trying to make ZECT feel like they're the real enemies, but it sort of didn't really do anything into making the organization feel as secretive and evil as Shocker, Destron, G.O.D. or Smart Brain for that matter. I'm sorry, but I just can't understand what were the villains' primary motivation this entire time. Did they wanted to mimic the humans or enslave them or eradicate them or just turn them all into Natives? I just don't know. I don't even know if the villains of this show even have an actual plan to take over the world.
Final thoughts.....I just didn't like this series and I don't think it's even worth having an U.S. adaptation at all, even if Saban Brands plans on actually re-introducing Kamen Rider into "Power Rider". Oh well, I mean Kamen Rider OOO, Drive, W, Fourze, Agito, Gaim, Blade, and Faiz were better Kamen Rider shows than this one anyways.
So what do you guys think of Kamen Rider Kabuto? Did you like it, or did you not?
Let me know....
Final thoughts.....I just didn't like this series and I don't think it's even worth having an U.S. adaptation at all, even if Saban Brands plans on actually re-introducing Kamen Rider into "Power Rider". Oh well, I mean Kamen Rider OOO, Drive, W, Fourze, Agito, Gaim, Blade, and Faiz were better Kamen Rider shows than this one anyways.
So what do you guys think of Kamen Rider Kabuto? Did you like it, or did you not?
Let me know....