Obviously we got a lot of Black RX stuff in the first episode, including a brand new Crisis robot designed by original series monster creator Keita Amemiya (citation needed). SWITCHBLADE: It was a weird hodge podge of stuff. Did Decade grab anything else from Black/RX? Stories or callbacks or anything? Was it just the one actor and Tsukasa getting mistaken for Joe the Haze? Also, who the hell is Joe the Haze? KAMEN RIDER DIE: Beyond Black showing back up, was there much else that got homaged from those two (?) series? We see a bunch of Dai Shocker in this story, but I'm pretty sure Apollo Geist is specifically referenced as an X villain. SWITCHBLADE: Kamen Rider Black is probably the most popular and beloved series of the Showa era for anyone in Japan born after the 70s. KAMEN RIDER DIE: This guy's in way better shape than Tom Baker was when he returned, though. SWITCHBLADE: You've done Doctor Who comparisons before and this is basically the equivalent of having Tom Baker show up. I've got a whole bunch of problems with this story, but the one thing it still manages is to feel Big. KAMEN RIDER DIE: I can imagine! This felt, even for a dude who has zero knowledge of -slash- investment in Showa, like a pretty big deal. SWITCHBLADE: Those are indeed Tetsuo Kurata, the original Kamen Rider Black/Black RX. Was this guy Black and Black RX? Is this the original actor? I assume it is, because he's pretty Not Young. I don't even understand what I'm looking at. KAMEN RIDER DIE: Look at them! Look at our shiny old heroes! With a pointless lesson relearned, our heroes have triumphed! You?€™d?€™ve thought that had been covered in the last two-parter, or more gradually over the last twenty-five episodes, but you would be incorrect. A sacrifice of unknown nature (I guess it was some of Tsukasa?€™s life force?) reunites all of Team Decade, and Tsukasa has decided to stop being a giant baby about the fact that he has friends and teammates. It?€™s Diend to the?€? rescue? With Kaitou?€™s help/?€?help?€?, Tsukasa obtains Apollo Geist?€™s Perfecter, and with it the means to revive Natsumi. KAMEN RIDER DECADE EPISODE 27 - ?€œBLACKxBLACK RX?€? As Tsukasa follows Apollo Geist in order to save Natsumi, he ends up trapped in a new world and threatened by a new hero: Kamen Rider Black! (Onodera lands on ?€œmopey?€?, which is fairly accurate.) It?€™s just as Tsukasa is telling Natsumi, his good friend and confidant, that he would rather be alone forever than call her a friend, that she?€™s attacked by Dai Shocker villain Apollo Geist. Team Decade lands in the World of RX, and Tsukasa has decided to push away all of his friends for poorly explained reasons. KAMEN RIDER DECADE EPISODE 26 - ?€œRX! GREAT SHOCKER INVASION?€? I am completely adrift, but luckily Switchblade is back to help me figure out what the hell is going on in these episodes of Kamen Rider Decade! We are now at the Showa point in Decade, even if I tried not to think about it. Kamen Rider Black!I'd say Liveman, Jetman, Zyuranger, Dairanger, Megaranger, Gingaman are a must from the 20th century shows. Next world is the last and what is considered by many (or at least when I was starting out) to be the greatest Kamen Rider Season. There's just something hilarious about the Decade cast watching the Shinkengers appear with their reactions ranging from: "What?" to "Really?" And Decade being a Kabuki, who has to serve under Red shows how little he matters to a world's "true hero." That and AR Kuuga trying to infiltrate their base, only to get chastised by Tsukasa was amusing.Īnd then for Decade's Final Form Ride, which was so cool, and Decade and Red's bit at the end, showing that they're not as hostile towards Decade despite how much of a heckler Narutaki is. It had just the right balance of humor, drama, and action to keep it interesting rather than peter out before kicking off again like a few of the past arcs. The dynamic of Rider and Sentai just works here, I don't know how else to describe it. Initially, I did think this was a joke, but setting this up as a World without Riders, and spotlighting Tsukasa's lack of a home after failing to find one, made this one of my favorite episodes (It certainly makes me want to watch Shinkenger). Now I actually want to watch Sentai and enjoying it.Īnyway, I really enjoyed this episode. When I was first getting into Tokusatsu, I too, was given the shade from people when I said "It's those Power Rangers guys." Upon my first viewing of this episode, I had no knowledge on Sentai.
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