Kamen Rider Ryuki (2002)

My favorite Kamen Rider show of all time!

This is one of the first Kamen Rider shows I watched. Before watching this, I've seen Dragon Knight and I enjoyed it so I decided to check out their counterpart since I enjoyed the adaptation a lot. This show was so fun to watch, I would watch more episodes after another. This show is the reason why I stopped watching Power Rangers lol, I find it more interesting because I like how the story was handled. Speaking of rich, the story is great, I think it's a tad bit better than Dragon Knight to be honest, and I like the characters like Ren, Shinji, Shuichi, Miyuki, and Takeshi. The fight scenes are pretty fun to watch, especially when they go to the mirror world to fight. Whenever I think about Kamen Rider, I would always think of Ryuki because it's iconic to me. I recommend Ryuki, it's worth the watch.

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Here's My Review For Kamen Rider Ryuki:

The Story/Plot in it self was good over all in my opinion, in that it was engaging, had you loving and hating certain Riders, even those that you love (The Main Lead Riders). From start to the end of the drama, it did deliver what it intended to reveal to us viewers in all 50 episodes. The acting was much better even though most were all dark and gloomy but the actors did deliver in those much needed comedic moments! Once again I am Thrilled with the Music for this series! the opening songs, the ending songs, final vent song and the other vocal tracks were excellent! Sometime in the future id like to rewatch it after I have seen all seasons of Kamen Rider :)

What I liked about Kamen Rider Ryuki is that I had more characters that I liked in this series, Shinji and Ren are my two main favorites obviously :) As well as Rider Gaia, he really wsa the one that helped shinji with the Rider War/Battles. Rider Zolda also grew on me too as the story progressed especially when he had his moments with Ren and Shinji :) Some of the other Riders also kind of grew on me too proving that the story and acting was successful giving their characters life and personality. Also mainly what I have posted in the paragraph above.

What I didn't like was that Megumi character she was annoying one and I really see no need for her to be around after a certain story is over but I know that her character is necessary in the story. Shinji and Ren also really annoyed me too in certain episodes but I quickly got over that :P

So that about it. I highly recommend this series for all that love The Kamen Rider Series and Miss those feel good days of your childhood and teen years :)

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DRAW! RIDER CARD!

Kamen Rider Ryuki is a fun watch. I wouldn't necessarily call it perfect - the moments of levity feel a lot like Agito before it, which is a series I do not particularly like. I found, especially early on, the moments of the characters interacting with each other were kind of making me feel secondhand embarrassment rather than humor over the situation. I'm also not big on the suit designs in this series, especially the main character's. However, Ryuki is still a very good story when analyzed as a whole. Interesting concepts and characters, a solid character-driven story, a neat gimmick in the belts and transformations of the series. It's a series I have a lot of respect towards and one that I can look back on fondly, but can also recall the many times throughout the series that I found myself sort of let down by the ways characters interacted being a bit annoying. It's not perfect, but it is definitely a huge step up compared to the story before it in the early Heisei catalogue.

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I've watched this, it was fun but back then I didn't really pay attention to the story, I just liked watching the fight.

So it's a rewatch, surprisingly it's pretty good, has many characters & riders with various personalities, either it's kamen rider or just normal people, they're really make this series entertaining, there are few episodes that makes me laugh a lot. The story was good imo, with the battle royale concept, it's really afford it's way to be so intense till the last eps; at some point I realize that the riders probably could all die because they're must fight each other until only one rider left to live, it feels so suffocating. The world building is also pretty good, especially with the Mirror World which has its own rules.

That's all I want to say, it was fun.

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Probably the most entertaining tokusatsu for those who don’t usually watch it!

The story is very unique and the concept is super well implemented. Unlike countless Kamen rider shows I have watched, Kamen Rider Ryuki knows how interesting its concept is and doesn’t drift away from it into total chaos unlike many others of the same franchise that I watched.

I don't usually watch tokusatsu but since my brother loves them I decided to go ve them a chance and I can say with confidence this one was the most entertaining from all the ones I tried so far. If you are new to tokusatsu and want to start somewhere then I can say with confidence that you should start with Kamen Rider Ryuki!

What especially captivated my interest and respect for this show is that no character is truly good nor evil. If you think about any of the characters’ perspectives, you will realize that their actions are for a reason. Only a few characters are an exception to the morally gray concept though. No further elaboration because it will be a spoiler.


Absolutely recommend it!

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