Kamen Rider Blade, giving viewers ptsd with a bench since 2005
@CoreySummers-w4l9 күн бұрын
Blade is also my favorite series!
@akwilson167629 күн бұрын
Blade's first half was so jarring I wanted to turn it off every damn episode. Then Elements hit. KOKORO NI TSURUGI KAGAYAKU YUUKI.
@kennethwilson9970Ай бұрын
Kamen rider has brought back past monsters before, but Sentai doesn't, which is dum because that's 30-40 years of history there flushing down the toilet.
@DSIan2 ай бұрын
so Kamen Rider Blade is about an “I can fix him” polycule
@tristan42062 ай бұрын
kenzaki/hajime is not just gay, it is also T4T. real ones will get it
@stacyfromouterspace2 ай бұрын
fokin love this chanels name
@buffintruderbuffintruder38922 ай бұрын
I've looked for videos about Blade on youtube before, and I can't believe it's taken me this long to find this one!! I knew when this video opened up on how hard it is to talk about why you love the things you love most, this was exactly the kind of video I wanted to watch. Blade is my favorite Kamen Rider by far, the one I think of constantly since I first watched it in late 2021. I agree so much about what this video said, about how even though the later part of Blade is much better, I wouldn't call the first 30 episodes bad. Less cohesive, less grabbing of your heart and attention, sure, but still a solidly good time. I also thought the analysis on Mutsuki was interesting, as someone who likes him as a character but thought his arc needed to be like 10 episodes shorter. Next time I rewatch Blade, I'll definitely think about what was said here and see how much my opinions change Also this is so correct, Kenzaki and Hajime are very gay
@slushysaturn3 ай бұрын
Love to be reccomendee this 4 years later! Amazing vid
@cqstlupin60743 ай бұрын
Technically, kenzaki just has a ridiculous fusion rate that doesn't get explained, that’s why he fuses with the 13 spade undead in his king form. Garren and Leangle got their king forms by simply fusing with their respective category king undead.
@MaliciousMollusc3 ай бұрын
Asakura is hands down my favourite rider in this series. The guy is an absolute chad and it kinda feels like he got robbed at the end when other riders powered up.
@user-qs3lg4tw4d3 ай бұрын
Can you please do change man next
@Spinster3 ай бұрын
Finally! Someone else who understands that Blade is the best season!
@leventhumps38614 ай бұрын
I’ve never watched any of these, but I like it.
@phillipjohnson89034 ай бұрын
Radigret is probably one of my favorite villains in all of sentai, he's SUCH a hater. Like, he almost got redeemed but still CHOSE to be a basterd!!! God bless that shithead.
@mikulitsi18195 ай бұрын
10:47 I remember when this special got aired and being completely surprised by this scene 😅 Plot twist that I definitely wasn't expecting
@ZAIAEnterpriseAmerica5 ай бұрын
Miss you, Nicky. One of the few tokutubers I actually respected. RIP.
@evatroniclover00262 ай бұрын
Wait, he's dead?
@crist380922 күн бұрын
Wait? For real?
@anditard5 ай бұрын
My fav kamen rider ever
@KubernetePirata5 ай бұрын
I've been watching modern kamen rider shows. I can only say, Blade is the other kamen rider show after Kuuga with good writing. Do I like Blade? No. Blade failed where it is important to be a tokusatsu, it had boring fight scenes. Yes, all those cool poses you have for your vids, that's there when a new move is introduced or a monster is about to be defeated. But before you get there, the fights are a snore fest. I also like Blade for being more like the older kamen rider shows, they play with the classical themes, interesting locations to shoot the fight scenes. I like the ending, too. I don't like modern kamen riders because they all feel pretentious or trying too hard to be more than what a kamen rider is really about. Blade managed to introduce & end all plot lines properly, even manage to come up with a good & emotional ending to the show. Blade dared & won. Blade pulled the trump card & walked home with the prize money. Not the big jackpot, but a prize money. I am not aware of the memes, but being an Asian in Asia, I can see why the memes exist. The show is just not fun to watch. It's not bad, it's just not fun. Just look at this 59 min. Are all of the points solid? Yes. But is Blade a fun show? No. Why? Boring fight scenes. There are other good kamen rider shows out there. Kuuga is serious, slow crime drama with solid writing. W which comes much after Blade is comedic but also serious, good writing there too, highly entertaining to watch.
@rudys.artous54772 ай бұрын
Boring fight scenes? Mane wtf
@KubernetePirata2 ай бұрын
@@rudys.artous5477 Yeah, boring fight scenes. Just tagging & tapping, snore fest. Out of like, what, 40 kamen rider shows? Blade is both 1 with the better writing & also 1 with a bad action at the same time.
@akwilson167629 күн бұрын
Boring fight scenes? Wait till you watch the showa shows.
@KubernetePirata29 күн бұрын
@@akwilson1676 Watched'em, like'em, beautiful stuff. I don't need flashy gimmicks to capture my attention. You sure sounded like a modern fan.
@akwilson167629 күн бұрын
@@KubernetePirata Kinda? I don't care much for fight scenes in general but I'll say that modern shows just have better fights. Blade I don't think it's dragged down by boring fights like you say it's just boring overall in the first half.
@someguy44056 ай бұрын
I think it takes away from camaraderie between men to call it "gay" or "bromance". Brotherhood is something different, and uniquely binding. But yeah that ring shit is super gay.
@kalaimyinthten35856 ай бұрын
Amazing work
@insansn81916 ай бұрын
The master of misunderstandings
@impopularmano33946 ай бұрын
In the show and the 2002 movies the suits look great, but outside that the suits are bit week, just look at Knight's suit in the zio special, that thing is very fat...but anyway, i love Ryuki, im glad that I came to the world at the same year as Ryuki
@ironpeter7982Ай бұрын
Its because old suit actors are fat in their old ages
@marcelmiscellaneous53746 ай бұрын
as someone who loves kamen rider ryuki very dearly, thank you for making this video. rest in peace.
@Jackson-hp7rt7 ай бұрын
There is one other ending that I remember…and that’s an SIC story for Survive Ryuga, which also included a (imo) very interesting take on Ryuga.
@Usagi23807 ай бұрын
I just got the Blu Ray complete series of Ryuki that includes the Director's Cut of Episode Final
@RagingSovereign2 ай бұрын
What's the ending?
@kennethwilson99709 ай бұрын
Can't wait for the Ultraman Ace video.
@yeehaw588910 ай бұрын
Here after finishing Ryuki completely, including what exists in English of the novel! That book is like if Inoue tried doing to Episode Final what Episode Final did to the last 5 episodes of Ryuki. A bunch of the scenes between Shinji and Miho are repeated, the Mirror World is completely different again, and there's... some pretty graphic stuff in there. Pure Inoue. :(
@Darkgeran710 ай бұрын
Thanks for shining light of takumis orphonoch form you should make a video on that
@Nymphonomicon Жыл бұрын
Was this Kamen Rider side story a tragedy or was this outcome for the best?
@michael-vo5ol Жыл бұрын
"Ya think dealing with that crooked slimeball Sudo's easy?! Wait till I join the fray and all will be sorry!" -Asakura Takeshi
@skyrogue1977 Жыл бұрын
Faiz is like a dare to not hate it from how the characters act.
@skyrogue1977 Жыл бұрын
So Kamen Rider continued because of 9/11 I honestly don’t know how to feel about that.
@loislindsay Жыл бұрын
Im a new subscriber Tommy click I love your channel i love super sentai will you please do carranger please that's my request
@captain_cloudd Жыл бұрын
sorry to tell this to you but this person died last month
@necromtoobalanced7899 Жыл бұрын
@@captain_cloudd wait what?
@Coralineeeeee Жыл бұрын
@@necromtoobalanced7899yeah sadly Nicky passed away a few months ago.
@dimitarkostadinov53417 ай бұрын
Maybe he has one or two more videos to be posted by someone close to him
@hardman21982 ай бұрын
@@Coralineeeeee any source of confirmation?
@blackhound89 Жыл бұрын
My favorite Kamen rider show ever, not sure if true but I heard that Gen Urobuchi is a huge fan of Ryuki (which... makes sense if you watch Madoka and Gaim). Quite frankly, I dont think there is a Tokusatsu show with so many memorable characters IMO
@battlestar976 Жыл бұрын
When’s Carranger?
@masonw219 Жыл бұрын
Nicky Austin Forever!
@KahKiatTan Жыл бұрын
The best ending will be: 1. Whenever a rider manages to kill another rider, they can claim their deck as a power up. 2. Raia use the wind survive card to kill ouja first before giving to knight. 3. Mugen survive card to be given to ouja, leaving only odin, knight, ryuki and ouja in the final war. Knight and ryuki killing both ouja and odin. Then finally they have a 1 on 1 battle by crashing with their survive mode final vent and ryuki reviving everyone back and ending the rider war.
@silentbob4343 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P . Your toku videos were never matched
@dimitarkostadinov53417 ай бұрын
What do you mean R.I.P.?
@silentbob43437 ай бұрын
@@dimitarkostadinov5341 They died
@dimitarkostadinov53417 ай бұрын
@silentbob4343 they?
@YarugumaSou4 ай бұрын
@@silentbob4343 Really?
@keebfummyrumtibber50952 ай бұрын
@@dimitarkostadinov5341as in they/them. and yes sadly they are no longer with us
@johndolan5076 Жыл бұрын
wow this is like snore-dan the unbelievably boring pod cast review. listen to yourselves. the movie is better than your review. mysterians was awesome varan was great as a kid. sorry guys your just saying words...
@artdethwish Жыл бұрын
i was thinking quite a while ago that why do Shirou need riders to fight, and finally fight him... if his only goal is to keep Yui from Disappearing... 1. Shirou can just win the Rider Battle and grand himself the wish to keep Yui. BUT: This might not be the case. Shirou is obviously stronger than all the riders, and can obliterate everyone in battle BUT he keeps on pushing everyone to win, WHY? THEORY: Maybe (I don't know if this is answered yet as far as i watched is only the complete series EP1-50, and 3 EPs of Rider Time Ryuki, i'm not sure yet if anything outside these will instantly debunk my theory), Now back to the theory: "Kanzaki Shirou can never win the Rider Battle", he can only lose by the hands of the last Rider and grant the wish, then as the series went, he keeps on resetting everything while trying to change Yui's final decision by the end, and it seems that Yui always refused. My argument to this theory is if Shirou can wish it himself, he would not need to wait for the final Rider out of the eliminated 11 to fight him, he would just swoop and kill them all immediately and wish for Yui. Yui would accept it in return because she would not need to establish any relationship with any other riders that makes her decline the life she gets after the battles. 2. "The Great Complication" Shirou needed these things, and if not all of these are met the whole period of the Rider Battle gets reset. - A Rider that will wish for Yui to stay alive in the real world. - Yui accepting the new life. This then implies that, Shirou cannot just wish Yui's life to continue, someone has to wish it for him and that is why he doesn't keep Yui away from Ren and Shinji or other Riders, because in order for that to happen, one Rider must form bond with Yui.
@disneyboy3030 Жыл бұрын
I always am confused by the cousins topic.
@disneyboy3030 Жыл бұрын
There is something thar Shinta Reviews seemed to say on the villains change. I haven't found any sources or asked him why but I he seemed to indicate thar Bachaus was originally going to be the villain throughout the show until Toei ordered the villain change. I have yet to ask where he got that from.
@NouveauArtPunk Жыл бұрын
W. One of your best videos.
@Agito47742 жыл бұрын
Ah Faiz, simply my 3rd favorite Kamen Rider series so far as I honestly think it's a fantastic show and a personal favorite of mine :)
@saiyaujeff81718 ай бұрын
Ah Faiz I honestly think it's terrible show written by inoue
@tommyc1392 жыл бұрын
Im a new subscriber Tommy click I love your videos and I love your channel this is awesome will you please do carranger please that's my request to you my good sir Tommy click
@zacharyarmstrong52622 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate faiz so much
@Agito47742 жыл бұрын
Same, Faiz is just plain awesome and he's easily my 4th most favorite Kamen Rider ever just below the likes of Agito, Kuuga, and Kaixa!! :D
@ChaozXIII2 жыл бұрын
Haha lol true kamen rider is really gay
@ChaozXIII2 жыл бұрын
Especially considering tsubaki was in gayporn and now a vtuber
@ChaozXIII2 жыл бұрын
Okk vtuber has nothing to do with it but the hololive rabbithole makes it an interesting fact
@21la42 жыл бұрын
完璧デス😊
@bj21852 жыл бұрын
This is the first long form analysis I've listened to as a toku fan. normally this kinda stuff makes me cringe, but I can appreciate the sentiment that went into this, and I echo many of the ideas you put forward here. Interestingly, I always found blade to be a bit average because despite having a great start and great end, the long mutsuki bit in the middle grated me as someone who didnt like mutsuki. So hearing you talk about mostly the same things with the addition of enjoying the mutsuki bits fills in the puzzle a lot for me as to why people like the show much more than I do. Thanks for the perspective, I hope to listen to more of your work.