History of Kamen Rider Ryuki

[@sailormordred1335]

The writer of Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero and later Kamen Rider Gaim, Gen Urobuchi has said he’s a fan of Ryuki and how it explores much darker and how much of a departure from Kamen Rider it is.

[@sailormordred1335]

@Tip Of The Riceberg he has a fetish for something he calls “poison” in his entertainment.

[@DragonStar524]

I heard that wasn't true and it was just a rumor. But I haven't heard the whole story.

[@gustavosantana716]

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[@zaidimran7188]

@Gustavo Santana instablaster :)

[@gustavosantana716]

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[@jasondiend4248]

There are heroes. Anti-heroes and villains. The anti-heroes evolve into becoming heroes. Shinji challenges a lot of the characters and makes them grow as people. Ren going from an Anti-hero to being a hero.

[@shamsuljafni8811]

And Anti-Villains

[@davidsudjana]

How op Odin is made me realize that kamen rider ryuki was never a battle royale, its a massacre

[@patricktsai2303]

The only thing holding back Odin from totally wiping the riders was the fact his puppetmaster's fucking insane lmao

[@arktidasagency7968]

@@patricktsai2303 or in other word, an obsessive brother lol

[@dimma4c8]

I always thought of it as more of a culling. Odin was simply waiting to see who was the strongest, so he could take their life for Yui

[@Phantom-hopper]

Big brother kenzaki is watching

[@bismarckimperia8781]

Ouja was in th battle so yes, even without him it's technically a massacre.

[@tyranadoinfernorino8014]

GET IN THE DAMN RIDER SUIT SHINJI!!!

[@Gundam_JAY]

Hahaha thank u

[@Max-iq8hi]

Imagine there was a scene based off the Human Instrumentality Project in Kamen Rider Ryuki. I wonder how it’d play out. Also imagine them referencing the „Congratulations” scene, and the choking scene, and the elevator scene, and other important Evangelion scenes 😂

[@dakotadoyle7573]

My personal head canon for the Episode Final timeline is that they eventually won but it cost Ren his life making Shinji the winner and he used his wish to make it so it never rained that day as a child

[@derrickhaggard]

My headcanon I'm going with for fan-manga that I plan on doing in the future is a continuation of the Ryuki storyline set after the events of Episode Final basically it'll be revealed that after slaying all the Mirror Monsters Ren forces Shinji to fight him as there has to be a winner of the Rider War and Shinji wins but realizes as Ren is dying that Ren was injured during the fight against the Mirror Monsters and knew that fighting Shinji with this injury would result in his death therefore insuring the most noble one of them all Shinji would be the winner and Shinji uses his wish to not only seemingly seal the Mirror World away but also bring back every Rider that died including Ren, and Miho but have their memories of the Rider War, the Mirror World, the Mirror Monsters, and being a Kamen Rider/knowing about Kamen Riders be erased with him seemingly being the only Rider left. Now the fan-manga I plan on doing is set a couple of years after Shinji, and Ren's climatic fight and it'll reveal that someone had managed to unseal the Mirror World and start up a new Rider War with this mysterious individual handing our new lead heroine Ryoko Takahashi and others individual Advent Decks and instructing them to forge Contracts with Mirror Monsters and fight each other with the winner being granted a wish. Now for the 2 central Riders that key to the plot Shinji will return as Kamen Rider Ryuki due to being the winner of the last Rider War and will serve as a mysterious ally/mysterious mentor/potential foe if it comes to it to the new lead Rider Ryoko who surprisingly will be the new Kamen Rider Ryuga, yeah I'm having it to where Ryuga is the lead anti-heroine for this continuation but I'm having it to where Dragblacker reveals to Ryoko that Dark Shinji was just a human avatar it created to fight in the Rider War and before their contract happens we see Ryoko get sent into a Mirror-esque prison located within her mind where she confronts her own dark doppelganger that Dragblacker creates and she manages to purify it while fusing with it by accepting that it is her and nothing changes that no matter how much she wants to deny the existence of her own darker self and after this she forms a contract with Dragblacker, and becomes the new Kamen Rider Ryuga with her vowing to fight and win the war with her wish being to permanently seal the Mirror World for good so that another Rider War can never happen again with Ryoko stating that she has no qualms about fighting and slaying Mirror Monsters and villainous Riders like the new Scissors Hazama, and the new Ouja Basara who target innocent people and want to win the 2nd Rider War with the hopes of being granted a wish created by his/her wicked/greedy desires, but will fight and reluctantly slay allied Riders like Shinji, the new Kamen Rider Knight Yuji, the new Kamen Rider Femme Haruka, and the new Kamen Rider Raia Satoshi, and neutral Riders like the new Gai Takashi if they give her no other options but to fight to the death.

[@crismonlightning7542]

​@@derrickhaggard Dude this is an awesome idea and a great story just from its premise. I hope you do this and it hits off, Episode Final definitely deserves a sequel. I'm just basically doing an alternate timeline to Ryuki. Just got done with my latest Chapter and so far, just hoping people like it. So keep on believing in yourself and get that manga drawn!

[@mark1skeletard726]

What a shitty wish

[@OkMakuTree]

Ryuki will always hold a special place in my heart since it’s was the first Japanese Kamen Rider show I ever watched after Dragon Knight introduced me to the franchise. It’s not my all time favorite but it had a lot of fun characters and some of my favorite designs in the franchise. And I’d be lying if I don’t have a small temptation to do Ryuki henshin poses whenever I’m in front of a mirror lol

[@BioniclesaurKing4t2]

Why do I feel like you stole this opinion right out of my mind? Are you actually me and I don't know it?

[@OkMakuTree]

@@BioniclesaurKing4t2 I did grow up with Bionicles as well... so perhaps •_• Either that or you just have good taste haha

[@toku-punk]

What’s Your Favorite Season

[@Gundam_JAY]

@@OkMakuTree stop reading my mind

[@Gundam_JAY]

@@BioniclesaurKing4t2 well put... and I agree with the same thing.

[@summonerstripclub4840]

He’s a Bat themed Dark Knight He’s literally a Batman I love him

[@lizdevilz7271]

Fun fact : This is season with most endings ever. There's like 9 endings. Spoilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 13 riders tv special 1st ending : Shinji tranformed into WingKnight to destroy the mirror to stop the game,But ended up failed,He got forced into fight again and Shiro reset the world.(Bad ending.) -13 riders tv special 2nd ending : Like first one but this time,Shinji was outnumbered and died in the process,World got reset by Shiro.(Bad ending.) -Movie : Yui suicide after knowing she was cause of this mirror world rider battle madness,Kanzaki gone insane and cause mirror monsters come to real world,Shinji and Ren decided to team up to take on them but we don't know if they're actually succeed or not(But they're sure dead cause these monsters have like million of them.)(Bad Ending?). -World of If : Yui know she was the cause,So she decide to Henshin and join the battle but still can't kill Shiro,And she disappeard into thin air later. Kanzaki reset the world again.(Bad Ending.) - Advent Calendar : Ryuga successfully possessed Shinji,Ren sacrified himself to bring Shinji back,Shinji become himself again and become the last rider,Making a wish for everyone to comeback but have to restart rider battle again in the process,And as you guess,Kanzaki reset the world,Again.(Bad ending.) -Manga 1st ending : Similar to 2nd ending but this time,Shinji actually win but also caused the world come to an end,Shinji reset the world.(Bad ending.) -Manga 2nd ending : Ren die,Shinji tranformed into WingKnight and destroy core of Mirror world and successful. Everyone from rider battle waking up without remember anything about the rider battle itself.(Good Ending.) -TV Series : Shinji die,Ren carrying on to fight Kanzaki and win,Yui know she was girl in the mirror and choose tp disappeared,Kanzaki almost reset whe world but got stop by Yui and talk face-to-face. Kanzaki and Yui later co-op building world without mirror monster before they disappeared. Ren successfully revive his sister with his life,Cause Ren to die in the process. Later,Everyone waking up and can't remember anything from rider fight. Shinji and Ren met each other again without actually know each other.(True Ending.) -V-Cinema : Take place in 16 years after event of TV serie's ending,The rider battle has begun again,Everyone but Shinji died in this battle and later gave both his and Ren's power to Sougo and Geiz.Due to this,Mirror world has been closed forever,Shinji carried on with his life and grew up in the end(Aftermath,Link between episode 28 - 29).

[@alyasVictorio]

Oh! Thank God! Other latest Kamen Rider series managed to dodged a possible plothole caused by multiple endings tho- (by choosing the TV series ending instead)

[@Max-iq8hi]

This many endings? Just like in visual novels and other story driven video games? Wow… Kinda like the two separate endings in the Btooom manga

[@lizdevilz7271]

@@Max-iq8hi Yep. My favs one gotta be that one where Shinji break mirror world and become Odin and reset the world himself from that one manga ending.

[@jonjustdope]

“Shinji get in the damn rider” is pure gold.

[@Phantom-hopper]

Chad shinji:okey Chad music 🎶

[@salvatoreharan]

It's an amazingly original joke. Never been seen before.

[@fudgegorilla]

I think kitaoka was allowed to forfeit because...he was about to die anyway.

[@DouglasStewart99]

Another factor that comes to play on that is his Contract Monster. His Monster Magnugiga can't move on it's own so it's not like it can get up and eat him anytime soon even if it wanted to.

[@spencermanning9994]

@@DouglasStewart99 True. It's also technically a robot. How can it eat him without a mouth?

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

@@DouglasStewart99 So basically... "aight i'll quit i'm gonna die anyway so here my deck, go and kill asakura idk" "ok" and Magnugiga just goes "so what am I gonna do, look at my old friend's corpse while this other dude dies?"

[@DouglasStewart99]

@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7 Yeah basically.

[@DragonStar524]

Ryuki broke its own rules with this move, but it was still sad nonetheless.

[@SkyFireYZ]

13:44 It took me years to realise it was a crab and not a bear with claws

[@guilhermemarinho9861]

Me too

[@lloxtl9852]

Yeah same here

[@Zeronos63]

I thought it was a scorpion

[@betterlatethannever4529]

I thought it was a beetle when I watched Dragon Knight

[@misteralien8313]

Ryuki's driver/weapon sounds will always be my favorite. For me, *FINAL VENT* it's the ultimate "someone is going to get fucked up" sound. As good as the newer driver sounds/jingles are, I grew up with Showa riders so I prefer the simpler driver sounds of early heisei. Plus Zolga's Final Vent being called "End of the World" (yes, they do have names!) Is just gnarly! In fact most of the things do have names in the series, like the contract monsters (Dragreder, Dragranzer, Volcancer, Magnugiga, Deswilder, etc..) I love Ryuki, its my Favorite out of all Heisei.

[@thegoldenmolar]

i watched dragon knight as a kid and just watched ryuki recently, and i love it with all my heart. the last couple of episodes actually made me cry, which was crazy to me considering how silly the show started out. i even bought a mode kit of ryuki because his aesthetic fucks so hard, i’m finna have to give the show a rewatch now lol

[@rainspectre3153]

I think you misinterpreted the "Ryuki is a story without heroes" statement. It doesn't mean "Ryuki is a story without good people" but that it doesn't have what in Japan is considered the fundamental of a hero - someone who saves lives while enacting poetic justice on evildoers. Shinji might be a good guy, but he's unable to save Tezuka, Mitsuru, Kitaoka, or Yui, and ultimately dies himself without ever truly accomplishing anything. Asakura is one of the most purely evil characters in the franchise, and yet he's only defeated by his own emptiness and lust for violence, not the heroism of the protagonists. That's the ultimate tragedy of Ryuki. The Rider War repeats over and over, continuing to see people die horribly, all because of Kanzaki's wish to save his sister, the one person who was a source of love in his miserable childhood, and that wish is confirmed to be impossible, meaning all the violence is for nothing. The only way to end the cycle is by making it so none of it happened, but that still means the Kanzaki siblings still die as children, and the bonds Shinji formed with the likes of Ren and Yui never happened. That's why I think Ryuki is so essential to the Rider mythos. It's a story which distils the core of the franchise into a battle of people with very specific worldviews, and the tragedy brought about by those worldviews. Rider is a franchise about heroes whose ideals clash with the world they find themselves in, and Ryuki made that kind of depth of exploration possible.

[@Phantom-hopper]

Shinji my hero even tho he failed he tried and he died a hero and he had an impact on someone who changed for better and that what a hero should be someone who tries to help doing good is hard but as long as people are happy and smiling doesn't matter you don't need powers all you need is to trie to help

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

Ok You're wrong. He did save one person and acomplish 2 things. He makes Ren a good guy and he let the rider war countinue.

[@MarvelousAdmirer445]

"And if anyone brings up Fortnite, Madoka Magica, or Gaim then I'm gonna explode." Fate/Stay Night?

[@Lamzer_]

Mirai Nikki?

[@doorbladder5735]

PUBG?

[@shadowknightproductions5275]

the Hunger Games?

[@notsocaringwolf.3763]

Minecraft Hunger Games

[@omegapastel7553]

Btooom? Garbage anime, but still a battle royale

[@oxide___]

hearing Asakura say that he fights to protect humanity's freedom is scary

[@grubbyarmadillo9863]

sounds kinda like a wish Joker would make

[@isaaclawson2097]

So, this is basically highlander + yugioh.

[@Paper_Cuts]

Yeah basically

[@kaizokukysyryuusaber9095]

More battle royale + yugioh

[@maskedgamerjoker6148]

In long story short it’s like Fate before Fate

[@rbraunbeck96]

@@maskedgamerjoker6148 Gen Urobuchi, who wrote Fate/Zero and Kamen Rider Gaim, was even inspired by Ryuki

[@mechashadow]

Why does Asakura’s backstory sounds so reminiscent of Carnage and his symbiote? I think the “silly and upbeat music” was just supposed to give off the noir feel with cops and criminals in the frame.

[@DouglasStewart99]

As a guy who listens to Ryuki's OST regularly, can confirm with the music. I don't see where Marco's gets "silly and upbeat" from this track. Heck the title of the track is called "Evil Shadow". I don't see/hear the happiness in this track.

[@Marcosatsu]

Same

[@DouglasStewart99]

@@Marcosatsu ....Please don't kill me.

[@spencermanning9994]

I actually like Ryuki's OST. Sure, it sounds out of place sometimes, but it's also pretty unique compared to other Toku (kind of like how Megaranger had a lot of jazz-like music). Also, who here thinks that Revolution is an awesome insert theme? ✋😁

[@HordikaNate3821]

Asakura is like if you took away the Jokers' "evil clown persona" and just made him a bigger psychopath in place of that

[@chuchupow]

Ah yes my favorite season of Kamen Rider, Japanese Dragon Knight

[@thebuttplugger]

This show was really deep tbh

[@Marcosatsu]

lol

[@salvatoreharan]

​@@Marcosatsuoh God, wait, you might just be dumb

[@tkcreus730]

This was my first kamen rider. I remember being frustrated with the ending and not seeing the rest of the 13 riders. It felt rushed and I felt betrayed as I was watching it when it was being aired. The nostalgia though makes it hold a special place in my heart.

[@Marcosatsu]

I’m gonna finish up Fourze and look at Steam sales.

[@cartledgej]

cant wait for fourze, one of my favorite series

[@kamenriderbuildismyfavorit6670]

Marcosatsu when I look in your playlist for history of Kamen rider , the new history of ryuki doesn’t show up the old ryuki part 2 and 3 are deleted, p.s. I know you just released the new history of ryuki video 38 minutes ago so you probably haven’t had time to put the new ryuki video in the playlist also happy thanksgiving marcos

[@Seb_No.13]

UCHUUU... KITAAA!!!

[@luigishadow2362]

Happy Thanksgiving,Marcos.

[@DragonStar524]

I was kinda hoping for OOO, but Fourze is still awesome.

[@blueline4857]

I've always said that Alternative is a Kamen Rider by the franchise definition, but he's not a proper Rider by Ryuki standards due to the fact that he doesn't have a deck that Kanzaki created. Essentially, it's because he's a knock-off.

[@dimma4c8]

He's the Saban Rider

[@blehboos]

Man this brings me so much nostalgia! Ryuki was one of the first kamen rider shows I watched and being a kid and all, I was so distraught whenever the riders kept fighting each other more frequently lmaooo

[@patricktsai2303]

I grew up on KR:DK, but because of my fondness for Dragon Knight I got into Ryuki easily and because of Ryuki I started learning about the other shows like Faiz, Decade, Gaim, and Kabuto

[@NerdX151]

30:05. Well, it was not that odd that Ren wanted to fight. He had been told the night before that Eri only had a few days left to live, and he knew he had to win the Rider Battle as fast as possible to save her. I actually felt that episode was kinda uncomfortable, because you have Yui and Shinji dragging a deeply depressed guy to an amusement park.

[@pyzzabox6574]

yeah I never considered that he was depressed

[@pyzzabox6574]

but it does make sense if you think about it

[@salvatoreharan]

Youre right. He just lacks critical thinking, its okay.

[@ph0to.]

I remember back in like 9th grade during summer school I would be watching the original 3 part release of this and the Dragon Knight history of too. Those were what got me into Kamen Rider really, and now I cry everytime I see a csm belt for sale because they're too expensive and will kill my nonexistent credit.

[@spencermanning9994]

Same. I remember watching the original three parter in my final year of high school while I was doing my personal project. Good times....

[@laurensiusradyo3087]

Ryuuki gives me insight into people's desires and wishes how pure is it and how corrupt is it, Ryuuki is not about justice or freedom is deeper. most people maybe don't understand this because it's too deeper for a kid's show. they in the end just fight for the wish of their brother saving her sister they just a sacrificial pawn, in the end, Ryuuki showing that their selfish wish and their own view is ultimately the one who ends them. rider time is fuck up but shows us inside a selfish wish there a 13 rider fighting inside it, it shows our action and our wish is also intertwined with others, there no way out if you want something you need to fight and survive to gain your desire and wish.

[@AbareKillerFan-yo7pe]

I love Ryuki because the Riders look amazing, the story is great, the concept is awesome and it was the very first Kamen Rider series I fully watched

[@Ravensgale]

This was the series I used as a gateway that got one of my friends into Kamen Rider.

[@alternativezetton6167]

the first student is not a random student. Shiro, Ren's girlfriend and him were studying mirror world together until the accident in 401 lab happened. He showed up when Shinji firstly investigate the 401 lab. Emperor is the correct translation bcuz it refers to his monster legion.

[@akumaten]

Kamen Rider Scissors, the Mami of Kamen Riders

[@sailormordred1335]

Funny enough the writer of Madoka is a fan of Ryuki.

[@winster32]

My favorite and first Kamen rider Season Ryuki will always be in my heart

[@thewolf8660]

"You can't sum up Kamen Rider Ryuki in one sentence." Me: A little girls dies because the main character didn't give her attention by going outside to play with her in the rain, so her overly-protective brother with god-like powers tries to revive her in the least efficient way possible:

[@danmccarthy4700]

I can condense it further: "Everybody dies.".

[@kamenridereclipse3217]

I get the reason alternative is a pseudo rider, for one it uses an artificial buckle and deck, as well as him not officially being confirmed by shiro kanzaki. Not to mention that he uses a different buckle and the deck can be mass produced, alternative zero being the first one made

[@MadeKustom]

I was a huge fan of this series...as such I went on a hunt to complete all 13 riders soft vinyl series...the ones in boxes. The ending was a let down since everything was reset and the bond/stories between the riders did not happen. Kinda twilight zone type of ending. Nonetheless, I think in term of storyline of the Heisei era riders...Ryuki has to be my #1, followed by Blade #2 and W #3 Thanks to Marcosatsu for the nostalgia! - A 40yr old dad with a 2 yr old kid

[@arktidasagency7968]

It's my favorite series of all time, the one that got me into Kamen Rider The ending (TV show). as a kid, it's so confusing but watched it again now, I appreciated even more. Truly Bittersweet Ending. Such a Masterpiece. My Top 3 Series. Ryuki, Faiz and Blade

[@dimma4c8]

Tbh, I sort of liked the ending, especially with the Time Loop meta-story going on. Helps to show the only good ending for the Rider War is not someone winning, but for it never to happen

[@kenw4574]

Seen Ryuki years back then, don't think I actually finish it on my first watch. Then years later when I heard one of my favorite anime- madoka magica, was heavily, like Heavily Inspire by Ryuki. I rewatch the the show again and now Ryuki is one of my top Kamen Rider series.

[@jamcalx]

Ryuki feels like it was meant to be a "Cool, Deep, super serious" action drama manga for teens.

[@thebibegenesis1068]

netflix

[@cbbblue8348]

Ryuki storyline is really ahead of its time, "Ordinary guy with no power suddenly obtain power and need to participate a live or dead battle royale with other few guy in a city" is pretty much a normal storyline by now

[@patricktsai2303]

Actually kids. Every KR series post-Kuuga is basically a toy commercial for Bandai to sell their gimmicky plastic trinkets.

[@patricktsai2303]

^ this wasn't a criticism btw, these shows are freakin awesome DESPITE existing to sell toys imo

[@arktidasagency7968]

this series is good because the viewer can be both children and adult. the character interaction and development along with horror mystery is what made this series so awesome.

[@KouhaiKamen]

Man I remember imperers death is the saddest in the series and the rider time

[@brandonspencer5594]

Most satisfying to me

[@christopherduley8240]

For those wondering the song playing during the part when he talks about the endings. Its "Aria of the soul" from the Persona franchise. Before he got into the Episode Final movie.

[@jeshonloonskin4176]

17:33 “kitaoka and ren have a ren in with each other” don’t know know if he said that accidentally but still funny to me.

[@spencermanning9994]

Ha! I can hear it, too! If that joke was intentional, I applaud Marcos!

[@jetstrike28]

you gotta love how odin literally bitchslaps every fool who walks up to his grill. hilarious if not highly cathartic. edit: imperer is probably intended to be impala... an antelope.

[@chuenjinyang4513]

Ryuki started the tatakae meme before aot lol

[@live_and_lol]

Yay! The one Heisei Rider series I haven't seen a full episode of. Still love Ryuki tho.

[@xmanthewarrior2190]

You can watch full episodes here

[@josepellecer1911]

id say you are missing out... but nooo... with this review (and des shinta´s, if you must) you are good to go =)

[@live_and_lol]

@@josepellecer1911 Don' worry fam, I'm gonna start this weekend.

[@patricktsai2303]

Ironically I've seen Ryuki (and Faiz) 2-3 times and none of the other Heisei shows more than once or never.

[@tedtintin9923]

I feel like Alternative's design is more fitting for Faiz

[@fricks4486]

I think Imperers name is supposed to be like Impala, the animal

[@yorukaze1400]

maybe it's all 3? if it was, it was some genius pun.

[@ericthemadscientist8357]

so like Emperer+Impala+Impaler=Imperer(???)

[@leonnewkirk1713]

maybe it's actually a play on words. He's impala because of the horn themes and he is emperor because of herd of monsters AND he ends up a rich company president.

[@leonnewkirk1713]

and impaler because well, his spin vent impels things

[@AssaultRider555]

@@leonnewkirk1713 you mean, 'impaler'?

[@IronheadEli723]

My favorite ending is the one where everyone forgets what happened and keep living their lives

[@princeaphan8274]

I'm surprised a Battle Royale game of this isn't popular.

[@kaizokukysyryuusaber9095]

Man i hope fortnite and pubg have all kamen rider ryuki suit

[@Apus_Gaming69]

Yes, finally. A full Ryuki review that I can finally watch!

[@tripdefect87]

While Dragon Knight and Ryuki are two entirely different shows, I feel like they really complement each other. I love Ryuki for it's designs, it's dark yet great story, it's card motif, and it's electronica soundtrack. Dragon Knight still has the dark yet great story, but it's dialed back a little and definitely feels more dated than Ryuki in some respects. But I still love it for what it is and helping me discover Toku

[@Galchoo1]

They mirror each other.

[@DragonStar524]

Poor Mitsuru. A simple reason for fighting, gone too soon.

[@OgreDLink]

I got 20 episodes in but all i remember is Yui shouting "Ren" every five minutes lol. I need to finish it

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

Well in the main show, kitaoka has the butler as his replacement. In the movie, well Kitaoka’s monster was never known for being fast or even mobile at all so Kitaoka can forfeit with out having to worry being chase across town.

[@JavierRodriguez-zt5st]

I have a theory that the Ryuga we see in the Final Episode is actually Shinji's own reflection manifested by Kanzaki. This is because in most timelines, Ryuki ends up being the one to foil his plans. Therefore, what better way to stop him once and for all than with someone who is the complete opposite? Or rather, his reflection

[@lancenhourswaaaaa6615]

21:35 so he's a snake themed rider who wears a snake skin jacket, i can already hear this man screaming kiryu chan

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

14:11 guess I'm not the only one who likes Kamen Rider Scissors 😁. For real though,I like Scissors because of the suit motif. I'm born in July, which makes me a Cancer (bias, I know) but also the way the suit combines elements of crab and a knight together goes so well. Also, gold is a great colour for that suit.

[@romnick2k227]

I love kamen rider ryuki best show ever

[@xgray2012]

Not really. That's more of an understatement. The correct statement is *"One of the best Kamen Rider shows ever made!!"*

[@michaelrhett4958]

Ahh Ryuki’s ending. The first, but certainly not the last instance where the end of a Kamen Rider series results in a world reset.

[@onyx_gabriel]

America’s adaptation brought me into Kamen Rider

[@DouglasStewart99]

*Same*

[@rayhayes7701]

Same

[@dannyserrato3148]

What they said.

[@Evildq4]

Wait give me all the links so I can watch it

[@Evildq4]

Because I’m only able to watch kamen rider from KZbin

[@firstnamelastname8006]

You know. I always thought I never saw Ryuki when I found out about it. That I only saw Dragon Knight. But when watching this some of the plot points and scenes were so familiar that I might have actually watch the series or some of the episodes. It was probably in Filipino while I lived in the Philippines since I can’t recall it and even back then English was my first language. Can’t believe Impale the con man was the one I remembered the most. And a bit of the lawyer, mostly that scene where he drops his phone. And the con man asking to be paid. I agree with you on Impale’s suit. I didn’t like it either in Kamen Rider Dragonknight at first, but over the years it grew on me. I think I started mostly noticing the details when I realized that he had access to more advent beasts than the others.

[@cyanaura5044]

I feel like living in the Ryuki's Universe is worser than any universe in other Kamen Rider franchise You either forced to become kamen rider and fight until you are the last man standing Or Getting attacked or eaten by Mirror Monster

[@phantomblack5307]

Im not a tokusatsu fan, but I start watching kamen riders 2 years ago cuz im a sucker for cool super hero suits, and ryuki's premise alone got me interested to the point of adding it on the list to watch in the future. TBH i expected it to be slow and boring but because i watch the battle royal movie and I know how crazy it was back then with yugioh and Pokémon I said to myself let me try it out. I never expected how deep this season was. Its not perfect but I can see now in 2021 why ryuki for some was a big deal

[@a.z.pantera5577]

34:46 I think the intention was for Imperer's name to be similar to Impala (and impaler as you said), since his form is supposed to be based on impalas and gazelle. But the way they spelled it in Engrish leads to a lot of confusion. I especially hate this with Cross-Z from Build. When scans first leaked, his named was though to be Claws like it's written as クローズ (Kurōzu), which would've at least made sense. Buuuut it ended up being Cross-Z.

[@yeehaw5889]

So glad to see the stock music brought up. A bit that played in ORE Journal's office at the start of episode 29 took me a couple hours to find, and it was so worth it. Midnight in Portmore from the Universal Production Music, Music Of The World II Collection. Great stuff.

[@Tsukikorao]

50% of the dialogue in Ryuki is "Tatakai" and the other 50% is "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN". That said, I've watched Kamen Rider from the original 71 series all the way to Blade (nearly finished it), and Ryuki is definitely my second favorite heisei series, after Kuuga. I was hooked on Ryuki from the first episode, and while I don't think it really stuck the landing with it's ending(s), I adored nearly every moment of it. I tell people it's about a shonen hero who accidently winds up in a seinen death game, and tries to convince the others to give it up...but they instead convince him to join it. Plus Kitaoka/Goro is my OTP, lol

[@misterjersey5460]

Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who is the Kamen Rider with the dragon motif?

[@joshuakusuma5953]

Saber?

[@misterjersey5460]

@@joshuakusuma5953 ONE, I'm talking about ryuki. TWO, haven't watched Saber yet.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

The answer you seek is from a man Ryu Kinshi is the name.

[@HordikaNate3821]

Cross Z

[@rzhecheah4114]

And then Ryuga answer your call...

[@Noizemaze4]

Come on man, you said it yourself; Ryuki was the FIRST series to "aaactually" experiment and do things a "little" differently, so you can't call it vanilla by today's standards :P if anything Ryuki PAVED the way for series like DCD or Gaim for years to come ~ And yes Urobutcher said he did grab elements from Ryuki to make Madoka, so him making Gaim (which also became 1 if my top 5 series) really comes full circle. Also Fate Stay Night copied Ryuki too which is why I used to hate it until I got into Fate Zero :P It's said by some sources that Kanzaki gave the Odin decks to random honeless guys to transform, and once they did the decks themselves would take over kinda the AI of G-DenO, and he had multiple Odin decks so that each time an Odin died he'd just find another replacement. But hey nothing wrong with wanting to investigate the mysteries surrounding an unknown, it puts you on the path of becoming a "journalist" ;)

[@Esirre]

37:02 Ryuki was the 2nd toku series I ever watched (after Hurricanger) and DAMN...that scene of Mitsuru stuck in the mirror world was insane, there are a lot of moments in Ryuki that honestly felt very much like indie film, (experimental camera angles etc.) and this was one of them. Never thought tokusatsu could be anything like this, mind was blown.

[@francisfatta]

Here’s a question: which rider death do you think is the saddest? For me, it’s imperer. It was just heartbreaking

[@DestinyZX1]

Imperer was depressing to see go. It was just sad.

[@veejaycarlos5067]

I really thought he will have a good ending. Him being a president and having a girlfriend, he just wants to have a better life thats all. Its really dark and depressing

[@SkyFireYZ]

Imperer and sasword for sure

[@WiiSwallower]

Imperer.

[@Matt-cn2nn]

I didn't personally give a shit about Imperer, he was obnoxious, annoying and his arc was completely out of place in the final part of the series while also dragging Tiger's arc past its welcome. It adds nothing to the story.

[@nanio.6772]

The thing about this series that really gets me is how it is delivered to the audiences. The new concept and other things like the personalities and connections of each characters. This is the only series where there is one character that is willing to slaughter other characters just for fun LOL. Damn, Kamen Rider Ouja is a mindless murderer. Despite the backlashes and complains from old audiences (who got used to the typical rider series). I still love this show, and I put this on my number 1 list, I don't care what people say. I even collected all the action figure of this series, it cost me almost $2000 xD hahhaha Kamen Rider Ryuki is

[@peenoice5176]

Ive always thought kenzaki planned for both ren and shinji to get the survived cards cause they were close to yui.

[@stephencastro4723]

Takeshi Asakura for me is the break out character in the Ryuki series. I always think that a sociopath with only fighting and killing on his mind is cool.

[@ArtsyAllAround]

You left off a huge detail involving Tezuka and Kido. Tezuka first saw Ryuki dying to Ouja. Tezuka decided to change fate by taking the blow for Ryuki, thus killing himself.

[@thatguyisthisguy]

Anyone remember when the channel's name was "Dream Bomb & Marcos" for a little bit. I just like how he changed it to that, then changed it back to Marcosatsu bcuz we preferred that name.

[@TekoManix]

YT hates the word bomb.

[@Ipodcrazy]

Im sad this episode was slimmed down. Personally i think adding on the secret truth of Tezuka’s death would have been a great idea. Oh well. Great job slimming down all three videos into one

[@charscreamAA]

50 riders would have been something alright

[@serPomiz]

"[the special] acknowledges the shows ending, rather than the movie's ending we see in zio's season" the special also acknowleges the season as recently happened, so, weird time paradox involved? for once in a time-centric season? also, in the special we don't see "kenzaki" transform, which makes me advance ANOTHER theory: Odin is Kenzaki's equivalent of Ryuuga, but where ryuuga fights for overtake shinji's life, both odin and enzaki wants their sisters to survive (and Zio's serie messed up the ending where this happens) on the "overwhelmingly number of riders during the design phase", I find weird how little there is on crossovers with pokemon; I know KR is leww widelly spread than others, but we get still a good chunk of fanworks, it would seem pretty immediate...

[@pupupuppuu]

I think people are overcomplicating Ryuga, so i think that Evil Shinji just appears because of Yui.

[@Dtctr010]

16:10 Lover, He's his secret Lover

[@spencermanning9994]

Despite some of its flaws, Ryuki is one of my favorite Heisei Rider seasons. Hell, Ryuki is my favorite Heisei Rider PERIOD. I liked how you talked about the different timelines. There's also the novel written by Toshiki Inoue. It's.. Uh.. I'll let you find out. Also, I apologize if this comes off as obnoxious on my part, but the Kamen Rider Tiger that's seen in Rider Time: Ryuki actually isn't Tojo. It's a new character named Tozuka. Again, I apologize if that sounded rude. Personally, despite its problems, I kinda like Rider Time: Ryuki. I just wish that it was 10 episodes instead of 3. That way, it would have had a lot more character development. I was also kind of disappointed to see that Femme wasn't in the spin off (her actress was giving birth to her 2nd child when it was being filmed). Oh well, maybe someday....

[@CFSF69]

Ahh yes, the one where Asakura eats shit.

[@spencermanning9994]

@@CFSF69 Lol! It's funny 'cause it's true....

[@spencermanning9994]

@@CFSF69 Just realized now that you were talking about the novel, where Asakura LITERALLY eats sh*t. I thought you were talking about Rider Time: Ryuki, where Asakura gets his ass handed to him. Is it me, or does the novel version of Asakura seem WAY more screwed up than he was in the show? Then again, this is the same writer who also did "555: Deformed Flowers". You know, the novel where THAT thing happend that I won't say out loud....

[@ninlegend943]

@@spencermanning9994 yeah toshiki inoue KR novels are very messed up , I read ryuki and month ago and I would recommend everyone to not read it

[@oneyeseesin3D]

I've always held to the belief that every one of the endings occured with kanzaki ultimately hitting reset and trying again after his plans fail. A new life for me is the final ending with Kanzaki finally giving up on his crusade.

[@DouglasStewart99]

Ryuki was my 1st original Kamen Rider entry I watched thanks to watching Dragon Knight when I was in 4th-5th grade and the power of the internet. After re-watching it after so long earlier in March this year, Ryuki still holds the title of my absolute favorite rider season. Words cannot *describe* how much I love this show. This show contains so many things I loved in from: 1. The suits designs. 2. The Final Vents (Which are still my favorite rider finishers to this day and I memorized each of the names for them, and yes they have names). 3. My favorite rider bromance of Shinji and Ren. 4. The simple on paper yet deep plot which makes a *very* unique and cool metaplot with the Episode Final and 13 Riders mixed in. 5. Shiro Kanzaki (Who I find a heavily underrated KR villain). 6. My favorite Kamen Rider in the franchise, Kamen Rider Verde. 7. The great insert songs. 8. The Monsters of the Week: The Mirror Monsters 9. The huge number of riders (that would also have the most riders in a show until Gaim comes along). I love this show to death man. I could answer some of those questions you had in the video Marcos, but I warn you if you accept the comment might be somewhat long...

[@someguy4405]

These are my favourite Rider designs, and not just because I liked the Dragon Knight show as a kid.

[@thebuttplugger]

Kamen rider imperer story was the saddest, in my opinion

[@ericthemadscientist8357]

Ikr the guy just want a happier life but when He get it he got killed anyway

[@nzee6832]

woaaa i never noticed knight's compound eyes until you brought it up. how did i miss that all these years

[@angreydoggo4357]

The only season that looked better in a lower framerate was Hibiki. 30 FPS episodes looked crisp and smooth, while 60 FPS episodes looked blurry and less crisp in general.

[@photonman0018]

me and miho both share the liking for fluffy fur coats and funnily enough she's my favorite female rider

[@maysen51]

29:51 the reason he gave ryuki the survive card is most likely because he should be the only rider to be able to use the flame survive card. There’s 3 different survive cards wind fire and mugen most of the riders need the mugen survive card which is kamen rider odin’s survive card. He has the mugen card in his advent deck but never used it in the show I believe he would never give any of em the survive mode card if the story was written better giving ryuki the survive mode card is stupid but doesn’t hurt him but giving ouja the survive mugen card would be a threat to him as those who use the mugen survive card should be on pair with Odin

[@dawey8897]

I preferred if survive cards appeared on ur deck when ur on the verge of death but ur will to survive is strong enough u materialize it. Makes it more survive-y and makes it feel like u need to earn it

[@maysen51]

@@dawey8897 yea same

[@AnD-PhamHoang]

Oh boi, Ren's hair is just like he had just awaken from the bed and then rush to fighting

[@amf3118]

100% accurate.

[@Xander_Roche]

Yay, I’m happy this is back

[@davidsudjana]

back then kamen rider fighting another kamen rider must have felt like a group of sentai fighting another group of sentai.

[@niconicokms1424]

16:15 I think the correct term is boytwink malewife /j in the shout tv sub hes a butler+bodyguard iirc

[@Missing-Ace]

I wrote an essay for school about ryuki

[@mantisonmoon983]

Ryuki is such a master piece not only in the show is great but so many Japanese novel and shows are inspire by it.

[@dzubmariner]

which shows are inspired by it? kinda curious

[@ggtwo8137]

@@dzubmariner like kamen rider gaim and madoka magica

[@ericthemadscientist8357]

@@dzubmariner Possibly Fate:Grand order its writer said He's a big fan of Ryuki but idk if he directly stated he's inspired by it

[@mantisonmoon983]

@@dzubmariner BR always is a popular concept in Japan, but this show "invented" two thing that a lot of other show now is using contact with a being to compete and magical wish granting power. Considering Fate was starting coming out in 2004, and madoka

[@spencermanning9994]

11:19: Lol! I looked on the same Amazon page. I understand your pain. Believe me, I've been trying to get an Advent Deck and a V Buckle for a while now, and I can't seem to find one that's affordable or doesn't include the other decks (not that I'd really have a problem with that).

[@TheMastaria666]

I found Ryuki on a forum dedicated to subbing Super Sentai, Kamen Rider and other shows like them and Ryuki was my first choice to get into Kamen Rider and I'll never regret it.

[@diosnelfrica590]

Thanks to Kamen Rider Dragon Knight for introducing me to this amazing series. I liked Dragon Knight but Ryuki is just way better.

[@cttommy73]

Ryuki was really my first Kamen Rider experience and I have to say, even as a kid, I always loved the Rider vs Rider concept. God I miss Kamen rider with tones much more similar to Ryuki, Agito, Faiz and Kuuga

[@ArosNacht]

Happy Thanksgiving Dreambomb and Marcosatsu!

[@leonarduy4519]

One of my favorite Kamen Riders of all time without Kamen Rider Ryuki I wouldn't watch all the riders up to now Kamen Rider Saber =)

[@slushysaturn]

Its Imperor, due to his goat like aesthetic, I believe it to be reminiscent of the Leader of the Horde, or even a religious nod. Though Impaler seems cool, the only think supporting that is his horns. His contract monster summons multiple, his final vent is an all-out attack of mirror monsters. It only makes sense if he was the Imperor, but I understand your struggle.

[@salvatoreharan]

The fact you didn't understand the very simple plot point that Alternative made his own deck, hence why he isn't like an official rider, means you probably should have worked a bit harder on this video. Also reading Kitaoka and Goro as friends is amazing. Those two are clearly in love.

[@Marcosatsu]

Ironic