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pinkprettycure · 35 minutes
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these lines getting voiced for literally no reason other than i thought the phrase privileged acquaintances was the funniest thing in the world for some reason
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pinkprettycure · 57 minutes
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pinkprettycure · 10 hours
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pinkprettycure · 10 hours
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With the franchise continuing to grow in popularity, I thought I'd give a rundown for new fans of the earliest fist-fighting, bike-riding lone hero Kamen Riders that they might not be too familiar with compared to the modern shows.
Kamen Rider #1
Made with specific intentions in mind about the nature of violence in humanity, the first Kamen Rider often struggled with a distancing of sorts from his humanity that his superpowers gave him; focusing most frequently on the terrible harm he was now able to visit upon his opponents. Conceptualized as the lone hero with these powers, the bug-themed #1 didn't have a 'secondary rider' of sorts to help him out; instead being assisted most frequently by a professional officer who also acted as his liaison with the police. Another well-liked supporting cast member was an older 'uncle' figure who let the main hero stay at his shop. At the conclusion of the series, Rider 1 decided to leave Japan to journey abroad. Kamen Rider #1's show was very popular with children to the degree that, while not intended, it naturally spawned an indirect sequel series and eventually a whole slew of shows that continues to this day.
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Kamen Rider #2
While Kamen Rider #1 was not conceived as having any successors, events behind the scenes incited the production of a replacement hero in Kamen Rider #2 who would take over from #1 over the next year. Very similar in design and origins to his predecessor with the same bug design basis and often mixed up with him, this new Kamen Rider was a quirky jokester type of character compared to the typical 'hero' type kids could look up to that #1 was; and often confounded his supporting cast with all the strange things he'd say and do. Rather than dwell on his personal tragedy of what he'd lost, #2 as a character preferred to focus on his own personal hobbies and interests; only going out to battle the enemies when called. #2 notably marked the introduction of a teamup of multiple Kamen Riders at once, though he fought with derivations of #1's suit rather than the original. While not as well remembered as the original Kamen Rider, #2 still laid the groundwork for many elements that the franchise stays true to today.
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Kamen Rider V3
As the first departure from #1 and #2's basic setting and storytelling with a very different design, Kamen Rider V3 obviously had some big shoes to fill -- but almost instantly he was a hit, easily becoming one of the most popular Kamen Rider series of his era. While previously glimpsed with #2's occasional scuffles, V3 notably was the first Kamen Rider series to have fellow Kamen Riders fighting with each other; not out of misunderstanding, but out of genuine moral conflict. While some of this would be resolved, multiple Kamen Riders end up dying in this season, and arguably this rivalry is what most influences the typical Main Rider/Secondary Rider relationships to this day.
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Riderman
While many Riders feature their transformation belt magically appear out of nowhere, the fourth Kamen Rider notably had a more 'realistic' transformation that required the hero to physically put on his gear. Arguably weaker than many other Kamen Riders due to having a limited powerset derived from now-outdated science, Riderman in his series was characterized largely by a distrust of everyone around him due to his coloured past; naturally leading to many of the show's most memorable character conflicts and fights. This Kamen Rider has an interesting relationship with death, with the ending of the show and post-series media seemingly unable to decide if he's alive or not.
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Kamen Rider X
Plagued by rewrites and completely different directions in the first and second half of the show, the first Kamen Rider to constantly carry his weapon with him has nonetheless remained quite popular with fans of the era; in no small part due to the tantalizing relationship he has with a black and red rival he makes early on. While the show would eventually move on from this element, X as a character is informed by the tragedy of losing his father and the hero complex this event forced upon him.
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Kamen Rider Amazon
A very sharp change in direction from the more technological Riders that came before him, Amazon in many respects does not feel like part of the Kamen Rider series as much as it does an original series very much doing its own thing -- and one that has garnered its own small fanbase. Amazon featured multiple forested fights and pit the main hero against animalistic beasts rather than what you might expect from a usual Tokusatsu monster. Amazon is frequently followed around by a young boy fascinated by the new world of possibilities the hero has introduced him to, and the relationship between Amazon and this boy is one of the highlights of the series.
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Kamen Rider Stronger
This red rhinoceros beetle Rider is a cult favourite among fans for its infectiously confident main hero who makes speeches about the heavens as he charms his way out of just about any situation. This series brought the classic theming back in a big way, with all the main heroes being based on a different type of bug. This series may surprise modern Kamen Rider fans for Stronger only having a single upgrade form, not even having a single other one between his base form and final. Unfortunately, this series failed to be the jab-in-the-arm of popularity the producers wanted it to be; with the Super Sentai series that same year arguably overshadowing it.
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(inspired by this twitter thread)
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pinkprettycure · 11 hours
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s. stupid
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pinkprettycure · 11 hours
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DONT LET PEOPLE ON TUMBLR MAKE YOU THINK THAT:
tsuchinoko not real
tsuchinoko “just a fat snake”
its okay EAT tsuchinoko (it’s REALLY NOT)
its okay Capture tsuchinoko
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pinkprettycure · 12 hours
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pinkprettycure · 13 hours
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ok i wanna make a hated foods poll as a very picky autistic
Tell me why you don't like the thing you picked (flavor, texture, something else?)
RB for more results
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pinkprettycure · 13 hours
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@strangeauthor i rmeembered your reaction the first time u saw this scene lol i made it WORSE >:3c
felt this would kick people in this nuts harder if this one line had a full voiced version
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pinkprettycure · 13 hours
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felt this would kick people in this nuts harder if this one line had a full voiced version
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pinkprettycure · 24 hours
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more dogboy laios edits!
huge thanks to @zonkity-zoo for providing the screenshots for this <333
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pinkprettycure · 24 hours
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@kuipernebula replied to your post “i liked build as much as the next guy but idk why...”:
The way the hell bros stole all the air out of the room for what should have been Sawa and Utsumi's arc... Entirely to sell a recolor of the movie toy...
​the way i just barely remember a good amount of the cast at this point because of how
honestly basically everyone except banjo and sento were mishandled but ESPECIALLY the women lol
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pinkprettycure · 24 hours
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feel like theres just this self conciousness that toku fans have where they NEED to convince everyone that every single aspect of these shows is really thoughtful and intelligent and even the toys are actually all really smartly done and if you complain about the excess it means you just hate fun
but i love fun a whole lot actually. i think fun is awesome. i think its really cool when things explode into miscellaneous red chunks and when they hold a rubber monster on their face and pretend its eating them. I dont like bandai. I think the constant demand for toys not forces rider to fight against its own stories, it ruins character arcs and cuts them short, it overwhelms the stories with characters that the writers have no idea what to do with, it limits creativity because the most interesting ideas arent necessarily the most profitable, and it puts stories entirely at risk because of the constant demand for profit.
and this isnt a problem limited to rider. I've already mentioned multiple times that magical girls can be outright anti-feminist due to their struggling with their marketability
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pinkprettycure · 1 day
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my hot take is that the more light hearted seasons like gotchard and fourze are the ones that handled being toyetic the best because they knew they were fun silly seasons here for a good time and builds bottles screeched BUY OUR TOYS at the top of their lungs the entire time just as obnoxiously as gotchard does but the difference is that gotchard is about a bunch of teenagers having lots of fun and build is about war being bad so no matter what they did i'm still going to be thinking abut the fact that one of the form changes is lion vacuum cleaner
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pinkprettycure · 1 day
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i liked build as much as the next guy but idk why rider fans pretend it isnt also an example of a season that had to fight against its own nature as a toy commercial in order to tell a good story lol
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pinkprettycure · 1 day
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Oh damn yall ain't seen the latest pyon update where I cut off like a foot of hair
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pinkprettycure · 1 day
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I hate Hazbin Hotel as much as the next person but every time I've encountered someone who dedicates a whole blog to how much they hate Hazbin, writing posts about how they would have written the plot much better, making redesigns of the characters, etc etc it just feels as insufferable as actual Hazbin fans. You're just as obsessed as the fans, why are you giving it so much of your time.
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