I'm only on episode 3 and I am already so boooooored

please go to the next world already I don't caaaare

and I totally cannot get a read on tsukasa's personality

so far he seems to fluctuate depending on what the writers want him to do at any given moment

at least with tendou when he alternated between arrogant and kind I could actually buy it

tsukasa? yeah not buying it so far.

sdkflkdsdklfj is that spider THEY GOT SPIDER BACK FOR KIVA'S WORLD OH GOD YES /dying

oh spider I forgot how amazing you are

although they're still missing otoya so -10 points, he was the best thing about kiva

not that I'm really expecting them to get many original actors back...

but I've heard of the horrors they inflicted with AR faiz world and I'm a little scared to see AR blade world

because I have SO MANY FEELS about both of those shows so it is going to be REALLY SURREAL to see totally different characters using the same rider systems.

...okay kid!wataru is cute, I can give them that.

and they even have the same violin song from kiva, I mean it's a nice song but it's the only one they ever play

noooooo don't watch Decade

what have I told you about this

and you will NEVER get a read on Tsukasa's personality ever

I wanted to see it for myself so I can feel justified in complaining about it.

the writers keep losing their notes

and Kiva world is broken

there is Kaito though.

...though if you're going to watch it, tell me what Faiz world is like because I probably want to scream at it

kaito is probably the only reason I'll keep watching

......and well okay Den-O world is fun.

I've heard faiz world was set in high school??

because Tsukasa gets possessed by all the imagin ever

yes

that is literally all I remember about it though because I watched it before I saw Faiz

sooooob

and it was Smart Brain High School.

which is TERRIFYING.

I'm scared for both that and blade world because there is no possible way they can do either one justice in only two episodes

...kabuto world I've heard the legendary grandmother shows up, though, that might be a redeeming factor

there anything I should know about blade or kabuto worlds before I get to those or should I just save the weeping for after I get to them.

I honestly do not remember

Kabuto world did not make me cry as much as Kiva world

yeah kiva world is shaping up to be a bit... weird.

--wait hold up so wataru has a fangire father and a human mother?? what is this fuckery that's the other way around

at least let me hope that otoya existed at some point, man, I will cry otherwise

the 1986 side was the redeeming feature of kiva and I am sad that they seem to have incorporated zero elements of that

--oh fucking fuck WHY THE HELL IS KUSAKA HERE GO AWAAAAAAAAY

OF ALL RIDERS TO MAKE A CAMEO, IT HAD TO BE YOU, YOU FUCKER

though I do like the occasional original rider cameos.

especially the hoppers a few episodes ago 8'D

"Where did you come from?" / "Hell."

...okay the whole "trial by kamen rider" thing in ryuki's world is rather bizarre.

like I mean who implemented this system it is the worst idea ever.

and is there ever going to be a world that gets me to actually care about any of the characters in it

oh geez I was right about the real culprit too that was way too predictableeeee

or maybe I just watch too many murder mysteries

and blade world seems to have turned all the characters into arrogant little bitches...

AR blade seems like he's got a hint of the original's selflessness if you look veeeeery closely, but he's far too arrogant about it

the other two are just way too smug, and chalice is nowhere to be seen

I wouldn't mind so much if the AR characters were actually likable, but they're NOT

this is just so jarring to watch because the characters were what I LOVED about blade

--okay except maybe mutsuki he was a bit iffy a lot of the time but that's beside the point

but it is very jarring to watch the riders I loved and know these versions are all selfish jerks

though at least they didn't totally fuck up and have, like, tarantula undead attacking people, that would've been a really stupid move.

(I'm looking at you, blade AU movie.)

--HIIIIII KAITO THERE YOU ARE

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU

at this point all that I'm still waiting for is "ONORE DIKEIDO"

and NO okay I refuse to believe that this chalice has anything to do with my beloved hajime

I am denouncing this chalice. they have no relation.

--writers at least TRY to offer up some logical explanation as to why AR chalice's transformation is different from the others

this makes perfect sense in blade, but that's because hajime wasn't human, and since AR chalice seems to be human they could at least try

at least attempt to have some internal logic and consistency please

and YES I am critiquing this heavily because I just finished blade a few days ago.

...but wow this is the first time I've actually seen chalice's belt as an item totally separate from the person, that's different o_o

...wait they're what-- they're using them to create the joker card

WELP I have no idea what's going on anymore \o/

...do we actually get to see joker because I will totally stop complaining if that's the case

YESSSSS we get joker \O/

I should probably stop rambling about this particular world so much but I finished blade two days ago so my brain is still in fangirl mode okay

THIS IS JOKER BY THE WAY beautifully intimidating design

and okay I can give them some credit for TRYING to do character development here even if it doesn't totally work...

...wow okay either they totally depowered joker or totally overpowered tsukasa. either way that is not right, him defeating joker so easily.

oh god and now I get the atrocity that is faiz AR world

which I think deserves its own plurk because of the sheer WTF