Comedy gold

[akinoame]

Okay. I've never laughed this hard at a Rider series that isn't Den-O or Fourze but holy shit. The events of episodes 13 and 14 of Kabuto build up to the real villain being played by Kenzaburo Kikuchi, Kanzaki from Ryuki. And, well, let me post the commentary:

Akino Ame 9:33 pm
...Is that Kanzaki?
Did Kanzaki just shoot Kagami? Because that is TOTALLY IC for him
That is totally Kanzaki!
Holy shit!
I did not see that coming. Damn

Kaitou 9:34 pm
pffffh oh god

Akino Ame 9:35 pm
I can't stop laughing

Squall highwind KA 9:35 pm
keep your eye out for another Ryuki guy

Akino Ame 9:35 pm
I already picked out Goro

Squall highwind KA 9:36 pm
ah

Akino Ame 9:36 pm
I think, at least
Kind of hard to see with all the lens flare
But he definitely SOUNDED like him

Squall highwind KA 9:36 pm
it is

Akino Ame 9:36 pm
Awesome

Squall highwind KA 9:37 pm
hes gonna be in Gaim too apparently

Akino Ame 9:37 pm
But really. The bullshit with Kanzaki was hysterical
Nice
Because REALLY. Who ELSE would have an elite team of warriors and pick them off one by one?

Akino Ame 9:38 pm
Including having NO QUALMS killing--or attempting to, anyway--the nice guy who really shouldn't have gotten involved in this but got stuck in it anyway
Okay. Particularly gruesome death for Kanzaki. The writer clearly was wanting to do that for YEARS

Kaitou 9:40 pm
hehehehehehe

Akino Ame 9:40 pm
Seriously. Killed EXACTLY the way Shinji was
I have never laughed this hard at a Rider series that is not Den-O
Skip the rest, but holy shit, Episodes 13-14 build up to this bit

Kaitou 9:42 pm
hehehehehe oh god that is awesome

Akino Ame 9:42 pm
It all builds up to Kanzaki getting run through just the way Shinji was
Beautiful


Bravo, Kabuto. You're a pain in the ass to get through, but you at least pull off gems like this. That was clearly set up as a Ryuki reference.

Comments

[akinoame]

Do what you can to rush through Agito. Intriguing plot, infuriatingly bland main character.

[gourdcaptain]

I know. The friend of mine I watch most Toku series with so I can have someone to discuss it with has a burning hatred for Souichi to the point where he has done detailed rants about how terrible a character he is for roughly an hour, and how the show treats him far better than he deserves in comparison to how badly it treats Gils and G3. The only other series he hates to a comparable degree is Kyoruger.

(Personally, the most painful experience I've had with a toku series was Kamen Rider Black. It has the stupidest villain plots, and is a black hole of characterization, with maybe... two characters with any depth. And one of them is the main character's motorcycle. Said intelligent motorcycle, Battle Hopper is awesome... which is why he gets a less awesome motorcycle and uses it instead for half the series.)