Detailed introduction to Kamen Rider Ryuki

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I took advantage of the summer vacation to finish reading this Mask. Ryūki can be said to be the first work I watched after returning to tokusatsu. At first, I just watched it with the concept that I thought the character design was good. Unexpectedly, I became obsessed with the Persona series from then on, and I feel that the standard of tokusatsu is now so high. It's not comparable to the special effects I watched when I was a kid, both in terms of production and plot. Before watching Ryuki, my exposure to the Kamen series was only Kamen Rider Kuuga, and I had only watched a few episodes sporadically on TV, but I still had a good impression. Ryuki appears as the third Heisei Knight after Kuuga and Agito. It continues to inject new blood into the revival of the Mask series and interprets the concepts it wants to express with a new starting point. Although many people say that Ryuki is not as good as the first one. The spirit of chivalry was lost, but the innovation proved successful. The following are some of my rough comments on Dragon Knight. Since I read it nearly 2 months ago and I haven’t reviewed it, there may be some deviations or even errors in the analysis. Please forgive me.

Kamen Rider Ryuki

Broadcast time: 2002

TV version of Kamen Rider Ryuki*** 50 episodes, theatrical version

Kamen Rider Ryuki EPISODE FINAL

Kamen Rider Ryuki 13RIDERS

Kamen Rider Ryuki VS Kamen Rider AGITO

Here we mainly talk about This is the TV version, and there will also be some commentary on the theatrical version.

Plot: 8 points (on a 10-point scale)

Shinji Kido, a reckless young reporter, a little silly but with a strong sense of justice, was interviewing a mysterious missing person during a time Unintentionally obtained the Dragon Knight's transformation card, and with the help of the Masked Superman Night Rider, he made a contract with the Contract Beast Dragon, and became the Masked Superman Dragon Knight. He entered the mirror world to fight monsters, and was involved in the masked dragon knight. Face Superman War. The essence of the Masked Superman War is that 13 masked supermen created by Kanzaki Shirou fight against each other, choose the last survivor and fulfill his wish, and save Kanzaki Shirou's sister Yui Kanzaki who is actually dead in the real world ( The current Uniform is a transition from the mirror world and will die on its 20th birthday) to gain new life. The ending of the TV version is that Night Rider finally survived and saved his lover, but he also died due to excessive fighting, all 13 people were wiped out, the truth of the Knight War was made public, and Kanzaki Shirou and Kanzaki Yui died (one theory It’s the two of them and the masked supermen who start a beautiful life again in the mirror world). The ending of the theatrical version is that Dragon Knight and Night Knight both POWER UP at the same time, and they rush towards the MONSTER in the sky together for the showdown between them. I haven’t watched 13RIDERS yet. It is said that Shinji replaced the dead Ren as a night knight and continued the knight war.

Starting from Dragon Knight, the Masked Superman series continues to innovate. This time the number of Masked Superman has increased to 13. Moreover, Masked Superman is no longer a representative of justice, but destroying monsters is In order to enhance their own strength, 13 people are killing each other for what they carry, what they want to protect, what they want to know, and even their desires. This is what people say has the spirit of a masked Superman, but I feel that if today's special effects are still about righteous heroes who transform into heroes to save the earth, then they will only eat up the younger audiences, and as younger audiences With the narrowing of scope, the Masked Superman series can only decline again. Although Kuuga and Agito have made innovations in all aspects, and the modern plot mode and more realistic concepts combined with more exquisite special effects are refreshing, they still have not gotten rid of the routine. This approach of Dragon Knight greatly extends the flexibility of the plot, brings more possibilities to the image of the masked superman, and brings grudges, hatred, and the warmth and coldness of the world onto the special photography screen. And compared to the 2003 Masked Superman FAIZ (I’ve watched it a little, the plot is full of human emotions and is as compact as a Hong Kong and Taiwan drama, at least I find it tiring to watch...), the concept and plot of Dragon Knight are more thought-provoking. The reason why the masked supermen fight makes the audience think about values, and just as Shinji can't figure out why the masked supermen fight each other instead of working together to protect mankind, it brings the audience a variety of conflicts in the whole drama. More thinking, this is also the reason why Dragon Knight is so attractive. As the knights fighting with their own justice died one by one, not a single contradiction or conflict was brought to an end, but a heavy ellipsis was hammered down.

There is also a lot of well-timed humor in the play, allowing the audience to gain some relaxation from complex thinking. It is precisely because Dragon Knight has a little bit of relaxation and warmth that it makes people feel a little bit more heavy at the end of the play. 13 justices, there is no right or wrong, there are just fierce battles like sharp contradictions. In one episode, a child watched in front of the mirror as the Night Rider he admired and another masked superman killed each other. "What is this?" The conflict shattered his dream. Shinji patted him on the shoulder: "You see, being a masked superman is not fun at all, it's even sad."

I have to say, I think the fight between the masked supermen is really a successful breakthrough. , and there is no distinction between good and evil. The 13 people showed great perseverance every time they transformed. They took out their transformation cards and resolutely shouted "Transformation!!" in front of the mirror. They put on their masks, put away their emotions, and entered a world where good and evil can be reflected. In the mirror, shake your fist for your beliefs.

Character: 8 points

Shinji Kido/Ryuki (contract beast fighting dragon)

A typical image of a star citizen, an intern reporter of ORE News Agency, He has a passionate personality, a little silly but has a sense of justice. He became a dragon rider with the purpose of fighting to protect mankind. In the end, he was killed by MONSTER in order to save the girl who was attacked by MONSTER. But after being involved in the Masked Superman War, this foolish young man has been wandering, wandering between fighting or not fighting. He chose to fight for humanity, but found that he was powerless and isolated. He chose to fight the masked supermen, but found that he had lost what he wanted to protect. After changing his mind several times, in the end he forced himself and even gave up on being a masked superman. In the end, he held Lian's hand when he died, saying that he still didn't understand. But everyone saw that when he saw the rescued girl reunited with her mother, he smiled happily while lying on the ground with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. Due to his confusion, his thoughts have always been used as clues to guide the audience's thinking. Although death is a bit childish, the contradictions and impulses of this young man, the contradiction of not knowing whether to join the masked superman in fighting and the impulse to protect others, are the most touching in this vortex of contradictions.

Ren Akiyama/Ye Qi (Contract Beast Black Wing)

A young gangster, Shinji's "friend" and "best partner", in order to make himself stand out in the Masked Superman The lover who became a vegetative state during the experiment wakes up and fights. It was originally a good setting, but sometimes the determination made me feel inexplicable, and there were too many cool places... But in the end, he collapsed beside the hospital bed and fell asleep forever. When he woke up, his lover said to him: "Lian, sleep." You will catch a cold there." This scene is quite emotional. Overall, this character is pretty decent.

(There is another reason why I don’t like him: his girlfriend looks old enough to be his mother...)

Sute Masashi/Scissorhands (Contract Beast Crab)

A passerby character, fighting for his own purpose. He appeared in less than 3 or 2 episodes before Ye Qi destroyed the contract card during the battle and was killed by his own contracted beast. As the third masked superman to appear after Dragon Knight and Night Rider, the purpose of appearing is entirely to tell the audience that there are such selfish and dangerous people among the masked supermen. He is just a passerby, with nothing to say...

Kitaoka Shuichi/Solda (contract beast buffalo)

A handsome man, an incredibly strong defense lawyer, who can The court calls black into white, narcissistic, and enjoys a luxurious life. He has a sense of justice, but he doesn't dare to face it (I really can't think of this sentence and copied it from Hei Rida...). But he was terminally ill and became a masked superman in order to extend his life. A character that I like very much, although I have never quite understood why he wants to live. His fighting method is also quite strange. When others are fighting in full swing, he will always launch a sneak attack with FINAL VENT next to him, and use a sweep. The field-style ending interferes and ends the battle overbearingly...but I like his nobility and tenderness very much. What are you talking about... I don’t quite understand myself, because I don’t understand this character, and I don’t understand why he got tired of fighting in the end and chose to let everything end and die peacefully.

Tezuka Umi/Manta Ray (Contracted Beast Flying Fish)

It is also a character that I prefer. He makes a living by divination, and his divination is very accurate, even his own death. In place of his friend Ryuichi who lost the reason to fight and was killed by MONSTER, he became a masked superman. In order to prevent this from happening again, he determined to prevent the fight between masked supermen. Shinji's first and only comrade. .

In the end, he was killed by the King Snake in order to save Shinji, but it seemed that he found something in Shinji that he had been confused about: "My divination... was finally inaccurate." In the middle of the plot, he appeared as a very important character, because he directly opened the door for Shinji's direction in the later period, and his own setting was also very good. This also prevented him from becoming a stranger. I have to say here that for this character with a certain weight, the design of Manta Ray's clothing and moves are simply outrageous...

Chiba Jun/Kai (Contract Beast Rhino)

< p>As soon as I finished saying that the manta ray was not reduced to a stranger, the stranger appeared...a computer master who tried to control people's minds with games to achieve his own goals. He liked to disrupt the battle and steal Shinji's dragon cards to drive Shinji. Finally, he was kicked to death by the king snake. It is also a negative teaching material for the masked superman, passing by.

Asakura Wei/King Snake (Contract Beast Snake King)

Severe mania patients are prone to violence due to anxiety. He was imprisoned for killing people and met Kanzaki in prison. Shirou became King Snake, fighting for the sake of fighting, because only fighting can make him excited and excited. Another character he likes very much, he rescued a girl on the ferry that was attacked by MONSTER. The girl was devoted to him, and he kept the girl as a hostage to lure out MONSTER; Lingzi told him that during the fire in his childhood home, His younger brother, who was supposed to have died, was still alive. He showed an eagerness to change his ways as soon as he saw his younger brother. However, when Lingzi brought his younger brother, he killed him. He was the one who started the fire in the house, showing that he wanted to start anew. The way he behaves is to let Lingzi bring this fish that slipped through the net. An extreme character, his behavior seems sinister, cruel and unreasonable, but this is the vividness of the characterization. The actor's image and tone are also very good. A thorough battlefield man, facing the siege of police gun barrels, he rushed in with an iron pipe in hand without hesitation... There was no way to die more suitable for him than such a heroic death. praise.

Tojo Satoru/Daya (Contract Beast White Tiger)

A student at Kagawa University, in order to close the mirror world and make up for the sins of Kanzaki Shirou, he followed Professor Hideyuki Kagawa to engage in research work. I want to be a hero with the idea of ??killing as a warning to others, and that success requires sacrifice, but I feel a little unreasonably that the people around me, elders, and friends will become the fetters of a hero. They have not done what a hero should do, so I put them away. PK one by one. After PKing the antelope, he saved a father and his son on the road but was hit by a car. Just when the whole plot was vilifying him more and more, the next day's newspaper published in a small space the size of a small piece of tofu, "Saved a couple." Father and son hero” and he truly became a hero. He is also a good character. His previous gratitude to his elders and friends was in sharp contrast to his unreasonable PK with them later. For this confused child, it is well deserved to be a hero who gives him a piece of tofu.

Sano Mitsuru/Imbera (Contract Beast Antelope)

A young man from a poor family lives a miserable life on a meager salary, so he becomes very snobbish and, in order to survive, A better life and become the Masked Superman. He unexpectedly received his father's inheritance and became the president. Not long after he arrived at the beauty of life, he failed in the Masked Superman War and disappeared in the mirror world. He appeared in a very mysterious way. He first drove the antelopes to attack the masked superman, and then distributed his business cards everywhere to show his identity as the masked superman, hoping to get a good job. His snobbishness made the audience feel that this person was not a real person. Good bird. Receiving a huge inheritance makes people feel like a villain is succeeding. However, as soon as he saw the beauty of life, he was attacked by Big Ya who was grateful to him, and then the Masked Superman card was destroyed by King Snake. Finally, in the mirror in the mirror world, he looked at his girlfriend who was anxiously waiting for him in the outside world and desperately asked for help..." I just...want to live a happy life!" Then he spread his words. At this moment everyone understood that he was actually a good man, which also made the theme heavier and showed the cruelty of the masked superman's war.

The Masked Superman Odin (Contract Beast Phoenix)

A clone created by Kanzaki Shirou, with no actual contractor, as the final BOSS after the knight defeated the other 11 people, a complete Conceptual existence. I almost forgot about it, but I found out when I counted the number of people...

The above are the 10 knights who appeared in the TV version.

The following is the other characters... Because the new masked Superman in 13RIDERS and the theatrical version is too ordinary, so I will introduce it together with other characters...

Kanzaki Shirou

The inventor of the Masked Superman Card, the researcher of the mirror world, and the initiator of the Masked Superman War launched the Masked Superman War in order to give his sister a new life. A good brother who loves his sister very much, but is a little paranoid.

Kanzaki Yui

To sum up, the good brother’s good sister did not want to trade other people’s lives for her own survival, and committed suicide in order to prevent the masked superman war. (I said, this actor looks too...please, the heroine said ugh...embarrassing)

Yuragoro

Kitaoka’s defense target, Kitaoka’s He was so grateful that he became Beigang's follower. He looks like he is doing palm reading, but he is actually a kind-hearted, affectionate and good man. In order to let Kitaoka escape, he transformed into Solda and died fighting the King Snake. "Sir...next time, I will buy delicious food and go back..." Everything is said without saying anything. This kind of friendship is really touching. My favorite of the other characters.

Hideyuki Kagawa

A professor at Qingming University studied to close the mirror world, created and became the mimic masked superman ZERO. His behavior was displeasing to Da Ya and he was PKed.

Nakamura Hajime

Kagawa's student, Satoru's senior, was also upset and was PKed... Taibo Daisuke

The editor-in-chief of ORE News Agency, Shinji's The seniors and bosses may seem a bit wretched but often speak shockingly...

Momoi Reiko

The beautiful reporter sister of ORE News Agency has a truth-seeking and pragmatic spirit in news reporting. The woman Kitaoka admires.

Shimada Nanako

A programmer at ORE News Agency, a computer expert, but very simple and stupid. A joke character who changes his hair style every episode False Alliance:

The character who only appeared in the TV special edition is the boss of a large corporate group. He regards the war of the Masked Superman as a social competition, but he is despicable and cunning, and the tricks he uses after transformation are also quite despicable, such as invisibility and copying. Later, he transformed into a night rider and killed Tezuka. In the end, he led other masked supermen to chase Shinji and Ren, and tried to defeat Ren with his special kill, but was killed by Ren instead...

Kirishima Miho/Shiratori (Contract Beast) Swan)

With the new masked superman who appeared in the theatrical version, he became the masked superman in order to save his sister who was killed by Asakura and take revenge. He often uses double-dealing methods, but in fact he is not bad at heart and is just for fighting. And it became like this. Shinji couldn't understand her, but she fell in love with Shinji. Finally killed by Dragon Fang.

Mirror Shinji/Ryuuga (i.e. Black Dragon Rider) (Contract Beast Black War Dragon)

This is Shinji in the mirror... His personality is very different from Shinji's, he is sinister and vicious

Props/Costumes/Fighting/Special Effects: 6 points

The number of masked supermen suddenly increased to 13. I don’t know whether the rough design is inevitable or helpless. Both the Dragon Cavalry and the Night Cavalry are well designed. However, in the second form, the survival state, the Dragon Cavalry is passable, while the Night Cavalry is simply (beep——)!

Such as this, there are also the perfunctory FINAL VENT of the Dragon Knight survival state, the rough manta ray, rhinoceros, white bird, chameleon... Compared with the excellent designs of the previous masked supermen, there is a real gap. Not small, I have no choice but to give this score. The special effects used the new technology at the time, but there were still obvious unnatural or loopholes in the editing. For example, after Ye Qiu activates the FINAL VENT and puts on the black wings, the cloth bat head on the back is so silly; when Bella was killed by the king snake, it was obvious that he raised his butt and let the king snake kick it... I heard that there was a The Dragon Knight's armor was damaged and a dent appeared. After that, the costume was never repaired until the show, and the dent was always there... In terms of fighting, it was inferior, with a simple fist and kick collision, and a strong and powerful blow with KABUTO. It can't be compared to real action...

Although Dragon Knight is a bit tarnished in terms of design and fighting, overall this is a very good masked superman.

Hmm, so many words seem to be a bit incoherent...

"Although there is one truth, there is often more than one justice" - Mr. Taibo Daisuke's words have become the title of the entire drama. That's right, there is no right or good here, there is only fighting and survival. "Dream, dance, on this star, like shattering a mirror that reflects hatred..." (OP Alive A Life Lyrics)