Just watched OOO's finale... Bewarn! Spoiler ahead, stop reading unless u dun care...
U been warned...
Anyway, a rather epic ending for a Kamen Rider series... The only complain I have is the shitty boss fights. Uva after getting his complete form, gets pawned by Eiji is his Tatoba form... Wat a utter disappointment, even his Yummy gave Eiji a harder time than tis... Maki Vs Eiji + Ankh was also a rather lame affair. I was expecting a dogfight like the one Eiji and Ankh had, but instead Maki eat the dust with a Rider Blast!!!??? WTF, it's unthinkable for a Kamen Rider series to end without the trademark Rider Kick!!!
Boss fights aside, the finale was a rather good one in my opinion in terms of story telling. There were rumors tat the series was going to end on a cliff hanger like Decade, but I'm glad the series tie up most of the end nicely. All 6 Greed bites the dust including everyone's favorite floating hand, Ankh. Killing of Ankh really add more epic to what I consider is a very good Kamen Rider series. If I had to rate this series, I would say it's a draw with Blade... maybe better.
Why I say so... Here why:
1. The medal henshin gimmick. While most riders have multiple form, OOO has (5 x 5 x 5) + 1 forms. Normally this would be overkill since it may seem overpower with so many form. They however manage to intertwined the story with the medal. The Greeds (the baddies) are also looking for the these medal, hence a grab here, grab there tradeoff in medal by both sides. OOO never had the full set of medal hence never had full access to all of his forms, which limits him for overusing a particular form too much (Eg: Like in Kiva, which always spam his Emperor Form).
2. Greeds. The baddies themselves is quite well developed as characters. Instead of raging monster out to simply "destroy/conquer/etc the world", the Greed are out to regain their core medals. Each Greed is different, and it shows when even the Greeds fight among themselves when it comes to medals. The backstabbing Kazari, the motherly Mezool, the childlike Gamel, the hot headed Uva, the arrogant Ankh & the psychopathic genius Dr Maki...
3. Hero. Nothing special bout the guy behind the OOO mask background. Eiji is a guy tat in the past watch someone die infront of him, and now vows to do what ever he can so it won't happen again, blablabla... The really interesting part is when the Purple core medals awakens and choose him and Dr Maki as their host. Despite knowing the usage of the purple medals is slowly transforming him into a Greed, he chooses to continue using them in order to save life. In the last few final episode, everyone was on their seat when the preview showed him transforming into his Greed form.
Still the finale left a few things hanging... For starters, we still don't know for sure who the heck is the birthday cake nutcase, Kougami. Is Eiji still a Greed despite losing all of his core medals? Where is foundation X? Probably left hanging so the can continue to milk the series in movie forms. Anyway, it's been a awesome ride with OOOs... Next week the start of Kamen Rider
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