Wow... A great start for a Kamen Rider series.
Episode 1: Two Detectives in One
Toei kicks this series off with a rather explosive prologue. Really embeds the mysterious question of who or wtf is going on? And who can deny the moment of awesomeness when W stands in a sea of flames and his bug eye glow red with the scarf being blown by the wind, good Kamen Rider stuff. The story resumes with a more goofy and comedic tone (not as bad as Den O) as it introduces the main characters of this series. The hardboiled wannabe detective Shotaro, the enigmatic partner Philippe and the super high tone voice Akiko. The story then focuses on the detective job Shotaro accepted from his childhood fren Marina, whom is looking for his missing boyfren. After the detective fails to find the boyfren using the old skool detective methods, Shotaro gets Phillipe to uses the "Bookshelf of Earth" to find the location of the missing boyfren. Then we get our first W rumble with the Magma Dopant (Marina's boyfren). W showcase his Cyclone and Lunar abilities, which is quite cool (Cyclone gives him the wind power while Lunar allows him to stretch like Mr Fantastic). After the W Rider Kick (Pun intended), the baddies go down for the 3 count and before W could do the "Give it up, u lost, repent..." crap, Dino Headed Dopant suddenly pop ups and take a BIG BITE OUTTA the fallen Magma!? This episodes ends with W summoning his big bug eye monster truck. Have to say, pretty solid 1st episode. They even introduce the baddies bosses in this episode. Instill alot of questions on ur mind which makes u wanna continue seeing the series to know wtf is going on. Still, dun so like the CGI thing for W's monster truck, common just give W his bike more old skool action!
Episode 2: Those Who Make the City Grieve
For all the climax at the end of the end of episode 1 turns out to be a cock tease, which is really not that bad as it allows the insertion of the detective story of finding out who is the Dino Head Dopant. Some light detective work by Shotaro before again the "Bookshelf of Earth" solves the whole mystery. Nothing really shocking really the identity of Dino Head, but got some old skool detective touch I have to admit. I also like the confrontation between Shotaro and Phillipe on how to deal with the culprit, sorta shows these 2 characters have their own views and stands. Eventually a showdown between W and T-Rex Dopant (Dino Head), which quickly escalates into a CGI slugfest. While I dun so like the W's flying bike gag, I gotta give a thumbs up for the chase the giant T-Rex on bike action. Also W utilizes 2 more forms, Heat and Metal (Heat gives W some more fire into his punches while Metal gives W a staff weapon). Favorite part of this episode however was the Afro dude quoting "Oh Cute, Oh Beautiful, Unbelievable..." HAHAHA!!! Also another major baddie is showcase, a naked dude that henshins into ???
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