Kamen Rider 555

This show takes forever to pick up, it took three attempts to watch this show and I finally was able to grip it enough. It's painfully slow and the characters feel so one dimensional. However when it does pick up it gets good, the fights and costumes are really well done. I can't really speak for the effects as this is an older Rider series, its pretty trash but still fun. It eventually gets slow again before it zipping itself off a bridge with its MASSIVELY ANTICLIMACTIC ending. Nothing gets resolved. One of the worst endings to a riders series. However if you do stick around you will find some enjoyment. I don't blame the actors for this, they did what they could but the story itself suffered greatly. Good everything else but the lack of plot and slow points hinders this series greatly. Man... Kusaka was the worst too.

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555 is good, don't trust a gray like that other reviewer on here for it.

The show is absolutely the best of the early rider shows that aren't Kuuga, and it slaps so hard only peons could hate it. The best Inoue work outside of Hibiki's second half. And maybe Changerion. Or Jetman. He really wrote more good than bad.

Anyways, Takumi is genuinely the best protagonist and its great how Kiba is an alternate protagonist as well. People who hate Kaido, Mari, Keitaro? Weak. All better characters than most Kamen Rider shows, which usually suck, lets be honest.

Also, Kusaka did nothing wrong.

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Worst KR season I've watched...

...with that said, i recommend it and i will certainly rewatch it.👍🏼

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I don't know what to say about this one, it could have been great, had an interesting concept, but the execution was lacking, story is presented in older J drama format so some parts are frustrating, like in one episode later in the series Yuka Osada (Crane Orphnoch) has a weird interaction with a troublemaker kid to calm the kid she does something weird, civilian casualties in this series is high & feel like heroes don't care much about that because they get killed even if the good guys try to save them.
What I liked some parts are great the Orphnoch trio were interesting & likeable characters, revelation regarding Faiz was great, loved the first Kamen Rider Delta (Saya Kimura) felt more powerful & cool, like stalking & hunting the prey in a scary way, when she had the Delta belt, the part where she was hiding in the tall grass and ambushed that Lucky Clover Orphnoch and the rest of the episode he was absolutely terrified. She was possibly the best user for Delta.
Start was great after the revelation regarding events that took place in the school, it slowed, introduction of Saya Kimura was great, other good parts were introduction of Dragon Orphnoch very powerful antagonist, then introduction of Arch Orphnoch etc.
This one has too much drama not in a good way, some characters are jealous, angry, manipulating, kamen rider kaixa most irritating Kamen Rider, his antics wasted few episodes & best part was when he got killed, the show tried it's best to make this character a great one near end, things he did was worse than even the antagonists of the show. In this show, Kamen Rider belt can be used by every Orphnoch. Despite a lot of issues, the show is still interesting, one time watch.

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What it means to be a human? And why do we fight...

When you dream of something there's always going to be days when it hurts, but rest of the time, it gets you going!

I really like this show, and compared to other Kamen Riders, I would put this show into one of the better Rider series out there. This series have some flaws here and there, but overall I liked it a lot. It's an amazing story about what it means to be human and why we should follow our dreams.

It's very slow at times, but I don't think this is necessarily bad. Most characters are very fleshed out. We are not just watching them follow the monster of the week, but them eating dinners, going on a date or an amusment park ride. Towards the end of the show, I really cared about these characters and I felt hurt when they were hurt. I hated Takumi at the beginning of the show, but towards the end, I understood his past behaviour and liked him alot. Acting is great too! Everyone did an amazing job I think.

There are some things I didn't like as well. I don't like the ending. It doesn't resolve some of the major plot points and leave you hanging there. I didn't like the monster suits either. Even though some of them are very cool, the monochrome design looks very bland.

Overall, I give this show a high rating. It's a must watch if you want a more character driven story and dive into personal relationships. However, I wouldn't recommend this show as someone's first toku/kamen rider show. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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