Summary
Adachi Asumu, unsure of what he wants to do with his life and unconfident about taking an entrance test to a well known band school goes on a trip with his mother one day. They travel to an island by boat and suddenly a young girl falls over the side of the boat. A man races to her rescue, jumping overboard himself, just in time to grab the girl. Asumu takes notices and thinks the man who saved the girl, Hibiki, is a bit odd. The two part ways as Asumu and his mother get to an island. There Asumu encounters a Makamou and witnesses Hibiki become an Oni.
Asumu and Hibiki meet up many more times at a sweets shop that the Takeshi organization owns and operates from. It is the meeting ground for many different Oni around Japan. Asumu ends up meeting the trumpet wielding Oni, Ibuki and Ibuki's supporter. Supporters are exactly what they sound like, people who support the Oni on their missions, and in many cases are training to be Oni themselves. Ibuki's supporter doesn't feel Asumu should be around Hibiki as he only drags Hibiki down. Eventually he ends up winning her trust and respect.
Later on the third and fourth series riders appear. Todoroki and his master Zanki, Zanki is an aging Oni who can't fight as well as he used to. Todoroki steps up to take his place as he becomes an Oni with the "ki" suffix, signifying that he is no longer the student. Todoroki is a rookie and still has much to learn and treats Ibuki and Hibiki as his superiors as they have more experience, even though Ibuki is younger than Todoroki himself.
Hibiki, Ibuki, Todoroki and Zanki make up the main Oni cast of the series. Many other Oni appear in the series, but they're in the series for an episode or two at the most. Over the course of the show other characters join the main cast, even a young boy who tries to get Hibiki to make him his apprentice.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Kamen Rider Hibiki Summary
Kamen Rider Blade Summary
Summary
Kenzaki Kazuma believes he has an easy life, paying rent, throwing out the trash and sealing away monsters. All that changes when somehow the Undead are let lose and wreck havoc on B.O.A.R.D. HQ. As Kenzuki tries desperately to defeat an Undead, he soon realizes his close friend is no longer his ally.
Eventually Kenzaki takes up residence in a small home with Shirai Kotarou. An aspiring writer who has hopes to one day write about the many adventures of the Kamen Riders, and he also seems to have a milk fetish going for him. He has a sister that he visits often, who has a daughter, who's friends with a man named Aikawa Hajime.
This person just so happens to be a rouge Kamen Rider and Undead, not looking to defeat the Undead nor to help Kenzaki's cause. He's a mysterious character who reveals little about himself. On the outside he's a cold and distant person, but all of that seems to go away when he is around the daughter or Kotarou's sister, Amane. She sees Hajime as a father figure and is perhaps the only reason Hajime fights so hard to keep his humanity.
There is also the case of Kenzaki's old partner and idol, Tachibana Sakuya. For what reason has he turned on Kenzaki and seemingly become a rebel? What does he wish to accomplish and why is he taking such drastic measures to meet these goals?
Kamen Rider Faiz/555 Summary
Summary
Two years ago Yuji Kiba was in a car accident that killed both of his parents and put him into a coma. Fast-forward to the present and suddenly we find out he has died.... only to wake up later on in a morgue. When Yuji tries to visit his past life, he sees that everything has changed. He then finds himself in the care of 'Smart Brain' where they explain to him that he has been reborn as an Orphenochs and must now abandon his human heart and kill all humans.
The other half of our story is about a man named Takumi Inui.
Takumi Inui isn't your happy go lucky guy, he is reluctant to share his feelings and even more reluctant to make friends.
He follows a girl named Mari Sonoda when he thinks that she stole his gym bag. As it turns out that he's not the only one interested in Mari's bag, for it seems that she is actually in possession of a belt with advanced technology that some people don’t want out in the public arena. While confronting her for stealing his gym bag, an Orphenoch appears and demands that Mari hand over the belt.
Scared, she tries to transform into Kamen Rider 555, but the belt doesn't work for her. As an act of desperation, she attaches the belt to Takumi and he's forced to fight the Orphenoch. Reluctant to stay with Mari, Takumi finds himself getting deeper and deeper into her world and eventually agreeing to fight the Orphenochs as Kamen Rider 555.
Kamen Rider Agito Summary
Summary
Shoichi Tsugami is a man who has lost his memory. He knows nothing of where he comes from or who he is. Only that he must use the mysterious power within him to transform and protect his new home and the people that he loves. When an enemy rises to face him, he transforms into Kamen Rider Agito.
A series of terrible murders have been taking place across Tokyo that can only be described as impossible crimes. When at last the culprits are revealed to be the mysterious creatures called Unknowns, the police department’s newly-created G3 armor, and its unit are put into action.
When G3 meets Agito, he is unsure if they are friends or enemies, neither side knowing where Agito’s powers come from. And the existence of the Unknowns, who seem to be targeting members of the same families, is even more of a mystery.
When the ferocious Rider, Gills, appears, determined to find out why his father killed himself after boarding the Akatsugi-Go cruise liner, the mysteries only continue to pile up, especially when it is discovered that several targets of the Unknowns had boarded the same cruise.
What is the true origin of Agito, Gills, and the Unknowns? Why are the Unknowns targeting these people? The search for such answers only brings more questions, and more furious battles, fists flying between both friends and foes. And in the end, only one thing is certain…time is running out for the human race!
Kamen Rider Kuuga Summary
Summary
The discovery of an ancient sarcophagus in Nagano, Japan unleashes a demonic force that murders the researchers who found it, reawakening the spirits of evil from the dark past. Within the coffin there is a the body of a man wearing an orante yet strangely technological looking belt. The belt is found at the crime scene by Commander Ichijo who calls upon the services of researcher Sawatari Sakurako. Who was also witness to the death screams of her fellow researchers when one of them tried to contact her from the scene of the attack.
Our hero is Godai Yuuske. A young, slightly goofy and childlike sort of guy who is possesed of a huge heart and a almost reckless knack for going above and beyond to help those in need. He has spent most of his life caring for his little sister Minori (now a kindergarden teacher) and also has been a longtime freind to Sakurako.
Since the belt was found, Godai has been plauged with sudden psychic flashes of a red armored figure. When one of the savage creatures (that we later learn is called a Grongi) attacks the Nagano police station, Godai doesn't think twice before realizing what his sudden psychic flashes have been urging him to do. Our hero slams the belt on.
Kamen Rider Ryuki Summary
Summary
"One who does not fight will not survive."
Thirteen Advent Card decks were created for thirteen Kamen Riders. They make Contracts with monsters from the mysterious Mirror World, a dimension opposite to our own in which the Kamen Riders can only exist. The Riders draw on their monsters' strength in exchange for feeding them the life force of the creatures they destroy. The creator of the Advent Cards has only one rule: that there can be only one Kamen Rider. The others must be killed, and the sole victor will be granted a single wish. This is the Rider War.
All over the city, innocent people are being mysteriously abducted, never to be seen again. During his investigations of these incidents, Shinji Kido- an intern at the online news service ORE Journal- discovers one of the Advent Card decks at an apartment where every reflective surface has been covered by newspaper. He is soon sucked into the Mirror World, discovering the terrifying truth behind the disappearances: people are literally being pulled through mirrors by the monsters of the Mirror World so that they may feed. He is about to be killed by a powerful dragon named Dragreder when he is saved by Kamen Rider Knight- Ren Akiyama. Ren seeks to win the Rider War at all costs. He works with a young woman named Yui Kanzaki, who seeks her missing brother: the master of the Rider War, ShirÅ Kanzaki. Seeing Ren's strength, Shinji enters the Rider War not for the prize, but so that he may protect innocent people from the threat of the Mirror World, and stop the senseless fighting between the Kamen Riders. With Dragreder as his Contract Monster, he becomes Kamen Rider Ryuki.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Kamen Rider Kabuto Episode 3
Kamen Rider Kabuto Episode 3 : I am Justice!!
A woman named Yuki is attacked by the Lanpyrisworm and impersonated, but she survives so now there are two Yukis running around. More intrigue between Tendo & Kagami, who is quickly falling out of favor with ZECT, plus a fight between Kabuto and a new kind of Worm at an amusement park.
