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Episode 82, Ryuki Episode 2

This Week’s Kamentary
Who’s responsible for the tariffs
Murder through omission
Akiyama Ren
Kanzaki Yui
Kamen Teacher
Tea House Atori
Dispider, again
The one person in every office
Catch 22
Journalistic ethics
Bait
Driders
The Contract Card
Dragreder
Tropasatsu: Bond Creatures
Kamen Rider Ryuki
Ropes and trash bag acting
Sword Vent: Dragsaber
Final Vent: Dragon Rider Kick
Bat Treachery
Vespiquen
Jared’s new fear of dressing rooms
Next Time: Darkwing gets dangerous
Theme Song: Knock Down by Xdinary Heroes
 
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Episode 81, Ryuki Episode 1

This Week’s Kamentary
Special Guest Austin
Ryuki factoids
Words are hard
Dispider
Blipple
Knight and Squire
Can you see wear and tear on computer icons?
ORE Journal
Okubo Daisuke
Garo
Shimada Nanako
Business slutty
Reiko Momoi
Kido Shinji
Gigolo Wannabe
Tropasatsu: Idiot Protagonist
How Shinji has a job
Landlords suck
Advent Decks and Advent Cards
The Seal Card
The Mirror World
Blank Form
Rideshooter
Darkvisor
Sword Vent: Winglancer
Advent Card: Darkwing
Kamen Rider Giant Bat, again
Final Vent: Flying Lance
Rules, or lack there of
Car Blowing Up Budget
What’s wrong with America
Appropriate amounts of spidernappings
Next Time: We shouldn’t let this dragon
Theme Song: Fact Check by NCT127
 
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Special Episode 5, Gridman Episode 1

Again due to life happening we're taking another week before starting our coverage of Ryuki. So in the mean time, here's us watching Gridman. 
 
This episode’s Kamentary
· Variations on the life of Gridman
· Naoto, Yuka, and Ippei
· The 90’s
· Junk
· Too many Takeshis
· Gridman
· Daichi
· Takeshi, an obvious villain
· An incel too early
· Crystal Kaiju Gilarus
· Hollywood Hacking
· A digital storm
· Khan Digifer
· A better explanation for what’s happening
· Fucking lasers
· Very mild electricity
· How to communicate with Gridman
· Naoto loses his 3rd dimension
· Inexplicable backstory
· Matrix Rules
· Toku techniques
· No surgical hygiene
· Takeshi is too real
· The Neon Evangelion Highschool Club
 
Next Time: We finally, for real, actually start Ryuki. I hope.
This episode’s theme song: Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
 
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Special Episode 4, Kamen Rider ZO

All three of us are pretty busy, so we need a couple weeks before we start Ryuki. But We're not leaving you high and dry, instead we're releasing some of our older (almost a year in this week's case) Patreon exclusive bonus episodes. 
 
This week’s Kamentary
· Cody’s hallmark for a real person
· Rider, aka Aso Masaru, aka Kamen Rider ZO
· I’m honestly surprised we didn’t make a Jiminy Crickett reference
·  Neo-Lifeform Doras
·  50% Indiana Jones, 50% James Dean
·  Granpa
·  Mochizuki Hiroshi
·  Overly Dramatic Neo-Lifeform
·  The worst ab workout
·  The Z-Bringer
·  Jurassic Park
·  Rider presumes a lot
·  Reiko, Kuroda, Nishimura, and Miyazaki
·  Kumori Man
·  Kumo Woman
·  Grandpa’s superpower
·  Questionable defense tactics
·  Unwilling Roboticisation
·  Rider’s unexpected superpower
·  That scene from Full Metal Alchemist
·  How you get Neo-Lifeforms
·  The coolest henshin of the movie
·  Obligatory villain base
·  The worst hickey
·  Doctor Mochizuki
·  Neo-Lifeform, again
·  A 1 minute 40 second single take fight scene
·  How to fight near god monstrosities
·  Symbolic ends
·  Godhoppers
 
Next Time: How do computers work?
Theme Song: Ai ga Tomarani by INFIX
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Episode 80, Agito Retrospective

This Week’s Kamentary
We will never catch up
Festivus
Pacing, or lack there of
The episode stats
Arcane, more, again
The legacy of Kuuga on Agito
Tropasatsu: Sliding Scale of Continuity
Can Cody name a single Lord
Monster stats
Immediate contradictions
Cody’s views on killing, again
Hojo v Geoffery
Taichi the Iron Tyrant
Shoichi, Hikawa, and Ryo
Who is the real secondary?
Patreon Special plug
Who’s our favorite rider in Agito?
Worldbuilding
Revelation Space
Practical effects
Take your kid to work day for tokusatsu, more, again
What we discover about Agito
Memorable moments
Ozawa is still the best
The CATS liststing
Next Time: Through a mirror dorkly
 
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Episode 79, Agito Episode 51

This Week’s Kamentary
Cody’s Birthday Present
Ozawa has a gun
Ominous symbolism
El of Ground Metalix
Ryo’s status quo, more, again
Stupidly Amazing v Amazingly Stupid
Tropasatsu: Badass Normal
Theos’ s new plan
More cosmic bukkake
Various ways to kill God
Sawaki goes out with a literal thud
Omuro’s leadership style
A very common warehouse
The height of human civilization
Time zones exist
How Ozawa avoided prosecution
Hojo isn’t fooling anyone
Majima’s Daddy Complex
Some light dognapping
Shoichi’s dubious naming choices
Missing characters
Kiba Ranger
Next Time: Looking back to look forward.
Theme Song: Never Give Up by Taecyeon of 2PM
 
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Episode 78, Agito Episode 50

This Week’s Kamentary
TW: We continue to discuss suicidal ideation and self-harm in this episode.
Our writing pet peeves
NPC’s
The Brass gets a personality
Not all jokes translate
Chef doesn’t care about your health problems
A Goodbye
A weird astrology fact
Kana v Mana
At least someone is smiling
Shut up and get in the bug suit Shoichi
Tropasatsu: Stuffed in a Fridge
An amusing name for a cake shop
Kana pulls a Shoichi
Welcome to 2025
Hikawa in streets
The perfect moment to henshin
Sawaki’s redemption
We can’t imagine what the finale looks like
Next Time: Do things end with a bang, or a thud?
Theme Song: Make a Wish (Birthday Song) by NCT Wish
 
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Episode 77, Agito Episode 49

This Week’s Kamentary
TW: As with this entire arc, we discuss suicide again this episode.
Pine Needle Soda
CATS, more, again
Several completely useless scenes
Breaking and Entering
Tropasatsu: Cosmic Convergence
Rick and Morty, more, again
A very impressive jump in logic
Shirakawa Nozumi
Senator Kelly and Magneto
Another pointless scene
The wrong lesson
Everything is better with sass
Another drink bet
Manse Sawaki
El Lord of Ground
Sand Boobs
Hojo is the asshole
A very bad moral
Robot Betrayal
Jed came prepared
Next Time: A cold reception
Theme Song: Earth, Wind, and Fire by BOYNEXTDOOR
 
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Episode 76, Agito Episode 48

This Week’s Kamentary
Trigger Warning: This episode features discussion of suicide.
Beige Flags
Kill Confirms, or lack there of
We’ve learned nothing from X-Men
Meuniere
Professional Courtesy
Dawson Casting
Omuro has big feels
Various uses of a merry go round
A very complicated master plan
Class solidarity
Parallels
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
Job security
A pillar of responsibility
Ship tease
Uncomfortable cultural context
A weird moment from Chef
A very good shot
The Kamentary Track Gay Hotness Meter
Gust spam
Next Time: We get a little jumpy on these conclusions
Theme Song: Racer by CNBLUE
 
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Episode 75, Agito Episode 47

This Week’s Kamentary
Caffeine delivery vehicles of choice
Ryo’s biggest opponent
Hikawa is Gus the Theatre Cats
Tiachi’s dialog for the episode
Mr Kamen Rider
Chef Kuromoto
Omakura Kana
Mizuhara Risa, Scorpion
What Theos has been up to for a month
Shoichi’s happiness
Villainous Breakdown
Se7en
Gordon Ramsey is a toku fan
“Fixing” motorcycles
Omuro’s new job
A moderate speed chase
The El of Wind
Ryo returns to form
Budget concerns
True Inoue vs False Inoue
Next Time: Hell on wheels
Theme Song: God’s Menu by STRAY KIDS
 
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