IZOUKE!!!
Episode 48 of Kamen Rider Fourze came
out this last weekend, bringing end to one of the most amazing and
memorable Kamen Rider series I have ever had the pleasure of
watching, and that's something coming from me.
I mean, when I first
heard the rumors and saw the suit and saw the switches and even when
I saw how Gentarou was supposed to look, I flat out hated it. I had
for some reason always hated the whole pompadour style, especially in
animes, and when I saw our protagonist was going to sport one, I
immediately had a hate for the character. At first the design looked
horrendous. I took one look at that rocket helmet and I groaned out
loud. I had no intentions of watching it nor did I think it would
amount to anything great.... HOLY #@$ WAS I WRONG. This has GOT to be
one of the best written and best casted shows I have seen since Kamen
Rider Double and Shinkenger, my two all time favorites. I'm going a
little more in depth here than I usually will, so please bear with me
while I have my fangasm.
So Fourze premiered back in 2011,
airing alongside of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, until that show ended
and it aired the remainder of it's episodes along with the current
sentai, Go-Busters. The show revolves around the students of
Amanogawa High School, namely Gentarou Kisaragi, a transfer student
who looks like a “bad boy” but has a heart of gold.
Upon first arriving, he encounters
Kengo Utahoshi, who very rudely tells a girl off who gave him a love
letter. Kengo immediately despises Gentarou and simply ignores him as
he goes to retrieve the love letter which Kengo threw away. Kengo then meets up with his classmate
Yuki, and we briefly learn about “Zodiarts” which are students
that have been turning into monsters with the aid of “Switches”.
To Kengo's dismay, we learn that Gentarou has been assigned to his
homeroom.
Gentarou's main goal to become friends
with everyone in the Amanogawa High, and trust me, he genuinely wants
to be friends with everyone.
We also learn that apparently Gentarou
and Yuki were close friends when they were children. Later on,
Gentarou roams around the cafeteria, and we see two other side
characters, JK, a “hip” guy who serves as an informant and
Tomoko, an odd goth who keeps to herself.
As Gentarou greets everyone, he makes
the horrible mistake of sitting at the “cool kids” table and
people start murmering. Enter Miu, the “Queen” and Shun, the
“King” of Amanogawa. They immediately insult Gentarou and when he
begins to fight back, Shun has the football team grab Yuki and
threaten to hurt her unless he listens to them. Reluctantly, he goes
outside and begins getting beaten up by Shun, This ends, however when
they are attacked by a Zodiart.
The entire football team runs, leaving
Gentarou to fight the Orion Zodiart, who doesn't take even a scratch
from Gentarou's beating.
When all seems lost, Kengo appears,
manning the Power Dizer, a robotic suit that puts immense strain on
him. We also find out that this is also due to the fact that Kengo
has an odd sickness that cause him to cringe in pain every so often.
Shortly after the fight, we see Kengo
and Yuki entering through a locker, which through cosmic power, serves as a gateway to the
Rabbit Hutch, a base on the moon which apparently was left to Kengo
by his father, along with the Power Dizer, Fourze Driver and plans for several
Switches. Yuki reminds him that he is too weak to handle the Fourze
system, and just then, they hear a familiar voice.
Gentarou had followed them to the
Rabbit Hutch and heard the whole story.
He volunteers to fight as Fourze, and
before Kengo can argue, he is struck by another wave of pain, and
Gentarou leaves with the belt.
Gentarou immediately encounters the
Orion Zodiart and Yuki instructs him on how to transform into Fourze.
We see Fourze fighting the Orion
Zodiart, displaying a number of switches including Rocket, Launcher,
Chainsaw and Radar, each which provide Fourze with distinct and
awesome weapons on his hands or legs.
Fourze then performs a Limit Break, or
final attack, and a pretty awesome one at that, and defeats the Zodiart.
Kengo appears, manning the
Power Dizer and grabs Gentarou, with intentions to hurt him.
The rest of the show is an explosion of
awesomeness, with UNFORGETTABLE characters, a beautiful storyline,
unbelievable twists and explosive action. Even the suit grew on me and remains one of my all time favorite suit design for Riders. This series took me by
surprise and it now holds a deep place in my heart. It has great
morals, great episodes, it's just great! Sadly, it finished the past
Sunday. But this isn't it! I will write a full overview of the
characters soon, for all Fourze fans who have already watched the
series. If you haven't watched it GET TO IT! Now, all that's left is
to look forward to Kamen Rider Wizard.
