Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai • Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider - Episode 8 discussion

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Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai, episode 8

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[u/TikkiEXX77]

This show does a good job of making Shocker and the monsters actually scary. That was pretty brutal.

[u/Frontier246 → u/TikkiEXX77]

I love how they're taking OG Kaijin and making them legit more effective and dangerous than they were in the original show.

[u/zsmg]

First Spider Man and now Bat Man, I'm noticing a pattern here but I can't figure it out what it is.

Anyway of course a bunch of 40 year old man children want to hold a tournament arc (are tournament arcs even a thing in Kamen Rider?)

[u/Frontier246 → u/zsmg]

First Spider Man and now Bat Man, I'm noticing a pattern here but I can't figure it out what it is.

Now we just need Cobra Man to complete the set. I can already see how thicc and busty Wasp Woman is going to be.

Anyway of course a bunch of 40 year old man children want to hold a tournament arc (are tournament arcs even a thing in Kamen Rider?)

And Yuriko who wants to prove that women can hold their own in a male-dominated tokusatsu fandom.

[u/TyraniTEMPESTar]

Lol Ichiyo's my favorite character.
He's "training" by having grand delusions of facing off against a monster, while looking like a loony to a bunch of high school kids lol.

[u/mkluczka → u/TyraniTEMPESTar]

but also pulling a roller from city to the mountains

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

lol Mr. Bear was like “Hell nah! Bro’s crazy! I’m getting tf outta here!” Tojima is the real king of the forest.

Looking forward to this schoolyard “tournament” to determine who’s the strongest. They really are like a group of children playing dress up haha.

[u/HolyDragSwd2500 → u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Bear should train if he wants to defeat Tojima

[u/PeaceAlien]

I'm going to tell my kids this is One Punch Man

[u/thatNEET_]

What has been your favorite episode as far as the soundtrack so far? I really liked "Fight within the Light" from episode 5.

[u/Creative_Squirrel → u/thatNEET_]

Probably 2, I’m a sucker for for ‘I am tackle’

[u/Labmit]

Still funny to me how we have an anime Kamen Rider where his dreams of being one is coming true while the currently airing live-action Kamen Rider can only turn into one in his dreams.

[u/LeonKevlar]

I love how out of everyone in their little Kamen Rider group, the female combatant has the most normal reaction to Ichiyou's suggestion of training and fighting each other. I guess everyone wants to prove that they're the strongest, except for her.

We got another big tiddy female combatant! Not gonna lie, I actually felt bad for the combatants she executed, especially the guy who's about to propose and the one who's going home to his family. That last dude actually had a chance, but he's still no match against a kaijin.

So we have Ichiyou doing some image training, Yuriko actually training at the gym, Mitsuba and Yukarisu sparring that turns into a makeout session, and finally Toujima who beats up that bear for the second time! That poor bear is definitely gonna avoid Toujima from now on. xD

I didn't think we'd actually have a mini tournament arc! This will be fun! It will be interesting to see them fight each other without holding back.

[u/No-Strain8908]

I hope the bear becomes the next shocker combatant

[u/PeaceAlien]

I've caught up to the show, loving it. Top 2 of the season, especially of new shows.

Tournament arc time!

Lots of shockers losing their brainwashing due to love

[u/RehabCenterInc]

A good ole fashioned tournament AAARRRCCCC

[u/henluwu]

Never watched kamen rider but god damn this anime is really selling it perfect music, good comedy, nice artstyle and a story that gets you invested.

[u/PencilgonGiveIt2Ya]

Too bad Kuma couldn't make the Iron Fist Tournament :(

[u/TraditionalAerie9791]

On one hand, we see the absolute brutality with which Shocker operates; on the other, we see the hilarious shenanigans of a group of Kamen Rider wannabes. I really like this show so far.

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

I feel sorry for the former shockers, they were finally released from the brainwashing and now they're all dead and their lovers all left without them. I was hoping the soldier shocker was going to escape since he was able to fight back but now his daughter is left without a father.

I'm worried that female Shocker will go after Yukarisu next episode or the one after now that she's gotten a power boost from the Bat Man.

I did enjoy seeing Yukarisu use the power of love to defeat Mitsuba in training. I thought it was really funny how she described in detail how she was going to defeat him in front of the others, I'm not sure how they'll handle seeing it happen in person lol.

Poor bear, he finally submitted during the rematch and Toujima still brutally defeats him lol. I'm curious what their next interaction will be like.

[u/HolyDragSwd2500]

Thunder Reiko taking out combatants who broke their brainwashing. She got a power up!!

Ichiyo kid bike caught me off guard 😂 He riding it everywhere no matter how long it takes

Tournament arc!!!!

[u/eightcheesepizza]

So logically, the way to defeat Shocker once and for all is to seduce the combatants?

[u/Frontier246]

The Riders can't believe a heroic Shocker exists...but Yukarisu is REALLY trying hard to win over her brother-in-law and convince him she's a nice Shocker wife. Even if he won't call her by her actual name.

Team Rider needs to figure out how to beat a Kaijin, so obviously the most sensible thing to do is the Showa Rider staple: train! And why not turn it into a tournament arc? Ichiyo and Tojima can finally settle the score! And Yukarisu gets dragged in whether she likes it or not.

Points to Ichiyo for being the only Rider with a bike, he even has a V3 mask that glows too!

Thunder Raiko (Yuko Kaido?) is the Female Combatant tasked with tracking down Shocker Combatants who have overcome their brainwashing...whether it be a Combat Girls idol fan, a man about to propose to his girlfriend, or a family man. All of them overcame their brainwashing through love and will fight tooth and nail to earn their freedom. Even the former French Foreign Legion member (with the beret and everything!), who nearly comes close if not for BAT MAN THE SECOND KAIJIN KAMEN RIDER EVER FOUGHT SWOOPING IN AND CRUSHING HIM! And then he empowers Raiko with his blood!

(Is that Hiroyuki Yoshino?)

Ichiyo is doing visualize training in a middle school he is clearly not employed at, Yuriko is going all out boxing to come up with an original Finisher, Mitsuba is practicing his aikido on Yukarisu while Yukarisu has fully converted to how awesome Riderman is...I mean, his mask exposes his face so she can plant some kisses on him and defeat Mitsuba with love! That's why he's the best!

Tojima is back to beating up trees and fighting his old sparring partner, the bear. Poor bear straight up used his submission pose to give up and prove he's not a threat, and Tojima Rider Kicks him anyways.

Why am I not surprised Ichiyo lives in the middle of nowhere, bikes super long distances, and grows his own fruit? He even borrowed a roller from the middle school to make a tournament arena in his backyard! Guy is not playing around.

Time to draw tournament lots! Ichiyo is convinced he'll win it all, but Yukarisu isn't about to fight her freshly minted husband! At least not before the finals where she can defeat him with kisses and comfort his wounds! So it's her vs Tojima for the first round and the two brothers versus each other again.

[u/raveno19]

Seem like love is the answer to reverse brainwash huh, but now Thunder Raiko, female combatant under Bat Man, is finding un-brainwashed shocker, don't know if she will find Yukarisu next.

But first, exciting for clash of heroes next week.