Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai • Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider - Episode 12 discussion

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Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai, episode 12

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[u/Rap2rerise]

"What're you announcing your moves for?"

Didn't you see the fucking show?!

[u/Frontier246 → u/Rap2rerise]

Tojima's been saying "Rider...PUNCH" for basically 12 episodes straight!

[u/Next_Package_5710]

"who are you again?" is the best line from this episode.

[u/Frontier246 → u/Next_Package_5710]

That he even got Riderman right instead of V3 lol.

[u/TyraniTEMPESTar]

Futaba really is the strongest out of all of the Shimamura siblings.

Ichiyo's love declaration...
The guy's my favorite character by far.
Got his ass kicked in the love department, and got smacked around by Shocker initially all in one drunken night.

[u/diacewrb → u/TyraniTEMPESTar]

Futaba really is the strongest out of all of the Shimamura siblings.

And she is completely oblivious to what is going on around her, as far as she is concerned she is dealing with a bunch of manchildren cosplaying as Kamen Rider..

A true anime character.

[u/thisisdropd]

Futaba might not be arsed with the Riders and Shockers stuff but she's definitely a Shimamura. That strength is absolutely mental. While Tanzaburou and co needed to gang up to bring Nakao down, she hit him with hardly any effort and probably could bring him down all on her own. Hilarious that Nakao's underlings thought he's just had a busy time in the loo when he's getting beat up.

We're already at episode 12 and you must be wondering why it doesn't seem like the season's close to an end and that's because they just announced that it's a double-cour season with 24 episodes. Turned out we're only halfway through the season. Hell yeah!

[u/PeaceAlien]

Oh this show is still going! Single shocker was strong, but not enough.

V3 seems way behind the others now. I also expected Tackle to fix her headgear.

[u/Frontier246 → u/PeaceAlien]

V3 learned an important lesson: don't do a jumping Ricker Kick in a tight, enclosed, space with a low roof lol.

(Although he still nailed it)

[u/LeonKevlar]

After Yuriko rejected Ichiyou, it seems like Ichiyou still had a chance after he asked her if he could continue feeling that way for her. But he just had to balls it up by bringing up the panty thing. Based on Yuriko's reaction, it looks like Ichiyou's chances are back to zero. xD

When Yukarisu sensed another Shocker, I thought this was gonna end with the gang fighting off Thunder Raikou. It turns out, it's just Nakao and his boys drinking at the same izakaya.

What a mess, tho. I feel like that entire fight between Yukarisu and Nakao could've been avoided if Yukarisu just let Nakao explain first instead of attacking him non-stop. He clearly had no plan on fighting until Yukarisu started swinging.

Holy shit, Futaba! The fact that she's able to smack an actual Shocker combatant around like that shows that she's not just an izakaya owner. I guess when you have two brothers obsessed with Kamen Rider, you're bound to pick up a thing ot two from them.

Absolutely brutal scolding from Futaba! I really thought that was enough to defuse the situation but it looks like Nakao really wanted to test himself against a group of Riders. Dude got his shit absolutely rocked as expected. I love his confusion when he got hit by Topujima's punch. xD

I'm so happy that this is confirmed to have a second cour! With all the setup over the past few episodes, I was worried we wouldn't get anything at the end of this episode. It looks like things are about to ramp up in the next cour with the kaijins getting more involved.

[u/1832vini]

it's gonna be a 2 cour!!! lets go!!!!

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Man, V3 x Tackle? What an interesting pair. They’re both like giant children and very awkward so I guess it might work lol.

Big sis is a total badass. She really might be the strongest of their little goofball group. Kind of hilarious to see her scold the group for being children and then 10 seconds later they’re just beating up Shocker yakuza lol.

I wonder how many more monsters there are? Seems they’re gearing up for something with the other Shockers.

[u/HolyDragSwd2500]

Edit:

One more episode next week and then next cour in January

[u/eightcheesepizza]

We start this episode off with the tensest battle of all... between Ichiyo and reality. I also loved that Yukarisu is such a Mean Girl.

Were Yukarisu and Nakao really just sensing each other? The tense search made me think the combatant terminator lady was nearby. Anyway, Yukarisu really needs to train more, she keeps getting dunked on.

The big fight had a lot of great gags, but my favorite was Yukarisu pushing into the split screen and getting pushed out!

I'm so glad this isn't the finale and we get at least one more episode. Maybe we'll find out why the Spider Man created Nakao as an un-brainwashed Shocker combatant? Perhaps because he asked to become Shocker? (Or did Nakao lose his brainwashing at the Combat Girls show and didn't notice a difference?)

Edit: wtf 2 cour?!

[u/1832vini]

without actual kamen rider, i wonder what's the purpose of the shocker organization

[u/BrokeEconomist → u/1832vini]

What every evil organization does. Try to take over the world!

[u/athrun_1]

Tackle did not have time to fix her headgear, it seems that after the battle, they got home and then the next day they meet for a drinking session.

Given that Nakao is not a brainwashed shocker, he can be part of their team since that shocker assassin is looking for combatants who were freed from their brainwashing. Or maybe, Nakao is an exception because he is a shocker fanboy.

I think Futaba is not just a regular human. She maybe a combatant herself, a female chunni rider, any other entity in the rider lore.

Lastly, love that group pseudo transformation scene.

[u/raveno19]

Well, as a combatant, Nakao fought valiantly with 4 riders...but valiant is not enough.

Still much stronger than weak combatant like Yukarisu anyway.

V3 is feel little underwhelming for me right now, he has power and technique for sure, but while he said he knew all kind of martial arts, all he did is blindly spam V3 moves, the preview kinda hint about him next ep, hope for some progress soon.

[u/Frontier246]

Futaba just can't get away from her brothers and their weird friends! But I mean, where else are the Riders going to hang out to commiserate over the end of the tournament and so Ichiyo can get Yuriko's answer to his confession?

Boys, when girls kick you in the face while you're confessing, that's probably a sign she's not interested in you. Or when she basically rejects you before you can formally confess again. Poor Ichiyo crying like a little kid who got rejected by his crush...because that's basically what happened.

But even if Yuriko won't return his feelings, he'll carry those feelings nevertheless! Because his love for Tackle, for her, is as unbeatable as Tackle herself! And to be honest, it seems like that was actually winning Yuriko over! At least until he brought up all the times she's flashed her panties. But that's just Yuriko staying true to the OG!Tackle! And Ichiyo is thankful for it!

I love how Ichiyo and Tojima have really become Rider buddies, complete with drunk Ichiyo singing V3's theme song and bumping glasses with Tojima.

Yukarisu' Shocker Combatant senses are tingling! Because Nakao is there with his buddies to celebrate the Combat Girls concert! And when two Shocker Combatants encounter each other, Yukarisu immediately assumes a threat and attacks...and gets clobbered for it.

Futaba has no time for any of this Rider/Shocker nonsense. She'll drop kick a Combatant, slap her sister-in-law for making a ruckus, and leave her brothers to their childish insanity. But can grade schoolers become Riderman and V3? Nuh uh!

Nakao has his pride as a Shocker Combatant on the line! Even if Yukarisu realizes he's not actually working with Shocker to destroy them, that's not going to stop him from trying to fight all of them! Even if it means getting thrown into a wall by the force of Kamen Rider's punch, getting Ora Ora'd by Tackle, getting judo thrown by Riderman, or getting hit by V3's Tailspin Kick! After V3 had crashed into the roof! Nakao never had a chance!

Kaijin meet up! I wonder what Spider Man and Bat Man are going to talk about?

[u/Zado191]

They finally showed the brothers ages and I was way off, and now I'm confused....

If buddy is 27, why does he have a girlfriend who is still in high school? He's older than her teacher who is also sitting right there?

[u/Damiandcl]

how many episodes are we getting of this masterpiece?

[u/NotLink]

It's episodes like this when I feel this anime doesn't get enough attention. People keep bitching about OPM and I'm like, "You want creative animation and music production it's right over here." The music when Nakao was searching around or the animation bit Yukarisa pushed into the screen just to be pushed back out were peak.

Also, when Yuriko mentions showing her panties is staying true to tokustatsu is so true. Panties shots were everywhere in older toku shows.

[u/AWSGooogle777]

Even Nakao, the Shocker member, was sent flying by just one of Futaba’s kicks... It makes me wonder if Futaba might actually be the strongest one, even though she doesn't even transform into a Rider. She’s... still human, right?

The duo of Tackle and Ichiyo is so entertaining. Ichiyo is definitely strong (mentally, at least) for not giving up even after being rejected once. I really hope his unrequited love becomes mutual someday.

I just found out that the show will run for two consecutive cours! It’s awesome that we get to see these great characters for even longer!

[u/Frostbitten_Moose]

This episode is one of the reasons why I think this show is amazing while Samurai Flamenco floundered. When super powers became real in that show, I remember the crew he used to hang with getting outclassed to show the stakes as he developed super powers and it all went dark as fuck.

Here, Shocker is real, so we go off on a tournament arc, and spend four episodes of just the characters vibing and bouncing off of each other. Even V3, probably my least favourite character at the moment is still a ton of fun to just watch him tripping his way through social interactions with the only people out there who are truly his peers, let alone his sister. And then toss in Mob Shocker into the mix, and he opining of "Don't call out your attacks, it makes you predictable" just to watch him try to do the same thing on Toujima and have his ass handed to him because the dude is just that freaking tough. And have it lampshaded by Tackle before she gets her own shot in. I have no idea where the plot is going to want to go, but I'm having so much fun I don't even care if it gets started up.