MaruMA:Doujinshi3:Story1

WC or NPB?

This is Takabayashi. Thank you for stopping by this circle R・FREE in this heat. I'm really sorry that you could only get this thin booklet. But since it would have been sad to come to the summer comiket without a new book, I worked really hard even though I knew what I was trying to do was almost impossible..... In the winter, I'm likely to complete some stories about their past. But, I'm happy that you can enjoy peeping into their everyday lives, even if just for a few minutes. ■

Kamen Rider Dragon Thrill! (Essay)

Wait, that should be 'Kamen Rider Dragon Hideki' right? How old must people who understand that PHRASE be.....? Well, at the very least, they must belong to the generation that knows that Saijo Hideki went out with Toake Yukiyo, right.....? But now he's gotten a young bride and he's really happy. Really Hideki, I'm impressed! Goro-chan is also happy, as he and Mitsui Yuri were blessed with children. Speaking of Goro-chan (and I'm not talking about Inagaki), there's a Goro in Kamen Raider Dragon Knight. I'm addicted to the production tricks of the show and watch it every week. But you knoooow? I never intended to watch Kamen Rider Dragon. It's just that I watch the show that comes before that show, "the anime where cars crash into each other, 'Crush Gear Turbo" and then I sit tight waiting for "Ojamajo Doremi rushhhh!". I have to watch them in real time, so that I don't end up with piles of VCR tapes! However to be completely honest, I'm really waiting to watch the show that comes before it " Let's go (you three?) Lions". It's so ice-cold (Kinya Aikawa) I'm ready to go to Alaska. ..... I'm kidding.... I mean, it doesn't necessarily have to be Alaska... but 'Alaska', is delicious when it's cold enough. But if it numbs your tongue and taste bud, you won't be able to taste it (laughs). To have some fun during early Sunday morning, last week I watched the digest of the Seibu Lions victory while drinking a beer, uh... but since I'm poor, it was a malt beer. By the way, at the beginning of the show, Itou-san looked so cool when he was all fired up. I want to become a 40 year old like him. Seriously. But he probably acts like an'old-guy'. But it's okay. It's because he's in his 40s. But I wouldn't like to be like someone over 50, sorry Ihara-chan (apology). After that show, I usually watch Crush Gear the " Uwah! Are you kids really in middle-school!?" anime. I enjoy the relationships between the characters. With Hurricaneger I thought "Ugh, is that the new member? The new Ninja is 'that' person!?" and I was a little frightened, and then after watching Dragon Rider, there was Doremi the "Let's become pretty witches♪ Aww... so cute, girls in glasses" show and I got completely immerse in my hobby like some old man. And then ohh noo.... I had to go to sleep early on Saturday and Sunday because I have to wake up for the 1 hour special of the Pacific League games! But I didn't get enough sleep~, so the next day I was moaning and dozing off. And that is the everyday life of an OTAKU. No, I don't regret anything. I don't. Because I chose to be an OTAKU.... Now, let's move on to the actual show. To everyone who has read this far, you have my highest congratulations and recognition, because after all we were going to talk about Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight, right? Is there anyone here who watches it? Immediately after it started airing, I did not get the Kamen Rider series vibe from it, and it just felt weird. And the reason why it felt weird were the villains. For someone like me, who always liked the bad guys, if SHOCKER (really, how old am I?) doesn't appear I can't be happy. To call the bad guys SHOCKER, is really something that an old time Kamen Rider fan would do, but.... I used to like it. Past tense. I don't watch it anymore. Nonetheless now that I've read all the Muraeda version riders, I feel like re-watching the whole thing again. To be honest back when we had SHOCKER (the first and second generation), I remember thinking it didn't look very realistic.... But for some reason, I can't remember the name of any of the other 'evil' organizations that came after SHOCKER..... Could it be that they were not as impressive? By the way, what was the name of evil organization that came after them? Uh... Donki (you're wrong!)? Japanet (Takata!?)? At any rate, the fact that there wasn't an evil organization in the current show was really depressing. On top of that, I mean the Riders have their transformations but... they don't have any mutations! It's unbelievable that a Rider would not be mutated.... Oh, well, Agito wasn't either, right? It's because of the mutations that you feel sorry for them when they says " I'm not a normal human being anymore!" And also, isn't there a moment when the Riders have to fight each other to survive? 13 people.... that's way too many.... But lately watching this "special edition" of Kamen Riders, I've been having more and more fun. I really like Knight. That VERSION where he's wearing a cloak is limited edition. And then there's the one that kinda looks..... like the Nippon Ham Fighters(recently there have been many problems with the Sapporo transfer)' MASCOT... that alien FIGHTING-kun right? Isn't it cool? But for it to suddenly turn blue, shoot! Well, I can't remember the name, even though I thought it was an simple animal name. Like Kamen Rider Dragon (maybe it was just that) or, Kamen Rider Bat. I really can't remember. He's dead now but, it must have been Kamen Rider rhino, or stingray (Aera? Like the Magazine!?) or maybe Cobra. Well whatever. Ah.. I'm getting really close, right? And it's really cute! Matsuzaki Shigeru has already delivered the punch line. ■

Return to MA Series

Forward to Story 2