AM I SEEING THINGS?!
In this episode, we are explained to Stronger’s origins, how he met Tackle and why American football is important in this series. Meanwhile, in the present time, Black Satan sends its monster, Okamin to invade a lighthouse four their mission.
One of the things that I liked about this episode is that Okamin has the ability to switch bodies for him to use. I find it neat and at the same time, cool. But since he was possessed by Okamin, you can identify him by his scent and some marks that you had a hard time noticing. Because of this, I started to notice something, aside from that occult guy in Den-O, and the DenLiner crew, does anyone noticed Ryotaro when he was possessed by his Imagins?
Since this episode focused on Stronger’s origins, here’s a brief summary. Shigeru Jo is an American football player and volunteered himself to be turned into a cyborg by Black Satan. Since he volunteered, there is nothing they can do with a guy who volunteers to turn into a cyborg for evil. After some test, he was operated into a cyborg, infused with the power of the Japanese rhinoceros beetle or kabutomoshi… and he must wear gloves for others not to feel the electricity coming out from his hands.
Everytime he touches something, electricity will come out from him, causing it to explode or spark, depending on the material, cool. It’s official, he is now stronger than yesterday.
Since he is now a cyborg, he must swear oath to Black Satan’s Great Leader. He laughed and learned that his conversion is not that successful because there is some loose screw when he was being brainwashed, in short, they failed in brainwashing him!
We learned that he volunteered himself to be turned into a cyborg to avenge his friend and aside from avenging him, he wants to be a memetic badass, I mean, wants to save the world. He transforms into Stronger, and kick’s there ass! Wait. The Stronger suit is too shiny to begin with! I am surprised.
Nothing is stopping his way right now and he was able to beat the crap out of them, he heard a voice, it was a girl wrapped in a cloth, he rescued the girl and escaped. He introduced himself as not as Stronger BUT as Kamen Rider Stronger. The girl, after introducing that her name is Yuriko Misaki, she volunteered to help him in fighting Black Satan. Stronger scratches his head if a girl can do anything, she transformed into Electro- Wave Human Tackle. Loneliness is killing him no more, because his now stronger with Tackle along side with him.
His origin story explains everything! Now I understand why his armor doubly looks like an American football armor, because he is an American football player! Him wearing gloves is explained, no wonder he called himself hot stuff or something related to it in the Spirits manga when he introduced himself to Taki Kazuya! The only thing that wasn’t explained in his origin story is why Shigeru loves to wear a long sleeved shirt with the letter S sewed in it. Ignore the last sentence, he wants to be a memetic badass to begin with so, it’s obvious that he will wear a shirt with an S on it!
Aside from that, Shigeru is staring to become suspicious with Master Titan’s human form. Also, in this episode, we saw more Yuriko love… and more Stronger badassery. Now, I am slowly loving this guy!
Overall, this episode solved the mystery why Stronger emits electricity when he attacks and the origin behind him. The episode overall, was great. It was fun to watch Okamin vs. Stronger compared to the last one. The previous episode tried its best to give viewers a good impression on Stronger without revealing his origin story. Now, I am loving this series!
I am starting wonder what if Stronger will shock hands with another Rider or monster. I am thinking of it and it will look like a practical joke to begin with.