How do you evaluate "Kamen Rider Ryuki"? Is it worth seeing?

In "Kamen Rider Ryuki", Kamen Rider has been given a new meaning. The relationship between knights is no longer the close comradeship in the past, and human nature and desires are nakedly displayed.

The character creation in Dragon Knight is very good. Every knight, even the newspaper members who act as bystanders and slowly explore the truth of the knight war, are also flesh and blood.

From the beginning, the two protagonists gradually developed and met different knights. During this period, people continued to die. This process is the biggest highlight of Dragon Rider. If a drama can do this, The death of a supporting character can make you moved, so the character creation of this drama is very successful.

As for the fighting scenes, Dragon Knight pioneered the idea that sparks would pop out when weapons collide, and the CG scenes are very heavy in this film, and the quality is high, making it look very exciting. During the filming process, CG technology and real-life performances were combined to create a sense of magical realism with a very strong visual impact.

Among the many innovations of "Dragon Rider", the most refreshing one is its world view setting. Even if you look at this 16-year-old drama with today's eyes, it doesn't feel outdated at all. Mirrors can reflect people's truest desires and thoughts, and in the world of "Dragon Rider", there is a "mirror world" on the other side of the mirror.

Extended information:

"Kamen Rider Ryuki" plot introduction:

In 2002, many strange missing persons cases occurred in Japan. Reporter Shinji Kido In order to investigate the matter, he went to the home of one of the victims, Koichi Sakakibara. During the investigation, he found a card box. Later, Shinji accidentally borrowed the power of the card box to become Kamen Rider Ryuki and met another Rider. Ren Akiyama (Kamen Rider KNIGHT) and Yui Kanzaki, the sister of Shirou Kanzaki.

The purpose of Shinji becoming a Rider is to protect humans and prevent battles between Riders. On the contrary, Ren, who doesn't like fighting, is forced to fight other Riders in order to save her lover. With the appearance of others, Rider's battle gradually became fierce. Even though Shinji desperately tried to stop him, the victims of the battle still appeared one after another.

Just as the battle between Riders developed into the later stage, Shinji suddenly discovered the reason why Kanzaki Shirou initiated the battle between Riders to save Yui. It turns out that Yui died when she was a child. Now Yui's life is given by Yui in the mirror world, and this life will be used up at the age of 20, and Yui will disappear.

Kanzaki Shirou, who had known about this for a long time, hoped to give the last Rider's life to Yui, so he launched a battle between Riders. Shinji knows that the only way to save Yui is to fight, so he has to choose between preventing the battle and saving Yui. On the other hand, Yui, who knew her brother's purpose, was willing to give up her new life in order to prevent the battle, and disappeared in front of Kanzaki Shirou.

Affected by Yui, Shinji decided to continue fighting to protect mankind. Unfortunately, he was attacked by a monster and died of injuries while protecting a girl. Lian became the last Rider and successfully revived her lover, but she was seriously injured and died.

After the battle, Kanzaki Shirou returned to the past and once again launched a battle between Riders, but was stopped by Yui. In the end, Kanzaki Shirou returned to the past, so that the battle between Riders no longer happened, everyone lived an ordinary life, and Yui also died when she was a child.