re:rain have fun. ooo is my favorite season of all time. and ryuki is a show i fucking loathed by the end of it the first time i watched it. i gave it a 3/10 i think? but then a friend was watching it and i said ok let me give it another shot. and when watching it with him i was like. what bad things did i ever have to say about this show? this is fucking awesome? what on earth could i dislike about this? and now its one of my favorite seasons of all time. i loooooooooove ryuki. such good characters. seeing ouja and then watching changerion and having to figure out that theyre played by the same man kind of broke my brain. its scary. god ryuki is good. god ooo is So good. ily kamen rider.

re:decade local heroes are so cool. i see some designs on tumblr and i <3 them so much. ive also seen a season and change of dogengers and have been having a blast. ily maid butler id do anything for u. a they of all time for me.

re:emmy have fun with den-o. its a series im so torn on because on the one hand its the final nail in the coffin for "rider as action horror" as it moves us very firmly into "rider as funny little guy comedy action" which we are in now and forever and unable to escape. which is a shame because action horror rider is so awesome and i really miss early heisei blood and gore. but on the other hand. those little guys are Really funny. theres a reason they can just drop momotaros into any crossover and it just works. hes awesome. also zeronos makes me feel insane if i think about him too long. i almost cried when he showed up in a crossover and i genuinely didnt realize that i felt so strongly about him until i saw him again.

re:raffy im sorry i cannot be a beacon of guidance for u on this. all i know about ultraman is that there are some heisei(?) seasons that are direct sequels to previous seasons. im starting with omega bc its going right now (very fun btw) but i have a feeling my sicko instincts will take over one day and i will start from the very beginning and watch chronologically. as i am wont to do. good luck on your journey and i hope there is someone here who understands and can guide us both into a beautiful future.

re:periclase ex-aid is pretty fun i think ive watched it twice now? the characters are by and large very fun and have interesting conflicts (even if i think the women shouldve done more. but its kamen rider why would they allow women to do anything [i am killing john toei with my mind]). the suits are obviously. controversial. im fine with them i think they look neat but i have some friends who haaaaaate them. (zombie gamer is the best suit of the bunch tho hands down). i just personally. think that the main villain is fucking annoying. which is not a generally shared opinion bc he is one of the most popular characters the franchise has ever put out. he fucking eats up that role tho so i have to respect it. feasting on that scenery. takahashi, the head writer, is also the head writer of 01 and geats (and maybe zeztz if the rumors are true?), and has tried to insert a character Like That every time so i kind of hate him even more because of what he wrought upon me (thouser). so. i like it enough to have seen it twice. i think its just kind of overshadowed by build in popularity (and on many other metrics) but i have seen armies of people on twitter go to bat for it as "the one that looks silly but is secretly Fucked Up". house md for gamers is a wild swing as a tv show and i think it really does quite a bit with the premise. its not an abnormal starting place. it has very popular characters and a very strong hook. i hope if u go back to it u have a blast. theres always gold in every season of toku. we live in a beautiful world where we have an excess of good things to have stupid slapfights over on messageboards.

i will reiterate that in my heart of hearts. the best starting season is whatever one interests you most. beginnings of eras are some of the easiest entry points bc thats how theyre designed, but whatever jumps at you is worth starting with. if you get really into it you can watch other seasons later and chase your bliss up and down the release order as you see fit. (also kuuga oh my god kuuga please watch kuuga)

(also tetsuya iwanaga is so beautiful dressed up as a woman it kind of makes me furious. stop being hot i hate your character)