Faiz isn’t bad. It’s a soap opera. If you don’t like soap operas, than it won’t be your cup of tea. And I think anyone will love most of the characters. Takumi is my favorite rider. Keitero is my favorite character of all time. And Kiba had a great story and development IMO. From vengeful, to choosing to favor humanity, to suffering and revenge again. And the actor was great, RIP. Kiba was the leader of his faction on rebel misfits. Very thoughtful and kind, until pushed to the edge.
Reasons I like to watch Kamen Rider 555 series - 1) glow in the dark armor. 2) brutal when monster taking heart. 3) good monster vs bad monster. 4) triangle love story. 5) background music ost. 6) main character is monster. 7) naked shadow. 8) suspend and dark. 9) SWAT police also joining fight. 10) awesome vehicles and weapons.
I mean the whole communication thing was one of the major themes of Faiz. The whole first half of the show felt like it was beating into your head how important communication is by having the characters completely fail at it. Kusaka was just another obstacle to communication in addition to all the characters being horrid at it.
@@GaionSputroriders from faiz are mostly based off of Greek letters and animals (with the exception of orga which is just based off a emperor and is based off the Greek letter Omega)
I love Faiz. Takumi being an asshole is realy enjoyable for me (somehow), and I like character dramas a lot. Although...I will admit that Kitazaki was WAY more fun as Delta than...whatever his name was. Takumi's reveal as an Orphenoch was honestly LONG overdue, I pieced it together by episode 4 and had to wait *30 EPISODES* for anything to come of it. Kusaka was fun (when he was giving Seto Kaiba a run for his money for "World's Most Smug Rival"), Kaido was best boy, and...well, everyone else was just kinda there. I love it regardless, the suits and gear are some of my favorites in all of Heisei, with Delta having MY FAVORITE FINISHER EVER. Guns and flying kicks - no other combination can compare.
Kiba Yuji's final turn at the end made sense for the reason you skipped out in your summary. Takumi defeated him with Blaster form in what was clearly a clash of ideals. "... leaving Kiba screaming on the ground..." is not an acceptable way of saying, "... sparing his life and calling him human even after all of the horrible things he did after becoming President." Kiba honestly thought he should have died there but he thought long and hard about the ideals he was just defeated by and decided that if he is going to go on living, he'd rather learn how to live from the best example of humanity he's encountered. I threw that last bit in but it's not far fetched given the kind of person Takumi KNEW Yuji was from the start.
One thing I like about Takumi is that while he's an ass, when he's an ass he gets reprimanded for his actions or it can be used for comedy, it separates him 90% of other main Riders. He's brash and has trust issues, but he deep down has good intentions keep him fighting.
Faiz is just a insane season. Well written characters and so many of them,, cool outfits, the suitcases, almost every episode has big twists, a giant soap opera. This is easily one of the best tokusatsu seasons of any type. Even the alternate decade story was pretty neat. Also, I don't see the problem with calling orphenachs villains while some are good. Not everyone of a type are bad - same logic as Den-O's Imagins. Okay the ending is pretty terrible, but I couldn't peel my eyes away from watching how they would get there. And then again, a lot of seasons have dull ends. But Naoya alone has more personality than all the characters put together in some other seasons.
You're not alone, Faiz is my favorite early heisei series (i also really enjoyed kiva that many people dislike, i guess there's no accounting for taste.)
@@mitismee I didnt hate it either, but I I felt like Kiva had more problems than Faiz. I would've loved it if not for the seven different love triangles.
Faiz is the last rider series I saw in full back when I was a kid and I have to say it’s one of my favs! The story moves at a slow pace and there are a lot of plot holes but the gears and the fights were dope! Nothing really happened in the grand scheme of things in this show but these characters were fun to watch
I actually love Takumi's personality. He's heroic underneath all that hurt that he's felt throughout his life. I love how snippy he can be and how a bit dickish he initially is, and doesn't form friendships due to a fear of hurting them.
A shame, Delta's final user acting is great on GoGoV as GoGo Green. Also Sawada turned into Toguro is hilarious. Fun fact Peter Ho (Psyga) is the guy from some chinese drama who spits blood used as a meme.
Hold up, I love this but I take note on your review of the faiz driver. The show aired in 2003, the Motorola Razor, the most popular flip phone ever, came out the very same year, so yes from a current standpoint is dated, at the time the thing was on the pulse for the most popular phone design for the year.
Is it just me or is Murakami one of the dumbest villians in the history of kamen rider or WHAT? -Hands the faiz belt to an orphenoch he just met (who has never killed anyone) and has 0 combat experience -Gives resources to humans (the very people he is at WAR with) and is SURPRISED when humans figure out how to kill orphenoch w/o rider belts -Waste valuable time and resources (the few orphenochs) hunting other peaceful orphenochs instead of turning humans -For some reason in Paradise Lost makes this extremely convoluted plan to kill Mari when he had her in custody and could have killed her AT ANY TIME... There are other examples I'm sure but Marakami is just dumb! Kusaka may be a human dung but at least he's actually effective at manipulating people, when Murakami tries to do it It's just sad
Tbh,Mihara can be a really good Delta user(not as great as kitazaki but there's potential).The casting was great,it's just that he needs a spotlight for himself,as a character,rather than simply filling the shoe.
Check out Peter Ho, only reason why for his fluent English is that he's an American born Taiwanese, which also surprise me because i don't seem to remember any rider actor that aren't Japanese except him.
I can't wait for Marcos to talk about the best kamen rider show featuring a kid that always helps people because he saw his parents die on a fire, the emo guy with the little girl, the meme himself and bipolar spiderman... and the most important character in the series: Milky Boy!
First, I also thought Takumi was a great lead Rider. Not my favorite but still a great one. Second, Hibiki will just make you insane once you watch it after Blade. It was one of the most infuriating experiences I had with toku and I don't want to relive that.
i love this series. its a mess but a good type of mess. i love back when kamen riders feels more like a j-drama with transformations. the story might not be the greatest, its not overly sad like ryuki/blade, but i personally really enjoy kiba and friends side story more than takumi and co. and the rider designs are really cool. also i would like to see you cover kabuto lol. that series is crazy. one episode you have a anime style cooking contest, and the next episode is suddenly super depressing. its also a great series but it doesnt have a clear tone.
It’s interesting how you said in the movie, Kasako feels like he’s the only Rider that’s needed because that’s basically his attitude throughout the whole series. Or at least when he’s around Takumi. I agree with you regarding Kasako. This is the first time I have ever said I didn’t like one of the protagonists. People think he’s annoying and normally, I am ok with annoying characters but Kasako, is like toxic boyfriend. Which I feel bad for Mari because all the guys that like her seemed psychotic. When he died, I thought, good riddance. Which brings me to another point, his desire to protect Mari is driven by selfishness which is an oxymoron. Case in point when he said he needs Mari like Mari needs him. Which I was like, no, she doesn’t need you, Kusuka, so back off. Whereas, Takumi’s desire to protect Mari is because he cares for her. It’s interesting because I see a lot of contrasts. I disagree with someone who said that Kusaka fights for humanity. He admitted that he fights to test his strength. Takumi actually does fight for humanity. He has to fight for humanity in his soul and on earth. I see the contrast in the bond between Takumi, Mari and Keitaro and the bond between Ryussei students. The trio may quarrel but they trust each other and build each other up. Whereas the bond between Ryussei students is more toxic more than anything. Their only bonding factor is the school. I feel like, Mari, unlike her classmates, is the only one that is truly able to move on with her life after the incident. She still loves her classmates/ foster siblings but she is also able to open up to new people, something that the rest of the students fail to do. I noticed that people think Mihara is the most useless, character but I disagree. The most useless characters are the cops. They were there the entire season and added nothing. I thought maybe they were going to be connected somehow but nope. They could have done without them. Useless villain falls to the King. Seriously? You build him up for two episodes and he fights and gets killed a couple of minutes after his big debut?
Even though I've never seen Faiz's whole 50-episode series, I have seen the Paradise Lost movie and I thought it was okay. I really liked the stadium fight at the end.
I love Faiz. It's still one of my favorite Kamen Riders. It was my first induction to Kamen Rider. I started watching it when I think Decade or Double was airing. I think it was early 2010's. I knew what Kamen rider was somehow, so I decided to take a chance on one of the series and something stuck out about Faiz. This waiting on a 2.0 figuarts of Faiz.
adore the faiz riders' aesthetics and the slice of life aspect was great change of pace for me when I first experienced faiz If I were to choose my biggest disappointment i would have to say miharu being such a non-character, the delta gear being my favorite suit too
@@saiyautang4088 Yeah I know but I mean after Faiz story in kamen rider Taisen movie series called heisen rider vs showa rider, kamen rider 3 especially kamen rider 4 and Zi-O does't make sense.
It's okay man. I totally understand loving a Rider Show that clearly has problems. My favorite Season is still Decade and I definitely know that it has problems.
One thing that i would love more in this video is you bringing up Mina from the Paradise lost movie, sure she would be just another small story that you would ignore to like every other thing that is left out or be nothing for in the original show, i think her story with the amnesiac Takumi is sad and tragic enough for me, but yeah Great video as always.
I just always wondered during lost paradise, why were they so picky on obtaining the emperor's belts and not just experiment on the riotrooper suits first and try to develop something better than the emperor's belts
Faiz is my favourite, it's dark and edgy, I don't get people rate Kabuto second highest tier while rate Faiz lowest tier. Kabuto is slice of life, silly jokes, fight generic worms for 50 episodes.
I think Kusaka is one of the prime-examples as to why that shows character- and story-progression was more or less non existent. The idea behind his character is actually not bad. He was a former victim of bullys who, when he grew up, became one himself. He became an over-achiever who constantly had to show to everyone else and himself that he is the best at everything and better then anyone else, even going as far as to do literally anything necessary to achieve his goals not matter the cost. He caused most of the trust-problems for the main-cast (and esspecially Takumi) just so that he would be the one and only hero of this story. This was the allmost perfect set-up for a great "Wolf-in-the-sheeps-den"-type of villian character. Everything was build up so nicely for that one moment that never came. Everyone who watched this show back when it aired was eagerly waiting for that one moment when Kusakas construct of lies and deceit would come crumbling down on him. But there was nothing. Literally nothing. No-one besides Takumi ever saw through Kusakas lies and eryone else thought these problems were the results of an miss-understanding at most. He never got what he deserved, he stayed a bitter and slightly psychotic young man from beginning to end. His plot went nowhere because nothing in Faiz had any kind of consequence for the characters. "Oh? Takumi is an Orphenoch? Okay, moving on!", "Oh, Mari is death? Lets revive her! Moving on!" Things seemed to just happen and get forgotten afterwards. This is why Faiz is considered to be on of the worst written Kamen Rider seasons. Things just happened in the show with no rhyme nor reasons. The focus was not on the characters, it was on these allmost soap-opera-style love-stories that, oh suprise, went nowhere in the end. The characters just existed with stuff happening around them with next to no real reaction to these situations with a poorly made world around them. The plot-holes became just so big at some point that it negativly effected the show to a gigantic degree.
EnerKaizer I disagree about kusaka not paying.his death I believe was good karma justice.he tried to be the hero who saves his love but instead gets beaten badly,is decaying in agony,the orphenoch(kiba) who he has tortured for almost all the season snaps his neck,with his rider power he used for so long no less,and icing on the cake? He dies alone,not even able to say goodbye to Mari and no body to bury,opposite of sawada who died by his hands who was trying to make up for what he had done but at least got say goodbye Mari as he passed
EnerKaizer I do think Kusaka should have been revealed to be an orphenoch/villian he's a psycho jerk whose obsessive, controlling, & abusive yet we are supposed to feel bad for him? I would say that faiz does have some redeeming points the parallels between the orphenoch trio and the faiz trio esp. Yuji and Takumi is really beautiful and the relationships between most of the cast is really the saving point of the show, even if it does lag a lot story wise toward the end of the show
I think you pretty much nailed it. Faiz is one of my favorite riders but I could never really say why. The villains were bland and it was pretty much all over the place plot wise. But it really is the characters that keep you invested. You want to see them, and see what they're do next. Good video dude.
orpenoch king foreshadowed at the beginning when mari tell story about her burned aparment & later that her adopted father open the school and adopted the kids to find the orpenoch king, that ironycaly founded and saved by another orpenoch
Im coming here after finishing it. I will say i enjoyed myself even if the paradise lost film was a mess. I got started with this as my first. I was interested in them due to the riders designs and the ps2 game. Also kaidou is my favorite character besides takumi and to some extent kitazaki. I really dont like kusaka as he felt more like a villain and unlikeable
Kusaka is like the most unlikeable and most annoying secondary rider from what i've seen so far lmao, that guy was just a pure asshole from start to finish.
The Troodon If I remember right, it's because Peter Ho (Leo's actor) was born in California and speaks English better than Japanese. Please don't take what I'm saying as fact, I can't seem to find any sources supporting my claim of him speaking English better than Japanese so I can't say that as a fact. I just remember reading that somewhere.
Games Master Yes, I did read that somewhere. It says that on his Wiki, but I'm not sure if that's enough to support my claim since Wikipedia isn't the most reliable source of information.
I haven't watched Faiz yet, but from what i'm picking up here, I can only guess Kusaka being bullied when he was younger was what caused him to be the psychotic manipulator that he is in the series. (and as a friend says, the original Meme Lord before Shin Dan Kuroto came into existence) Another friend of mine says that this is the point where Toshiki Inoue is starting to shows signs of burnout, the same way Yasuko Kobayashi did in Go-Busters and possibly Judd Lynn in Dino Charge.
This is the one rider series I remember seeing in full as a kid. This was my last and favorite series! Love the fights and story and the suit looks dope! Everything else I see online looks over the top and too childish for me
First time I saw the suit, I facepalmed. But then I got into the story. It's amazing that we got to see a villain that we could sympathize more than the hero, who's already quite good himself. Takumi is a proper dude, and he never lets up.
I mean I finished this show and to me, it’s actually pretty good. Sure, Masato might be annoying and the middle section is kinda slow but to me, Takumi is a really relatable guy and to be honest I love the show. It’s really only a certain kind of person who likes this.. and I’m one of them. If you like dark stuff, well here’s the show for you
(36:00): I know that it is your opinion, Marcos, I like Justifaiz. Just so you know, a Hololive V-Tuber sang Justifaiz in her karaoke stream a week ago. Just search for “Justifaiz Korone” and you’re good 😌
What faiz has is style. No rider ever beat faiz/takumi cocky hand gesture after he henshin. man that's soooo cool! Also kaixa after henshin is cool to.
I've taken a look at the weapons and items that the brighter is use and surprisingly there actually designed to look like regular everyday items until they are used by the riders. For example the The rider kick weapon is actually disguised as a sort of telescope or binoculars, and the rider punch weapon is a camera
30:02 my favourite fight scene in the movie. this scene made me love kamen rider psyga. 31:40 orga is also my favourite rider too. his gold lines and weird gladiator helmet stands out well to me.
the series has always held a special place in my heart as a really good season, my main interest in it was the use of very heavy themes since the start also because Kusaka is best rider, he did nuffin wrong
I feel like Kaito Kumon from Kamen Rider Gaim is what the producers wanted Kuaska to be. The complete opposite of the main character with similar goals but different methods to achieve them.
Also I feel like Delta in the end should have been Sawada because it would of made more sense. He was on a path of redemption before he died. It would have been cool for him to be Delta instead of Mihara. Not a fan of Mihara because he wasn't that important and very underdeveloped. It just seemed like he was just thrown into the story.
Honestly this is still one my favorite Kamen Rider seasons in spite of all of its flaws. There are a lot of good character interactions and heavy emotions that truly carry this series for me along with the fights and the suits. And the characters actually grow and develop through the series (aside from Kaixa but hating Kaixa is another reason I like this season) and I really cared for them. It is hard to really describe why I love Faiz as much as I do since unlike my other favorites (Drive, W, Ryuki, Ex-Aid, Gaim, Kuuga) there isn't one stand out amazing thing about the series that makes up for all of its flaws. Maybe it has more to do with when I watched it as I was just coming off the hype I had from drive before I decided to back to watch older seasons and wanted to start with this one because of the suit. Maybe I just like character heavy narratives. Maybe I just like bad stories. I don't know.
Kiba: *Has a happy, peaceful life. A wonderful family, and a loving girlfriend.*
The Universe: I'm gonna do what's called a "pro gamer move".
True
Truck-Kun: NOT ON MY WATCH!
@@jacoba6747 Get isekai'd🤣
Faiz isn’t bad. It’s a soap opera. If you don’t like soap operas, than it won’t be your cup of tea. And I think anyone will love most of the characters. Takumi is my favorite rider. Keitero is my favorite character of all time. And Kiba had a great story and development IMO. From vengeful, to choosing to favor humanity, to suffering and revenge again. And the actor was great, RIP. Kiba was the leader of his faction on rebel misfits. Very thoughtful and kind, until pushed to the edge.
A pretty good soap opera
@@LegitMan335 a well-written soap opera, which had a well-written movie as well.
This series is easily top 5 in the heisei era
i like the designs but the story is boring and drags out...
Is more than soap opera. I never saw Kamen Rider with the story telling like Faiz after the series ended(except Zero-1 maybe) even until now.
Reasons I like to watch Kamen Rider 555 series -
1) glow in the dark armor.
2) brutal when monster taking heart.
3) good monster vs bad monster.
4) triangle love story.
5) background music ost.
6) main character is monster.
7) naked shadow.
8) suspend and dark.
9) SWAT police also joining fight.
10) awesome vehicles and weapons.
Pretty much sums up my reasons too, plus the soundtrack, i dont know but it just feels so nice.
It's also because of the actor was a Legend, such as Kento Handa until now cameo in others kamen rider series
True but overall main plot failed and villains were not handled well. Also plot holes
fuck you kalimantan
11) exceed charge
I mean the whole communication thing was one of the major themes of Faiz. The whole first half of the show felt like it was beating into your head how important communication is by having the characters completely fail at it. Kusaka was just another obstacle to communication in addition to all the characters being horrid at it.
Also the last stretch was an absolute mess and it needed 10 more episodes I think to properly tell that story.
Cant say any better
ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-RANJA! *snap* Was not ready for that, Marcos. Kudos. My sides are still in orbit.
The Tokucast Lol
The Tokucast That comment made me laugh. PS I was also not expecting that.
That part killed me
Cri- nge
man there's a lot of story and character development in a show about men in bug suits doing kung-fu.
Holy crap that crack me up.
Thank you, someone from 2 years ago
Except this one is not...
I guest? I dont even know what Faiz was based of?
@@GaionSputroriders from faiz are mostly based off of Greek letters and animals (with the exception of orga which is just based off a emperor and is based off the Greek letter Omega)
16:26
"I...have no words."
WELL, I'M FREAKING TRAUMATIZED!
KUSAKA WHY
I CAN NEVER UNSEE THAT!!! ITS LIKE TYWIN LANNISTER DRESSING IN HOOKER DRAG!!!
WHAT FILMS IS
@@engraciadacostam.dosreis8512 Cutie honey
Ah yes the I n s e r t theme
R.I.P Masayuki Izumi aka Yuji Kiba.
I love Faiz. Takumi being an asshole is realy enjoyable for me (somehow), and I like character dramas a lot. Although...I will admit that Kitazaki was WAY more fun as Delta than...whatever his name was. Takumi's reveal as an Orphenoch was honestly LONG overdue, I pieced it together by episode 4 and had to wait *30 EPISODES* for anything to come of it. Kusaka was fun (when he was giving Seto Kaiba a run for his money for "World's Most Smug Rival"), Kaido was best boy, and...well, everyone else was just kinda there. I love it regardless, the suits and gear are some of my favorites in all of Heisei, with Delta having MY FAVORITE FINISHER EVER. Guns and flying kicks - no other combination can compare.
Kiba Yuji's final turn at the end made sense for the reason you skipped out in your summary. Takumi defeated him with Blaster form in what was clearly a clash of ideals. "... leaving Kiba screaming on the ground..." is not an acceptable way of saying, "... sparing his life and calling him human even after all of the horrible things he did after becoming President." Kiba honestly thought he should have died there but he thought long and hard about the ideals he was just defeated by and decided that if he is going to go on living, he'd rather learn how to live from the best example of humanity he's encountered. I threw that last bit in but it's not far fetched given the kind of person Takumi KNEW Yuji was from the start.
One thing I like about Takumi is that while he's an ass, when he's an ass he gets reprimanded for his actions or it can be used for comedy, it separates him 90% of other main Riders. He's brash and has trust issues, but he deep down has good intentions keep him fighting.
27:06 The best example of mood whiplash I have ever seen…
Takumi at episode 50: "Boku no Inui takumi niwa yume ga aru!"
I see you're a man of culture as well
*pulls out a piano
Man...
11:55 when you said, "guess who is gonna die first" that one hurt, but the joke got me GOOD
Faiz is just a insane season. Well written characters and so many of them,, cool outfits, the suitcases, almost every episode has big twists, a giant soap opera. This is easily one of the best tokusatsu seasons of any type. Even the alternate decade story was pretty neat.
Also, I don't see the problem with calling orphenachs villains while some are good. Not everyone of a type are bad - same logic as Den-O's Imagins. Okay the ending is pretty terrible, but I couldn't peel my eyes away from watching how they would get there. And then again, a lot of seasons have dull ends. But Naoya alone has more personality than all the characters put together in some other seasons.
You're not alone, Faiz is my favorite early heisei series (i also really enjoyed kiva that many people dislike, i guess there's no accounting for taste.)
kiva is goood i dont hate
@@mitismee I didnt hate it either, but I I felt like Kiva had more problems than Faiz. I would've loved it if not for the seven different love triangles.
@@isaactheworshipwarrior6687 don't forget the alternating timelines
Kiba or Kiva?
@@rpmblack7892 Kiva
I DO NOT want to see Masato as Cutey Honey EVER AGAIN. I can never get that image out of my head!!
Same
that!!! image!!! will haunt me forever Why... why!!! why!!! >_
Now i feel like a dick for Nutting when Masato was cutey honey.
MY EYES!!! MY *EYES* !!!!!!
@@VyceofMataMertha HELP ME
Faiz is the last rider series I saw in full back when I was a kid and I have to say it’s one of my favs! The story moves at a slow pace and there are a lot of plot holes but the gears and the fights were dope! Nothing really happened in the grand scheme of things in this show but these characters were fun to watch
Same
True! After Faiz, Kamen Rider become a pg7 kid show!
I actually love Takumi's personality. He's heroic underneath all that hurt that he's felt throughout his life. I love how snippy he can be and how a bit dickish he initially is, and doesn't form friendships due to a fear of hurting them.
R.I.P kiba actor
Justin Sigler We all still miss him.
Masayuki Izumi died in 2015. He kept his heath issues very private and because of that we don't know why he died.
WhnNinjasAttack wat kind of heath issues did he have
AFAIK it's his heart, it's a miracle he could live this long if that's really the case
We lost another actor due to a stunt gone wrong
I like how disturbing the theme of this show is without being too gory like Amazons. Even the story of Faiz were darker than Amazons.
@Jeffery Tang shut up you freak!!!!
@@Kepin151 sabar gan
@@troopers0312 maklum gan, nih orang tiap ketemu suka nge spam gaje, gak cuma yg ini doang. Lama" jadi kesel :v
@@Kepin151 iya ada juga yang namanya sai yu tang apa lah itu. Terutama di kolom komen ttg kuuga wkwkw
@@troopers0312 curiga ane orang nya sama :v
"The helmet is based on a shark"
Me: I thought it was based on a half sliced orange 🍊 😳 💀 😅 😂
Yeah its a lot easier to see the shark inspiration from a side profile compared to how its usually shown
A shame, Delta's final user acting is great on GoGoV as GoGo Green. Also Sawada turned into Toguro is hilarious.
Fun fact Peter Ho (Psyga) is the guy from some chinese drama who spits blood used as a meme.
@36:07-37:27
*"It just raises too many questions!"*
-Beuce Wayne (Batman Forver)
Fun fact : Masayuki Izumi (Kiba Yuji actor) failed an audition to become Inui Takumi because he is a left handed.
Also Rip Masayuki Izumi
And in the show,he transformed with his left hand
So thats the reason he always swing his hand after fighting? 🤣👋🏻
The henshin device is based on a cell phone and the show is about communication. That is weirdly brilliant.
Hold up, I love this but I take note on your review of the faiz driver. The show aired in 2003, the Motorola Razor, the most popular flip phone ever, came out the very same year, so yes from a current standpoint is dated, at the time the thing was on the pulse for the most popular phone design for the year.
Is it just me or is Murakami one of the dumbest villians in the history of kamen rider or WHAT?
-Hands the faiz belt to an orphenoch he just met (who has never killed anyone) and has 0 combat experience
-Gives resources to humans (the very people he is at WAR with) and is SURPRISED when humans figure out how to kill orphenoch w/o rider belts
-Waste valuable time and resources (the few orphenochs) hunting other peaceful orphenochs instead of turning
humans
-For some reason in Paradise Lost makes this extremely convoluted plan to kill Mari when he had her in custody and could have killed her AT ANY TIME...
There are other examples I'm sure but Marakami is just dumb! Kusaka may be a human dung but at least he's actually effective at manipulating people, when Murakami tries to do it It's just sad
Tbh,Mihara can be a really good Delta user(not as great as kitazaki but there's potential).The casting was great,it's just that he needs a spotlight for himself,as a character,rather than simply filling the shoe.
30:31 are we not gonna talk about the perfect english here
30:30
Check out Peter Ho, only reason why for his fluent English is that he's an American born Taiwanese, which also surprise me because i don't seem to remember any rider actor that aren't Japanese except him.
Better than the japanese actor itself😁
I can't wait for Marcos to talk about the best kamen rider show featuring a kid that always helps people because he saw his parents die on a fire, the emo guy with the little girl, the meme himself and bipolar spiderman... and the most important character in the series: Milky Boy!
Blade is my third favorite season
What is that? Never heard of it
@@GaionSputro Kamen Rider Blade
YES!!! Takumi is the main reason Faiz is in my top 5 Heisei Rider series.
Everybody seems to hate him but he’s my favorite after Godai Yusuke
**Swing hand* Thanks
11:56 "...and guess who's gonna die first?" fn HILARIOUS.
*insert original joke about protodubs here*
pj 11 GOT EEM
SWAG
pj 11 PROTO DUBS? MORE LIKE DRIVEDUBS (WORST JOKE EVER PL0X)
Wait is this really Scott?
What
First, I also thought Takumi was a great lead Rider. Not my favorite but still a great one. Second, Hibiki will just make you insane once you watch it after Blade. It was one of the most infuriating experiences I had with toku and I don't want to relive that.
Marcos: Let them be happy!...
Toshiki Inoue: We need more suffering!
30:30 best line ever
Perfect english
I remember the first time I ever Watch the scene I went Holy c*** I can understand japanese
The actor is Chinese Btw
i love this series. its a mess but a good type of mess. i love back when kamen riders feels more like a j-drama with transformations. the story might not be the greatest, its not overly sad like ryuki/blade, but i personally really enjoy kiba and friends side story more than takumi and co. and the rider designs are really cool.
also i would like to see you cover kabuto lol. that series is crazy. one episode you have a anime style cooking contest, and the next episode is suddenly super depressing. its also a great series but it doesnt have a clear tone.
Not like today series
27:02
One of the best mood-switching moment I've ever seen.
It’s interesting how you said in the movie, Kasako feels like he’s the only Rider that’s needed because that’s basically his attitude throughout the whole series. Or at least when he’s around Takumi. I agree with you regarding Kasako. This is the first time I have ever said I didn’t like one of the protagonists. People think he’s annoying and normally, I am ok with annoying characters but Kasako, is like toxic boyfriend. Which I feel bad for Mari because all the guys that like her seemed psychotic. When he died, I thought, good riddance. Which brings me to another point, his desire to protect Mari is driven by selfishness which is an oxymoron. Case in point when he said he needs Mari like Mari needs him. Which I was like, no, she doesn’t need you, Kusuka, so back off. Whereas, Takumi’s desire to protect Mari is because he cares for her. It’s interesting because I see a lot of contrasts. I disagree with someone who said that Kusaka fights for humanity. He admitted that he fights to test his strength. Takumi actually does fight for humanity. He has to fight for humanity in his soul and on earth. I see the contrast in the bond between Takumi, Mari and Keitaro and the bond between Ryussei students. The trio may quarrel but they trust each other and build each other up. Whereas the bond between Ryussei students is more toxic more than anything. Their only bonding factor is the school. I feel like, Mari, unlike her classmates, is the only one that is truly able to move on with her life after the incident. She still loves her classmates/ foster siblings but she is also able to open up to new people, something that the rest of the students fail to do.
I noticed that people think Mihara is the most useless, character but I disagree. The most useless characters are the cops. They were there the entire season and added nothing. I thought maybe they were going to be connected somehow but nope. They could have done without them. Useless villain falls to the King. Seriously? You build him up for two episodes and he fights and gets killed a couple of minutes after his big debut?
The king's still alive tho
@@Kepin151 Even in the movie
Even though I've never seen Faiz's whole 50-episode series, I have seen the Paradise Lost movie and I thought it was okay.
I really liked the stadium fight at the end.
I love the fact that takumi being an orphenoch is foreshadowed very early on
good to see you guys taking care of all of you is also apart of my job
30:32 why is he speaking in perfect English?
Because he is not Japanese, he is American born taiwanese.
The actor for psyga name is Peter Ho
The actor is Taiwan-American
I love Faiz. It's still one of my favorite Kamen Riders. It was my first induction to Kamen Rider. I started watching it when I think Decade or Double was airing. I think it was early 2010's. I knew what Kamen rider was somehow, so I decided to take a chance on one of the series and something stuck out about Faiz. This waiting on a 2.0 figuarts of Faiz.
adore the faiz riders' aesthetics and the slice of life aspect was great change of pace for me when I first experienced faiz
If I were to choose my biggest disappointment i would have to say miharu being such a non-character, the delta gear being my favorite suit too
Faiz is one of my favorite Kamen Rider series, toku series and superhero shows.
Mine too, but the ending and pacing was horrible near the end.
Does anyone know Faiz cameo in 2 movie is he the same person but timeline has change or is he another Faiz like Decade story?
@@CKLZ1 I hated faiz because the finale sucks try to watch it and you know what happen to lucky clover saeko , takuma , kaido and orphonoch king
@@saiyautang4088 Yeah I know but I mean after Faiz story in kamen rider Taisen movie series called heisen rider vs showa rider, kamen rider 3 especially kamen rider 4 and Zi-O does't make sense.
@@saiyautang4088 black guy die first(lucky clover)😂,kitazaki dead(to bullyng takuma),murakami dead, happy ending dude😂
It's okay man. I totally understand loving a Rider Show that clearly has problems. My favorite Season is still Decade and I definitely know that it has problems.
It's about damn time!!!I have been waiting for this one for a year.
16:26 "I really have no words" Marcosatsu,2018. AGREED
I m Dead Now
You must watch the show.
Its "Cutie Honey live action"
21:19 "Oh no, I've gone cross-eyed."
One thing that i would love more in this video is you bringing up Mina from the Paradise lost movie, sure she would be just another small story that you would ignore to like every other thing that is left out or be nothing for in the original show, i think her story with the amnesiac Takumi is sad and tragic enough for me, but yeah Great video as always.
I just always wondered during lost paradise, why were they so picky on obtaining the emperor's belts and not just experiment on the riotrooper suits first and try to develop something better than the emperor's belts
The series that dares you not to hate it.
Skyrogue19 I thought it was an okay series. But, I liked the movie version a lot more.
Neo-Xgray87 the movie version is much better n darker.. But the series was da bomb
Faiz is my favourite, it's dark and edgy, I don't get people rate Kabuto second highest tier while rate Faiz lowest tier. Kabuto is slice of life, silly jokes, fight generic worms for 50 episodes.
Say that to proto dubs
@@polong99 I think my problem with Faiz's TV show is the writing. It should have been handled a lot better, in my opinion.
TWO HISTORY OF KAMEN RIDER VIDS MARCOS STOP MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT
I think Kusaka is one of the prime-examples as to why that shows character- and story-progression was more or less non existent.
The idea behind his character is actually not bad. He was a former victim of bullys who, when he grew up, became one himself. He became an over-achiever who constantly had to show to everyone else and himself that he is the best at everything and better then anyone else, even going as far as to do literally anything necessary to achieve his goals not matter the cost.
He caused most of the trust-problems for the main-cast (and esspecially Takumi) just so that he would be the one and only hero of this story. This was the allmost perfect set-up for a great "Wolf-in-the-sheeps-den"-type of villian character. Everything was build up so nicely for that one moment that never came. Everyone who watched this show back when it aired was eagerly waiting for that one moment when Kusakas construct of lies and deceit would come crumbling down on him.
But there was nothing. Literally nothing. No-one besides Takumi ever saw through Kusakas lies and eryone else thought these problems were the results of an miss-understanding at most. He never got what he deserved, he stayed a bitter and slightly psychotic young man from beginning to end. His plot went nowhere because nothing in Faiz had any kind of consequence for the characters. "Oh? Takumi is an Orphenoch? Okay, moving on!", "Oh, Mari is death? Lets revive her! Moving on!" Things seemed to just happen and get forgotten afterwards.
This is why Faiz is considered to be on of the worst written Kamen Rider seasons. Things just happened in the show with no rhyme nor reasons. The focus was not on the characters, it was on these allmost soap-opera-style love-stories that, oh suprise, went nowhere in the end. The characters just existed with stuff happening around them with next to no real reaction to these situations with a poorly made world around them. The plot-holes became just so big at some point that it negativly effected the show to a gigantic degree.
EnerKaizer I disagree about kusaka not paying.his death I believe was good karma justice.he tried to be the hero who saves his love but instead gets beaten badly,is decaying in agony,the orphenoch(kiba) who he has tortured for almost all the season snaps his neck,with his rider power he used for so long no less,and icing on the cake? He dies alone,not even able to say goodbye to Mari and no body to bury,opposite of sawada who died by his hands who was trying to make up for what he had done but at least got say goodbye Mari as he passed
EnerKaizer I do think Kusaka should have been revealed to be an orphenoch/villian he's a psycho jerk whose obsessive, controlling, & abusive yet we are supposed to feel bad for him? I would say that faiz does have some redeeming points the parallels between the orphenoch trio and the faiz trio esp. Yuji and Takumi is really beautiful and the relationships between most of the cast is really the saving point of the show, even if it does lag a lot story wise toward the end of the show
Moanna Yurikio kusaka shouldn t be ophrnoch. That’s the point of the series. Sometimes even human are worse than monster
Thats long
I think you pretty much nailed it. Faiz is one of my favorite riders but I could never really say why. The villains were bland and it was pretty much all over the place plot wise. But it really is the characters that keep you invested. You want to see them, and see what they're do next. Good video dude.
Jeffery Tang so you hate a series when the actors passed away?what the fuck?
@@eddrickwilbert7315 I hate faiz terrible story and finale beacuse orphonoch king evolved saeko and takumi was gone
sai yau tang What?
@@saiyautang4088 A stupid reason to hate a show .
Like a guilty pleasure
orpenoch king foreshadowed at the beginning when mari tell story about her burned aparment & later that her adopted father open the school and adopted the kids to find the orpenoch king, that ironycaly founded and saved by another orpenoch
1:26 Truck-kun strikes again. What if Kiba was isekaied during those 2 years and just forgot about it?
Im coming here after finishing it. I will say i enjoyed myself even if the paradise lost film was a mess. I got started with this as my first. I was interested in them due to the riders designs and the ps2 game. Also kaidou is my favorite character besides takumi and to some extent kitazaki. I really dont like kusaka as he felt more like a villain and unlikeable
Kusaka is like the most unlikeable and most annoying secondary rider from what i've seen so far lmao, that guy was just a pure asshole from start to finish.
Kaidou deserves everything Kusaka Im just glad I get to see die twice.
30:26 GOD DAMN THATS GOOD ENGLISH
The Troodon If I remember right, it's because Peter Ho (Leo's actor) was born in California and speaks English better than Japanese. Please don't take what I'm saying as fact, I can't seem to find any sources supporting my claim of him speaking English better than Japanese so I can't say that as a fact. I just remember reading that somewhere.
@@mc-tn6iq seriously?
Games Master Yes, I did read that somewhere. It says that on his Wiki, but I'm not sure if that's enough to support my claim since Wikipedia isn't the most reliable source of information.
@@mc-tn6iq yeah perhaps the accent are way to good to he heard. We all wish to be like him..
Right?
Paradise Regained just got announced and not only it was a smartphone but looks like it's hologram phone I think..? And Kusaka returns! Haha!
I haven't watched Faiz yet, but from what i'm picking up here, I can only guess Kusaka being bullied when he was younger was what caused him to be the psychotic manipulator that he is in the series. (and as a friend says, the original Meme Lord before Shin Dan Kuroto came into existence)
Another friend of mine says that this is the point where Toshiki Inoue is starting to shows signs of burnout, the same way Yasuko Kobayashi did in Go-Busters and possibly Judd Lynn in Dino Charge.
Crab kusaka's smile tho looking devious
This is the first I heard Faiz’s helmet is based on a shark. That’s pretty neat.
i finished this season a long time ago and this is really bringing back alot of good memories :)
I flipping love the intro for Faiz.
That "amusement park" is none other than Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
damn Marcos, back at it again with the Kamen Rider videos
this is the only good comment on the video thus far
😁👌🏻
best Kamen Rider to me so far. I loved every minute of it.
This is the one rider series I remember seeing in full as a kid. This was my last and favorite series! Love the fights and story and the suit looks dope! Everything else I see online looks over the top and too childish for me
Glad you like it
First time I saw the suit, I facepalmed. But then I got into the story. It's amazing that we got to see a villain that we could sympathize more than the hero, who's already quite good himself. Takumi is a proper dude, and he never lets up.
Can someone tell me wtf was that show was called at 16:26 please. I just wanna know cause it was mentioned in passing and I’m bi and cute boys
Still the most simple yet the best designed kamen rider
In toward of costume, my fav are "Ryuki Survive"
I mean I finished this show and to me, it’s actually pretty good. Sure, Masato might be annoying and the middle section is kinda slow but to me, Takumi is a really relatable guy and to be honest I love the show. It’s really only a certain kind of person who likes this.. and I’m one of them. If you like dark stuff, well here’s the show for you
21:55 this is super unrelated but the australian inside me always screams at that qantas in the background
15:41 Xehanort: X -Blade
I’m glad that the history of kamen rider series exists
Kamen Rider Faiz/555: Where even the title of the show is confusing
31:19 in kiba's(or whatever he is called) kiba:"all my friends are dead"
Holy smokes at 30:30 did that guy actually speak English 😱
Yes. If I remember correctly, he's actually American.
Hes Taiwan-American
Just finished watching this season for the first time. Wow definitely now on my top 5!
(36:00): I know that it is your opinion, Marcos, I like Justifaiz. Just so you know, a Hololive V-Tuber sang Justifaiz in her karaoke stream a week ago. Just search for “Justifaiz Korone” and you’re good 😌
I'm with you Marcos. I enjoyed it just as much as you did...
I guess you could say Mihara's arc is overcoming his cowardice, but that is being extremely generous.
16:25-16:44 what on earth did I just witness?
Cutie Honey
What faiz has is style. No rider ever beat faiz/takumi cocky hand gesture after he henshin. man that's soooo cool! Also kaixa after henshin is cool to.
I've taken a look at the weapons and items that the brighter is use and surprisingly there actually designed to look like regular everyday items until they are used by the riders. For example the The rider kick weapon is actually disguised as a sort of telescope or binoculars, and the rider punch weapon is a camera
Found that by watching this
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shark? isnt faiz based on a firefly?
also i agree with you 100% that the kaixa suit is fucking awesome (still tracking down the SHfiguarts kaixa 2.0)
When you look at the mouthpiece you could clearly see the teeth so it is a shark.
I think is some of bugs too. Because kamen rider always has bug theme in their outfit
30:02 my favourite fight scene in the movie. this scene made me love kamen rider psyga.
31:40 orga is also my favourite rider too. his gold lines and weird gladiator helmet stands out well to me.
One of the best Kamen Rider design, love it
the series has always held a special place in my heart as a really good season, my main interest in it was the use of very heavy themes since the start
also because Kusaka is best rider, he did nuffin wrong
Fuck kusaka
Glad you like
21:19 this frame is glorious
Five years later and I'm rewatching Faiz
I feel like Kaito Kumon from Kamen Rider Gaim is what the producers wanted Kuaska to be. The complete opposite of the main character with similar goals but different methods to achieve them.
Also I feel like Delta in the end should have been Sawada because it would of made more sense. He was on a path of redemption before he died. It would have been cool for him to be Delta instead of Mihara. Not a fan of Mihara because he wasn't that important and very underdeveloped. It just seemed like he was just thrown into the story.
Maybe
Can't wait for blade :p my favorite heisei season (not neo-heisei)
Honestly this is still one my favorite Kamen Rider seasons in spite of all of its flaws. There are a lot of good character interactions and heavy emotions that truly carry this series for me along with the fights and the suits. And the characters actually grow and develop through the series (aside from Kaixa but hating Kaixa is another reason I like this season) and I really cared for them. It is hard to really describe why I love Faiz as much as I do since unlike my other favorites (Drive, W, Ryuki, Ex-Aid, Gaim, Kuuga) there isn't one stand out amazing thing about the series that makes up for all of its flaws. Maybe it has more to do with when I watched it as I was just coming off the hype I had from drive before I decided to back to watch older seasons and wanted to start with this one because of the suit. Maybe I just like character heavy narratives. Maybe I just like bad stories. I don't know.
I hate kuuga and ryuki
@saiyautang4088 Ryuki is good tho!
Keitoru and Yuka, a better love story than Twilight
i didnt know people hated faiz its my favorite show
16:44 is where the traumatising part ends tap it in 16:25