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Kamen Rider Kiva is the 2008-2009 series of Kamen Rider and the ninth installment in the Heisei Era.Across the years humanity has been menaced by the vampire-esque Fangire. As an organization of hunters tries desperately to hold the line, 2008's main hope rests in Wataru Kurenai, a violinist with some very strange habits. His father has disappeared, leaving behind his magnum opus, the Bloody Rose violin. Whenever the strings of the Bloody Rose vibrate, Wataru is called to do battle, using his partner bat Kivat to transform into Kamen Rider Kiva.The story is told in two time periods simultaneously, with events in the past directly affecting the present. In 2008, Wataru struggles with his legacy as Kiva while contending with the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization, humanity's defence against the Fangire. Of particular note are two members: Megumi Aso, a model by day and Fangire hunter by night who wishes to carry on her mother's legacy, and Bounty Hunter Keisuke Nago, the organization's top operative who wields the power of Kamen Rider IXA and a vengeful obsession with defeating Kiva.Meanwhile in 1986, Wataru's father Otoya Kurenai waltzes through life while the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization struggles to fight off the Fangire threat. He falls for Yuri Aso, the organization's top operative who seeks to avenge her mother's death, and joins her in their fight. He soon comes into conflict with another new operative, a mysterious vagabond named Jiro, who is chosen to be the user of the Wonderful Blue Sky Organisation's newest weapon: the prototype IXA System.Partnered with the Super Sentai show Engine Sentai Go-onger after initially airing alongside the final episodes of Juken Sentai Gekiranger in the Super Hero Time block.Kamen Rider Kiva's tie-in projects include: Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka, a crossover movie with the previous season, Kamen Rider Den-O (at least on paper; in practice, the Den-O cast steal the show). Kamen Rider Kiva: You Can Also Be Kiva, a non-canon DVD special distributed by Televi-Kun magazine where Wataru, Otoya, and Nago interact with the viewer. Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World, the summer Non-Serial Movie. Kamen Rider Uranote Backwards-Kiva: Queen of the Castle in the Demon World, an internet Gag Series.
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Abusive Precursors
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Abusive Precursors: The role of the Fangire King is to stem human progress by targeting its scientific advances.
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Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
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Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Otoya and Yuri get such a moment in #24. Nago & Megumi also get one, as they are married in the final episode.
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Secret Identity
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Secret Identity: For most of the series, nobody knows Wataru is Kiva except for Kivat and Shizuka. This is very unusual for a Kamen Rider show, since they usually take the route of "Oh, you regularly transform into an armoured bug-man. How 'bout that."
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The Artifact
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The Artifact: Bloody Rose and Wataru's original goal to build a violin equal or surpassing it.
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Arbitrary Skepticism
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Arbitrary Skepticism: Nago scoffing the idea of spiritual mediums. Sadly, he's the one character who never witnessed Otoya possessing Wataru.
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Heroic BSoD
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Heroic BSoD: Wataru suffers from one twice in-series, first when Bishop causes his Fangire side to awaken and he goes berserk, then again when Mio dies.
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Darker and Edgier
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Darker and Edgier: Kiva is created to be much darker tone in comparison to it's Lighter and Softer predecessor Den-O. While it has its fair share of comedic moments, themes such as prejudice between races and frequent death counts towards random civilians perpetrated by the Monster of the Week is quite common not unlike Toshiki Inoue's previous Rider shows.
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The Worf Effect
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The Worf Effect: Invoked. Riki gets the idea to expose Maya as a Fangire by attacking her - and gets curbstomped for his troubles.
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All There in the Manual
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All There in the Manual: The official backstory mentions thirteen Demon Races, yet we only ever see eight (Fangire, Kivat, Dran, Wolfen, Merman, Franken, Sagarc, and Legendorga). The setting information reveals the other five and their status: Mermaid: A One-Gender Race resembling traditional mermaids, they have a symbiotic relationship with the Mermen in order to reproduce. They escaped the Fangires' purge, but were hunted extensively by humans in the 19th century, and with the near-extinction of the Mermen their numbers continue to dwindle. Ghost: A race of beings who, due to their lack of corporeal form, can't interact with physical matter. They absorb Life Energy by inhaling it. Gigant: A race of giants, all over 10 meters tall, with several sub-species like Cyclops and Yeti. The 3WA from The Movie captured several Yeti for experimentation in order to make Kamen Rider Rey. They've managed to avoid the Fangires' extinction quest. Hobbit: The polar opposite of the Gigant, a race of 10-centimeter, dwarfen beings. Hobbits are pacifistic farmers who live in the woods and escaped extinction by surrendering and subordinating themselves to the Fangire. Goblin: A race of cruel creatures who eat the flesh of other intelligent beings and had nasty habits like collecting bones. In-fighting all but eliminated their race, a job completed by an army of Fangire lead by the Checkmate Four and the first King, who wielded the Saga Armor in battle.
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Mr. Fanservice
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Mr. Fanservice: EVERY SINGLE MALE CAST MEMBER. Seriously. Even the 1986 KING has his fans. And the producers knew it, too. Not for nothing is Wataru shown lying naked in a bed of roses during the opening sequence.
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Forgotten Phlebotinum
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Forgotten Phlebotinum: While the Arms Monsters aren't forgotten as characters, Kiva's form changes are mostly sidelined once Wataru earns Emperor Form. Similarly, the Fever attacks that involve connecting Tatsulot to the Arms monsters in weapon form are forgotten when the Zanvat Sword is introduced (before Bassha Fever even has a chance.) Not to mention Castle Doran, Shoo Doran, Buron Booster, etc. Some powers were never even shown: IXA only ever used one of his three Fake Fuestles, and according to the official toy, the IXARiser has special codes called IXARiser Blast Commands, as well as a Scouter Search Mode, but these were never displayed in any official material.
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Visual Pun
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Visual Pun: The first time we see the Fangire King Taiga bleeding, his blood is blue. We got one way before that. Before he became Ixa, Keisuke Nago was a Bounty Hunter who would capture criminals. As a memento, he would tear a button from their shirt every time he caught one. When one of them taunted him by sewing his button on so tightly that it couldn't be removed that easily, it caused him to undergo some Sanity Slippage before he went on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge. In other words, it was his Berserk Button.
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The Movie
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At the end of The Movie, there is a shot of a bunch of mascot costumes goofing around, four of which were the same ones the Taros wear in one of Den-O's own movies, Final Countdown. The one wearing Momotaros's dog costume was even holding a sign that reads "Yakisoba Sanjou!".
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The Rival
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The Rival: Keisuke Nago, the main wielder of the IXA belt in 2008, is this to Kiva.
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Poor Communication Kills
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Poor Communication Kills: Uses a formula similar to Agito, with similar results. Nago hates Kiva, thinking that he's an even greater threat than the Fangire. He likes Wataru because of the young man's honesty and innocence. Wataru is aware that Nago is IXA, but the same isn't true in reverse. One episode ends with a Cliffhanger where Nago witnesses Kiva de-transforming into Wataru, with a feeling of "Oh, Crap!" hanging in the air...in the next episode, however, they have a calm discussion, and Nago says he's glad that the power of Kiva is in good hands. It doesn't go so well for other parties, but that's another trope entirely.
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The Stoic
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Megumi has her moments too. And special mention must be made of Kenji Matsuda, previously The Stoic in Kamen Rider Hibiki, now spending exactly half the time flexing his comedic chops by playing up the wolfman behavior as Jiro.
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Those Two Guys
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Those Two Guys: Or rather, That One Girl: Shizuka. And to some extent, Akira Kido.
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Playing with Fire
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Playing with Fire: Garulu Form
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Power Limiter
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Power Limiter: The chains on Kiva's armor.
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The Quisling
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Hobbit: The polar opposite of the Gigant, a race of 10-centimeter, dwarfen beings. Hobbits are pacifistic farmers who live in the woods and escaped extinction by surrendering and subordinating themselves to the Fangire.
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Stealth Pun: A rather clever one in the form of the Rhinoceros Fangire. His human disguise was a talent scout. Sai is Japanese for both Rhinoceros and Talent.
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Dare to Be Badass
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Dare to Be Badass: "Break The Chain" is essentially "get out and enjoy life" sung to sweet rock music; apt, given what Wataru's like at the start of the series.
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Plug 'n' Play Technology
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Plug 'n' Play Technology: Fuestles, played straighter with IXA than with the other riders
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Voluntary Shapeshifting: All Fangire, and presumably all Demon Races, can assume human form.
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Ominous Latin Chanting: Queen/Maya gets her own backing choir. As does Bishop—considering the imagery associated with bishop, understandable. Don't forget Taiga.
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"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: After a fashion; Toei formed a "limited band" called TETRA-FANG to perform the battle themes for Kiva, with Koji Seto (Wataru) as lead singer. This also applies to the remixes of IXA's theme Individual-System (sung by Keisuke Kato), and debatably to the songs on the Inherited-System album (sung by the primary users of the IXA System, including Otoya, Yuri, Megumi, and Jiro).
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Good Is Not Nice
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Good is Not Nice: Nago, at least until he starts mellowing out in the second half of the series.
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Ironic Echo: between certain '86 and '08 events.
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Cutlass Between the Teeth
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Cutlass Between the Teeth: Garulu Form's specialty.
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Palette Swap
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Palette Swap: Maya and Mio basically have the same Fangire form, but in red and blue respectively (which dips into Red Oni, Blue Oni at the same time - Maya, bubbly and lively; Mio, quiet and introverted.) The Grizzly Fangire in #23-24 is recolored into a polar bear for #44.
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Mythology Gag
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Mythology Gag: Kiva's four standard forms correspond to each of Kamen Rider Kuuga's forms: Kiva Form: Mighty Form (red armored, bare-knuckle all-around fighter) Garulu Form: Dragon Form (blue armored, speed-based melee form) Basshaa Form: Pegasus Form (green armored long-range gunner) Dogga Form: Titan Form (purple armored brute strength form with heavy weapon) Emperor Form: Ultimate Form (gold armored Super Mode with the power to use all past forms' weapons (for Kuuga it's All There in the Manual) and a dark counterpart (Dark Kiva and N-Daguba-Zeba respectively).) Lampshaded in Decade when Tsukasa gets into a fight with an Alternate Universe Wataru, using each of Kuuga's forms to match up with their respective Kiva forms. Kiva also contains some nods to Kamen Rider Agito - Garulu and Basshaa Form are asymmetrical, just like Agito's Flame and Storm Forms, Garulu and Storm have their own set of similarities (blue, left-handed melee fighter), and of course DoGaBaKi Form corresponds to Trinity Form, both being mish-mashes of their respective Riders' alternate forms and using All Your Powers Combined-empowered Rider Kicks as their finishers. Additionally, in the early parts of the series Wataru tends not to talk when he's in the Kiva suit; Shoichi was much the same in Agito. The origins of the four Riders in Kiva also mirrors that of the four Riders in Agito - Magic Based Primary Rider, Technology Based Second Rider, Incomplete version of the Primary Rider, Alternate Version of the Primary Rider. Also, the spider-monster in the first episode, who's an Ascended Extra of sorts this season. Rising IXA's Transformation Trinket pops out of the mouthpiece, possibly a tribute to Kamen Rider X. In addition, the fact that Rising's transformation involves parts of its armor being shed off is reminiscent of the Cast Off system from Kamen Rider Kabuto. IXA's weapon works just like Kaixa's (a plus shaped weapon that changes from a gun to a sword), they both have a phone Transformation Trinket (although to be fair, IXA's phone is for his most powerful form), and just look at their names! Not to mention that the one who uses it the longest is... not all there. Even better, Saga's belt copies the spinning hub and rod in the side from X's belt. At the end of The Movie, there is a shot of a bunch of mascot costumes goofing around, four of which were the same ones the Taros wear in one of Den-O's own movies, Final Countdown. The one wearing Momotaros's dog costume was even holding a sign that reads "Yakisoba Sanjou!". Taiga's costume of a white jacket and a black glove on one hand resembles what Minami Kotaro wears in Kamen Rider BLACK RX: a white jacket and a white glove on one hand. The Rook's "Time Plays" heavily resemble the rituals conducted by the Gurongi, given how both require the participant to slaughter innocent people under certain conditions.
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Verbal Tic: Ramon/Bashaa usually says "Hey, hey!" at the start of his speeches.
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Mysterious Parent
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Spiritual Successor
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Spiritual Successor: Arguably to Kamen Rider 555, the last series that Toshiki Inoue was the head writer of (not counting Kamen Rider Hibiki, which he only became head writer of midway through) - both shows involve humans living with the same species as the Monster of the Week, the Rider is actually a member of said species, there is a fair amount of prejudice by humans towards said species, and so on.
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Hufflepuff House
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Hufflepuff House: The Rook position in the Checkmate Four. All of the other members have important roles in Fangire society. Rook just plays games all day. At one point he decides to do good deeds and then die so he can go to heaven, simply because he has nothing better to do. Although no real purpose has been cited, he did seem to (mostly) wipe out the Wolfen at the very least (Possibly the Franken & Mermen too). It is possible that eliminating competing monster races was his job, and it's been accomplished.
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Disappeared Dad: Megumi's father is never mentioned, and we don't find out who it is.
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Parental Abandonment
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Parental Abandonment: Wataru's mother left him alone to raise himself; we're left to assume that Kivat III and the Arms Monsters played a major part here. We only see Nago's dad once in a flashback (and it's hinted that Nago drove his father to death). Nago's mother is never mentioned. Kengo talks about his parents but they never appear. The fact that he's not really from Osaka doesn't rule out the idea that they are, and presumably still living there. Same with Shizuka, though it's assumed she lives her mother (even though we never see her).
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Two Guys and a Girl
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Two Guys and a Girl: Yuri, Otoya and Jiro. Also Wataru, Mio and Taiga.
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Girlish Pigtails
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Girlish Pigtails: Yuri in the flashbacks to Rook killing her mother. Which look really Narmy considering she's like the Jane Lynch of Kamen Rider.
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Emperor Batnote also known as Flight Style: Transforms from Emperor Form into a bat monster. Can fly at a speed over mach 3.4 and is powerful enough to engage in a fight against a Sabbat.
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Theme Music Power-Up
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Theme Music Power-Up: "Supernova", Emperor Form's theme song, sung by Wataru's actor Koji Seto and composed by Naoki Maeda of DanceDanceRevolution fame. Qualifies as Awesome Music.
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Strange Minds Think Alike
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Jiro and the cafe owner are fans of Onyanko Club (though in Jiro's case you get the idea that it's all part of his act)
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Shipper on Deck: Megumi clearly ships Mio and Wataru, as she tries her best to get them together. Shizuka, on the other hand...
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The Unintelligible
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The Unintelligible: Sagarc, which speaks the long-forgotten Fangire language.
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Magic from Technology
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Magic from Technology: IXA's Fuestles seem to invoke this.
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Distant Finale
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Distant Finale: The '86 flashbacks in the latter half of #46 act as this for the 1986 era, which is never revisited from that point on.
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TrailersAlwaysLie
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Shirtless demonic-looking Wataru from the King of Hells' Castle promotional material (and only in the promotional material) may well be a tip of the hat to the Trope Codifier for half-human demonic heroes, Devilman.
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HammerSpace
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Hammerspace: Where does the IXA belt go? To complete the transformation, the IXA Knuckle must dock onto the belt, but many times, the Knuckle is stolen and the new user will be able to activate it - when he reaches down to complete the transformation, the belt is just there. The first few times IXA is used, we see the belt must be attached manually, so it's not one of the "Driver creates belt" cases (like Kiva himself, for example.)
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Mad Scientist
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Mad Scientist: Dr. Kanda from 34-35. Also borderlines into Four Eyes, Zero Soul and Humans Are the Real Monsters territory.
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Actor Allusion
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Actor Allusion: The scene with Jiro and Otoya in the hospital, with Jiro begrudgingly assisting 'patient' Otoya, is actually a parody of Zanki's first appearance in Kamen Rider Hibiki, where he assists a hospitalised Asumu a little more willingly. Earlier in #9, Jiro's massive aversion to Yuri's horrible violin playing is an interesting parallel to Zanki being nearly killed by another string-based Oni, Shuki. Speaking of which, Kenji Matsuda's been in a wolf-themed outfit before. Not Zanki, Touki. Also we have Otoya dancing to Zenryaku Michi no Ueyori, after his actor Kouhei Takeda performed a cover version as part of the boy band PureBoys (which also provided Nago's actor). And Yuria Haga in the role of Mio takes a fatal Rider Kick from one Rider to defend another one, just like she did in Kamen Rider 555. Interestingly, the roles of the Riders are inverted in each season. Crosses into Take That! with Rook, as the IXA system's henshin requires depressing the IXA Knuckle just like the Sazer Knuckles of Gransazer. Not only was Rook's actor previously Sazer Tawlon, but he gets finished off by IXA eventually. It's worth noting here that Yuri's henshin pose seems to be modeled on that of the Gransazers' Flame Tribe. The Movie has physical cameos by the voice actors of the Taros; to make sure you notice, each of them delivers their character's Catchphrase. If you missed it, Masaki Terasoma (Kintaros) is the teacher, Koji Yusa (Urataros) is the chess player, Kenichi Suzumura (Ryutaros) is the soccer goalie and Toshihiko Seki (Momotaros) is Officer Sanjou in 1986. The Ladybug Fangire in #19-20 is designed with a skull-dome head. The voice actor's best known role? Frieza. #29's Fangire aims to be the King of the Checkmate Four. His actor has been kings before. Both of the show’s Moth-based Fangire were voiced by the same actresses as the female Nezirangers from Denji Sentai Megaranger.
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Pietà Plagiarism
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Pietà Plagiarism: How Riki in Dogga form consumes souls.
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Handsome Lech
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Handsome Lech: Otoya
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Psychopathic Manchild
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Psychopathic Manchild: Ryo Itoya/Spider Fangire, whose puppet-glove insanity reaches Narm status at times. Ramon is rather bloodthirsty (including once suggesting that he, Jiro, and Riki kill Wataru to release them of their contract), given that he looks and sounds like a kid.
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Foregone Conclusion
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Foregone Conclusion: Right from the beginning, we know that Yuri and Otoya end up dead. Partially subverted in Yuri's case, as we never see her die or even find out what happened to her.
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Time-Passes Montage
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Time-Passes Montage
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Regal Ringlets
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Regal Ringlets: Megumi tends to wear this hairstyle often.
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Literally Shattered Lives
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Literally Shattered Lives: Any human killed by Fangires will become glass and shatter eventually. The Fangires themselves turn into glass when dying or killed, only difference is that they turn into stained glass.
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Faux Action Girl
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Faux Action Girl: Megumi and her mother, Yuri (whose attacks can even prolong Fangire lives for up to 22 years). Though they both get a Moment of Awesome in #31.
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Zerg Rush
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#41 combines this with Zerg Rush. The thing is, they're all copies of Sagarc.
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Love Hurts
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Love Hurts Boy, does it ever in this series, especially when you take into consideration what happens to Mio, Maya and Yuri. It SUCKS to love a Kurenai...
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Elemental Powers
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Elemental Powers: Kiva's forms using the Arms Monsters each have one. Playing with Fire: Garulu Form Making a Splash: Basshaa Form Shock and Awe: Dogga Form
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Meanwhile, in the Future…
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Meanwhile, in the Future…: The story is told in both 2008 and 1986 simultaneously. Time jumps are a common occurrence.
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Power Gives You Wings
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Power Gives You Wings: Played straight and mixed with Hot Wings when Kamen Rider Arc transforms into his power-up form, Legend Arc Also applies to Kiva Flight Style
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Alternate Continuity
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Alternate Continuity: The 2013 novel, which is a reimagining of the TV series where Wataru only has access to Kiva form. Meanwhile, Jiro/Garulu, who is in turn, a Fangire Hunter. Shizuka Nomura is an important character and actually does something to contribute to the plot. And Nago never befriends Wataru, who ends up as the final villain.
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Kid from the Future
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Who is the mother of Masao?
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Four Is Death
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Four Is Death: The Checkmate Four (King, Queen, Bishop and Rook), which have members themed after the standard special chess pieces.note The Knight piece was removed to invoke the trope.
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Separated at Birth
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Mio is a lot like the main Rider, to the 'are they Separated at Birth twins?' level, and they enjoy each other's company a lot but it doesn't end well. Where have we seen this before?
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Always Chaotic Evil
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Always Chaotic Evil: Subverted in a few incidents with Fangires who just want to live normal lives and particularly with the Checkmate Four, who are more Lawful Evil.
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Sealed Evil in a Can
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Sealed Evil in a Can: Wataru himself, when Bishop "awakens" his Fangire blood, turning him into something of an Emperor Fury Form. Played straight with Kamen Rider Arc, whose spirit was sealed away long ago by a past Kiva before being released. The Arms Monsters in '08.
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Funetik Aksent
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Funetik Aksent: IXA. Or in its case "Fa-Ne-Ti-Ku A-Ku-Se-N-To."note What the IXA System is doing is pronouncing each kana individually.
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Shock and Awe
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Shock and Awe: Dogga Form
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What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?
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What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Maya wishes to know why so many Fangire fall in love with humans. Which leads to her and Otoya faling in love and making a violin together.
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Unresolved Sexual Tension
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Unresolved Sexual Tension: Wataru and Mio.
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All Your Powers Combined
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All Your Powers Combined: DoGaBaKi Form. There's also Emperor DoGaBaKi Form in the Hyper Battle Video. Unfortunately, due to budget constraits, it looks a bit shit (it's VERY clearly just the original DoGaBaKi with Emperor Form's helmet, bracers, greaves, and cape). Which is a little odd and redundant, seeing as Emperor Form can already use all three Arms Monster weapons thanks to Tatsulot's Fever ability.
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Bookends
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Book Ends: There's a Fangire attack occurring in a church in both the premiere, middle, and finale of the show.
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Light-Hearted Rematch
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Lighthearted Rematch: In the finale, Wataru and Taiga, who have been trying to have a fight to the death that Bishop kept interrupting for several episodes, have already made up and become loving half-brothers again. But they still want to fight, if only to fully get rid of their stress and bring them a bit closer together. Of course, how "close" they become is anyone's guess.
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Hikikomori
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Hikikomori: Wataru, who is so withdrawn in the first episode he might as well be. Sadly, after he got over it, after having the worst case of Heroic BSoD in Rider history it happens again.
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Dark Is Not Evil
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Dark Is Not Evil: Dark Kiva, when used by Otoya and Taiga.
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Super-Speed
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Super-Speed: Garulu Form, which has the highest speed of any of Kiva's forms.
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Genius Loci
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Genius Loci: Castle Dran
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Hulk Speak
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Hulk Speak: Dogga
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Yuri and puppies.
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The Berserker
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The Berserker: Garulu Form lacks Wataru's hesitation and growls a lot white fighting, so can look like this. It actually happens when Bishop unseals Wataru's Fangire side and he turns on his friends.
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Really 700 Years Old
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Really 700 Years Old: Ramon/Basshaa is 105 years old (127 in '08), yet looks like a 13-year old boy when he's not in Rubber Suit form. Although, it should be noted that the actor they hired to play him was 13-14 at the time... And acts like a six-year-old girl. It's only implied for the more powerful Fangires, but Maya actually brings up things that she did hundreds of years ago.
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Castlevania (Franchise)
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Both generations of Aso women use weapons with a whip/flail form to fight vampires. Maybe the Aso family is an offshoot of the Belmont clan?
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SnakesAreEvil
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Snakes Are Evil: It's very strongly implied that Taiga is the Snake/Cobra Fangire, as seen with the cobra theme to Saga and Sagarc, as well as his ability to summon a shadowy mass of vipers or a giant feathered serpent named Kukulkan. Ultimately subverted, as Taiga isn't actually evil and ends up trying to help humans and Fangire live together in peace.
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Late-Arrival Spoiler
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Late-Arrival Spoiler: No web page about Kiva fails to gleefully mention Wataru's Dhampyr nature within the first two or three sentences, though in the show, Wataru's mom being the Fangire Queen instead of the woman we thought it was for the first 20-some episodes was a huge revelation.
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Big Eater
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Big Eater: Megumi, who's supposed to be a model. Apparently she gets it from Yuri, who's shown taking up a 3000g eating challenge in #12, and then going on amusement park rides - and it's Otoya who has trouble keeping it together.
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Wataru may be a competent violin player and craftsman, but the materials he uses...
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Orgasmically Delicious
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Orgasmically Delicious: Jiro's reaction to Kido's coffee.
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Mid-Season Upgrade
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Mid-Season Upgrade: DoGaBaKi Form
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Instant Runes
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Instant Runes: Dark Kiva, regardless of who's using the form, can summon the bat-shaped Kiva sigil to attack other people, either by using it to bind and electrocute them, or bringing it down on them and making it explode. The final battle between Wataru, Taiga and the revived and mindless Bat Fangire shows that Wataru's Emperor Form is developing this power too, as he grows stronger.
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The Power of Rock
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The Power of Rock: Kengo is the non-magical epitome of this. At least initially.
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Not So Invincible After All
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Not So Invincible After All: In 1986, Rook is a wrecking machine, powerful enough to curbstomp Otoya, Jiro, Riki, and Ramon effortlessly. But all of that comes to an end when he's tricked into using the IXA Knuckle himself, going through a world of hurt when the suit starts acting up on him and leaving him at the mercy of the guys he'd previously kicked the crap out of.
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The Reveal
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The Reveal: Wataru finds out his mother's a Fangire, Taiga is his half-brother, and that he is a half-Fangire. Also, Bishop reveals that he was the one who killed Mio in order to protect Taiga. Too bad Taiga didn't agree with his method of thinking.
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Meaningful Echo
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Meaningful Echo: between certain '86 and '08 events, and once the '86 story is done with after #46, this takes place within '08 when both Taiga and Nago find themselves about to lose everything they have.
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Meaningful Name
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Meaningful Name: Wataru Kurenai ("crimson" in Japanese), Riki (Dogga's human form, "power" in Japanese), Jiro (part of whose name means "wolf"), Bishop, King, Rook, Maya ("True Night"), "Kiva" using the katakana for "kiba" ("fang") and being a contraction of "King of Vampires" according to Word of God. Also, as Otoya himself points out early on, the first kanji in his name means "sound". Given that he's a musician, it fits. The real names of the Arms Monsters are all onomatopoeia for sounds related to their forms: Garulu is the sound of a wolf howling, Basshaa is the sound of splashing, Dogga is the pounding of a hammer.
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FanService
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Fanservice: The director's cut of The Movie shows Otoya's butt during the bath scene.
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Punny Name
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Punny Name: Every rider from the series has this to one degree or another degree. Kiva is a pun on "kiba" (fang) IXA is a pun of "ikusa" (war) Saga's name's last syllable is a pun on "Ga" (a kanji that means fang, and the same Ga that's the first kanji of Gaoh's name) Dark Kiva's is more of a play on words, since in the show, he's referred to as "Yami no Kiba" (which could mean "Dark Kiva" or "Fang of Darkness"). Arc is a pun on "aku" (evil) Rey is a pun on "rei" (cold) Toshihiko Seki plays a prison guard named "Sanjo" in The Movie. When asked his name, he responds "Ore? Sanjo!"
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Fake Band
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Fake Band: The Ikemens, featuring Kengo and Wataru. Though they did produce a cover of Wataru's battle theme ("Destiny's Play") for the Kiva soundtrack. Though in the context of the show, Destiny's Play was an original song of Kengo's creation
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Once Done, Never Forgotten
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Once Done, Never Forgotten: Kiva's been branded by the Blue Sky group as an enemy of humanity, but we don't learn till much later that this was all because of Dark Kiva's actions in the past.
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Extreme Omnivore
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Extreme Omnivore: Rook, when still amnesiac, downs a whole pot of mushrooms and whatever Wataru was planning to use for his violin varnish.
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Making a Splash
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Making a Splash: Basshaa Form
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Disney Death
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Disney Death: Shima, Maya
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And the Adventure Continues
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And the Adventure Continues: The final episode ends with Wataru's future son Masao arriving and asking for help with the Neo Fangire, who've come back in time to try and take over. The final shot is all four Riders and the three Arms Monsters leaping into the air, feet-first, aiming at the giant UFO-like form that's above them.
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Idiot Ball
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Idiot Ball: Bishop: "Hey Taiga, I thought that Mio was a crappy Queen because she got you hurt and was making you act dumb, so I killed her and made it look like Kiva did it. Isn't that great?" *Gets repeatedly beaten up* "Ow... Well screw you, then! We don't need a new king! I'll just bring your dad back to life."
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Suicide by Cop
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Suicide by Cop: Shinji/Grizzly Fangire in #24.
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WalkIntoCameraObstruction
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Walk Into Camera Obstruction: Wataru walks up and sticks his face right in the camera as the opening credits start in #1.
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Remember the New Guy?
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Remember the New Guy?: #27, the first time Taiga is ever mentioned.
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Self-Made Orphan
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Self-Made Orphan: An infant Taiga finishes off his father (via reflecting the energy attack that King had aimed at him) and later seemingly does the same to his mother. He actually just punches her with the hilt of the sword.
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Real Life Writes the Plot
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Real Life Writes the Plot: Emperor Form stealing the spotlight from Kiva's other four forms was entirely a pragmatic move; the original Kiva costume was reportedly so heavy that suit actor Seiji Takaiwa had a difficult time wearing it, almost dying because of its weight at one point. After that, the much lighter Emperor Form costume effectively became Kiva's default form.
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Bolivian Army Ending
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Bolivian Army Ending: Wataru's son from the future Masao interrupts Nago and Megumi's wedding to warn everyone of the Neo Fangire. The series ends with Wataru, Masao, Nago, Taiga and the Arms Monsters transforming and flying off to face the threat.
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Frankenstein's Monster
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Frankenstein's Monster: Dogga is based on this.
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Real Men Wear Pink
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Real Men Wear Pink: Rook has a pronounced Sweet Tooth. Jiro and the cafe owner are fans of Onyanko Club (though in Jiro's case you get the idea that it's all part of his act)
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Deuteragonist
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Deuteragonist: Otoya
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Token Evil Teammate
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Token Evil Teammate: Jiro, Riki, and Ramon in 1986. They're no allies to the Fangires, but they still eat humans to survive and Jiro occasionally attempts to kill Otoya.
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Handgun
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Basshaa: Transformed by using Basshaa Magum and has sharp vision to make better use of it. Marginally faster than Kiva Form but weaker in everything else. However, this form is good for aquatic combat and capable of creating water even on dry land.
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Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever
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Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Powerful Fangire souls can become massive chandelier-like creatures called Sabbats if not dealt with properly. Kamen Rider Arc in the movie, billed as the tallest Kamen Rider in history at 3.2m. #35 has Kiva fighting the winged serpent monster Kukulcan, summoned by Taiga as a way to test his fighting prowess. #41 combines this with Zerg Rush. The thing is, they're all copies of Sagarc.
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Tsundere
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Tsundere: Yuri. Just... Yuri.
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Arranged Marriage
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Arranged Marriage: Because Mio is the 2008 incarnation of the Fangire Queen, she is expected to marry Taiga who is the Fangire King. She almost goes through with it too, but instead she tries to kill him as she's not really in love with him.
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Monster Mash
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Monster Mash: This season's particular motif.
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Fur Against Fang
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Fur Against Fang: Jiro (a Wolfen) fighting the Fangire in 1986.
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He's Back!
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He's Back!: There are tons of moments late in the show, given how much of the trouble the heroes had to go through. One that springs to mind is Nago returning as IXA in #40, complete with the episode title fitting that exact moment.
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Large Ham
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Large Ham: Certainly not Kivat-bat the 3rd. Also, the Spider Fangire. Oh god, the Spider Fangire. No mention of Keisuke Nago yet?! Just look at his exercise video for proof! Megumi has her moments too. And special mention must be made of Kenji Matsuda, previously The Stoic in Kamen Rider Hibiki, now spending exactly half the time flexing his comedic chops by playing up the wolfman behavior as Jiro.
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Bratty Half-Pint
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Bratty Half-Pint: Tatsulot to Kivat.
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Amnesiac Dissonance
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Amnesiac Dissonance: Wataru and Shizuka befriend a large, cheerful man who Does Not Know His Own Strength, nicknaming him "Dai-chan" ("Mr. Big", essentially). When he recovers his memories, it turns out that he's Rook, The Brute of the Checkmate Four, who spends most of his time engaging in random acts of murder for fun.
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Super Mode
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IXA going into his Super Mode Rising IXA looks suspiciously like the Cast Off sequence.
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Interspecies Romance
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Interspecies Romance: Otoya Kurenai, a human, and Maya, a Fangire.
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Non-Serial Movie
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Non-Serial Movie: King of the Demon Castle. The events are clearly set in an alternate world. The presence of Kiva Emperor, but lack of IXA Rising, would indicate that the movie is supposed to take place some time in between #24 and #27 (the episodes where Emperor and Rising respectively debut). Preventing this from being canon, however, is Wataru's knowledge of the Time Door in Castle Doran or the existence of the Arms Monsters, as well as Megumi learning of Wataru's identity as Kiva before it happens in the show. Also questionable is Wataru being in high school (something never mentioned in the show), despite the fact that not only is he 21, but he is also shown to have a stable job.
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Hopeless Suitor
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Hopeless Suitor: Kengo.
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Medium Awareness
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Medium Awareness: Once Tatsulot joins Kivat in the episode intros.
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Badass Cape
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Badass Cape: Kiva Emperor Form and Dark Kiva.
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Back from the Dead
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Back from the Dead: #7-8 revolve around the Prawn Fangire trying to revive his servants, which he does at the cost of his own life. They wind up clumping together to form a giant chandelier-shaped aura monster known as a Sabbat, which results in Kiva having to call the equally giant Castle Doran to fight it. Other Sabbats appear later in the series, two of them formed from the shards of previously destroyed Fangires that clump together. The Ladybug Fangire also revives as a Sabbat moments after it's killed, the only time that a single Fangire soul is involved in forming a Sabbat. The finale sees Bishop resurrecting the former King, the Bat Fangire, to resume his post as King. It doesn't work as he planned, as the Bat Fangire becomes a mindless monster and is destroyed again, this time by Wataru and Taiga.
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Cute Clumsy Girl
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Cute Clumsy Girl: Mio
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And Knowing Is Half the Battle
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And Knowing Is Half the Battle: invoked at the beginning of every ep, thanks to Kivat.
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Designated Girl Fight
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Designated Girl Fight: Not so much early in the season (Fangire are notably NOT a One-Gender Race), but after the Fangire Queen is revealed, most of the Fangire she eliminates for falling in love with humans are female. #42 takes this to its logical conclusion by having Yuri and Maya face off with a female Fangire acting as Castle Doran sentry.
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One-Hour Work Week
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One-Hour Work Week: Taiga and D&P.
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Took a Level in Jerkass
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Though it's more like Took a Level in Jerkass. In the end, though he apologizes to them for being such a jerk.
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Wham Episode
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Wham Episode: Of the Wham Arc variant: The ramifications of Wataru, Taiga and Mio learning that they're Kiva, Saga and the Fangire Queen are spread over several eps, with Wataru revealing everything to the Blue Sky group as well. After Shima asking Wataru to help the Blue Sky Group and Taiga asking Wataru to join his side and lead the Fangires, there's nothing quite like Mio asking him sweetly to kill Taiga. #36 has King appearing in the show. It gets darker from here.
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Chained by Fashion
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Chained by Fashion: Applies to Kiva, Arc, Rey, and 80s King.
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IKEA Weaponry
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IKEA Weaponry: Blue Sky agents are always issued with these, whether it's Yuri's two-part knife (which even becomes a Whip Sword!) or Megumi's odd winged pistol (which somehow doubles as an Epic Flail).
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Demonic Possession
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Demonic Possession: Not quite demonic, but there's a two-episode arc where Otoya's spirit takes over Wataru's body. It doesn't seem to happen for any particular reason, other than to generate a Funny Moment as Koji Seto pulls a credible impression of Kouhei Takeda and the normally sullen Wataru acts... well, like Otoya. Hilarious in Hindsight: the whole incident parallels a similar incident in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, with Orlando Bloom's deliberate impression of Captain Jack Sparrow. Played straight in the case of Takashi Sugimura/Kamen Rider Arc
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Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold
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Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold: Wataru at first, to the extent that people have been calling him 'Obaketarou'.
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The Tape Knew You Would Say That
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The Tape Knew You Would Say That: The first episode plays this trope sillier than usual with Wataru communicating via pre-written messages in a spiral-bound notebook. When Megumi remarks "You can't possibly have every response you need in there!", Wataru immediately starts hunting through it for the proper response; when she starts trying to forcibly remove his heavy clothing, the camera briefly flashes to the notebook, which has fallen open on a page reading "Somebody please stop her!"
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Villainous Breakdown
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Villainous Breakdown: The 1986 version of Jiro in #24, as a result of his desire for Yuri (who's fallen for Otoya instead) getting the better of him.
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Transformation Sequence
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Transformation Sequence: Kamen Rider hasn't used these in a long time, but this series has a stock footage transformation sequence for form-changing and 1986 Dark Kiva's transformation.
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Riddle for the Ages
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Riddle for the Ages: What is Taiga's Fangire form? Despite being the king of Fangires, it is never shown, though it's implied that he's the Snake Fangire. Who is the mother of Masao?
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Big Bad
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#29's Fangire aims to be the King of the Checkmate Four. His actor has been kings before.
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You Remind Me of X
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You Remind Me of X: Basically how Otoya and Maya meet. He loses his memory, sees a woman and removers that he knows a woman named Yuri, so she decides to take advantage of this by claiming to be Yuri.
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Hour of Power
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Hour of Power: Kiva can only use DoGaBaKi form for five minutes.
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Evil Counterpart
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Evil Counterpart: Dark Kiva is an inversion - he came first chronologically, and the modern Kiva is his good counterpart.
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The Only One Allowed to Defeat You
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The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: It's not until #10 that a Fangire is killed by someone other than Kiva, and not until #11 that a Fangire dies in 1986. Most of the time, a Fangire in 1986 can be expected to live till 2008 (sometimes beyond). Of course, without Castle Doran around to consume the Fangire energy, the likelihood of Sabbat appearances is higher... Also, Nago feels this way about Kiva. At first.
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Took a Level in Badass
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Took a Level in Badass: After losing his ability to play guitar, Kengo returns as a soldier and kicks Nago in the face. More than once. Though it's more like Took a Level in Jerkass. In the end, though he apologizes to them for being such a jerk. Wataru also does a rather impressive example of this near the end of the series. He's able to scare off Fangire just by glaring at them. Also, at the end of the events in 47, Wataru overthrows Taiga and takes the throne of King and looks incredibly badass doing it all.
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Foreshadowing
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Foreshadowing: In #19-20, where Otoya "borrows" Wataru's body from beyond the grave, he mentions Kivat the 2nd, a character who shows up 18 episodes later. There's also the Kivat-like silhouette in the '86 period appearing at the end of #20. Nago admits that he does like Megumi as early as #4. By the last episode, they're married. Kengo's right hand is a bit sore after his Big Damn Heroes moment in #19. In #28 he takes a Game-Breaking Injury to that arm. #32. Taiga can make someone back down with just a staredown. Wataru starts spamming this when he takes the Fangire King rank for himself. This is also the reason we see Kiva adopting a Slouch of Villainy in the OP.
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Time Travel
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Time Travel: A door in Castle Doran allows travel between 1986 and 2008.
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Tiny Guy, Huge Girl
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Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Otoya and Yuri.
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DistressedDamsel
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Distressed Damsel: Yuri, Mio, and 2008 Maya to some extent.
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Our Vampires Are Different
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Our Vampires Are Different: they're made of stained glass and resemble dozens of animals (and plants) that aren't bats.
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Evil Is Not a Toy
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Evil Is Not a Toy: Dr. Kanda repeatedly using Kaede/Horsefly Fangire as part of his experiments, abusing her with Electric Torture either as part of the process or if she talks back to him. Shima even warned Kanda to stop with the experimentation, only for the madman to refuse. Unsurprisingly, Kaede then later breaks free from his abuse, then claims to Kanda to she was using him to make herself more powerful rather than the other way around before killing/shattering him.
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Noblewoman's Laugh
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Noblewoman's Laugh: Shizuka does it during her Yandere attempts to break up Wataru and Mio...and then again during her attempts to patch them up.
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Sibling Triangle
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Sibling Triangle: Wataru, Taiga and Mio.
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Power-Up Letdown
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Power-Up Letdown: Rising IXA, whose power level is wildly un-calibrated on its first use.
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Generational Saga
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Generational Saga: Split between 1986, when Otoya serves as the main protagonist, and 2008, with his son Wataru.
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Life Energy
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Life Energy: All humans have this, and the other races generally eat human life energy for sustenance, but it's not really clear on whether said other races have life energy of their own or not.
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Half-Human Hybrid
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Half-Human Hybrid: Wataru, although the hint is rather obvious whenever he begins his transformation sequence.
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Wedding Smashers
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Wedding Smashers: Unlike Hikaru and Urara, the happy couple actually gets to kiss, but a battle breaks out nonetheless. And earlier, Mio crashes her own wedding by stabbing Taiga in the gut.
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Finishing Move
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Saga's Finishing Move may remind some of Rolento from Street Fighter Alpha.
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Mood Whiplash
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Mood Whiplash: #33. Going from Yuri catching Otoya with Maya to Megumi complaining that she's gaining weight? Not cool.
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Cool Sword
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Garulu: Transformed by using Garulu Saber. Has the fastest land speed and a stronger kick in exchange for lower arm strength.
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Ascended Extra
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Also, the spider-monster in the first episode, who's an Ascended Extra of sorts this season.
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Karma Houdini
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Karma Houdini: Jirou faces absolutely no backlash for kidnapping Yuri and trying to rape her.
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Obfuscating Stupidity
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Obfuscating Stupidity: Otoya Kurenai
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Super-Strength
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Dogga: Transformed by using Dogga Hammer. He gains Super-Strength to wield it and heavy armor. Naturally, this costs him speed.
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Dramatic Irony
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Dramatic Irony: sometimes used to connect '86 and '08 events. And played straight when Taiga learns that Wataru's girlfriend is leaving him for someone without knowing that it's him.
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Robo Speak
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Robo Speak: The IXA belt speaks in a very syllabic, monotone style. In Gratuitous English.
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Wolf Man
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Wolf Man: Jiro/Garulu, last of the Wolfen race. His monster form is a blue humanoid wolf-like creature.
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Episode names are in two parts to represent events in the past and present. Not to mention that the first part has some reference to music.
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Jack of All Stats
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Kiva: The default form with balanced stats and high jump power that makes him good with an acrobatic aerial fighting style.
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Sticky Situation
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Sticky Situation: In episode 5, Yuri steps in a giant spider web and is then captured by the Spider Fangire.
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Deadpan Snarker
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Deadpan Snarker: Kivat. There may be some typecasting going on here.
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Solar and Lunar
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Solar and Lunar: Kamen Rider Kiva defeat Fangires using the power of the Night, per his Vampire motif. Whereas Kamen Rider IXA defeat Fangires using the power of the Daylight, per their religious (Christian and Shinto) motifs.
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Rearrange the Song
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Rearrange the Song: IXA's battle theme, "Individual-System", has two remixes sung by Nago's actor: "Fight for Justice" reflecting his Knight Templar attitude, and "Don't Lose Yourself" after he mellows out. The Re-Union album, released in 2009, includes more remixes, including Wataru's version of his father's "This Love Never Ends", Otoya's version of his son's "Supernova", and an acoustic version of "Roots of the King" sung by both Wataru and Taiga.
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Dhampyr
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Dhampyr: The title character, who is half-Fangire.
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Epic Fail
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Epic Fail: #28, when Wataru and Kengo are drafted into a shorthanded Blue Sky Organization, and proceed to bumble dangerously during weapons practice. Epic Fail with an Epic Flail, even. Wataru as Nago's bounty-hunting understudy in #32 goes as well as you'd expect it to.
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Take That!
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Crosses into Take That! with Rook, as the IXA system's henshin requires depressing the IXA Knuckle just like the Sazer Knuckles of Gransazer. Not only was Rook's actor previously Sazer Tawlon, but he gets finished off by IXA eventually. It's worth noting here that Yuri's henshin pose seems to be modeled on that of the Gransazers' Flame Tribe.
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Institutional Apparel
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Institutional Apparel: Prison escapee Takashi Sugimura wears this for the entirety of the Non-Serial Movie
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Love Triangle
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Love Triangle (about three or four: Otoya/Yuri/Jiro, Taiga/Mio/Wataru, Otoya/Yuri/Maya and Otoya/Maya/King)
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Demoted to Extra
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Demoted to Extra: Ramon/Basshaa kinda gets the short end of the stick. He is the only one of the Arms Monsters who doesn't get a character-specific arc or a Fever attack as part of Emperor Form. Even in Kamen Rider Decade, it continues, as when Kiva's powers are being used by Tsukasa, he uses Garulu and Dogga Forms to good effect, dons Basshaa, and... doesn't get off a single shot before being owned.
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Came Back Wrong
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Came Back Wrong: #7-8 revolve around the Prawn Fangire trying to revive his servants, which he does at the cost of his own life. Instead of returning in their proper forms, their souls clump together to form a giant chandelier-shaped aura monster known as a Sabbat. In the finale, Bishop gives his life, along with all the Life Energy he'd had collected, to revive the former King/Bat Fangire in the present day. He comes back as a mindless monster, and while he puts up a tough fight, he's soon killed again.
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One-Gender Race
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Mermaid: A One-Gender Race resembling traditional mermaids, they have a symbiotic relationship with the Mermen in order to reproduce. They escaped the Fangires' purge, but were hunted extensively by humans in the 19th century, and with the near-extinction of the Mermen their numbers continue to dwindle.
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Knight Templar
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Knight Templar: It would probably be more accurate to re-name this article "The Keisuke Nago".
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Deader than Dead
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Deader than Dead: While Kiva destroys a Fangire's body and Castle Dran absorbs its soul, IXA destroys both body and soul. As do Queen and King. Kiva's Emperor Form does the same; we can only assume he got to the point where he stopped caring. (Or rather, production got tired of doing it. There is no onscreen discussion of certain suits/forms having super-awesome fangire soul-exorcism powers that others lack - the "fangire soul leaves and Dran eats it" sequences just stop appearing after a while.)
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Clear My Name
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Clear My Name: All '08 Blue Sky agents in #27 (Nago narrowly escapes though, kickstarting the plot).
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Berserk Button
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Berserk Button: Literally. "BUTTON! MY BUTTON! MY BUTTON!"
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Muggle and Magical Love Triangle
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Muggle and Magical Love Triangle: Subverted, as at least one member is always Locked Out of the Loop.
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Non-Human Sidekick
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Non-Human Sidekick (Kivat the Second, Third and Tatsulot)
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Dragon Rider
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Dragon Rider: Even better, a robot dragon.
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Fun with Acronyms
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Fun with Acronyms: IXA = Intercept X Attacker (which is a pun on ikusa, meaning "war")
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Alien Blood
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The first time we see the Fangire King Taiga bleeding, his blood is blue.
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Re-Cut
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Re-Cut: A fan with some spare time on his hands began to take clips from the episodes and turn the show into "Kamen Rider IXA", first focusing entirely on the 1986 plot and with plans to then tackle the 2008 plot, focusing more on Nago and Megumi, although it will still feature Wataru and the others.
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We Can Rule Together
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Of the Wham Arc variant: The ramifications of Wataru, Taiga and Mio learning that they're Kiva, Saga and the Fangire Queen are spread over several eps, with Wataru revealing everything to the Blue Sky group as well. After Shima asking Wataru to help the Blue Sky Group and Taiga asking Wataru to join his side and lead the Fangires, there's nothing quite like Mio asking him sweetly to kill Taiga.
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Ape Shall Never Kill Ape
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Ape Shall Never Kill Ape: Subverted to hell and back by Queen, whose purpose is to kill any Fangire who falls in love with a human; King, who is not above killing any Fangire who seeks to help human progress; and any Fangire attempting to kill Maya, past and present.
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: Otoya performs Kamen Rider Ichigou's henshin pose when he transforms into IXA. IXA going into his Super Mode Rising IXA looks suspiciously like the Cast Off sequence. Megumi and Yuri Aso share a last name with Kamen Rider ZO. Riki in Franken form really goes the extra mile to reference the classic Frankenstein. Not just the Pietà Plagiarism in #21, but he does it beside a river, and there's a flower in his lapel just because. The Warthog Fangire shows up in a hat and poncho... but does he have no name? Kivat actually says "Mach speed!" in #32. (This is actually in line with the appearance of the Ginjiro in the Omake segments promoting The Movie.) Saga's Finishing Move may remind some of Rolento from Street Fighter Alpha. Shirtless demonic-looking Wataru from the King of Hells' Castle promotional material (and only in the promotional material) may well be a tip of the hat to the Trope Codifier for half-human demonic heroes, Devilman. Troubled, but Cute hero with Parental Abandonment in the present while his more easygoing dad had adventures in the past? Seen it. Both generations of Aso women use weapons with a whip/flail form to fight vampires. Maybe the Aso family is an offshoot of the Belmont clan?
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The Nicknamer
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The Nicknamer: Kivat III called Megumi "Modigliani-neechan"note Amedeo Modigliani, an artist known for elongated portraits particularly around the neck area, which sort of highlights Wataru's true nature as a Dhampyr, and because vampires always bite the necks of their victims. in the beginning.
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Screw Destiny
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Screw Destiny: Mio rejects her destiny as 2008's Queen. At first. On the other hand, Wataru's destiny, Maya's end status, and Taiga's overall plan for the Fangire race all seem to pull this off.
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Deadly Upgrade
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Deadly Upgrade: IXA's 1986 incarnation is rather unstable. It is fatal for humans to become Dark Kiva, as Otoya proves.
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Cassandra Truth
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Cassandra Truth: Yuri Aso is always being told these, such as "I'm actually 105 years old" and "Your boyfriend is actually a Wolf Man who wants to use you to repopulate his race." Possibly averted with Otoya, who doesn't seem to care that Maya claims to have known people from hundreds of years ago. Very early on in the series, Nago asks Wataru where Kiva went, and Wataru points to himself. Nago tells him to stop kidding around.
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Detachment Combat
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Detachment Combat: Fangires attack humans with flying teeth.
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Troubled, but Cute
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Troubled, but Cute hero with Parental Abandonment in the present while his more easygoing dad had adventures in the past? Seen it.
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Bullet Catch
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Bullet Catch: Wataru is capable of this in his Kiva form, however it ends up bein Awesome, but Impractical since Fangires don't use firearms.
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Psychotic Smirk
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Psychotic Smirk: Nago gets one in #26 after he fakes some tears in order to keep Ixa.
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Dreadful Musician
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Dreadful Musician: In #9, Yuri's violin playing can kill a whole pool of fish.
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Vampiric Draining
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Vampiric Draining: The Fangire, and indeed most of the Demon Races.
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Our Dragons Are Different
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Our Dragons Are Different: They tend to either be castles, windmills, or wrist-mounted powerup items.
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Battle Butler
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Battle Butler: Riki/Dogga, and the Arms Monsters in general. The Moose Fangire is this to Taiga. Interestingly, both cases are there to supplement some kind of Parental Abandonment.
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Curb-Stomp Battle
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Curbstomp Battle: Done rather epically in the final fight against the revived King.
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Battle Couple
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Battle Couple: Nago and Megumi, especially since the two get hitched at the end of the show. Otoya and Yuri were this to an extent until Otoya fell in love with Maya.
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Transformation Trinket
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Rising IXA's Transformation Trinket pops out of the mouthpiece, possibly a tribute to Kamen Rider X. In addition, the fact that Rising's transformation involves parts of its armor being shed off is reminiscent of the Cast Off system from Kamen Rider Kabuto. IXA's weapon works just like Kaixa's (a plus shaped weapon that changes from a gun to a sword), they both have a phone Transformation Trinket (although to be fair, IXA's phone is for his most powerful form), and just look at their names! Not to mention that the one who uses it the longest is... not all there. Even better, Saga's belt copies the spinning hub and rod in the side from X's belt.
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Hilarious in Hindsight
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Hilarious in Hindsight: the whole incident parallels a similar incident in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, with Orlando Bloom's deliberate impression of Captain Jack Sparrow.
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Continuity Snarl
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Continuity Snarl: The summer movie for Kiva is an odd example of this, despite the head writer of Kiva writing said movie. While Kiva's Emperor Form being in the movie and the lack of Ixa's Rising Form would suggest it takes place some time between #24 (when Emperor Form debuts) and #27 (when Rising Form debuts), there's 3 things that prevent it from doing so: Wataru going to high schoolnote something that doesn't happen in the show proper, not to mention that, as a 21-year old adult with a stable job, Wataru going to high school would be questionable, him learning about the time door and the existence of the Arms Monsters, and Megumi learning Wataru is Kivanote both of which wouldn't happen until later in the show. The latter two can't be explained by the movie taking place over a period of time (like Inoue has used before), since Wataru never uses the Zanbat Sword, and Kamen Rider Saga/Dark Kiva are nowhere to be seen.
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Absurdly Sharp Blade
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Absurdly Sharp Blade: Jiro in Garuru form, when consuming human souls, starts by cleaving their souls from their bodies with one swipe of his claws.
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From Nobody to Nightmare
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From Nobody to Nightmare: in The Movie. An escaped convict, found sleeping in a dump early on, becomes Kamen Rider Arc.
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Fantasy Kitchen Sink
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Fantasy Kitchen Sink: Vampires, European dragons, werewolves, mermen, Frankenstein's monsters, ghosts, mummies, medusas, gargoyles... the list goes on and on.
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Last of His Kind
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Last of His Kind: Garulu, Basshaa and Dogga are the last of the Wolfen, Mermen and Franken races respectively.
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Tragic Monster
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Tragic Monster: Quite a few, like Frog Fangire from #9-10. The Arms Monsters could count, except they're taking being the Last of Their Kind quite well.
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Bounty Hunter
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We got one way before that. Before he became Ixa, Keisuke Nago was a Bounty Hunter who would capture criminals. As a memento, he would tear a button from their shirt every time he caught one. When one of them taunted him by sewing his button on so tightly that it couldn't be removed that easily, it caused him to undergo some Sanity Slippage before he went on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge. In other words, it was his Berserk Button.
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Expy
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Expy: A very rare case of the Expy as a leading character. Otoya is clearly modelled on Ozaki of Den-O, from the outfit to the hairdo to the Leisure Suit Larry schtick and perhaps Austin Powers. The Checkmate Four is what happens when you mix the Volturi with the Lucky Clover. Mio is a lot like the main Rider, to the 'are they Separated at Birth twins?' level, and they enjoy each other's company a lot but it doesn't end well. Where have we seen this before? The dynamic between Kiva and Ixa is very similar to that between Zetman and Alphasz. They even have similar color schemes. It also resembles the dynamic between Agito and Gills, with the second Rider hating The Hero as a Rider being good friends with him in their human identities. It even has the same resolution, with the Second Rider learning the Hero's identity and getting over his hatred.
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Star-Crossed Lovers
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Star-Crossed Lovers: Shinji/Ryouko, Mio/Wataru, Maya/Otoya. Most Fangire/human relationships end up like this due to the role of the Fangire Queen.
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Laser-Guided Amnesia
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Laser-Guided Amnesia: Otoya in #25. Rook in #15-16 too.
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Freudian Trio
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Freudian Trio: The Arms Monsters. Id: Jiro Ego: Ramon Superego: Riki
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All Just a Dream
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All Just a Dream: The entire events of "Queen of the Castle in the Demon World".
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Crossover
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Crossover: In the movie Climax Deka, Kiva was crossed over with Kamen Rider Den-O. Or maybe it's the other way around because the Kiva characters have such a minor role. Happens again in Den-O and Decade: The Onigashima Warship, where the Arms Monsters appear but get about five minutes of screentime, most of it while under possession by the Taros.
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Multiform Balance
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Multiform Balance: Kiva: Kiva: The default form with balanced stats and high jump power that makes him good with an acrobatic aerial fighting style. Garulu: Transformed by using Garulu Saber. Has the fastest land speed and a stronger kick in exchange for lower arm strength. Basshaa: Transformed by using Basshaa Magum and has sharp vision to make better use of it. Marginally faster than Kiva Form but weaker in everything else. However, this form is good for aquatic combat and capable of creating water even on dry land. Dogga: Transformed by using Dogga Hammer. He gains Super-Strength to wield it and heavy armor. Naturally, this costs him speed. DoGaBaKi: Transformed by using all three Arms Monsters at once and can use all three weapons at once. Has higher kick power than basic forms, but weaker arm strength than Dogga, slower than Garulu, and lower jump than Kiva. This form also causes high physical stress, so it can only safely activate for 5 minutes. Emperor: Super Mode activated by having Tatsulot remove his Power Limiter. Superior to the basic forms in almost every respectnote the sole exception is speed, which is slower than Garulu and can use the Arms Monsters without transforming as well as the new Zanvat Sword. DoGaBaKi Emperor: A non-canon form only seen in a DVD. Activated by transforming into Emperor Form while in DoGaBaKi Form. Supposedly it's DoGaBaKi Form with Emperor Form's combat abilities. Emperor Batnote also known as Flight Style: Transforms from Emperor Form into a bat monster. Can fly at a speed over mach 3.4 and is powerful enough to engage in a fight against a Sabbat. On surface, Ixa seems to use Next Tier Power-Up with each form (Save Mode > Burst Mode > Rising Ixa) being stronger than before. However, the Save Mode has its use as fail-safe to the Burst Mode by lowering the Powered Armor's output and disabling some functions to stabilize the system. It's just that after 22 years of development, Ver.X armor's Burst Mode is reliable enough.
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Big Damn Heroes
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Kengo's right hand is a bit sore after his Big Damn Heroes moment in #19. In #28 he takes a Game-Breaking Injury to that arm.
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Jerkass
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Jerkass: Keisuke "I hate music" Nago. Also, Yuri Aso towards Otoya, when the latter isn't trying to get into her pants She gets better. As in she finally realizes Otoya loves her and moves in with him. Unfortunately, that doesn't last.
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Slouch of Villainy
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This is also the reason we see Kiva adopting a Slouch of Villainy in the OP.
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Early-Bird Cameo
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Early-Bird Cameo: Blink and you'll miss Nago in the OP from the first ep onwards.
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Inspector Javert
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Inspector Javert: Nago's shtick before he starts to mellow out.
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Easily Forgiven
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Easily Forgiven: Otoya winds up befriending all the Arms Monsters, even after Jiro actually kidnapped Yuri.
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Dark Reprise
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Dark Reprise: Within the show's music, the song "Individual-System" is IXA's theme, singing of IXA as a hero. Then there's the Nago version, "Fight for Justice", which distorts the lyrics to suit Nago's single-minded mission. The inverse happens when the song is remixed again into "Don't lose yourself", sung by the new, friendlier Nago. Subverted in that when "Fight for Justice" finally appears in the show, it's as Rising IXA's theme after Keisuke learned from Otoya how to be a better person
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I Do Not Drink Wine
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I Do Not Drink Wine: Invoked. Megumi takes to Taiga immediately, offering to buy him lunch, but he turns her down by claiming he "doesn't eat much".
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Romantic False Lead
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Romantic False Lead: Taiga is a combination of a False Lead and a Hopeless Suitor.
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Department of Redundancy Department
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Department of Redundancy Department: Kiva Form The full name of the Zanvat Sword (Ma�ken Zanbatto Sword) includes both the Japanese and English terms, resulting in the translated name being Demon Imperial Sword Zanvat Sword.
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The Idiot from Osaka
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The Idiot from Osaka: Kengo. At first.
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Affirmative Action Girl / int_d120122a
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All Your Powers Combined / int_d120122a
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Amnesiac Dissonance / int_d120122a
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Amnesiacs are Innocent / int_d120122a
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Amplifier Artifact / int_d120122a
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Anachronic Order / int_d120122a
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And Knowing Is Half the Battle / int_d120122a
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And the Adventure Continues / int_d120122a
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Angst? What Angst? / int_d120122a
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Animal-Themed Superbeing / int_d120122a
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Ape Shall Never Kill Ape / int_d120122a
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Archnemesis Dad / int_d120122a
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Armed Legs / int_d120122a
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Artifact of Death / int_d120122a
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Attack Its Weak Point / int_d120122a
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Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever / int_d120122a
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Attack the Injury / int_d120122a
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BFS / int_d120122a
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Bat Out of Hell / int_d120122a
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Bat People / int_d120122a
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Bathing Beauty / int_d120122a
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Bathtub Bonding / int_d120122a
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Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress / int_d120122a
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Blood-Stained Glass Windows / int_d120122a
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Boke and Tsukkomi Routine / int_d120122a
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Bolivian Army Ending / int_d120122a
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Bounty Hunter / int_d120122a
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Boy Band / int_d120122a
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Boy Meets Ghoul / int_d120122a
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d120122a
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Calling Your Attacks / int_d120122a
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Chained by Fashion / int_d120122a
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Chess Motifs / int_d120122a
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Cool Big Sis / int_d120122a
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Cool Bike / int_d120122a
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Cool-Down Hug / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Cosplay Café / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Crisis Crossover / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Cutlass Between the Teeth / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Dangerous Forbidden Technique / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Dark Reprise / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Deadly Upgrade / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Defeat Equals Explosion / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Derailing Love Interests / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Dhampyr / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Dream-Crushing Handicap / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Eating Optional / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
11th-Hour Costume Change / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
11th-Hour Ranger / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Elite Four / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Equippable Ally / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Evasive Fight-Thread Episode / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Evolving Music / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Experienced Protagonist / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Extremity Extremist / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Facial Markings / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Fake Band / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Familial Body Snatcher / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Finale Credits / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Fire, Ice, Lightning / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Fly-at-the-Camera Ending / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Frankenstein's Monster / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Fur Against Fang / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Furo Scene / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Genius Loci / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Golden Super Mode / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Goroawase Number / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Graceful in Their Element / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Ground-Shattering Landing / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Guardian of the Multiverse / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Heaven Seeker / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Heroic Bastard / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Hero's Evil Predecessor / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Hikikomori / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Hobbits / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Hufflepuff House / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Human Mom, Non-Human Dad / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Humongous-Headed Hammer / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Humongous Mecha / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Hunter of His Own Kind / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Hunter of Monsters / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Hybrid Power / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
I Call It "Vera" / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Identical Grandson / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Idiosyncratic Ship Naming / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Idiots Cannot Catch Colds / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Image Song / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Implacable Man / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Incendiary Exponent / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Instant Runes / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Japanese Ranguage / int_d120122a
 KamenRiderBattrideWar
seeAlso
Kamen Rider Kiva
 KamenRiderG
seeAlso
Kamen Rider Kiva
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Kid from the Future / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Ladykiller in Love / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Last-Second Joke Problem / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Life Energy / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Light-Hearted Rematch / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Likes Clark Kent, Hates Superman / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Literally Shattered Lives / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Lovable Sex Maniac / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Magic Music / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Meanwhile, in the Future… / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Mentor Mascot / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Mighty Glacier / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Monster Mash / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Murder the Hypotenuse / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Nixon Mask / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Noblewoman's Laugh / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Nominal Hero / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Oddly Small Organization / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
"On the Next Episode of..." Catch-Phrase / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Only the Chosen May Wield / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
P.O.V. Cam / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Physical, Mystical, Technological / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Playing Nice for Now / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Portal to the Past / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Power Degeneration / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Power Limiter / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Power Tattoo / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Powered Armor / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Powers via Weapon / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Powerup Full Color Change / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Promoted Fanboy / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh... / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Rearrange the Song / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Red and Black and Evil All Over / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Red Right Hand / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Redeeming Replacement / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Reptiles Are Abhorrent / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Ret-Gone / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Right Hand Versus Left Hand / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Robo Speak / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Romantic Plot Tumor / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Roundhouse Kick / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Scaled Up / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Screw Destiny / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Second Hour Superpower / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Series of the 2000s / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Shoe Phone / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Sibling Triangle / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Sixth Ranger / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
So Last Season / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Solar and Lunar / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Someone to Remember Him By / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Stage Mom / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Standard Evil Empire Hierarchy / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Sucksessor / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Super Serum / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Supernatural Soap Opera / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Supernaturally Young Parent / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Supporting Protagonist / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Swiss-Army Weapon / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Sword Plant / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Sword Sparks / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Take My Hand! / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Taken for Granite / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Talking with Signs / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Temporal Abortion / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
10-Minute Retirement / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Terminal Transformation / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Baroness / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Berserker / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Brute / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Cameo / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Cast Showoff / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Danza / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Heavy / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Idiot from Osaka / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
The Tape Knew You Would Say That / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Theme Tuneless Episode / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Time-Passes Montage / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Unique Protagonist Asset / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Unknown Rematch Conclusion / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Urban Fantasy / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Vampire Monarch / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Vampiric Draining / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Wedding Smashers / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"? / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Whip Sword / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Wrecked Weapon / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Write Who You Know / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
"X" Makes Anything Cool / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
You Fight Like a Cow / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Your Soul Is Mine! / int_d120122a
 Kamen Rider Kiva
hasFeature
Faux Action Girl / int_d120122a
 kamenriderkiva
sameAs
Kamen Rider Kiva