KR Blade and PS 238 thoughts
Aug. 24th, 2006 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
estiroseI guess this is what happens when you watch late Kamen Rider Blade (episodes 45-49) and also finish reading the newest collection of Aaron Williams' PS238 comics.
First of all, it's nice to see Ms. Kyle do something superheroish in PS238 #14. Obviously, she was a superhero (per early issues), but she's one of the few that hasn't exhibited any powers. (I realize the lady was a schoolteacher first, superhero second, but she actually gets to show off her stuff here.)
Seeing her transformation in the issue brought to mind two things I ran across in the late series KR Blade. First of all, Tennouji's Keroberos was accepted by the Sealing Stone. Obviously it recognized something in Keroberos as Undead, even if Tennouji wasn't completely sure about his creation. Keroberos' acceptance as an Undead in some ways laid a path for Kenzaki when the Sealing Stone accepted him, the newly-minted Undead, as part of the Battle Fight. Like Keroberos, something in Kenzaki made the Sealing Stone recognize him as a true Undead. (Fortunately for the Earth, unfortunate for Kenzaki.)
The second is thinking over the Kenzaki-Hajime relationship, and its reflection in the Mutsuki-King of Diamonds relationship. I once read a forum post, don't know where, where each of the Riders was a flawed reflection of Kenzaki. That in mind, the Mutsuki-King of Diamonds relationship was a flawed version of the relationship Kenzaki and Hajime had. Human Undead drew Hajime towards humanity whether he wanted it or not, making him more amenable towards Kenzaki's desires, whereas the King of Diamonds had nothing to anchor him to humankind. Therefore, where Hajime was able to have an anchor, the King had none. He had no problem using Mutsuki, who he held in contempt because he was human. Hajime, on the other hand, might not have felt a connection to humanity, but he was more or less willing to live and let live. The King of Diamonds' only restraint was that he couldn't seal anybody. In other words, Hajime may not have cared, or not thought he cared, but he worked with Kenzaki because he was anchored to humanity and he really didn't take sides.
And random observation: When the King of Diamonds tried to seal Hajime and Kenzaki got in the way, it was interesting to see that the card stripped Kenzaki of his armor. I guess that Keroberos acts as a sealing card if it encounters an Undead, but has some of Keroberos' card-vacuuming ability when it encounters a Rider.
Now I've got a plotbunny: What would have happened if Kenzaki had become Undead by accident, instead of on purpose like he had in episode 49?
First of all, it's nice to see Ms. Kyle do something superheroish in PS238 #14. Obviously, she was a superhero (per early issues), but she's one of the few that hasn't exhibited any powers. (I realize the lady was a schoolteacher first, superhero second, but she actually gets to show off her stuff here.)
Seeing her transformation in the issue brought to mind two things I ran across in the late series KR Blade. First of all, Tennouji's Keroberos was accepted by the Sealing Stone. Obviously it recognized something in Keroberos as Undead, even if Tennouji wasn't completely sure about his creation. Keroberos' acceptance as an Undead in some ways laid a path for Kenzaki when the Sealing Stone accepted him, the newly-minted Undead, as part of the Battle Fight. Like Keroberos, something in Kenzaki made the Sealing Stone recognize him as a true Undead. (Fortunately for the Earth, unfortunate for Kenzaki.)
The second is thinking over the Kenzaki-Hajime relationship, and its reflection in the Mutsuki-King of Diamonds relationship. I once read a forum post, don't know where, where each of the Riders was a flawed reflection of Kenzaki. That in mind, the Mutsuki-King of Diamonds relationship was a flawed version of the relationship Kenzaki and Hajime had. Human Undead drew Hajime towards humanity whether he wanted it or not, making him more amenable towards Kenzaki's desires, whereas the King of Diamonds had nothing to anchor him to humankind. Therefore, where Hajime was able to have an anchor, the King had none. He had no problem using Mutsuki, who he held in contempt because he was human. Hajime, on the other hand, might not have felt a connection to humanity, but he was more or less willing to live and let live. The King of Diamonds' only restraint was that he couldn't seal anybody. In other words, Hajime may not have cared, or not thought he cared, but he worked with Kenzaki because he was anchored to humanity and he really didn't take sides.
And random observation: When the King of Diamonds tried to seal Hajime and Kenzaki got in the way, it was interesting to see that the card stripped Kenzaki of his armor. I guess that Keroberos acts as a sealing card if it encounters an Undead, but has some of Keroberos' card-vacuuming ability when it encounters a Rider.
Now I've got a plotbunny: What would have happened if Kenzaki had become Undead by accident, instead of on purpose like he had in episode 49?
