Kabuto: The Fastest Clock Up Rider
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Along with Souji, the story introduces as well the characters from Zect Organization. They are Kagami, Tadokoro and Misaki. Shuichi Tadokoro is the supervisor among the three Zect staff. He is cool headed and always sees the organization infallible.
The next among the three characters is Yuzuki Misaki. A rank lower from Tadokoro and senior Zect staff as well. She always loves to eat in Soba stall with Kagami during their lunch or break time.
It's been a while since my last entry on my blog. Anyway, we will talk today the 2006 entry for the Kamen Rider Franchise... Kamen Rider Kabuto (仮面ライダーカブト). (A fair warning... this entry contains spoilers for those who hasn't seen this show.)
This season of the Kamen Rider franchise aired in TV Asahi from January 29, 2006 to January 21, 2007. The story of this season is about the Zect Organization who fights off Worms who mimics humans in order to replace them as Earth's dominant species.
To fight the Worms, the Zect Organization creates an armor system to match the strength of their enemy. It is called Masked Rider System. This system consists of insect like entities known as Zecters when inserted to a belt, wrist device, gun handle or sword, it envelops the user in a cocoon like armor. Initially, Zect created 5 Masked Rider systems and they are Kabuto, The Bee, Drake, Sasword and Gatack.
Behind the ruckus between Zect and the Worms, there is one man who stands them all. His name is Souji Tendou. A mysterious yet somewhat eccentric man who is skilled in almost everything. He did not pursue any career from the skills he know because he believes that he is destined to become much more greater. He knows that he will become Kamen Rider Kabuto.
The next among the three characters is Yuzuki Misaki. A rank lower from Tadokoro and senior Zect staff as well. She always loves to eat in Soba stall with Kagami during their lunch or break time.
The last one from the group is Arata Kagami. The junior officer among the three Zect staff. In order to support his extra needs and a place of cover, he works in a French themed restaurant near the Tokyo Tower called Bistro La Salle.
The restaurant Bistro La Salle is owned by Yumiko Takemiya who also cooks for her business. She is a kind and respected lady where she treats her staff as her own family.
Among her staff, Hiyori Kusakabe helps her as well in cooking some of the orders of the customers. During her free time, she usually walks or rides her bike around Tokyo.
Going back with the concern about the Worms, the Worms are slow if they still have their generic outer shell. However, when they shed off their outer shell, they became more an insect like creature who have the ability to Clock Up.
When Kabuto sheds off his Masked Cocoon form, his sleek Kabuto form can perform the Clock Up ability to match the speed of the Clock Up Worm.
Once he beats up the Clock Up version of the Worm, he will perform the Rider Kick maneuver with the use of his Kabuto Zector. Check the image below to see the process.
What do you think guys? Is Kabuto the fastest Rider if he performs the Clock Up system? For the other riders of the Kabuto season, we will tackle it on a future entry. Cast Off! Change Beetle!
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