![]() These same medals are used by OOO to transform and different combinations thereof allow OOO to obtain different forms. This longing, this need to be whole is the major driving force behind the actions of our villains. As the Greed’s themselves are aligned with a particular element so are the medals they need to become complete. The gimmick or motif of Kamen Rider is sometimes a major thematic part of the series, sometimes it’s only minor. When I first saw Kamen Rider OOO, I bailed after the first five episodes because it was so different from what I was used to, but I gave it another go recently and I’m glad I did because it’s not until episode seven that the show hits its stride and starts to shine. I point this out because the post-Decade era Kamen Riders tend to be lighter in tone, have more comedic elements, and some interesting and at times very strange changes to the Kamen Rider formula. Kamen Rider OOO is from the post-Decade era of the Heisei Kamen Rider entries. He offers to help Hino destroy the other Greed to save the city if Hino helps him become complete and so begins a long, complicated series filled with intense action and complex emotions. It turns out that Ankh is a Greed whose revival was incomplete. As OOO, Hino defeats the creature, but when he returns to the detective he finds that Ankh has taken over Izumi’s body. Suddenly, a severed arm calling itself Ankh appears and gives Hino a mysterious belt that turns him into Kamen Rider OOO. Hino tries to come to Shingo’s aid, but he is nearly killed himself. Detective Shingo Izumi is first on the scene, but he is fatally injured by the Yummy. Sealed away eight centuries ago, the Greed create monsters called Yummy that are spawned from human desires and the Yummy start wreaking havoc among the populace. Elsewhere, a pair of thieves break into a museum and remove the seal on an ancient tomb containing metallic creatures known as the Greed. A tragic incident in his past left him empty and he’s returned to Japan in his continuing mission to find a purpose in life. OOO centers on a drifter named Eiji Hino. Written by Yasuko Kobayashi, Kamen Rider OOO is the twenty-first entry in Toei’s long-running Kamen Rider franchise created by Shotaro Ishinomori in 1971.
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