What Makes A Hero: Kamen Rider's Influence on Chainsaw Man 

Kamen Riders influences can be felt practically everywhere in the anime scene. Even in this seasons High Card.

Well, Fujimoto did introduce a female hybrid(kamen rider) and immediately kill her. That's kamen rider's story telling 101.

Glad to see Kamen Rider here on this channel! I feel like Shinji, Godai, and Takumi have enough depth in their character to warrant an entire video on them

This might be a stretch but in terms of rider inspiration, I feel like ryuki is one of chainsaw mans biggest inspiration. In ryuki, the riders form contracts with mirror monsters, much like how hybrid devils form a contract to transform. Also the fact that denji’s eyes are the only one out of the hybrids like we see, much like how ryuki is the only one we can see the compound eyes. There’s also devils fighting devils paralleling riders fighting riders in ryuki’s story. It might be a stretch but I just noticed it a lot.

I love people talking about Kamen Rider who is outside of the fandom. It makes me happy to see other people talk and watch about it, I badly want more people to get into Kamen Rider.

I introduced my Dungeon Master to Kamen Rider when I said that my character for the next D&D campaign would be a Kamen Rider-type of character. He became a fan, but he something curses me for pushing him into the deep abyss that is the Kamen Rider franchise, which I don't regret

I grew up with old dvds of power rangers and masked rider later in life I decided to watch kamen rider because I always liked masked rider more than power rangers. fast forward 8 years and I now have every manga, watched every season, and have my own kamen rider saber cosplay. I always knew there was some sort of connection between csm and kamen rider but couldn’t put my finger on it. This finally allowed me to figure it out. Keep doing what you’re doing this was amazing

Hell yeah! Hope we get more Kamen Rider videos in the future. It would be interesting to see Meti analyze characters from the franchise like Tendou, Takumi, Sento or even Ace.

7:45 This is actually confirmed. The rule "Cross of fire",, coined in Kamen Rider Wizard, stated that the Kamen Riders and monsters they fight must always share the same source of power

It really made my day to see a big youtuber being a fan of Kamen Rider and I'll be standing by and eager to see you do a review of the series. Just hearing you explain Kamen Rider steeled my resolve when I was worried and for that, I want to say thank you.

I’d say hell ya to more Kamen Rider content! One of my fav franchises and has fantastic series. Some of my top favs being W, Build, and Gaim.

As a massive Kamen rider and Chainsaw man fan..holy hell this is a fantastic video man.

I realized Chainsaw Man had Kamen Rider elements when Denji / Pochita's true Chainsaw Man form donned a scarf. devil-human hybrids are also very Kaijin-esque

This was a cool video, I didn’t know there were so many connections between Kamen rider and chainsaw man. Makes me want to watch the kamen rider series tbh…

Kamen Rider needs more recognition like this I hope you make more kamen rider related videos

Currently working on Zero-1, Faiz for the first time proper (watched it on RU-vid WAAAAAAAAAY back lol) Ryuki (watched dragon knight when that was on in the states) and Kabuto to this day is my favorite of all time. I really hope you deep dive into rider stuff on here!!

I've been watching kuuga with a couple of my friends who've been getting me into kamen Rider, so it's been interesting seeing how these series intertwine

Even I, who barely knows a thing about Toku realised the Kamen Rider influence when I saw the intestine scarf. I'm so happy someone is finally digging deeper into this topic!

Please. PLEASE, cover Kamen Rider. I want this series to get more traction outside of Japan, I also love your analysis style so those two combined would be fantastic.

Currently watching W and Geats, but I've seen Ryuki, OOO, Gaim, and half of Kuuga. Only half because I started a viewing club and we watched Ryuki as our first as a group.

Personally I'd freaking love you to cover Kamen Rider recently I've been getting into the series after watching Amazon Riders, and I'm not in too deep but I'd love to see you cover it.

In Super Hero Senki, which is the crossover movie commerorating Rider's 50th anniversary and Sentai's 45th anniversary, there's a conflict about wanting to draw heroes of justice and them always feeling evil since they have to fight. In a paper I wrote on themes within the whole of tokusatsu, I wrote about how henshin heroes are a spin on the liminal space that atomic bomb victims were forced into. Atomic bomb survivors were seen as neither dead nor alive, while tokusatsu heroes are seen as human and some sort of 'other', whether that be a god ala Ultraman or a cyborg ala Rider and Sentai. This liminal space can of course be applied to heroes, particularly those coming from Ishinomori or those inspired by him, with heroes being conflicted over the amount of evil they possess within themselves. I acknowledge this by referencing Toqger's sixth ranger and how he was a monster who came to be accepted by humanity after his atonement.

Imagine if one of the fights in the series is a big homage to the final battle in Kuuga (Denji's peace sign even reminds me of Yusuke's thumbs up). Also, I like calling Yoru the Ankh of Chainsaw Man (although she's nowhere near as much of an asshole as he is).

There is a lot of showa and old heisei rider influences in terms of Chainsaw Man's writing and I guess design. I would bet a lot on Showa, because Chainsaw Man looks and sometimes even sounds like Shin Kamen Rider (the gnarly transforming one) alongside Amazons, with the influence of Skull Man being more pronounced because of the gore. Still waiting on a show or manga that can take a lot from the elements present in Gaim, Blade, Ex-Aid, or maybe even OOO.

Love how you were able to connect my two favorite Japanese characters😭😭😭

My favorite riders were Gaim and Ex-Aid I think you'll like Gaim's story once you reach it.

Honestly I’ve been wanting to see “the beauty of (insert kamen rider name here)” for a while but I would also be happy for any kamen rider video from meti

Ooo's, Double (W), Faiz (555), Den-o, Ryūki, Decade and Fourze we're my personal favourites. Mainly Den-o, Ryūki and Double. I'm not the only who got those vibes, clearly. Denji is like a Kamen Rider. Kamen Rider Chainsaw. I grew up watching Kamen Rider.

Oh my god good youtubers talking about rider? I thought today wasn't my birthday

Man now I want a crossover manga/anime crossover with Kamen Rider Amazons and Chainsaw Man. Also does this mean we will get villain observation videos in Kamen Rider shows? I’d love to see you analyze Gremlin from Kamen Rider Wizard. :D

Seen all of chainsaw man. Currently trying to get into to Kamen Rider. I tried Kuuga and got bored so now I'm about to start Kabuto. Not sure how well regarded it is in the fan base, but it got recommended a few times online so that's probably a good sign.😊

Kamen rider *AND* chainsaw man , this is bound to be kino

Can't believe you didn't mention that a rider in the current season airing has a Chainsaw for a main weapon. Truly missed opportunity.

RIP Takahashi almost a year later and it still doesn't feel real

I seen people look at Kamen Rider and see it as a goofy show but I really try to tell them there’s more to it. I do wish people do check it out but I understand if the live action choreography is odd to them

I would love more rider content!

I hope you plan of continuing your fujimoto retrospective. I literally cannot wait to hear you talk about fire punch. You obviously have a reverence for his work and fire punch is arguably his most emotional series. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the characters story overall and obviously the ending. Love the fujimoto content meti big ups liquid Richard

Your content is always an inspiration for me not just in how you help improve my own writing with the series you cover, but that you talk about almost every series I hold deeply Kamen rider, chainsaw, jojos etc just waiting for that yugioh video

10:52 nice touch adding the grasshopper-like devil employee in the public safety special division

As a fan of kamen rider and slowly but surely making their way through the heisei Era (got like 4 more to go!) THIS VIDEO IS THE BOMB! Kamen Rider really feels like one of the backbones of Japanese popular media at times, and it wouldn't suprise me if even unknowingly CSM integrates elements into is Also, immaculate taste on primary rider character/suit design faves! (I say non biasedly, about my also two fave riders so far)

Hell Yeah! More discussions about Kamen Rider, we need more character discussions.

now that i know you're willin to make kamen rider content, i want to see a Building a Bastard on kuroto dan from ex-aid

As both and Chainsaw Man and Kamen Rider fan this video was a very nice treat, especially since even nowadays Rider is still somewhat “obscure” to most westerners which sucks cuz it deserves to be delved into and appreciated just as much as anime is. Would love to see you talk more about Kamen Rider in the future and hopefully spread the franchise to more and more people

Please do more Rider videos I'd love to see one about Takumi he's one of my all time favorite riders

I have watched Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Den-O, Double, Decade, Gaim, and Ex-Aid. I would love to see more about Kamen Rider, especially those who are anti-heroes.

Awesome video and Denji is a special kind of hero!

also the most recent rider season has a rider who is basically evil denji

Your level of analysis and style of video would lend itself heavily to incentivizing more people to give Kamen Rider a chance, and I think that would be pretty neat

I remember being introduced to Kamon Rider when watching Saturday cartoons I think it was the American version but it was great I loved it, i had my mom buy my a driver for my birthday and I had the game for the wii it was great I’ve always loved Power Rangers and this just another Avenue of that and it’s great

Every time a big RU-vidr covers Kamen rider i become happier

Ohh please do kamen rider videos when you get the chance. Personally speaking, I started with Forze but W is hands down my favorite show

I really want to see a video on Akaza. He was one my favorite characters in demon slayer. His backstory and his martial style techniques were awesome

As a Kamen Rider fan this fills me with joy! :)

Nice video you never fail to disappoint

Man I thought I was a rider fan, but your explanation on the tear ducts really got me. A great video for me who likes both franchise, and I honestly I like this analysis even if only based on tangent. ALSO YOOOO METI KAMEN RIDER VIDEOS LESGOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I LOVE MOST OF YOUR CONTENT AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR KAMEN RIDER VIDEO ANALYSIS My current favorite is Geats because it's ongoing and because most of the characters are multiple aspects of the traditional hero motivation. And I also love build because of it's design. Anyway, you got a lifetime subscriber is you make Kamen Rider or Tokusatsu content. So I can't wait for those!!!!!!! P.S. maybe give super Sentai a shot because they too got banger seasons like Boukenger, and characters like Mikoto Nakadai whose name is literally Abarekiller and is also cannonically the strongest being in hell after he died. And another suggestion is maybe kaiju videos because I think you can make deeper analysis on each of them. Anyway, thanks again for the great video and can't wait for more!

SUPER CHAINSAW MAN MOTORCYCLE

This is the video that actually convinced me to try Kamen Rider, so I think this video did its job!

lets gooo kamen rider my whole literal childhood, im so happy whenever I see kamen rider being covered by english youtubers. its cool to kamen rider but I have almost completely forgot any plot that I once knew

YES more Kamen Rider! I'm a newer fan to the series myself and I would love to see more KR videos on this channel.

Id love to see Kamen rider content. I started with build and have been keeping up with geats. Im also working through revice and saber right now. Im loving what im seeing so far.

More Rider content is always great, please make some more

So glad to see a variety channel like yours talk about Kamen Rider! Rider is one of those things that has the potential to be super popular in the west, it's just largely unknown (and hard to access for the most part)

Takumi is such a fantastic character definitely one of my favorite riders

kamen rider content? LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

God plz meti I would love to see more rider content from you, there’s barely any good creators on this site as is and I could probably listen to you about the symbolism for HOURS

This video is such an eye opener ngl, and if you do plan on making more KR content that’d be lovely

As a new fan myself. I'm glad to see one of my favorite RU-vid channels who I go to for JoJo and DMC related content for getting into my new favorite franchise that influenced some of not all of my favorite works of Anime and manga. I'm keeping up with Geats as it's airing. And my favorite rider series are Kuuga, Black Sun, OOO, W, Kiva (In some respects.) And Zero One. Geats as well but it's still coming out and I can't give my full thoughts on it until his run is over. I'm also a big fan of Ultraman as well. If you wanted to start watching that next.

I do wanna see more Kamen rider in the future, please

This is a bit off topic, but I assume from this video that Meti already has a Kamen Rider video in development, which I find really interesting since this is a bit out of your territory which I respect.

Very nice video about this and honestly a great analysis that I didn't even consider about.

longtime viewer of kamen rider and this channel, I would love kr content. I can just picture videos about banjou from build or michi from gaim. Excited for kr videos in the future.

Someone finally said it. I know I'm not the only one who felt the KR influence

Dennis sure did become kamen rider in the newest chapter

You should totally make more videos on Kamen riders. This video make me wanna get into kamen rider but I don’t know where to start really so I’m down for any suggestions or recommendations

Man I love Kamen Rider havent seen it in a while but I love 555, Blade and Kabuto!

I discovered your channel through your in depth analysis of JoJo characters, which always made me appreciate the characters and their layers of meaning far more than I would have without the videos. I also really loved your video on Agent Washington, which again, gave me an even greater appreciation of a character I already liked quite a lot. Now, with you saying you might apply that same video type to Kamen Rider, by and large my Favorite Thing in the History of Ever? Meti, you could not POSSIBLY suggest a video topic I would want to watch more. And judging by the comments section, I'm far from the only one.

Been kinda getting into kamen rider, more videos would be phenomenal!

I really would like watching a Kamen Rider focused video from you

I wonder if Denji’s iconic peace sign was inspired by kuuga’s/godai’s thumbs up

Please PLEASE do more Kamen rider content I love your videos and watching you talk about Kamen rider in this style would be awesome!

Hell yes do kamen rider videos. Would love to see the beauty of gaim video from you

Meti Kamen Rider videos would be great. Also hell yeah love me the Faiz designs. Would love a character analysis of faiz himself one day

I would love to see a dive into Faiz! It's my favorite instalment of Kamen rider!

Can’t wait for Kamen Rider content in the future

some of these seem absurd, but the most important one's like the hero thing seem legit, nice vid

I saw this title and I have never clicked so fast. Pleaseee more Kamen Rider content!!!

I was partially aware that kamen rider and other tokusatsu inspired anime/manga so it was cool seeing the similarities with it and one of my favorite manga

I hope we get to see some sort of Rider breakdown series like your Jojo analysis videos of the history of each rider

Okay, now I want to see a CSM and KR match up for Death Battle.

I've only watched Den-O and I really loved it so maybe I should watch more, which series would be best for someone who's only watched Den-O?

Now where my don Momotaro video

Please do more Kamen Rider videos i need it!!

I 100% believe Meti would love KR Wizard

It rare anime fan learn about tokusatsu. These day they always thought goku,luffy or bleach are the one make anime so famous...but they never realise the real legend who support and make anime famous but no weebs would never learn or realise..

Genuine question. What are your thoughts on Kamen Rider Geats?

Never knew much bout Kamen Rider. Think its time i finally take a look at it. Thanks. Now the question, where do i begin

Love to see some kamen rider videos.

Nice vid, I love rider and csm

hey meti have you considered doing a video on apollo or adonis creed since the new creed movie came out also maybe look into rwby

Yo I'll be down to see you make a video about kuuga and agito one of these days