Kamen Rider Kuuga GN 1 – Review

There’s an odd sense of comparisons and contrasts in the situational timing of Titan Comics‘ release of the Kamen Rider Kuuga manga. We’re living in a timeline where another Kamen Rider-related manga, FUUTO PI, is getting its anime adaptation officially streamed in English here. And now here’s the Kuuga manga, produced more than a decade after its source show, available in English. But whereas Toei continues to withhold Kamen Rider W from full streaming access in the west, Kuuga is entirely, officially available from Shout! Factory, both streaming and in a physical Blu-ray set you can buy! And unlike FUUTO PI‘s direct-continuation status, the Kamen Rider Kuuga manga exists as an ‘alternate’ take on its source material, allowing audiences ready access to see how series scribe Toshiki Inoue re-interprets the show credited with Rider-kicking off the franchise for the Heisei era over…