Kamen Rider Den-O

What started as an interest in a strange-looking toy train that came in a box with candy is now turning into Keiji’s first real obsession with a Japanese television series. Apparently, this toy train he loves to play with is called the DenLiner, which is supposed to be a train of time in a series called Kamen Rider Den-O, or Masked Rider Den-O, which airs Sundays at 8 am on the TV Asahi channel. It seemed like one of those typical live action series with characters dressed in crazy costumes fighting monsters and other antagonists, but the Kamen Rider series has been around since 1971. Yuki told me he even used to love watching this show. Kamen Rider Den-O revolves around main character, Den-O who became one of the Kamen Riders, a group who travels through time on the DenLiner in order to fight monsters who want to try to alter the future. When I watch the show with Keiji I have no idea what is going on since it’s only in Japanese plus there are so many characters transforming into different costumes and personalities, time travel and whatnot. Anyhow right now Keiji is just into the action. But something tells me I am now entering a whole new world in boys toys.