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Fuuto PI: Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull
Movie

Fuuto PI: Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull

2024 • Animation, Action, Adventure

Woke Score
1
out of 10

Plot

When the monster Dopants, who use the power of the Gaia Memory, begin to operate in the windy city of Fuuto, the young Shotaro becomes an assistant to the detective Narumi Soukichi and spends his days chasing after him. Shotaro, w...

Overall Series Review

The film serves as an origin story, detailing the journey of Shotaro Hidari as he learns the meaning of justice and hard-boiled detective work under his mentor, Sokichi Narumi (Kamen Rider Skull). The plot centers on a classic good versus evil conflict, where the heroes fight monsters called Dopants who use Gaia Memories to spread chaos in the city of Fuuto. The narrative is focused on themes of mentorship, generational legacy, and protecting the local community. The film is a pure action-mystery story that does not engage with modern political or social commentary. It is fundamentally a character-driven tale about becoming a true hero and upholding a moral code.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The story is a culturally specific Japanese production that focuses entirely on the internal moral growth of the protagonist, Shotaro, and his relationship with his mentor, Sokichi Narumi. Character value is based on achieving a ‘hard-boiled’ detective ideal and showing the will to fight for justice, which represents universal meritocracy. Race or any other immutable characteristic is irrelevant to the plot’s conflict or character arcs.

Oikophobia1/10

The central theme of the movie is the protection and love of the city of Fuuto. Sokichi Narumi’s lesson is to use this love to protect the people and his home, which is the direct opposite of civilizational self-hatred. Institutions like the Narumi Detective Agency are portrayed as bulwarks of order and justice against the chaos caused by Dopants.

Feminism2/10

The main focus of the story is the male mentor-apprentice relationship between Sokichi and Shotaro, placing masculinity and mentorship at the core. The female characters are secondary to the origin story. One female villain, Sonozaki Saeko, is portrayed as cruel and vicious, while another character, Tokime, acts primarily as an audience surrogate for Shotaro’s tale. The narrative avoids the ‘Girl Boss’ or ‘Mary Sue’ tropes, featuring women who are either traditional secondary figures or antagonistic.

LGBTQ+1/10

The plot is a straightforward detective and superhero origin story. The entire conflict revolves around the supernatural threat of the Dopants and the mysteries of the Gaia Memories. There is no presence of alternative sexual ideologies, deconstruction of the nuclear family, or focus on gender identity.

Anti-Theism1/10

The primary moral conflict is a battle for justice and protecting the city from evil individuals who exploit the Gaia Memories. The narrative establishes an objective moral law where the heroes fight for truth and justice. The movie does not feature any elements of anti-Christian or anti-religious hostility.