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01-15-2017, 02:57 PM | #11 |
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Man, I hope we can continue to expect that kind of fight choreography from the Mighty Brothers as time goes on. Very Mario & Luigi. It kind of makes me sad scans and stuff have implied they'll get two Keyslashers at some point, because passing the weapon between them was one of the best parts of that fight.
Also, dang, you guys weren't kidding about that being a complicated rider kick. They even recombined into Level X at one point! The way they handled Lazer in the opening was bizarre. Kinda makes it seem like maybe someone will take over for Kiriya at some point after all. |
01-15-2017, 07:04 PM | #12 |
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Holy hell. I've been meaning to comment on how much I love Ex-Aid every week, but jesus. This is a whole 'nother level. Ex-Aid surprises me every week. It seems to get exponentially better.
That's how you do an upgrade form. I can't think of any other upgrade debut that's as plot relevant and, well, emotionally effective as this. It means something huge to the plot and has affected the characters in a big way, in complete spite of its literal summoned-from-nowhere origin that most Rider seasons are very lazy with. Frankly I expected Mighty Brothers XX to just be a Gashat Dan was making that just happened to be themed after Ex-Aid, which Emu ends up getting his hands on through shenanigans. Basically Grateful. So it really surprised me how it was executed. Speaking of the characters, all of them shined in this episode. Emu broke the protagonist mold by outright proclaiming himself confident while not being a badass who's good at everything. Hiiro took action for the sake of the patient, not without some manipulation(!) from Emu. Taiga took action to get some goddamn answers, and actually got them straight-up, something that doesn't occur often in Rider. Things happen for real reasons and I love it. Yuya Takahashi utilizes Bandai's toys as tools, rather than maneuvering around them as obstacles like most Rider shows do. Something that's easy to see how to do when you're watching, but apparently not so much when you're writing. Ex-Aid's creating some very interesting questions that don't have straight or predictable answers. Why does Emu have the Bugster virus? Most likely he was given it during that surgery when he was young, but in what way? Is he the progenitor, just a plain old Bugster, a unique case? It seems his personality is dictated by the virus - what does this mean for his personality as a whole? Will his personality get modified throughout the show? And with how well Double Action was handled, how will Emu get his upcoming mid-season upgrade and final forms? There's some things here and there that are threatening to be fumbled, like Dan's motivations, and there's always the question of stretching the plot out into 48-ish episodes. I think with Dan, Ex-Aid might be bold enough to make him just terrifyingly insane, and not in a nebulous kinda "insane evil!" way like Banno or somebody, but literally insane. Here's to hoping Ex-Aid can stay this good and end with a bang.
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01-15-2017, 08:40 PM | #13 |
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This show really just gets better. All the characters are doing things and developing nicely. Action is great, stuff just...it's all working extremely well at the moment. Echoing the above sentiments that it can stay at leas this good consistently for the rest of the show.
It'll be especially interesting to see how Para-DX shakes things up starting next episode. |
01-15-2017, 09:01 PM | #14 |
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I thought it was interesting when the Emu transformed into Mighty brother Action X when he was arguing one of them said he was "Emu" while the other one said he was "M" which is Emu's game name and the fact that Taiga said that he has the game disease. That could mean the M personality could be a bugster. Can't wait to see where this goes.
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01-15-2017, 10:15 PM | #15 |
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Could be interesting if it's the other way round though.
What? Whenever you have a foreign personality implanted it's ALWAYS more aggressive than the original. I've yet to see a single work that uses this trope be different. I don't expect Ex-Aid to be different, mind, but I would be intrigued by it. |
01-15-2017, 11:07 PM | #16 |
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Could be interesting if it's the other way round though.
What? Whenever you have a foreign personality implanted it's ALWAYS more aggressive than the original. I've yet to see a single work that uses this trope be different. I don't expect Ex-Aid to be different, mind, but I would be intrigued by it. |
01-15-2017, 11:22 PM | #17 |
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OMG, I can't wait to watch the episode! I feel kinda bad; my 8 year old niece is now a full blown, Bugster infected, Ex-Aid junkie, but the kids at school have no clue what she's going on about!
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01-15-2017, 11:25 PM | #18 |
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I didn't think I would like Ex-Aid at first. I mean doctors and video games as a theme just seemed a bad mix. Around episode 8 I watched 1-8 back to back to back and I loved the show. This episode was a lot of fun.
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01-16-2017, 12:48 AM | #19 |
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Holy shit this episode was great.
- I love Emu when he goes into cocky/badass/"M" mode. The actor pulls it off so damn well. - Loving this new plotline with Taiga's fascination with Emu - Hiro's smile at the end was legitimately heartwarming - Dan is just an asshole, blatantly taunting Emu about Kiriya's death - Zombie Genm also continues to be an awesome rider - HOLY SHIT AT THAT FINISHER! I love how just as I was thinking "Wow, that was pretty overkill." M says the exact same thing.
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01-16-2017, 01:58 AM | #20 |
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It actually looks like that's what they're hinting at. Nico says that Emu didn't use to use "boku" as his personal pronoun, which is what he does in his "Emu" personality. It's possible the "ore" using "M" personality is how he was as a kid and it changed after the whole incident.
That hasn't happened since Gaim... Ex-Aid, don't fuck this up in the home-stretch like that did. |
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