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01-05-2016, 03:41 PM | #12891 |
Kawaii 5-0
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15 episodes into Agito and not really sure what the fuss is about yet. I mean its good I guess but it certainly isn't worth the praise the show gets so far.
My biggest problem is that so far it has been mystery upon mystery without any sort of clues or hints toward to the bigger picture. At least with Kuuga there were vague things here and there which let me at least try to draw my own conclusions, but so far Agito has given me nothing which is really frustrating because I am trying to like it. The three Rider format is really working either. I'm a bit more forgiving about this because the show is still in early days and I suppose it was the first time Toei tried a proper multi-Rider show, but right now I'm at a point where the writers don't seem to know how to use them properly. Gills is criminally underused despite being the most interesting Rider by far and G3 has been nothing but underwhelming. It's just been Hikawa and Touhou at odds at each other over it and then sometimes one of them will go out and be completely ineffective. So yeah - I'm still curious and hopeful but not getting the hype at all yet.
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01-05-2016, 03:47 PM | #12892 |
I have a problematic type
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I'm glad you're at least able to get into a KR series.
Anyway, starting off my new year with Hibiki, episode, I mean volume 1. If I said I knew what was going on, I'd be lying. The intro with the montage of Asumu's morning routine was fine, but then the singing just appears right the hell out of nowhere and is gone. What can I say, I liked it. The rest of the episode was just didn't give much. Asumu and his...Sister(?) go to an island where he chances upon the titular Hibiki, they stumble into a trap set up by spider demons, and Hibiki manages to save them. I'm rather confused Quote:
15 episodes into Agito and not really sure what the fuss is about yet. I mean its good I guess but it certainly isn't worth the praise the show gets so far.
My biggest problem is that so far it has been mystery upon mystery without any sort of clues or hints toward to the bigger picture. At least with Kuuga there were vague things here and there which let me at least try to draw my own conclusions, but so far Agito has given me nothing which is really frustrating because I am trying to like it. The three Rider format is really working either. I'm a bit more forgiving about this because the show is still in early days and I suppose it was the first time Toei tried a proper multi-Rider show, but right now I'm at a point where the writers don't seem to know how to use them properly. Gills is criminally underused despite being the most interesting Rider by far and G3 has been nothing but underwhelming. It's just been Hikawa and Touhou at odds at each other over it and then sometimes one of them will go out and be completely ineffective. So yeah - I'm still curious and hopeful but not getting the hype at all yet. |
01-05-2016, 03:52 PM | #12893 |
Kawaii 5-0
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Gills generally gets less focus than Shouichi and Hikawa, but he does get more folded into the plot as the show progresses. G3 itself is never especially impressive, which is kind of its point. G3-X is when you start seeing Hikawa really making a difference in battle.
That's a long time to stretch a point that was made after 5 episodes.
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01-05-2016, 06:50 PM | #12894 |
Chou Henshin!
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I found The First to be entertaining. It wasn't great, but the suits were neat (almost like prototypes for the look Sangou and Yongou have) and I can appreciate what they were trying to do.
The Next, however, was just bad, and I don't often use that word to describe Kamen Rider. It felt like Toei had a monster movie script and then handed it to some people to shoehorn some Kamen Rider into. It's great that you liked it, but personally I thought it had a pretty weak story. Quote:
Anyway, starting off my new year with Hibiki, episode, I mean volume 1.
If I said I knew what was going on, I'd be lying. The intro with the montage of Asumu's morning routine was fine, but then the singing just appears right the hell out of nowhere and is gone. What can I say, I liked it. The rest of the episode was just didn't give much. Asumu and his...Sister(?) go to an island where he chances upon the titular Hibiki, they stumble into a trap set up by spider demons, and Hibiki manages to save them. I'm rather confused Quote:
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My biggest problem is that so far it has been mystery upon mystery without any sort of clues or hints toward to the bigger picture. At least with Kuuga there were vague things here and there which let me at least try to draw my own conclusions, but so far Agito has given me nothing which is really frustrating because I am trying to like it.
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Gills is criminally underused despite being the most interesting Rider by far and G3 has been nothing but underwhelming.
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01-07-2016, 01:36 AM | #12895 |
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Stronger episode 28.
Only 2 eps into it but I'm liking this Delza Army arc. They've done a nice job establishing the new organization as a credible threat right off the bat and the shenanigans between the factions are already pretty fun. The only thing I'm not liking so much is Shadow. He's for the most part the same conniving bastard I've grown to love, but him abandoning his previously singular goal of defeating Stronger himself honorably, and shifting his interests towards the whole conquering the Earth deal is...eh. It's not really why I like Shadow in the first place. Oh well. |
01-07-2016, 05:18 AM | #12896 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Newbridge, South Wales, UK
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I'm continuing my Heisei-fest with Blade, but I've decided that seeing as this will end when I get to Decade, it would be a good idea to fit in a rewatch of Black and Black RX. I've also recently gone back to an old job, work-wise, evening shifts, meaning I have to fit it in around that. So before I go to work, I plan to watch some episodes of Blade, then after work, an episode or two of Black. Last night I rewatched episode 1 of Black. Still perhaps my favourite episode 1 of any toku show. It also helps I'm using the Blu-ray encodes for Black, so it looks lovely.
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01-07-2016, 11:20 AM | #12897 |
I have a problematic type
Join Date: Jan 2012
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Stronger episode 28.
Only 2 eps into it but I'm liking this Delza Army arc. They've done a nice job establishing the new organization as a credible threat right off the bat and the shenanigans between the factions are already pretty fun. The only thing I'm not liking so much is Shadow. He's for the most part the same conniving bastard I've grown to love, but him abandoning his previously singular goal of defeating Stronger himself honorably, and shifting his interests towards the whole conquering the Earth deal is...eh. It's not really why I like Shadow in the first place. Oh well. |
01-11-2016, 05:13 AM | #12898 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Newbridge, South Wales, UK
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I'm still not feeling Blade. I'm going to stick with it, because I promised I would finish the Heisei era, but 9 episodes in, nothing's sticking out, really and characters almost blend into each other.
Enjoying the hell out of Black in HD though. |
01-11-2016, 10:10 AM | #12899 |
Go Gorgeous
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Akihabira
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Actually right now I'm not watching ghost at all. Actually I've been binge-watching blade , and the Kabuto and Faiz films as well. Once Necrom is introduced into ghost I think I will start watching again.
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01-11-2016, 01:13 PM | #12900 |
Junior Member
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Blade is infamous for the first 12 episodes being pretty bad, then getting better afterwards, then getting really good around 30.
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