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01-18-2024, 04:10 PM | #11 |
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The Garo YouTube channel has a premiere time set for episode 2. Looks like we will be getting the full series.
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01-19-2024, 06:37 AM | #12 |
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Ep2 nice lore episode with a nice twist
after Ep1 you're thinking Souma is quite skilled as a makai knight and you're wondering why they called Ryuga to help them. But then Ep2 happens and you realize he is actually terrible and immature. Usually cocky characters are strong for some time before being brought back to reality. Last edited by Omnikaiser; 01-19-2024 at 06:40 AM.. |
01-31-2024, 12:43 AM | #13 |
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This was definitely a breather episode focused exclusively on the Knights (and featuring plenty of swordplay).
I'm genuinely surprised those three knights are still around. I guess they're letting the audience get to know them better before they become Horror chow and don't even get to transform. The sad truth of the Garo franchise...the Makai Knights can hunt Horrors and slay monsters but they can't do anything about the evil of man that also breeds Horrors . I'm really curious when Ryuga met Godou. I have to think it was after the first season of his show... Godou must have been an old school Makai Knight, it looked like he had a Madou Tool. Most of the knights in the Ryuga era don't have them, as far as I can tell. |
02-02-2024, 02:59 PM | #14 |
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Waited Ep4 to comment on 3 and 4 at the same time but I didn't expect the pace to be that slow. I don't like it too fast but no horror fight in 2 episodes, I think that's a first for a main show ?.
Ep3 was kinda "out-of-suit-combat-gasm" and choreographies were really cool. But Ep4, didn't dislike it, but it's like there is not much to say. I can't find the name of the actor playing the leading salaryman turning into horror. I think I saw him somewhere before. EDIT : NO WAY ! I didn't recognize him. That's Agito's lead/Tsugami Shoichi, Toshiki Kashu ! A few speculation I have so far : - I expect Obi (Shun Nishime) to be evil somehow. I don't know I kinda expect him to be the archetypal guy who is a klutz/noob/overly polite guy just to hide himself. Not too sure about it but I feel Shun Nishime is kinda overqualified as an actor to end up being the noob of a makai knight trio. And also we lack an evil figure except the lady in red so far. - Consequently I expect Igusu and Ron (especially Ron) to die by his hands. Ron is presented as an ideal guy way too much (not the strongest but still skilled, lawful and with a perfect mindset) for him to survive imo. - I expect Godou to not have disappeared because of Horrors or the Gate of Destruction but somehow got inside Souma to stop the darkness corrupting him when he tried to master Senkoken. As the light that fights the darkness Souma can't control. And that's why Souma dreams of him. It's actually Godou for real and not a dream. - Seems to be a given but Souma will eventually master Senkoken at the end of the show and deliver the final blow. We might even get a double Senkoken with Ryuga. Last edited by Omnikaiser; 02-04-2024 at 07:59 AM.. |
02-20-2024, 01:38 AM | #15 |
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I've fallen a bit behind on this. The pacing is... bad. I feel like the first two episodes really suckered me into thinking Garo was back in force because the next two episodes were just dull hangouts at Makai HQ and Souma being a pouty asshole. Probably cheaper than doing a Horror fight every episode, but also way less interesting.
Also, I've switched to the TV-Nihon subs. I want to support the official release, but the AI subtitles they're using are only a few steps up from the old HK subs of the '00s. |
02-20-2024, 08:32 AM | #16 |
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Well, you can play the episode on YouTube in the background so that Garo Official Chanel gets its views. And then complain in the comments about the subtitles. Maybe they'll listen (although if it's an AI-sub, it's unlikely).
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03-01-2024, 05:19 PM | #17 |
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I've been watching this regularly but haven't really had anything much to say.
Episode 8 was alright, nice new suit used by Souma's dad. The flashback sequence was pretty interesting, seeing this sort of midpoint between Ryuga from the earlier shows and now really helps better convey the transition between the two, I kind of wish we got to see it earlier. Priestess Mitsugi's reveal feels kind of out of nowhere, but I'll wait till the show's over to see if they flesh it out more. |
03-02-2024, 12:40 AM | #18 |
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I mean, I think it's fine to mourn the victims being possessed by the Horror rather than the Horror themselves, but I guess it makes sense that it wouldn't sink in for Souma because he just barrels through everything :.
Makai Knight Zango! That armor was a thing of beauty :love:! Oh hey, they even had a full Horror suit instead of anything remaining of the human like from the older seasons...even if we only saw the Horror for, like, five seconds :eyespin:. Is Irubua supposed to be Godous Madou Tool? "Yuka Suzumura?" is this all one big Suzumura family reunion production ? Okay, so now Ryuga can just flex the a practical suit version of the Yami Wo Terasu Mono Garo armor (which as far as I can remember was all CG in the season it appeared in). Sure, why not :innocent:? I didn't expect Godou to be living out of a literal man cave. I know most Makai Knights just kind of wander or go wherever they needed and don't have a swanky Saejima mansion, but I don't think most would live in a literal cave with a tent, a desk, and a bookcase :heh:. Oh, so the Finisher literally forces their armor off to take the recoil. I guess that's one way to justify it :meh:. Ryuga and Souma are totally going to use the light and dark versions of the attack together . Ryuga reflecting on Godou and Souma's relationship felt pertinent knowing his family drama :upset:. It's almost like Godou knew something was probably going to happen to him the way he asked Ryuga to take care of Godou . Mutsugi finally shows her true colors. Of course it's the classic "we can destroy all Horrors!" plan that ALWAYS turns out well in this franchise : Was that Lost Soul Zango sealed up like that :? |
03-02-2024, 10:13 AM | #19 |
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I mean, I think it's fine to mourn the victims being possessed by the Horror rather than the Horror themselves, but I guess it makes sense that it wouldn't sink in for Souma because he just barrels through everything :.
Makai Knight Zango! That armor was a thing of beauty :love:! Oh hey, they even had a full Horror suit instead of anything remaining of the human like from the older seasons...even if we only saw the Horror for, like, five seconds :eyespin:. Is Irubua supposed to be Godous Madou Tool? "Yuka Suzumura?" is this all one big Suzumura family reunion production ? Okay, so now Ryuga can just flex the a practical suit version of the Yami Wo Terasu Mono Garo armor (which as far as I can remember was all CG in the season it appeared in). Sure, why not :innocent:? I didn't expect Godou to be living out of a literal man cave. I know most Makai Knights just kind of wander or go wherever they needed and don't have a swanky Saejima mansion, but I don't think most would live in a literal cave with a tent, a desk, and a bookcase :heh:. Oh, so the Finisher literally forces their armor off to take the recoil. I guess that's one way to justify it :meh:. Ryuga and Souma are totally going to use the light and dark versions of the attack together . Ryuga reflecting on Godou and Souma's relationship felt pertinent knowing his family drama :upset:. It's almost like Godou knew something was probably going to happen to him the way he asked Ryuga to take care of Godou . Mutsugi finally shows her true colors. Of course it's the classic "we can destroy all Horrors!" plan that ALWAYS turns out well in this franchise : Was that Lost Soul Zango sealed up like that :? |
04-05-2024, 06:23 PM | #20 |
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So the final episode came out last week (the fact that no-one else has commented on it is rather telling).
This series was... Neat I like the transition of Ryuga into more of a mentor character for the newer knights. It really adds a new flavor to the franchise, and makes sense with how Ryuga was meant to be a "friendlier" Garo than Kouga. The suits were great, the physical Hagane(s) were neat to see, and the Zango suit is amazing. The story itself was alright, and for a 12 episodes series it works. But I feel like it was a pretty typical in that I wasn't really ever surprised by anything as it went on. The new Characters were also just okay, we get a little understanding of the extra knights before they just get benched onto the city's only walkway for the last 4ish episodes. Souma was decent as essentially the actual main focus character. Mitsugi felt just sorta there until the final arc, but she occasionally had a few spells and tricks I found cool. Koyori I am similarly neutral on. |
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