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09-04-2013, 12:33 PM | #21 |
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All it boils down to is Nitou's ancient form of magic. Ancient Wizards had to collect mana to cast spells and keep the phantoms dwelling in them at bay. Modern Wizards are able to produce their own mana because they've overcome the phantom within them and draw from that power. For the Archetypes their phantom requires mana to feed or the user risks death at the phantom's hands. In return for the mana collected the phantom bestows it's powers upon the Wizard.
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09-04-2013, 12:54 PM | #22 |
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All it boils down to is Nitou's ancient form of magic. Ancient Wizards had to collect mana to cast spells and keep the phantoms dwelling in them at bay. Modern Wizards are able to produce their own mana because they've overcome the phantom within them and draw from that power. For the Archetypes their phantom requires mana to feed or the user risks death at the phantom's hands. In return for the mana collected the phantom bestows it's powers upon the Wizard.
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09-04-2013, 06:08 PM | #23 |
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Liked the ep overall but I...must....nitpick....
A) The 'explosion' that Haruto took at the beginning was significantly smaller than many of the hits he's taken lately so, what the hell. B) The handcuff that Mayu was in was big enough for her whole hand to easily fit through Heck, if she and Haruto took off their rings, boom, out of the cuffs. Not to mention that all the handcuffs were simply held together with a screw and nut so, um, not real hard to get out of having a free arm and all. C) Why did de-morphing release them from the chains? Ok, ok. I know I'm sounding like a broken record now. I honestly like the ep. White Wizard is one of the better bad riders we've had in a while and the overall ep was a great setup for the climax to come. But dang it if there weren't some things that bugged me. |
09-04-2013, 06:09 PM | #24 |
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Liked the ep overall but I...must....nitpick....
A) The 'explosion' that Haruto took at the beginning was significantly smaller than many of the hits he's taken lately so, what the hell. B) The handcuff that Mayu was in was big enough for her whole hand to easily fit through Heck, if she and Haruto took off their rings, boom, out of the cuffs. Not to mention that all the handcuffs were simply held together with a screw and nut so, um, not real hard to get out of having a free arm and all. C) Why did de-morphing release them from the chains?
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09-04-2013, 06:51 PM | #25 |
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Something that got to me was Haruto's willingness to let the other 3 Wizards be sacrificed for Koyumi.
He didn't seem to have any issue or alarm until he found out all of Tokyo was going to be sacrificed, too...
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09-04-2013, 06:55 PM | #26 |
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So not only did Nitou start blocking out Haruto in pure personality and charisma, but Haruto seemed to be actively doing less and less and purposefully phasing into the background. After Nitou literally sacrificed both his powers, and his life, for everyone else, Haruto swaggin' in at the end and claiming he was 'the last hope' (also after he was defeated in a matter of seconds by a stock Wizard) was fucking laughable.
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09-04-2013, 07:01 PM | #27 |
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I really don't know what's going on with Haruto. It's like they took 2 steps forward with him around episode 40 or so, and now they took 3 steps back as of the most recent 4 or 5 episodes.
I am glad to see Beast grow into a real hero, willing to make the sacrifice to save everyone, but I guess they realized they couldn't have Haruto lose his powers and the Dragon Phantom after the series got an additional 4 episodes in it's run, so they rewrote that scene for Nitou. *Shrugs*
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09-04-2013, 07:08 PM | #28 |
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I really don't know what's going on with Haruto. It's like they took 2 steps forward with him around episode 40 or so, and now they took 3 steps back as of the most recent 4 or 5 episodes.
I am glad to see Beast grow into a real hero, willing to make the sacrifice to save everyone, but I guess they realized they couldn't have Haruto lose his powers and the Dragon Phantom after the series got an additional 4 episodes in it's run, so they rewrote that scene for Nitou. *Shrugs*
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09-04-2013, 07:15 PM | #29 |
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Are you talking about the idea that Gremlin will be the one to take out the White Wizard?
Anyway, I'm seriously disappointed that Nitou lost his powers. After this most recent episode, I'd love to see more of him, and now that he's powerless, he's essentially going to be a cheerleader for Haruto if he survives...
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09-04-2013, 07:18 PM | #30 |
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Are you talking about the idea that Gremlin will be the one to take out the White Wizard?
Anyway, I'm seriously disappointed that Nitou lost his powers. After this most recent episode, I'd love to see more of him, and now that he's powerless, he's essentially going to be a cheerleader for Haruto if he survives... I'm more bummed that Nitou became a good character now, right at the end. Now I've seen the potential he held, it makes me sad that after a pretty fun introduction, he spent the majority of his series time either shouting 'mayonnaise!' or doing absolutely nothing at all. RIP Beast, you deserved so much more.
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