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10-25-2016, 11:57 PM | #3831 |
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Do you considered Ganma a waste of potential?
When the show start out, I thought they are a demon or Yokai like Kakuranger, Shinkenger and even Ninninger but turn out, Ganma is nothing but a bunch of humans that tried to be monsters like W and Fourze! Gamnas are humans from 17th century or whatever decades they are! I felt Writers didn't bother to watch Kakuranger, Shinkenger or even Ninninger since our heroes are bunch of monks! Except Onari; there was never any potential there. |
10-26-2016, 01:00 AM | #3832 |
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Do you considered Ganma a waste of potential?
When the show start out, I thought they are a demon or Yokai like Kakuranger, Shinkenger and even Ninninger but turn out, Ganma is nothing but a bunch of humans that tried to be monsters like W and Fourze! Gamnas are humans from 17th century or whatever decades they are! I felt Writers didn't bother to watch Kakuranger, Shinkenger or even Ninninger since our heroes are bunch of monks! |
10-26-2016, 01:07 AM | #3833 |
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Do you considered Ganma a waste of potential?
When the show start out, I thought they are a demon or Yokai like Kakuranger, Shinkenger and even Ninninger but turn out, Ganma is nothing but a bunch of humans that tried to be monsters like W and Fourze! Gamnas are humans from 17th century or whatever decades they are! I felt Writers didn't bother to watch Kakuranger, Shinkenger or even Ninninger since our heroes are bunch of monks!
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10-27-2016, 05:33 PM | #3834 |
Super Sentai Eien ni
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I like Blade's early episodes too, but I think they have problems beyond not being "about" Kenzaki. The way I'd put it is he's the audience surrogate, trying to piece the mystery of Board's downfall together, and there is plenty of character building with him early on, so he's not the issue. I haven't seen the show in long enough that it's hard to put my finger on, but the execution of that first arc just felt generally rough in a way the rest of the show wasn't. It's maybe not as drastic as it's sometimes made out to be, though. Just sort of like the show was struggling a bit to find its "voice".
I actually wrote a little essay-thingy about it some time ago, so if you have the time to read it... http://suzustarlight.tumblr.com/post...ly-episodes-of |
10-27-2016, 05:40 PM | #3835 |
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In Ex-Aid when they level up it takes long just to get to level 2 which is so annoying. Who's your favorite character so far? Mine is Taiga, he's like Kaito.
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10-27-2016, 06:00 PM | #3836 |
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I super appreciate you noting that Kenzaki gets fleshed out decently right out of the gate, by the way. I remember joking as I was watching Blade that "did you guys know about my dead parents?" is his idea of an icebreaker (I can't really remember now but I felt he brought it up a lot early on, like the show was scared you'd forget), but I think a lot of those early scenes, especially his conversations with Kotarou, did a great job of establishing him as a lovable, kind of dorky and awkward dude who was very serious about saving people, even if he himself didn't really know it yet.
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10-27-2016, 06:17 PM | #3837 |
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That all sounds about right. I don't know, I never really had a problem with Blade's first episodes to begin with, so I've always found it strange how frequently they get treated like they're a completely different show. But me being in the minority in liking stuff people hate is hardly a new thing, I guess.
I super appreciate you noting that Kenzaki gets fleshed out decently right out of the gate, by the way. I remember joking as I was watching Blade that "did you guys know about my dead parents?" is his idea of an icebreaker (I can't really remember now but I felt he brought it up a lot early on, like the show was scared you'd forget), but I think a lot of those early scenes, especially his conversations with Kotarou, did a great job of establishing him as a lovable, kind of dorky and awkward dude who was very serious about saving people, even if he himself didn't really know it yet. But every time after that, I actually enjoyed those episodes and discovered more and more each time, which is why I wrote that. Actually, Kenzaki doesn't mention his parents all too much to other people, but there are a hell lot of flashbacks (or rather always the same one) in the first few episodes and he struggles with the loss a lot, so a lot of time is dedicated to him reflecting on that. He's actually rather awkward, socially, which he admits himself when he gets closer to Koutarou (episode 4, for reference), so he doesn't have many friends. Despite being a precious cinnamon roll and all xD His ice breaker in episode 4 is actually: "Hey, maybe I'm gonna die from using the rider system. Isn't it cool to die as a hero?!" |
10-27-2016, 06:25 PM | #3838 |
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My mindset from back when I first watched Blade did play a part in not liking the first few episodes all that much, I even thought Kenzaki was kinda boring back then. (And now I like him just a little too much, lol) I was in a kind of difficult mental state in my early toku-days, lol
But every time after that, I actually enjoyed those episodes and discovered more and more each time, which is why I wrote that. Actually, Kenzaki doesn't mention his parents all too much to other people, but there are a hell lot of flashbacks (or rather always the same one) in the first few episodes and he struggles with the loss a lot, so a lot of time is dedicated to him reflecting on that. He's actually rather awkward, socially, which he admits himself when he gets closer to Koutarou (episode 4, for reference), so he doesn't have many friends. Despite being a precious cinnamon roll and all xD His ice breaker in episode 4 is actually: "Hey, maybe I'm gonna die from using the rider system. Isn't it cool to die as a hero?!"
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10-27-2016, 06:38 PM | #3839 |
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It's impossible to like Kenzaki too much.
Well, they are some of TV-N's absolute worst work ever. I'd imagine a lot of the nuance of these casual, character-building conversations gets lost in the clunky wording. But then I watched Blade with those subs before I knew a lick of Japanese and I still followed everything fine, so...
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10-27-2016, 07:43 PM | #3840 |
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My precious Sword-Husbando
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Well, they are some of TV-N's absolute worst work ever. I'd imagine a lot of the nuance of these casual, character-building conversations gets lost in the clunky wording. But then I watched Blade with those subs before I knew a lick of Japanese and I still followed everything fine, so...
I already watched it three or four times already. I can remember for everyone |
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