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04-08-2024, 09:13 PM | #611 |
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Oh god, this arc. Expect an essay from me when we reach the end of it. All I can say for now is that, intentional or not, these episodes hit me in a sensitive spot that I don't think I'll ever not be annoyed by.
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04-08-2024, 09:30 PM | #612 |
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Me, too! I cannot believe they're having Emu from Ex-Aid show up as a violent Dopant!
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04-08-2024, 09:46 PM | #613 |
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You know given the fact that a lot of the staff in this studio came from Studio Satelight, it's hilariously fitting they got a hand in creating an idol singing sequence that gets horribly interrupted by an attack. Given this happens in Symphogear on occasion.
I admittedly don't have much to say about this episode but it is a fairly "fun" start to our new dynamic of the Narumi Detective Agency. We also get an interesting wrinkle in the Dopant attacks this time, in that we've got the term High Dope mentioned. All we know is that means this one is more dangerous. Though what better way to raise the drama after our opening episodes than by putting Shotaro out of commission at the end there. |
04-08-2024, 10:04 PM | #614 |
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It's also necessary because we basically just got a three-parter where Shotaro goes out on a limb for Tokime -- taking him out of action should force Tokime and Philip to work through their shit, which could be some very fun drama.
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04-09-2024, 03:53 AM | #615 |
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So basically it’s a common thing in anime seasons where the main villain was defeated in the first season, that the second season has to up the threat level by introducing some new gimmick for the villains, or by making clear that the heroes are woefully inept against the new villains. As En-chan mentioned, we’re introduced to the concept of High Dope, which if Magneira (Megnaura?) is any indication, stands a chance of actually killing the Riders if they’re not careful.
And on that cheerful note, let’s get to the casting thing-y. Since I can’t think of one thing to put him under, the manager is played by Kenji Akabane, an impressionist who within Toku stood in for Super-One and AR!Faiz in Movie Wars 2010, Jiraiya in Kyuranger vs Space Squad and Gamel in Memory of Heroes. He was also the voice of Mashin Mach in Mashin Sentai Kiramager, by the same producer as W. And for someone I can categorise… PreCure-Lert! Our idol lady Monaco/Megu is voiced by actual singer Machico (I have no idea what her real name is), who had a recurring role in KiraKira Pretty Cure a la Mode, before doing the first EDs for Healin’ Good and Delicious Party, and the OP for Tropical Rouge. Within Tokusatsu, she sang an insert song for King-Ohger, and the one Megu sings in this episode (there were likely pragmatic reasons for casting her) Last edited by Androzani84; 04-09-2024 at 05:58 PM.. |
04-09-2024, 08:38 AM | #616 |
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Our idol lady Monaco/Megu is voiced by actual singer Machico (I have no idea what her real name is), who had a recurring role in KiraKira Pretty Cure a la Mode, before doing the first EDs for Healin? Good and Delicious Party, and the OP for Tropical Rouge. Within Tokusatsu, she sand an insert song for King-Ohger, and the one Megu sings in this episode (there were likely pragmatic reasons for casting her)
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04-09-2024, 04:17 PM | #617 |
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It's funny, I assumed that I remembered this show really well because I just saw it a couple years ago and it's not like it's especially long. I completely forgot that Shotaro got taken out of commission in this episode, though.
Mostly what I enjoyed here was seeing Tokime come out of her shell a little bit and get more to do than be mysterious and flirtatious. The bit with Philip and her butting heads was a lot of fun. Generally speaking, get used to me liking stuff with Tokime; I enjoy a lot of aspects of this show, but our new member of Team W is consistently my favorite part. She's a good character and I love what she adds to the show. |
04-09-2024, 07:33 PM | #618 |
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That was such a great start to this story, because the previous kept Tokime at a remove; rightly so, since she was the suspect for a huge chunk of the three-partner. We only got little flashes of what she was like, and those flashes played into Shotaro's fascination with her. Here, she gets to be weird and mean, which is a nice alteration from her previous mode of spacey and flirty.
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04-09-2024, 09:07 PM | #619 |
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FUUTO P.I. EPISODE 5 - “THE TERRIBLE M - THE SOUND OF A LEAK”
I don’t know if this one 100% came together for me? It’s a mix of a story I understood, but didn’t like, and a story I liked, but didn’t completely think worked in this episode’s larger narrative. Let’s start with the latter! I was pretty into the story of Tokime and Megu in this one, where our perception of ourself comes up against our internal desires, and how we have to be honest with ourselves. Both Tokime – as essentially a court-appointed detective-assistant in an office where no one will give her any work to do – and Megu – as the browbeaten, overworked idol that only wants to be a programmer – are stuck in jobs they act indifferent towards. But, y’know, not completely the case! Megu actually really likes how excited people get when she performs, and Tokime feels an unexplained need to prove herself to Philip, risking her life to keep Shotaro’s client safe. They both like to think of themselves as merely doing what they’re told to, but then fate forces them to admit that the thing they’re doing actually does make them feel fulfilled. Much like Shotaro’s unfortunate ability to find lost pets, these two women have to confront their own attitudes and accept who they really are. Which, now that I think of it, does sort of work alongside the story I didn’t like? I didn’t really care for the Jealousy stuff. I got it, and I think the show did a decent job of both looping it into the case (with the Maxsoft employee who resented Megu’s ambivalence) and trying to show their work with Akiko’s rooftop scene with Philip, but it just didn’t land for me. I don’t think it’s believable that Philip is jealous of Shotaro’s quick connection to Tokime. I definitely don’t begrudge the show taking the opportunity to tell a story of how platonic male friendships inevitably take a backseat to romantic relationships (I have definitely been both guilty of this and the victim of this at different times in my life), since it’s not really anything Kamen Rider shows have ever spent time on. It’s a more adult concept to explore, and good on them for the originality. I just don’t buy it from Philip. His relationship with Shotaro hasn’t seemed in jeopardy due to Tokime’s arrival, not least of which because Tokime and Shotaro don’t even share a scene in Episode 4 before Philip and her are at each other’s throats. Shotaro isn’t exactly forgetting about Philip to romance Tokime, so it’s weird that Akiko’s like Hey Jealousy and Philip’s like I Love That Song And Also Yeah Totally. There’s virtually no deep interaction between Tokime and anyone in the cast, but now we’re told that a character who never exhibited a single possessive action towards Shotaro is so blinded by jealousy that he’s taking it out on a coworker. Even if you could make this story work for Philip, this version is way, way too fast. It feels forced, and I don’t buy it. Luckily (?), it’s completely dispensed with by the end of this episode. Philip is aware of his negative reaction to Tokime, apologizes to her, and then we’re only a a FangJoker Henshin away from the end of this installment. I didn’t love the storytelling decisions for about half this episode, but I can at least respect where the creators were coming from. Even with that distraction, I think this was still a solid enough episode. Terui shows up to be a badass supercop, Shotaro gets an incredibly funny scene that classically undercuts his cool facade, Philip maintains the spotlight in a credible way, Tokime naturally loses part of her shirt because anime, and the incremental progress from Aurora was just the right amount of tantalizing. Not perfect, but still fun!
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04-09-2024, 09:11 PM | #620 |
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Anime Terui looks like Light Yagami.
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