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05-03-2019, 08:33 PM | #11 |
The Immortal King Tasty
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Hey everyone, guess what time it is!
Huh, that's strange. As it is written in the episode synopsis, it should be time for the Hibiki arc. So why is Kamen Rider Zeronos here? Perhaps it's another Fourze/Faiz thing, or... wait. Oh no, they wouldn't. They couldn't. They shouldn't! Anyone but him, please! If we're bringing a Kiriya into this episode, I'd rather have it be Lazer! Although, having watched the episode, I'm surprisingly okay with all of this. I won't give any real judgement until I see how this story ends but like Xtreme RX says, the way they're using him is actually pretty well thought out and actively avoids trying to convince the audience he's a cool character. I kind of took it for granted that he wouldn't actually be Hibiki but it's a pretty clever bait-and-switch. Even if it seems strange they're specifically making the Hibiki episodes a tribute to the Inoue chunk of that show (Todoroki's even here!), it's a good episode of Zi-O in its own right. Although it does get me wondering if Shirakura is like, super proud of the Hibiki retool all these years later and specifically demanded this be the plot they do. I have to imagine which actors Toei can get back affects the plots more than the other way around, but still.
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05-04-2019, 12:43 AM | #12 |
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My only complaint is that Kiriya requires some kind of facial hair to make him look older, old enough to justify that he is indeed a mentor to a teenager. Here his look always remind me of teenager Yuto
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05-04-2019, 12:46 AM | #13 |
take me to space
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Don't be jealous just because he ages better than most of us!
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05-04-2019, 12:16 PM | #14 |
I have a problematic type
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Well, that was... okay, I guess. This episode was always going to be a rough one for me. The last two tributes were really strong episodes that brought back the main Rider and some supporting characters and included several loving homages to the original show from people who clearly had a fondness for them. This was the tribute to Hibiki, a show that Toei has pretty consistently crapped on over the years. We didn't get either of the show's two main characters - Hibiki and Asumu - back; we got Todoroki and the asshole from the Inoue era. So there really isn't any way to do anything with the show's main story since they don't have any of the major characters to work with. We're still doing better than the Gaim episodes (which I consider the low bar for tributes) since the returning actors are actually relevant, but the story doesn't have the same kind of weight that the last two tributes had. And, to be fair, that was going to happen eventually. The Blade and Agito episodes were very strong and it was inevitable that we'd have a weaker two-parter again at some point. As it stands, it's still a perfectly fine episode, it just pales in comparison to what we've been getting lately.
Honestly, I'd probably be more forgiving of this arc if it weren't Hibiki. If this was Kabuto or Kiva I'd probably be enjoying this a lot more. Hibiki is a very special show to me, though, and I have very high, probably impossible, standards for what I would want these episodes to be. Also, I feel like if we were going to have an episode where Woz obsesses over Sougo's birthday, then they really should have made that the plot for the OOO arc. That is a perfect opportunity completely wasted. |
05-06-2019, 07:02 AM | #15 |
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I also have a soft spot for Hibiki, it's a throwback to heroes of old that were more of a parental figure than the viewer's cool big brother all modern riders tend to be.
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