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05-11-2020, 03:23 PM | #121 |
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In my opinion Takumi is more of a brawler/bar fighter, someone who relies on pure power over all else and has no real technique to his style.
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05-11-2020, 03:35 PM | #122 |
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Makes sense to me! Maybe he was the bouncer for that coffee shop? Am I... am I pitching Kamen Rider Road House?
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05-11-2020, 06:41 PM | #123 |
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And 18 out of the 20 main rider suit acting during the Heisei era were all done by one Seiji Takaiwa. The fact that one man alone managed to act out various fighting styles is quite a feat as you will see through your trek of Heisei rider shows. He started doing rider suit acting since Agito(previously suit acting red rangers in Super Sentai shows during the 90s most of the time) with the exception of Kuuga and Hibiki which was done by Kenji Tominaga and Makoto Ito respectively. He is now the suit actor for Kamen Rider Horobi in Zero-One after he stepped down from titular rider suit acting as of Zero-One.
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05-11-2020, 06:45 PM | #124 |
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And 18 out of the 20 main riders during the Heisei era were all done by one Seiji Takaiwa. The fact that one man alone managed to act out various fighting styles is quite a feat. FYI Takaiwa started doing rider suit acting since Agito, with the exception of Kuuga and Hibiki which was done by Kenji Tominaga and Makoto Ito respectively. He is now the suit actor for Kamen Rider Horobi in Zero-One.
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05-11-2020, 06:47 PM | #125 |
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And 18 out of the 20 main riders during the Heisei era were all done by one Seiji Takaiwa. The fact that one man alone managed to act out various fighting styles is quite a feat as you will see through your trek of Heisei rider shows. He started doing rider suit acting since Agito(previously suit acting red rangers in Super Sentai shows during the 90s most of the time) with the exception of Kuuga and Hibiki which was done by Kenji Tominaga and Makoto Ito respectively. He is now the suit actor for Kamen Rider Horobi in Zero-One.
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05-11-2020, 08:50 PM | #126 |
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Exactly.
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05-11-2020, 09:12 PM | #127 |
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Also, I guess this one scene doesn't matter too much, and you didn't bring it up or anything, but as self-appointed translation cop, I feel obligated to mention this: Quote:
「で…でも、死体が発見された場所は、バラバラじゃないですか?」 This whole exchange between Soeno and Sawamura from episode 5 is pretty messed up, and not just because they're talking about the deaths of a bunch of high school girls! There's a lot I could get into, but one thing I'd very specifically like to call out is this line here. Sawamura didn't say a thing about the bodies being mutilated! He just said that the locations they were found in were scattered. This got misinterpreted as the bodies themselves being scattered, and the followup line where he states, factually, some of those locations, is now rendered as a hypothetical because of this initial mistake. It's been a while since I actually watched these episodes, but I believe the implication here, is that, since people killed by Orphenochs revive for a bit briefly, the girls Yuka killed tried going about the rest of their day before properly kicking the bucket, and because of this, Sawamura is skeptical that the deaths are directly connected back to the school, unlike Soeno, who's sure something happened here, but not what.
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05-11-2020, 09:28 PM | #128 |
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I'm really liking the cop stuff on this show, incidentally. Soeno's got a great I Guess I'm Trying To Solve Monster Crimes Now demeanor, which is exactly the right attitude for the cop character on Faiz. Not an Oh God How Will We Solve This attitude, or a There's No Such Thing As Monsters, but a perfect combination of unfazed (unFaized?) and resigned. Like, I don't know, I guess there are monsters or whatever, we'll probably find out the truth, ehhhhh. (Also, I love that the higher-ups don't even give a shit about thirteen murdered teenagers?) He's great. Brilliant casting.
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05-11-2020, 09:56 PM | #129 |
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KAMEN RIDER 555 EPISODE 06
1. So, Yuuji's trying to get more answers about But Why Monstering and all things Orphnoch from Live Action Hatsune Miku. She says that Yuuji needs to talk to the President, but he's not in. She teases him a little bit, and then walks him out. Yuuji pushes her over, and locks the door in front of her so he can race into the elevator and get to the President's office. Except, when I'm watching this scene and Yuuji pushes over LAHM, I thought he was just being an asshole. It didn't even occur to me that it was the first step in a plan. I'm so used to people on Faiz just being intentionally cruel (two of our hero leads shout insults at each other so much that the third hero lead begs them to stop) that I just thought Oh I Guess Yuuji's Being A Dick. And since everyone on this show is some degree of a dick, I totally forgot that Yuuji's the good one. Despite his two murders, he might be the best person on this show? He's generous and kind to Mari and Takumi, when they're caught breaking into his car. Which, holy shit, the first meeting of the Kamen Rider and Main Monster, and it's the Main Monster gently chiding the Kamen Rider into being a better man! Unreal! But that's this amazing show, giving the Monster a story about embracing his humanity while the heroes' plot is basically It Is Okay To Have A Little Theft As A Treat. The show is gloriously unpredictable with how it's telling stories between the hero and villain groups. 2. Although, "stories" is maybe inaccurate, since a big chunk of this episode is how both trios are finding their own equilibrium, and figuring out what they stand for. The hero one is a little bit more straightforward of the two, with Keitaro wanting to clean not just clothes but spirits (Keitaro and Onari in Rider Time: Existential Laundering) and a brief interlude where Mari tries again to contact her dad. The Mari story is mostly an excuse to have Takumi and Yuuji cross paths without knowing it. It's a funny scene, with Yuuji's magnanimity all the funnier in the face of Mari just throwing Takumi under the bus, but it's mostly a tease. The Takumi/Keitaro stuff is a little more integral to the emotions of the story, with Keitaro wearing down Takumi's gruff exterior through displays of competence, so that Takumi grudgingly acknowledges that helping people is a slightly cool idea, I guess. (He regrets saying a kind thing to Keitaro so fast! Like, by the second syllable you can see his mouth start to frown!) Like all of the character interactions with these three, it's got all the realistic tension you'd expect three strangers to have, but a bit of sweetness to make them worth rooting for. Which, uh, the Orphnochs also have! (I keep typing "villains", and then I'm like Well...) Their group is struggling with direction, with Yuka starting to embrace the freedom of being a different goddamn species as her previous tormentors, Yuuji clinging to the small bit of humanity he still has, and The New Guy being SUPER into killing humans. Like the hero group, it's a diverse, compelling mix of motivations. Just, both groups are so well-written! It's very difficult to root against either side! 3. Speaking of The New Guy, there's a new guy on Team Orphnoch! He's basically their Keitaro, a slightly wacky dude who understands what genre of show he's on and what his role is supposed to be, and is 100% okay with that. While Team Faiz is grudgingly following Keitaro's mission, Team Orphnoch is getting pulled deeper into the conflict thanks to The New Guy's mix of enthusiasm and recklessness. (He is totally their Keitaro! He's even got a heightened sense of smell! But not just for the horrors that lurk within men's hearts, like Keitaro! He also can tell what you had for lunch!) It's hard to get much of a feel for what he's going to bring to the group dynamic, since he mostly has his own side plot this episode, but I think having a pretty symmetrical Team Orphnoch to Team Faiz thing is a great idea. (Also, controversial comparison, but Team Orphnoch's Takumi is Yuka, not Yuuji. Yuuji is their Mari.) 4. With all of that team building, uh, not much space for this episode's Faiz Fight! It's mostly a cliffhanger anyway, as Faiz's fight against The New Guy is just a way to get our first Horsepower Vs Faiz fight next episode. And, man, I really like that we got to see Yuuji vs Takumi first, with Yuuji as the better man, and then when we get Horsepower Vs Faiz it's Horsepower coming to the aid of a friend. So good! So complex! 5. Another great episode of Faiz! I really liked the structure of this one, with Team Orphnoch left to their own devices to try and figure out how to live ethically in a world the disgards and devours outsiders, while Team Faiz mostly just squabbled and committed crimes. (Even Keitaro got chased by the cops!) This show! This goddamn show!
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05-11-2020, 10:00 PM | #130 |
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I don't know, I think this is in line with how Ryuki treated Wanting To Be A Hero, where that character is best served by having that dream denied. It's easy to imagine a version of the story where Keitaro takes over and is either a) just the wrong hero for the mission, or b) immediately killed by a monster because he's got a good heart but weak muscles. Keitaro getting what he wants from stealing the belt and assuming he knows best... that would not be a great lesson!
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"Just say what you want to say". Ah this also counts as poor decision-making? Well, just prepare yourself. Though as you said before, Keitaro wants to make those terrible people less terrible right? What about assuming he was just testing their concern to him? Then call out if they're being terrible like being uncaring (and guide them too, even if they likely won't listen)? So Keitaro (dunno about Yuka) really claims that they're dating, instead of just being pals. |
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