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08-19-2023, 06:01 AM | #1 |
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The Desire Grand Prix descends into all-out war on Earth. Ace may be the only Rider left who can stop it...
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08-19-2023, 06:05 AM | #2 |
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With a title like that, they need a reference to Gotchard in the episode.
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08-20-2023, 06:43 AM | #3 |
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Looked. Well, I'll start with the good. Sueru is not the worst possible last villain. he was the one who started it all 2000 years ago, so defeating him can be considered the final. Also the last game, where people are simply forced to fight each other under the threat of death for the sake of happiness, seems to me the very basis of DGP, the basic version, devoid of all embellishments and troubles. Also, finally, something related to the change of time appeared in the plot, because before that, the people of the future could be replaced by aliens and nothing would have changed.
This is where the pluses end. Are we now making peace with Girori to get the real DGP back? But after all, the game has always been about sacrifices and the taking away of happiness.And now how would it turn out that she was once not bad? Further. Daichi and Jamato sunflowers. It's nice, but in the most innocent case, these are infected of the first stage, which means that he is doing almost the same as Sueru, using civilians as weapons. And other options are much worse. Of course, I can pretend a little and imagine that Daichi robbed the morgue and put the dead on the fertilizer, but I think if such an option was possible, Archimedes would not be in a hurry to feed himself to Jamato. Why doesn't Michinaga use a hacked Fever buckle to become invulnerable to riders? Why does Ace take away weapons and not buckles?I know I've scolded this myself before, but since you've set it up in the show, follow your lore. Although the Armored buckles may not be pulled out, they are smaller. What Neon and his father did with the audience could and should have been done earlier. And indeed, did none of the businessmen try to blackmail, threaten or bribe the audience before? It is also very nice that Neon decided to change her clothes and change her hairstyle before this conversation, and Kosei did not even think about wearing a wrinkled jacket. The transfer to the scenery of the opening is as far-fetched as possible. Not only are Ace and Sueru fighting in a warehouse with a set of ruins, but there is no reason for Tsumuri to shoot. In vain, did they return Samas? Also just because I wrote that Sueru isn't the worst villain doesn't mean he isn't bad. He is very bad. Worse than Giff, because although he was banal, it means understandable. Sueru, on the other hand, pleases the VIP audience, because ... He took control of the Goddess of Creation two thousand years ago and did not come up with anything better than to organize a reality show. What is his motive? Why can't he time travel and prevent all of Ace's previous reincarnations from taking part in the DGP? Why can't he take Dark Tsumuri and make a goddess out of her?Why didn't Jitt transport the captive Tsumuri to the future earlier and keep her in shackles there? By the way, about Jit. Was it just artificially created by Sueru, or was it also controlled by him? Because if the latter, then a logical question arises: why then were they different? I mean, we don't know much about both, but it's easy enough to see that Jitt is more aggressive and Sueru is more pompous. Or is it like: "different personalities on the Internet and in real life"? In short, as you can see, the logic of the show just falls apart. It is the inner, and not the realism that Niram dreamed of. If everything is possible, then nothing matters. Well, I'm waiting for the finale and I'm starting a big review of the whole show. I think I will find something to praise him for, but I will scold him more. P.S. And still no one knows how to use a propeller. |
08-20-2023, 07:38 AM | #4 |
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Don't usually comment on these but like, we got one of the funniest attacks in Kamen Rider history out of this episode and I needed to note that.
Regad/Regad Omega's Infinity ability as a means to utilize buckles is interesting and the progression is funny to think about. Ninja, summons the Ninja Dueler, okay. Simple enough tbh. Magnum, summons Magnum Shooter 40Xs Gate of Babylon Style to overwhelm the opponent. Okay Suel we get it, you love beam spam, no need to flex. lol Boost was one I was wondering what he could even use for an Infinity when he pulled it out. Using the Boost Buckles themselves to stop his fall before utilizing their minor post-use function of them flying off to overwhelm and beat the hell out of someone? Hilarious. Clearly that attack was being saved for Keiwa but Suel had to use it early |
08-20-2023, 09:49 AM | #5 |
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This episode gave a very Garo Versus Road vibe. And Squid Game which a lot of people said was the the inspiration of Geats.
And why didn't Ace make Win a Kamen Rider again? It could have helped. And yeah I'm not buying Tsumuri betraying Ace. This has to be their plan when they went back home.
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08-20-2023, 10:42 AM | #6 |
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08-20-2023, 12:47 PM | #7 |
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Simply put, Punkjack showing up? That would ruin the marketing they designed for the character. He went out in a bittersweet blaze, returned, you got a taste of his Rider Form briefly towards the end of an arc, but you want more. So watch this Punkjack Special where he gets a cool Buckle for one time only. You want more Punkjack? Well he'll be back in the movie with Lopo and Kellow! Basically, they've kept Win the character around to have fun interactions, in order for you to long for him to transform. That way they grab your attention whenever he does show up in something and transforms. Especially given a production note makes mention of him "Punkjack 1000% never appearing again" and really... Punkjack is probably going to show up in Outsiders. One he's a Takahashi character, two, 1000% is Gai lingo in the world of Toku, and three... the Punkjack Monster Helmet still exists. Let's lead into helmets now. So it was a bit weird at how the helmet system worked because you'd think they'd be super modular... and you'd be correct when it only came to Armed Buckles. It seems they have a way to push in new lenses for the helmets. But when it comes to helmets with jaws, they make an entirely separate helmet. Pretty sure we have helmets like Buffa Magnum, Na-Go Zombie, Geats Ninja, etc just lying around collecting dust somewhere. It's why Lopo was still able to come back because while the Lopo Base helmet was redone for Butch and Lopo Ninja was redone for Groovy, Lopo Boost was still a form they could use. They weren't going to use Lopo Zombie because Buffa's in the movie. Like how they kept Kellow with only Armed Propeller of all things (because they weren't going to use Kellow Ninja since Tycoon has Ninja). It's why Hakubi, Turbon, and Brali never got anything other than Armed Weapons, they never made a Mary helmet that used a bigger buckle. Punkjack Monster never got repainted into Bear Rider (Or Dapan) Monster. It's why I don't think a Dapan Entry Suit still exists, because that was absolutely repainted to Punkjack. Likewise they were able to bring Dapan back easily because Punkjack never used Magnum so they never repainted that helmet. On the opposite end, Punkjack Beat was a helmet that was likely never going to get use again so they repainted it for Dapan to give him a cool bonus for his return. This is all to say, I really love the helmet system and I'm curious if they'll take advantage of all the spare helmets they have for the potential V-Cinema(s) that will come after the series ends. So Punkjack Monster's helmet still exists, and tbh he's likely showing up in Outsiders anyway. This is also my thinly veiled way of saying "Hey you guys never repainted Kellow Ninja, right? Revive Ginpen and give me Ginpen Ninja, give me my Ninja Penguin!" Anyway, that's all I have to ramble on the subject matter. Geats is a fascinating series to think about when it comes to some of the odder aspects. |
08-20-2023, 03:11 PM | #8 |
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Finally giving context to the opening scene.
After the constant string pulling between the baddies, it seems that the one on the top hierarchy are the DGP audiences itself. The "supporting" roles are the ones more influental throughout the DGP, the sponsors funding it, supporters rigging the game more than Game Masters (and is able to rebel like Beroba), the VIP audiences are the ones that influence Suel's actions. Their bloodlusts are what influences Suel's actions to reformat the DGP, becoming more and more depraved, going from a harmless game to a deadly game with some safeguards, to something where Riders can attack each other (DR), and finally this, a game where the civilians are forced to fight with no way out. The audiences are also literally indispensable to Suel in fighting too, Regad Omega being powered by them, forming eyes all over his body. I guess this'd be how the game is run without a Goddess, as there'd be no rewards this time, the people would not have an incentive to join. The "reward" is only surviving, like Heaven and Hell, and they are just forced to henshin, and directly fight like Rider War, until the last one standing. For audience's satisfaction. My thoughts are actually, dunno why people buy into how happiness is measured by stats, or how it can be obtained by striking other Riders. Suel's decision to detonate the is also based on them mocking those who wouldn't fight and give them entertainment. They also seem to be partly the reason why Suel stays in the current world for longer time making one more game, because the audience craves for more entertainment. The DGP being on hold also leads to people keeping their memories, like Kekera's "broadcast" on Keiwa, leading to the return of Fukuo, the soba restaurant owner, now also learning that Keiwa is a Kamen Rider. And as someone in the good side, they keep throwing shades to him with him being pushed into the hot soba. Not really into being good equals being a goofy joke (applies to Gentoku too). Finally inserting a mundane real world interaction again, of which some of the Geats criticism is how lacking it is. I do feel that I'd want to see people discuss about the recent events that happen too as well, like for example Win's survival, but they're just going along with the flow. Despite Tsumuri pointing out that the Ace's crew is short in numbers, they manages to mostly pull through and, each of them are used well with their distinct role. Keiwa being the one who evacuates the civilians. Buffa being the one to tank attacks from the DGP Riders without fighting back much, so they're still technically fighting. Guess this shows Buffa has grown out of his hatred to Riders, and lives up to his vow of letting himself miserable so others can be happy. I'd think his earlier self would reject any excuses and use the Riders desperately trying to survive by turning on each other (though this isn't the norm, as the Ken and Ma couple shows, humans still vary) as a reason to go after them, thinking that it'd be their true nature of them being rotten when brought into lowest point. Michinaga's kick was dope too to one of the GMs. Win's still not fighting as a Rider, and is the one going up against the DGP to call out their actions of disregarding human lives. So W still takes Ls against GMs, outside of Zitt too. I wonder if the GMs Suel returned can henshin, of which this should even turn the fight more to their favor, as Win only has Monster. In this part, Daichi delivers an irony in how now, the Riders are a threat to civilians, while the Jamatos here are the ones to help Win and protect others, including giving something for the DGP Riders to keep fighting. Sunflowers also means happiness and peace, which is displayed in their usage now in a role reversal. It's unexplained though why Daichi would help here, unlike his ulterior motive in saving Sara before. The Tree of Knowledge is also not brought up yet either. This'd be like Kuroto joining in the fight against Fuma or Gamedeus Machina until his life is 1 remaining, but Mighty Novel X later cements that he was never redeemed. Something that people may overlook is that, Neon's reason to protect Kousei was to have him atone for being a DGP sponsor, and using the Kurama zaibatsu's power and influence, something they can only do, for good, and this actually comes to play in this episode. The episode scans barely showed her before, and she was absent too when Keiwa evacuates the civilians, as she typically would do the same with him, but I guess for good reason, as this'd be the surprise contribution that (almost) saves the day. With an access to the audience room, the Kuramas are giving the VIPs.. reality check, that their bloodlust can potentially bite back to them as this isn't a fiction, but real world. They decide to flee for their safety, depriving Regad Omega of its power source and weakening it. Ace insisting Tsumuri to not refer him with '-sama' suffix can sound hypocritical as Ace never stops refering Tsumuri as his big sis even though Tsumuri also asks him to stop. Other than that, his father Girori returns as per Suel bringing back the other GMs as their leader. It's something Ace wouldn't expect to think that Girori is one of Suel's underlings, but he denies being compared with other GMs. He seems to genuinely appreciate Kamen Rider values in him now sticking up for Ace striving for world peace. He'd still be someone bad for also not differentiating between reality and fiction, being complicit in the DGP turning the current era into a deadly game, albeit he always wanted the Riders to win, putting him at odds with Archimedel who wants the Jamatos to win and making them stronger, and now Suel for devolving the DGP into just something totally sadistic. He also still wants the DGP to continue for the just audiences, this should put him at odds with the main cast who'd want to put an end of the DGP for good. Ace makes use of his weaker forms to not kill the DGP Riders I guess but stopping their fight by disarming them. He also faces Suel directly, with Regad Omega's abilities being shown in it cloning Buckles (unlike Zitt's use of Ninja) and using it as attack drones, like Hypnorays or Dominionrays. Continuing to keep the regular Large Raise Buckles relevant. The Magnum's use is straightforward, but kinda wish that the Boost's use is better, like perhaps combining it for something grander than Boost Mark II. Suel goes Masamune (after "discontinuing" Mitsume) not only in "stage select" to place them in a place of Banno's death, but also using R̶e̶s̶e̶t̶ Reverse to rewind Ace's time so he's left as normal human. Suel also brings up Tsumuri to shoot him, as in the opening. I used to think Tsumuri was sus, based on this opening and her being like Shiro or Sid of sending the Riders to their likely death. But it has long passed that, as Samas explains, Tsumuri's compassion grow by watching over the Riders, with her now being someone who displays sympathy to Keiwa over Sara's death and also covering a little child in this episode. It's unlikely that it's Black Tsumuri posing as her, with her apologizing, albeit she flashes her smirk like opening too. With Ace seemingly died, honestly I knew this wouldn't stick. As the series multiple times have teased over Ace's stakes, only for him to always stay on top. Ace eliminated? His first wish gets him back mid-game. Ace being overwhelmed? His reincarnation's wishes grant him power. Ace being unable to reach out to the admins? He's revealed to have creation powers. Ace's cost of using his creation powers? He breaks free due to his strong will. It's expected that Ace would have something planned. The title of the next episode returns to Dawn arc, sounds like the series would have a stable time loop or such where the ending causes an event in the past on Ace's DGP winning streak days (possibly no real conclusion). Honestly with Regad Omega being weakened, I wondered how'd he beat over the other 3 main Riders, as Bujin Sword isn't far below Geats IX, and he got help from Na-Go Fantasy and Jamashin Buffa. I wonder if Jamashin Buffa will kick Regad Omega's ass, but Suel will de-henshin and kick Buffa's ass as a powerful non-Rider.
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08-23-2023, 09:50 PM | #9 |
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Insert that meme "you get to be a Kamen Rider! And you get to be a Kamen Rider! Everybody gets to be a Kamen Rider!" here.
While a little anticlimactic, I did enjoy what it was going for. The core group fighting off Kamen Rider Chronicle 2.0., Daichi sending his new Jamato to fight the Game Masters, and our boy Giroli making a comeback (I think we all figured he'd be back). I was questioning how I felt about his "redemption" but then I remembered he only wanted Ace out to keep the games "fair," fresh, and different, but as with the whole episode, it does kind of feel like they just threw everything in here. I was about to say it seems kind of lame if he loses just because no one's watching his game show anymore, but I'm glad he pulled some shenanigans of his own and showcased a flaw to Ace's creation powers. And then we get that shot from the opening. One left, and while I do feel like I have a good idea of where it's going, I hope it delivers a good ending. Next Episode: FINAL GAME!
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08-24-2023, 07:14 PM | #10 |
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I've not been commenting much, but while I've been enjoying the Keiwa/Michi arc of the last few episodes, I feel it accidentally made an issue that's come to the forefront here. Ace has been in a more minor role pretty much since the Grand End, which was good for everyone else's development, but it leaves this big dramatic showdown between the ultimate game master and our godlike protagonist feeling a little more empty than usual? It's not really this episode's fault, I still really enjoyed it, nice to have Girori back to show he really does believe in his own weird version of fighting for world peace (Takahashi really can't help but redeem people, can he?), but it's odd to have the final battle be a 2-episode rush.
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