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09-20-2019, 06:30 AM | #101 |
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I'm kind of curious, are you watching the specials in their chronological order in the show? The Youtube Best Match specials and the BD Rogue series both happen during episode 21. Neither are exactly essential watches, though I'd say both have their relevance for the show.
I can't for the life of me remember if the third episodes of either spoil anything from later in the series, though... |
09-20-2019, 06:34 AM | #102 |
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The third Best Match episode bizarrely leads up to something in the final stretch of the show. Nothing that you'd be super confused about or desperately need context for, but it was pretty surprising to me.
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09-20-2019, 07:21 AM | #103 |
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Kamen Rider Rogue is a shockingly beautiful suit, almost too good for this world. And before anyone might say that the fragile sticker on the back of his head is the only flaw, then I'll tell them it's the perfect detail that brings it all together!
Anyhow, I hope you do see the inane Best Match specials if only because the third one features probably one of my favourite of Build's combos alongside KumaTV. ...I might have strange tastes when it comes to those forms. |
09-20-2019, 07:26 AM | #104 |
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Kamen Rider Rogue is a shockingly beautiful suit, almost too good for this world. And before anyone might say that the fragile sticker on the back of his head is the only flaw, then I'll tell them it's the perfect detail that brings it all together!
Anyhow, I hope you do see the inane Best Match specials if only because the third one features probably one of my favourite of Build's combos alongside KumaTV. ...I might have strange tastes when it comes to those forms. Also, I have to agree, that form in the third special is... honestly, I think it's my favourite Best Match and it comes close to being in my top 10 Rider suit designs. I'm actually kind of mad it wasn't one of the main 10 in the show. |
09-20-2019, 07:37 AM | #105 |
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Who on earth is saying that about the fragile sticker?! It's the best part!!
Also, I have to agree, that form in the third special is... honestly, I think it's my favourite Best Match and it comes close to being in my top 10 Rider suit designs. I'm actually kind of mad it wasn't one of the main 10 in the show. |
09-20-2019, 09:21 AM | #106 |
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I god damn love Build...So god damn much....
Favorite main rider, favorite secondary rider, and it is fucking hard to top those. |
09-20-2019, 10:07 AM | #107 |
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I remember having much the same reaction to you at the Crow's death. Aoba, uh, yeah; centerpiece to arguably the best Kamen Rider episode there's ever been, absolutely incredible and extremely well-handed. But when Kiba guarded Grease and pretty much instantly died and there's not much of an emotional core around that...? It mostly feels like they just wanted to get him out of there as quickly as possible.
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I think that sums up my feelings on Build quite well. It's one of the more narratively driven seasons, ok, I prefer the more episodic stuff, but I have enjoyed them before, like Ex-Aid, but the difference is that Ex-Aid had actually interesting characters and does something with them even without the filler that generally does that in my favorite seasons like W, OOO, Fourze, Wizard, and Drive.
Build on the other hand doesn't really do that. I personally loved the start of Build and hold it in very high regards, and as some of the best material Kamen Rider has to offer and with the shift into the war ark I was not as invested but still interested where this would go. And with basically continuing the same ark instead of doing something new and the emotional beats not landing for me I grew disinterested something that only grew as the season went on and I have the feeling it all comes down to that basicness. I love digging into characters heads and when I found a Rider that delivers on that front, like Haruto Soma I grow a new appreciation for the show, but here? It's just very basic, which in and of itself wouldn't be a problem if they did anything interesting with it, but they don't and that just disappointed me. It's not death for the show or anything, I feel. The overall plot, the War, is handled in a logical, realistic-ish way. The characters are still worth watching. It's just, y'know, it doesn't feel like it's saying as much as it used to. Quote:
I'm kind of curious, are you watching the specials in their chronological order in the show? The Youtube Best Match specials and the BD Rogue series both happen during episode 21. Neither are exactly essential watches, though I'd say both have their relevance for the show.
I can't for the life of me remember if the third episodes of either spoil anything from later in the series, though... Quote:
Kamen Rider Rogue is a shockingly beautiful suit, almost too good for this world. And before anyone might say that the fragile sticker on the back of his head is the only flaw, then I'll tell them it's the perfect detail that brings it all together!
Anyhow, I hope you do see the inane Best Match specials if only because the third one features probably one of my favourite of Build's combos alongside KumaTV. ...I might have strange tastes when it comes to those forms. Sento is a really great main Rider, no doubt. He, especially after Emu and Takeru, feels like a grown-up? He definitely seems like he's processing emotions and events in a more adult way, and that's helping not only the Big Emotions episodes, but a lot of the character decisions that link the plot together.
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09-20-2019, 11:42 AM | #108 |
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Vague foreshadowing, but I'm gonna tag it anyway just in case.
The Crows may be gone, but the memory of their buffoonery keeps influencing the plot for a long time, believe me. And this isn't the last time Gentoku reveals a... new facet to his personality, to put it lightly.
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09-20-2019, 11:50 AM | #109 |
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Vague foreshadowing, but I'm gonna tag it anyway just in case.
The Crows may be gone, but the memory of their buffoonery keeps influencing the plot for a long time, believe me. And this isn't the last time Gentoku reveals a... new facet to his personality, to put it lightly.
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09-20-2019, 12:36 PM | #110 |
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