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10-07-2019, 05:01 AM | #21 |
Master Procrastinator
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Every enemies in the series so far is a Magear. The foot soldiers are called Trilobite Magear, and they are subjected to full download and overwrite too, hence their changed appearances and weapon spawns. The only difference is that the one who becomes main magears are the ones exhibiting signs of becoming sentience, happy with their services to humanity (Taro, Burs, Scissormanz)
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10-07-2019, 01:31 PM | #22 |
Tokusatsu Hero
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Location: Austin, TX
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Lightning Hornet is seriously just so much cooler than Rushing Cheetah.
They did a pretty good job for a little bit there of getting me to feel bad for Jin... Until reminding us he's still a crazy kid with a gun. Needs a bit more working on, that one. Had a feeling he wasn't human and glad to see it confirmed too.
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10-07-2019, 02:37 PM | #23 |
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Reviews for this ep and RyuSoulger here: https://youtu.be/1Qc62VF8D54
In summary, this was a good episode. Jin's debut was solid. Lightning Hornet is cool. Although I think Jin's development and the truth about Aruto's "father" were rushed IMO. And Lightning Hornet's debut would've been a lot stronger if Yua was actually more involved in the plot of this week's episode. But overall, i like this week's episode. |
10-07-2019, 04:55 PM | #24 |
I have a problematic type
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Okay, first things first: Lightning Hornet is pretty freaking badass. Digging both the suit itself and the way it works in combat. We haven't gotten a lot of Valkyrie so far, but I'm really enjoying her when she show up.
Second, I really like how the show has been dealing with the ethics of HumaGears in these last couple episodes. It's not perfect - I think last week's episode misfired by focusing more on the "oh, poor artist, you've lost your passion" rather than "you're literally working your robots to death, you scumbag" - but it's neat to see them tackling some of the issues that would come with fully humanoid AIs. The whole concept of a co-opted likeness and using the HumaGear to replace a dead loved one is definitely an interesting storyline to tackle. If there's any part of the episode that didn't work for me it's Jin's family angst. The whole parent/child confusion was an interesting place to take the character, but we don't know enough about Jin, Horobi, or their interpersonal dynamic yet to really make it work. I would have held off on going in this direction for awhile, I think. Still, I'm guessing we're seeing the show planting seeds for Jin doing a faceturn at some point. |
10-07-2019, 05:28 PM | #25 |
Avi by @CSarracenian
Join Date: Jul 2016
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Reviews for this ep and RyuSoulger here: https://youtu.be/1Qc62VF8D54
In summary, this was a good episode. Jin's debut was solid. Lightning Hornet is cool. Although I think Jin's development and the truth about Aruto's "father" were rushed IMO. And Lightning Hornet's debut would've been a lot stronger if Yua was actually more involved in the plot of this week's episode. But overall, i like this week's episode.
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10-07-2019, 07:14 PM | #26 |
天心の英雄たち
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Maryland
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Lightning Hornet was great and I really liked her Rider Kick.
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10-07-2019, 08:13 PM | #27 |
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Join Date: Jan 2016
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I still really curious about Aruto's real father. What happened to Aruto's real father? I have feeling his real father are have some conflicts with Aruto's grandfather and maybe Aruto's real father will be become main villain in this series..
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10-08-2019, 01:42 AM | #28 |
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Location: Canada
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Another stellar episode. This must be one of the strongest starts to a Rider show in recent memory. Just consistently really good.
It's really interesting for them to delve into the ethics of the Humagear industry, and how basing one's likeness off an existing person is illegal without consent. It makes a ton of sense and helps make the world feel more realistic and lived-in. And of course, we get an emotional plot about someone breaking that law to relive their moments with their deceased daughter - for Jin, this makes him realize what it means to have family, and for Aruto, he can relate because he had something similar done with his late father. Jin really showed layers to his character. He was conflicted by what he saw by Seine and her "father" and what Horobi told him about being family. In the end, he tried to save Seine but was reset by his own father figure. This shows a lot more complexity to his character than we initially expected. And Kamen Rider Jin looks great, with a visually-pleasing transformation to boot. His wings look great but it was a bummer that we didn't get to see his finisher this time around. Lots of great action, from the brief bike chase to a good use of forms. Fuwa's backflip transformation was epic. And Valkyrie's Lightning Hornet debut was definitely the highlight of the episode. The form looks so sleek and gorgeous, and the VFX used for the wings and Rider kick looked really good. Very cool form, but I am kind of disappointed that Yua didn't really do much in this episode aside from showcasing the form. Izu showed a ton of inflection in her voice and smiled during the last "Aruto ja nai to!" She's heading towards singularity soon. Next week, Jin vs Valkyrie and Freezing Bear's debut! |
10-08-2019, 08:29 AM | #29 |
天心の英雄たち
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Maryland
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oh yes, thanks for reminding about the bike chase.
It's nice to finally be seeing more motorcycle action in this series. Not enough Riders seem to use their motorcycles. That's one thing I liked about the Showa Riders was lots of motorcycle action. For me a Kamen Rider and a motorcycle are just supposed to go together. ( I still plan on watching Drive though. ) |
10-08-2019, 08:32 AM | #30 |
Showa Girl
Join Date: Jun 2018
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Yeah, I love a lot of Heisei Phase 2s; but I really, really don't like how little a lot of them use their motorcycles. At least with Drive and Ex-Aid they were going for something a little different with their 'Rider Machines', and Drive in particular used the Tridoron more and had it be more prominent than most other Rider Machines I can think of. But then you've got stuff like Zi-O and Gaim where I'm just, like... c'mon.
It was a really nice surprise watching Kuuga and Agito, I gotta say. Godai just never got off his bike. ... so yeah, if Zero One can keep this up; I'll be pretty happy. |
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