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02-28-2022, 07:56 PM | #17021 |
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Congrats on finishing not just Blade, but also the Heisei era in general!
IIRC you once mentioned reading Die's' thread alongside your watch, so you probably already know my general thoughts about the show. So, I'll try to make my general thoughts short. To me, Blade was a much better version of Faiz, in terms of the experience. Especially since I watched Blade almost directly after I'd finished Faiz up. What I mean is, with Faiz, I loved the first two acts, but couldn't stand the third. The same applies to Blade. But what differentiated the two for me, and made me appreciate Blade alot more, was that absolutely perfect ending that Blade has. "Bench" is a long standing Blade meme for a reason, ya know? I'm like the one guy who preferred the first half to the second. The first half kept me really interested all throughout. I was constantly wondering just where the heck this crazy train was going. Meanwhile, when the second half hit, and the show got more "normal"... it just lost alot of appeal for me. Add to that me not jiving with the way Mutsuki and Tachibana were handled and I was not happy. Still, I'm glad you found a good amount of enjoyment out of it, judging by where you placed it on your list.
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03-01-2022, 03:30 AM | #17022 |
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If I remember rightly I think the middle may have been my favourite bit lol but yeah I do see similarities between Faiz and Blade in terms of quality (it's better for some imagery,music etc being memorable than characters/story being that fantastic) whereas sometimes I can genuinely enjoy Kuuga,Agito and Ryuki equally imo.
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03-01-2022, 10:46 AM | #17023 |
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So, I'll try to make my general thoughts short. To me, Blade was a much better version of Faiz, in terms of the experience. Especially since I watched Blade almost directly after I'd finished Faiz up.
What I mean is, with Faiz, I loved the first two acts, but couldn't stand the third. The same applies to Blade. But what differentiated the two for me, and made me appreciate Blade alot more, was that absolutely perfect ending that Blade has. "Bench" is a long standing Blade meme for a reason, ya know? My immediate thought after seeing Kenzaki become a new Undead and walk away was how he's doing what Hirose told him not to do, but from a different perspective, it's no longer a burden he's carrying alone. Hajime's sharing his suffering. It was a great ending for sure. I personally wouldn't consider it to be better than Faiz's, although I concede that you have a valid complaint about Kiba's abrupt turn to evil. I will also say that I think Blade's ending did right what Gaim's did wrong, by giving Kenzaki and Hajime a less contrived reason to fight and a resolution that doesn't involve either of them getting killed. Quote:
I'm like the one guy who preferred the first half to the second. The first half kept me really interested all throughout. I was constantly wondering just where the heck this crazy train was going. Meanwhile, when the second half hit, and the show got more "normal"... it just lost alot of appeal for me. Add to that me not jiving with the way Mutsuki and Tachibana were handled and I was not happy.
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If I remember rightly I think the middle may have been my favourite bit lol but yeah I do see similarities between Faiz and Blade in terms of quality (it's better for some imagery,music etc being memorable than characters/story being that fantastic) whereas sometimes I can genuinely enjoy Kuuga,Agito and Ryuki equally imo.
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03-01-2022, 03:49 PM | #17024 |
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Shoutout to Skyrider episode 25 for taking the whole "monster child" concept you see in Showa toku to its most insane extreme. Never thought I'd see Tsukuba become the adopted mom of a rapidly growing monster turtle child named Bongo but here we are.
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03-01-2022, 07:14 PM | #17025 |
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Kenzaki meanwhile, not only never had such an issue, but was also the only one to actually get to have a King Form to begin with. So who knows, had Garren King Form happened, maybe Tachibana would run the same risk of becoming an Undead(probably not given the overall themes of the story but hey).
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03-01-2022, 11:21 PM | #17026 |
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I'm now up to episode 35 of OOO. Only 13 to go.
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03-02-2022, 03:31 PM | #17027 |
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Just my personal interpretation, but I think they were feeding off what was established with Tachibana early on, where his inner fears were literally killing him, which was also probably the reason his compatibility rate was low.
Kenzaki meanwhile, not only never had such an issue, but was also the only one to actually get to have a King Form to begin with. So know knows, had Garren King Form happened, maybe Tachibana would run the same risk of becoming an Undead(probably not given the overall themes of the story but hey).
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03-02-2022, 05:34 PM | #17028 |
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I think it's said somewhere, around when Kenzaki gets his King Form, that it's supposed to only be a fusion between him and the King Undead. However, because Kenzaki is just that empathetic, he ends up fusing with all 13 in the Suit, which has consequences on his biology pretty quick.
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03-02-2022, 05:42 PM | #17029 |
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I think it's said somewhere, around when Kenzaki gets his King Form, that it's supposed to only be a fusion between him and the King Undead. However, because Kenzaki is just that empathetic, he ends up fusing with all 13 in the Suit, which has consequences on his biology pretty quick.
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03-02-2022, 06:11 PM | #17030 |
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The reason for Kenzaki's high fusion rate is also so simple it doesn't demand much explaining to begin with. The early episodes (7 is especially thorough in its exposition) make it a point that it goes up the more intense his emotions are (in contrast to Tachibana's going down because of his constant doubt and hesitation), and nobody else in the series is anywhere close to as earnest or as straightforward as Kenzaki. Keep in mind his initial transformation into King Form also comes right after the whole "I'm a Kamen Rider!" fight where he's pretty much the most focused he's been in the entire show to that point, too. Essentially, Kenzaki's King Form works that way because he's so good at being a superhero, he's basically overclocking the Rider System. Or at least that's how I've always understood it.
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