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03-02-2014, 08:37 AM | #9641 |
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I'd say the only major flaw with Wizard is that it was abiding by the two episode story arc format. If it were a more ongoing story like Ryuki, Blade, or Gaim it would have done better IMO.
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03-02-2014, 08:42 AM | #9642 |
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Yeah, it spent more time on the stories of the individual Gate's than its actual own story.
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03-02-2014, 09:16 AM | #9643 |
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Episode 26 of Kiva :
Spider Fangire finally meets his end , a sad moment in KR history. All in all , it was a pretty eventful episode , we get to see homewrecker Maya exploiting Otoya's amnesia to get between him and Yuri , all in the name of understanding the meaning of love of course. Yuri is obviously gonna lose in this love triangle , she should have accepted Jiro's proposal to have his wolf babies when she had the chance , truly the chance of a lifetime blown away thanks to Otoya the womanizer. Not sure how i feel about Mio , to put it bluntly , she's kinda stupid. I'm not surprised since most of Inoue's characters tend to be bad at communication and overall selfish people. but i'm used to it by now , this stuff doesn't even FAIZ me anymore ... heh. Finally , we get to see Megumi seducing spider fangire , soliciting him for a kiss and brutally kicking him right in his spider berries (so is he a spider with human physiology ?) Truly , a heart breaking scene to watch. I think we can all agree Nago is a narcissistic sociopath . he manages to squeezes a single tear while giving Shima (his boss) a heartfelt speech on how he can't be trusted with IXA anymore , Shima thinking he learned some humility allows him to continue being IXA. How can a single person be this awesome ? I have no idea.
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03-02-2014, 09:50 AM | #9644 |
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Once again - unlike the others - it was the start of Kuuga I liked the most, mainly because it seemed to blow all of its budget in the first three episodes. I also appreciated Ichijou, but absolutely hated everything else. The poor story telling, the fucked up tones, the ineffective Rider, the disconnected action, the extremely low budget. I've gone into detail so many times, I wont bore you by saying the same thing again - although literally read Spirals post on this page, they said pretty much everything I feel but were easier on the show in the process. It was gratuitous in all the places it shouldn't have been. See that stuck didn't bother me, I mean I don't think Kuuga was ineffective, it's not like he is Agito where he could sense when a monster is attacking, I mean sure he probably could have been more proactive against the Grongi but he barely knew what he got himself into. I'm not really going to go counter point everything you mentioned but I understand where you are coming from. Everyone has there own tastes I just like to stick up for the shows and characters that I love.
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03-02-2014, 02:07 PM | #9645 |
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Faiz Episode 17
Well now that's a way to start out an episode, get straight to the action! Though mostly one sided it was a pretty good fight. Quite a bit of back and forth in the beginning, it then turning into Takumi playing defense once they went up onto the scaffolding. Nice fight show and nice opening! I see we have a new Orphenoch. He looks alright. Not really that great looking to me though. He's a bit to bulky and beefy looking for my tastes. Well that was quite the nice little moment there between Yuki and Takumi. Very emotional and showed off their personal struggles rather well in my opinion. Faiz continuing to show how, well emotional it can be. Bravo! The new Orphenoch is pretty emotional too. It's obvious that he loved his sister very much and like any good brother gets upset when someone bad mouths her. However considering she is dead it's probably going to sting a little more. The anger mixed with his Orphenoch instincts and well, that happened. Can't say I blame the man for why he acted out. Ahhh yeah Takumi's back! Well that fight was plain all kinds of bad ass. It did a good job of showcasing that Takumi isn't holding back anymore and will fight against the Orphenochs in a new light. Very action packed and it got me cheering for Takumi a little bit. Episode 17 was once again good and also very emotional. The emotions in the episode were broadcasted perfectly within the overall story, the character development, and in the action scenes with great character interactions being the icing on the cake. The focus was mainly Takumi with Yuji taking the passanger seat.The episode progressed and capped off Takumi's not wanting to fight, and in doing so gave him quite a good sum of development. Even knowing that some Orphenochs aren't the monsters they can all be he's still ready to fight now, he willing to do so whenever the Orphenochs are hurting people. I pretty much said it all in the paragraph above, so yeah. Episode 17 was great.
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03-02-2014, 07:05 PM | #9646 |
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Wizard has picked up again and well I can't really stop now, even though it seems that after this it's just gonna slow down again.
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03-02-2014, 07:23 PM | #9647 |
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Faiz Episode 18
Wait they're talking about the third belt this early? I swear Keitaro could write a book on the philosophy of laundry. You know like how they have books explaining the philosophy behind stuff like Final Fantasy, Twilight, Halo, and a lot of other games, shows, and movies? That building...is that the Tokyo Dome!?! Only Takumi was cold Keitaro. Mari had a legitimate reason for not being able to assist you in your quest. It was only Takumi who showed coldness and didn't give a damn. Oh my God a clown is an Orphenoch! Run! Hide your wife and lock up your kids! Okay time for a thing I noted. I apologize in advance if this comes off as racist somehow. Is it just me, or does it seem like every toku program has at least one African American guy who speaks in both Japanese and English? I kid you not out of all of the toku I've watched there's always at least one, whether the role be major or minor. I don't have a problem with it, just find it odd that it seems to happen in nearly every show. I like Keiko. She's got spunk. She's like a little Kusaka, except she's pleasant with her manipulativeness. I don't care, both of your ways are creepy. Faiz continues to make me hurt from laughing so much. I legit thought she was going to say "I don't like this flavor" and make Keitaro keep making it over and over. Oh and the idol request is a freaking riot, especially the concert part. It does indeed seem like Yuji and Takumi are connected by fate. Something in the back of my head is making me think that they're related somehow, but who knows. Either way it's a nice relationship they have. ...I can't And speaking of things that show all the time, it's that theater that actually does appear in almost every single Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. Oh hey! Hikaru is the detective's daughter! I liked her when I saw her in whatever episode it was. And before realizing this I liked her in the scene at the salon. Combine the two and now I like her even more! Huh wonder if Mari will speak up about knowing a girl named Keiko who told her that her parents are long gone... The clown may be creepy but his Orphenoch form looks pretty cool. It does look pretty familiar though. It kinda reminds me of the one monster from Lost Galaxy that had an octopus for his head and put people to sleep. Well that was 18. And unfortunately the streak of each episode being good to great consecutively has ended, as this is a pretty meh episode. Sad though it may be, it was bound to happen eventually. There wasn't much of a story to the episode. You could say there was one with Keiko, but I'd say no. Though Keiko did prove useful for something in the episode, that being character development. Keiko has shown Keitaro that even though it's nice to help people, they can sometimes take advantage of this, pushing a person to his/her limits. I think snapping at her over the clothes was a pretty crappy scene, and honestly it didn't add anything. It's only purpose was to send Keiko off in the Orphenoch's direction with Keitaro following her to activate the Faiz signal. But outside of that part of it, I thought their scenes together were nice and did provide some fairly nice development for Keitaro. This is the first episode however where I noticed something Locke brought up. Takumi sure did get to Keiko and Keitaro pretty fast. I don't know how he found them or how long it took him to get there (if that was indeed the Tokyo Dome and thus Tokyo Dome City, time spent getting there probably varies on Takumi's base location), but he appeared to get there pretty fast. However while weird it isn't something to get all worked about. Honestly I don't care and I'll just consider it a coincidence and probably will do so whenever something like it happens again. No use in over thinking it. There wasn't much action either outside of the brief fight Takumi had, and it was your prototypical Faiz fight. With all that I've said it probably gives off the impression that not only is the episode meh, but that it's pretty boring. In actuallity I found it entertaining. The parts with Keiko are great for how comedic they are, and the scene in the salon with Mari and Hikaru was a riot too (who gets that orgasmy over being called senpai?). So the episode is far from boring. It's just another meh episode. The return to the good then alright format has returned, and 18 isn't the best episode, especially after watching a great one such as 17. But it could have been far worse. Nothing too spectacular with this one, just another average episode.
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03-02-2014, 07:29 PM | #9648 |
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Faiz has some really good bits with humor. I remember laughing a lot during Faiz, Blade, and Agito. I think Kuuga too.
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03-02-2014, 07:31 PM | #9649 |
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I know right? Faiz has just been killing me with all of the humor. I still don't get why people call it a dark season. It's just (in tone) average old season from that time period.
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03-02-2014, 07:40 PM | #9650 |
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Osada, Juuzo and Yuuji are basically a sitcom cast and as they're giggling, laughing and getting up to crazy antics....did we forget that Yuuji murdered his ex girlfriend and her new boyfriend? Did we forget Osada has a kill count of almost fifty people? The fact that the show doesn't paint these characters as the monsters that they are, and never really addresses how evil the things they have done are, is what makes the show so God Damn dark.
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