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05-05-2014, 03:10 PM | #61 |
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05-05-2014, 03:30 PM | #62 |
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How epic was Ryouma's little henshin and entrance this week? Damn.
As you guys know I'm not a huge fan of the Energy Riders but as far as things go the fight between Takatora and Sid/Minato/Ryouma was largely pretty awesome. Mainly because I'd really forgotten about how imposing Zangetsu was when he was first introduced, as it's came to light that he's basically been played for a bitch by all of his peers. I dunno, I guess I just lost a lot of respect for someone who got played by a fool so easily and maybe that isn't fair, but I'm sorry that is how it is for me. So to see him remind us that same badass is still there, just in a shittier suit with a shittier set of powers was pretty enjoyable. I don't even care for the character much, but his death was so awesome I'm actually gonna be pretty sad if he really is dead for realsie. Much more so than I ever was for Kurokage which I personally felt was a massive misfire for the series. Kaitou was also on an all time high this week. I actually thought the premise of Kaitou was great, but he's been so pathetic for so long I lost all interest in him and found the general irony and hypocrisy of him pretty laughable but he really brought the beatdown this week and it was great to watch. Overall this was probably the first truly great episode in a while. Gaim rarely has bad episodes overall, but I do think a lot of this show is oversold by the fandom but it's episodes like this that sorta give me a glimpse of this utopia of a series that so many of our fandom sell it has. Had a great time. Especially coming off the back of a pretty crappy day.
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05-05-2014, 04:04 PM | #63 |
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Good lord, just when you thought you had the show figured out....
So it's basically a race to the Overlord between several Riders/Teams. There's Kouta and probably Zack and Takatora, then there's Sid, then there's Yoko and Ryoma, Kaito's doing his own thing and it's likely that Micchy will end up doing so as well. This is getting nuts!
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05-05-2014, 04:07 PM | #64 |
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Gridon and Kurokage weren't in this episode.
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05-05-2014, 04:10 PM | #65 |
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At least Zach was...
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05-05-2014, 04:11 PM | #66 |
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I'm starting to see a Miichi as the Yagami Light of the show myself. Or perhaps Leulouch from Code Geass is a better comparison?
And on another topic: For the longest time I was starting to worry that Toei cheaped out with the Energy Riders by only making two that they passed around. So seeing that they did indeed make one for each Rider was surprising. This was the first time we've seen all the Energy Riders on screen at once and ho damn! I bet Takatora didn't see that coming. I thought it was strange to se Kaito with the Sengoku Driver though. I thought for sure he would've thrown that in the trash now that he has a Genesis. Last edited by Kiryu; 05-05-2014 at 04:16 PM.. |
05-05-2014, 04:17 PM | #67 |
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05-05-2014, 04:18 PM | #68 |
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05-05-2014, 04:19 PM | #69 |
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The only let down with the Energy Riders for me is the way Micchy was just able to put on Zangetsu's Driver. I dunno - not only does it not really make sense as I thought the bases were locked to their DNA so he'd still have the Ryugen base? - but also I dunno, I guess it just seems anti climatic that despite their leap in power anyone can put on an Energy Rider armour and apparently it isn't even worth breaking a sweat over.
It's so cliché but the whole 'this power is so draining' is a cliché I really like as it makes the powers seem special and not just a goofy costume.
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05-05-2014, 04:20 PM | #70 |
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The only let down with the Energy Riders for me is the way Micchy was just able to put on Zangetsu's Driver. I dunno - not only does it not really make sense as I thought the bases were locked to their DNA so he'd still have the Ryugen base? - but also I dunno, I guess it just seems anti climatic that despite their leap in power anyone can put on an Energy Rider armour and apparently it isn't even worth breaking a sweat over.
It's so cliché but the whole 'this power is so draining' is a cliché I really like as it makes the powers seem special and not just a goofy costume. Huh…I completely forgot about that! |
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