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10-20-2019, 10:43 AM | #15581 |
Showa Girl
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I don't know whether to be shocked or not that the Side Basshar got even less of an explanation and origin than Ixa's dragon mech thing. I bet it's going to turn up about as much as that too.
Can I just say also I like Kaixa's design? Shoulderpads make just about any Rider design better by default, but I love how intimidating the whole thing looks; capped off by the "angry eyebrows". Works pretty well for this character being a completely awful person. |
10-20-2019, 11:09 AM | #15582 |
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The Kaixa suit is legit one of my favorite Rider designs. It’s a pity that it’s wasted on such a terrible character.
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10-20-2019, 12:42 PM | #15583 |
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One more thing I like about Faiz: I mock how often Inoue does it, but I like the belt-juggling in this a lot -- mostly because, generally, it happens exclusively with the monsters. There's this real unstated sense of fear that, if Takumi gets defeated; any of the Orphenoch could grab his belt and become basically unstoppable.
... a sense of fear kind of offset by how easily Takumi beat one of the Lucky Clover. Like... man, maybe Kuuga spoiled me with just how terrifyingly powerful some of the Grongi could be; but I really feel like J shouldn't have been defeated so easily? They're literally built up as the strongest Orphenoch by a long shot, and yet he came off as little more than a slightly stronger Monster of the Week. It really doesn't help that he has multiple lives when they're dealt with so easily, everyone's literally just "oh, you again?" Maybe the point is that the Riders are supposed to be an unstoppable force among the Orphenoch, but then what's the point in the Lucky Clover in the first place? Where are the stakes here if Takumi can just Rider Kick them into oblivion right after defeating another one?? Last edited by Kurona; 10-20-2019 at 12:44 PM.. |
10-20-2019, 04:28 PM | #15584 |
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So. At Episode 23; here's a few more thoughts I wanna throw out there:--
- Man, the Side Basshar was not alone in the Classic Inoue Move™ of just not explaining new toys, huh? Not only do we have any clue where Kaixa got the Axel Timer, no-one questions it. Awesome. - I'm so glad the pizza guy got to live - Kusaka just keeps becoming worse and worse of a character. I just watched him degenerate completely into a possessive stalker bordering on incel who kills any guy his crush even looks at, which is before he even says he wants her as his mother. This series... this series really goes places, huh? - Kaidou is like a less extreme version of Kusaka so I don't exactly enjoy him either anymore. Kinda wish he'd stop. - Takumi and Kiba should just kiss already. Their chemistry is amazing; their in-suit fights are tragic, and that smile at each other when they team up against all odds before Takumi got the Axel Timer was just perfect. If there's ANYTHING I like in this series right now, it's these two and I'm super interested in where their dynamic goes. - Auto Vajin is still the best Rider, but the best character by a long shot is Chaco |
10-20-2019, 05:45 PM | #15585 |
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Faiz 9-10:
You know, I think episode 9 is the first time Faiz rides his bike, and it's not even Takumi in the suit. I tell you, this show could not care less about viewer expectations. Naturally these episodes are largely setup for the next series of plot threads, but even on their own there are still interesting things happening. We're up to our third Faiz already, obviously, but this time is more significant for a few reasons. Smart Brain is using him as a hitman to take out Orphenochs they don't like, which is a fascinating way to reframe what should still be "normal" behavior for a Rider, the guy with the belt is a major supporting character, and since this comes right after Takumi was starting to appreciate the good he could do as Faiz, the loss of the belt hits him pretty hard, making for good character development. Also, assuming the one playing Faiz is always Takaiwa, it never ceases to amaze me how much he can completely change his body language to fit different characters. He's very good at his job. でも、そんなに上手じゃない人もいるから、ファイズ翻訳ミスコーナーです~!今日の翻訳ミスはこれだ! 「お待ちしておりました。どうぞこちらへ。」 This isn't a mistake that's going to ruin the narrative or anything, but it's another great example of a sloppy translation resulting in a backwards line. After getting a call from Smart Brain, Mari heads there with Takumi for a meeting with the president, and is greeted by this woman. She says they've been waiting for her. "We've been expecting you" would probably be the most natural way to translate it. What seems to have happened here is that the translator, doing this all by ear, heard something about waiting, and jumped to conclusions without thinking about it too hard, despite the sentence in Japanese being fairly clear-cut. Because Mari and Takumi haven't been waiting at all. They got here about half a minute of screentime ago and were just walking down a hallway when this lady approached them. I don't want to nitpick "fluff" dialogue like this too hard, and maybe I should just be grateful these episodes didn't give me something big to pick apart, but minor or not, it's representative of a larger problem with Faiz's fansubs. W 9-10: You know, I probably should've mentioned this earlier, but it's surprising to me how much the actors for the main characters slipped into their roles right away. Usually in those first couple episodes of any show, you can tell at least a little that everyone is still getting a feel for things, but here it seems like everyone had a super strong grasp on who they were playing right from the first episode. What makes me bring this up now is that this arc focuses heavily on Akiko, a character I remember be more obnoxious than this. Which is weird because she's been one of my favorite things about the show going back to it. Her interactions with Shoutarou really liven things up, and without her around, he wouldn't get to do the whole "comically angry" bit he's so good at. On a side-note, I also can't help but love that Double was confident enough in itself to make an important scene of Kirihiko further establishing himself as Shoutarou's mirror image, upper class rival by talking about how much he loves Fuuto into a jokey exchange where he mistakes Shoutarou for a stalker, holds his lips shut, and ends up giving him his entire life story, rambling for so long that even after cutting away for almost a full minute, he's still banging on about it when it cuts back to them. Given how Kirihiko's arc develops, I guess there's a logic to showing a goofier side to him here, but it's still a bold choice all the same.
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10-21-2019, 02:50 AM | #15586 |
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I've been watching a different tokusatsu episode of the 2010s each day seeing as the decade's almost over. I didn't bother with either Power Rangers Megaforce or Super Megaforce because safe to say I'm not a fan! Garo I haven't seen anything from Goldstorm Sho onwards so that'll be interesting.
EDIT:I've now noticed my post was mostly off-topic, sorry. Last edited by tomos; 10-21-2019 at 07:45 AM.. |
10-21-2019, 12:33 PM | #15587 |
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I've gotta say, I really dislike the Orphenoch designs in general. They're just big masses of grey that are difficult to tell apart or derive anything from -- I can hardly tell what animals most of them are based on! The only exceptions to this so far are Horse and Armadillo; but on the whole these are probably my least favourite monster designs in all of Toku.
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10-21-2019, 06:36 PM | #15588 |
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Faiz 11-12:
This is a set of episodes that's pretty tough to talk about in isolation since they spend most of their time further introducing new wrinkles into the story rather than being a story on their own. I do enjoy the slow burn of the Kaixa Gear a fair bit. Again, one of Faiz's big strengths is its willingness to do things in really out-there, unique ways, and "Kaixa", despite being around for 2 episodes plus a cameo in 10, isn't even a character yet. It's just a belt that kills people who wear it. That's heavy, man. The show still made sure to give us some cool Kaixa action, so you'll still want the toys, obviously, but as an introduction for a new Rider, it's still pretty unusual even all these years later. けど翻訳ミスは全然珍しくないから、ファイズ翻訳ミスコーナーです~!今日の翻訳ミスはこれだ! 「どこか思い切り楽しい場所に。」 Here we have a rather sullen Yuka hoping to cheer herself up a bit by asking Keitarou to take her someplace really fun. Unfortunately, the translator once again got caught up on a single word in the sentence, so the line has been twisted into a much different, more pretentious sounding request. I mean, maybe that amusement park they go to later had sentimental value to Keitarou, I don't know, but Yuka wasn't asking about that! W 11-12: I don't know if I'm going to note every time someone besides Riku Sanjou wrote an arc, since, unlike Den-O or something, it's not a particularly special occasion, but I do want to mention this is Keiichi Hasegawa's first crack at Double (out of like 10), specifically because I think it came together extremely well. The gimmick for the monster is creative, the way the initial discussion of idiots catching colds carries through all the way to the end is inspired, and Hasegawa holds the distinction of being the first person to put a dramatic twist on Double telling someone to count their sins, with it being said to someone you definitely wouldn't expect at first. Plus Akiko is sick the whole time and still does her job like a trooper, so now I'm even further convinced that she's actually one of the best characters in the show. You know, back when I first watched Faiz, I would've been right there with you on this, but I've become extremely fond of the Orphenochs over time. I even came around to the uniform grey thing at some point.
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10-22-2019, 09:59 AM | #15589 |
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Well, I ended up finishing Faiz.
... I don't have many positive thoughts. Think I'll leave it at "not a big fan" and move on, because a lot of that was just dull and uninteresting. I hope Fish's analyses will help me understand what people see in this series, because I'm having a hard time getting it. Hoping Paradise Lost will be better; heard a lot of people say that that's essentially the good version. |
10-22-2019, 01:23 PM | #15590 |
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Paradise Lost was... I'm not going to say fantastic, but it was certainly a lot better. Gets points for killing off Kusaka early.
It still has that same pessimistic and dour tone I disliked about Faiz in general, but there were a lot more uplifting moments and a stronger narrative as a whole. It also helps that due to only being 1 hour 30, there's not time for plot threads to linger on for a millenia and there's less room for ~misunderstandings~ and bad communication. Though the role of that last bit gets filled by really frustrating military rebel characters. Still, uh, probably better than Ex-Aid True Ending? At least this one had Psyga |
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