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08-08-2020, 04:07 PM | #491 |
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He’s an Eight actually.
Magnet Buffalo An Undead with magnetic powers. * Suit: Spades * Category: 8 * Ability Name: MAGNET * Card Name: Magnet Buffalo (マグネット・バッファロー Magunetto Baffarō) * Consumption Points: FP 1400 Anyway, I will give you an explanation of “Joker”, but now is not the time.
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08-08-2020, 04:21 PM | #492 |
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Anyway, since the countdown for the movie begins next episode, I’m not sure whether to join it in by revealing one new card for every episode, or just do what I usually do and put them all in after the movie (ICYWTK I’ve decided to rename this feature from the Undead Information Kiosk to the Rouse Card Information Kiosk. You’ll see why) |
08-08-2020, 04:24 PM | #493 |
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Anyway, since the countdown for the movie begins next episode, I’m not sure whether to join it in by revealing one new card for every episode, or just do what I usually do and put them all in after the movie (ICYWTK I’ve decided to rename this feature from the Undead Information Kiosk to the Rouse Card Information Kiosk. You’ll see why)
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08-08-2020, 04:28 PM | #494 |
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Yeah, but that's the thing: I came in through Phase 2 Heisei, so minimal bike usage is pretty much my baseline. What's in this episode may be what the franchise did historically, in the Showa days, but I don't truck with Showa.
All the talk people have about how regrettable it is that Riders barely use their bikes anymore, man, it is not a problem for me at all. Quote:
And, what’s going on is that everyone retreats to their corners for the rest of the episode while Sloth Style calculates the best way to destroy all four Rider, and we get to know Shima, Team Blade’s new dad.
Shima’s back from Tibet, where he allegedly assisted Karasuma in… ssssoooome way. He at least took an incredibly awkward/hilarious photo with him, and that’s good enough for me. (The way the Team treats the photo as both Proof Of Life and Seal Of Approval is adorable. Karasuma is the most absentee dad ever, and he’s hung around the sketchiest weirdos, but the Team is willing to bring Shima into the fold the second they see one photo of the two of them together. God bless their abandonment issues.) He’s here to, basically, bundle together a bunch of story threads around his finger, and point out a direction for the show to take. I don’t love Shima so far (too much mystery), but I like the idea of what he can do for the story. As great as the cast is when they’re firing on cylinders, they’ve definitely felt like they’ve plateaued after introducing Mutsuki. There isn’t a… I don’t know, a goal, or a plan, or a sense of how to resolve the season’s threat, and we’re halfway through the show’s run. They’re tackling Undead when they pop up, but it’s pretty haphazard. Meanwhile, you’ve got more powerful (and interesting!) Undead appearing more or less daily, and Chalice’s mystery is becoming more pressing… it’s a bunch of stuff going on, and the Team feels phenomenally ill-equipped to deal with it. I’d prefer the characters generate a solution internally, but I’ll accept an outsider’s kick in the ass this once. Shima being an Undead creates a connection between Chalice’s mystery and the main group. Shima as a mentor-figure gives Tachibana some warnings and insight for Mutsuki’s The Spider In My Brain Is Telling Me To Fight But That’s No Big Deal weirdness. Shima as a man of empathy and sacrifice forces Kenzaki to reexamine his motivations. It’s… he’s doing a lot this episode to get things on a track. Varying levels of success, if I’m being honest, though. Quote:
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Love the new suit, though! It’s the gold. I think the gold on the new mask is way, way cooler than the silver. The wing cape, another fun change. It’s got a regalness without being cumbersome, which is a super fine line when it comes to suit upgrades. This, it feels more powerful without looking overdone. Really dug the new suit.
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08-08-2020, 07:18 PM | #495 |
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Yeah it's undeniable, here, Tachibana seems can't deal with Mutsuki anymore, I wouldn't say he's that bad previously, he's still right of accusing Mutsuki as treating this as collectible card game. And as terrible his choices was during Isaka tenure, it's actually real experience Tachibana has compared to someone like Mutsuki to mentor with.
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08-08-2020, 07:27 PM | #496 |
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Tachibana, a few episodes ago: "Nah, don't worry guys, I'll totally help Mutsuki be a good Rider."
Tachibana, now: "Guys, Mutsuki's being controlled by the spider and I don't have advice for that, what do?" I joke, but I do like these few episodes. Shima is a rare look at actual, possible harmony with Undead, instead of just "Undead mess with humans", and he's cool to have around to give the cast some direction. And honestly? I really like Mustuki. He's just some kid, in *way* over his head, and no-one knows what to do to help him. So it resorts to fighting, because Battle Royale, tatakae, all that.
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08-08-2020, 07:45 PM | #497 |
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*: alternately, every Kamen Rider show ever.
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08-08-2020, 07:47 PM | #498 |
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Someday, Papa Karasuma will come back from Tibet when it's not the worst possible time and give us some helpful advice, and everything will be alright with the world.
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08-08-2020, 07:48 PM | #499 |
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Really, it's hard to blame Mukki for having so much trouble learning to be a superhero. I mean, honestly, I even see why he'd be jealous of Tachibana for having a lost loved one to motivate him. How's a high school kid with spider powers supposed to internalize the great responsibility that comes with his new powers if he doesn't have a dead uncle or something?
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08-08-2020, 07:56 PM | #500 |
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"KENZAKI! There's big trouble!" "Chief, it's okay! We've won! We've beat the Undead!" "No, Kenzaki, the problem is the UnLIVING!" To Be Continued! Quote:
Really, it's hard to blame Mukki for having so much trouble learning to be a superhero. I mean, honestly, I even see why he'd be jealous of Tachibana for having a lost loved one to motivate him. How's a high school kid with spider powers supposed to internalize the great responsibility that comes with his new powers if he doesn't have a dead uncle or something?
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