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10-22-2019, 01:42 PM | #15591 |
Dai Shogun
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Germany
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Have you watched the Hyper Battle Video for Faiz yet?
After suffering through the entire show you deserve to watch the single best Faiz-related media entry. It helped me to regain some form of joy in my life after finishing Faiz. |
10-22-2019, 01:57 PM | #15592 |
Showa Girl
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 9,064
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If only I knew where to watch them. I still want to watch Ryuki vs. Agito!
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10-22-2019, 02:19 PM | #15593 |
Dai Shogun
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10-22-2019, 04:14 PM | #15594 |
Showa Girl
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10-22-2019, 06:18 PM | #15595 |
Some guy. I'm alright.
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Michigan
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I really liked Faiz during its first and second acts, but the third act was really bad IMO. The biggest selling point being Yuuji; he's one of my favorite characters from the series period, although the way his character arc goes during the third act really made no sense to me.
That seems to be common for me with Inuoe's' works. With Agito I didn't like the first act, but the second and third I found rather enjoyable. And with Kiva, the start and end were good, but the middle act didn't do the series any favors IMO. Kinda funny how those all tuned out. But, there's alot Faiz did for the series in general. Smart Brain being the basis for many Evil Orgs to come throughout the series(like the Kogami Foundation), the Belts outright talking during various actions(even though technically Ryuki did it first), but also, correct me if I'm wrong here, a straight up downer ending. Is Faiz one of the best Kamen Rider series? Nah. But for the time it came out, it kept the trend of what many Phase 1 Heisei Era shows were trying to do; Something different. And even if someone ends up not liking it, I think it can be appreciated on that level at the very least. |
10-22-2019, 07:34 PM | #15596 |
The Immortal King Tasty
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Every diner you've ever been to.
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Faiz 13-14:
You know, I think Takkun actually really likes Keitarou. I mean, seeing him mopey about not being able to help people back at the end of episode 4 was the spark that got him to become Faiz on a regular basis, first of all. But then he's going and saying his dream of cleaning the world sounds nice, and all this other stuff. Heck, he's even apologized to Keitarou before. An apology! From Takumi! And now when trying to one-up Kusaka with his ironing skills, he's paraphrasing Keitarou's line about people who don't know how to iron being no good, almost like he took it to heart. Something to think about. ... Oh, right, how could I forget the big first appearance in these episodes?! That's right, episode 14 is the very first time in Faiz that Inoue used his patented "toss em' in a river" trope for letting bad guys "win" against the hero without having to explain why they didn't go for the kill. Also, that Kusaka guy I mentioned showed up? I don't totally know what his deal is yet, but he seems like a great guy. I'll admit it's suspicious that Keitarou seemed to summon menacing thunder just by saying his name, and Takumi hates his guts, but come on, Kusaka's very first line in the whole series was an apology to him! He's just jealous because Kusaka's got it all. The opposite of Takumi in every way. He's polite, athletic, cleanly, and most of all, trustworthy. He even carries around a picture of Mari from when they were in elementary school in his wallet at all times, so you know he values his friends, too! 今のは茶番でしたけど、ここからはいつもの本気で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! 「人間のままでもある程度その力が使えるようになるんですよ。」 I think most people would assume this anyway, but just to be clear, Takuma specifically says that super awesome, high level Orphenochs like him are able to use a portion of their power in human form. It's not like being transformed makes no difference to them whatsoever. Again, you can probably still figure that out, but there's no reason to leave that part of the line out entirely like this. W 13-14: This arc has a rather bland mystery angle to it, with the only real twist being that both the obvious suspects are responsible instead of just one of them. Like, you'd probably assume one was a red herring, so I guess that's something? There's really not a lot to it, though. Fortunately, the excellent character work with Wakana and Philip that's at the center of the story is handled more than well enough to compensate for that. The big dumb CG climax this time is also trying so hard, bless its heart, and I don't ever want to knock a Rider who uses their bike regularly, but it's still clear Double was fighting an uphill battle anytime they decided to do one of these. Man, I'll try my best, but between defending Ghost, Wizard, and Faiz, I'm getting stretched real thin here.
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10-22-2019, 08:58 PM | #15597 |
Showa Girl
Join Date: Jun 2018
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So as my last extra Faiz and Shinkenger thing before moving onto my next series, I ended up rewatching Heisei vs. Showa tonight.
To focus purely on the Faiz stuff: it's good. It's actually really good. I'm actually not too sure why people get annoyed so much at the flashback; obviously it doesn't depict what actually happened... but in a thematic sense it does. Kusaka dies to Kiba, Takumi is busy with the Orphenoch King, Takumi feels deeply responsible for Kusaka's death and the responsibilities of that linger on. These obviously all didn't take place in the same place nor the same order as the flashback implies, but it still effectively gets across what you need to know and leads to a lot of interpretations of Takumi's mental state and his perspective on the whole thing. I find it super interesting if I've gotta be honest. Kusaka when he re-appears is just as awful and terrible as always; and I've thought this since I first watched the movie way back when, but the Faiz and X "teamup" is the strongest part of this film and I would have loved so, so much if it was just a Faiz and X movie. Bit random, sure; but there's so much uniquely grounded and genuine stuff here that gets me every time. As someone who hasn't watched X and who really didn't like Faiz, I seriously want more of this! Quote:
In all seriousness I just feel you're really really good at explaining how you feel about things and I find it interesting to read, even - or especially - when I don't agree, so I'm interested how you'll make sense of this for me |
10-22-2019, 09:19 PM | #15598 |
take me to space
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Ah, if you haven't already seen it, or you saw it a long time ago, I'd recommend watching Kamen Rider 4 (Kamen Rider Yongou), which is the video-special sequel to Super Hero Taisen GP (the one where Drive enters a race with Sangou and a bunch of others). Faiz plays a big part and that special was my favourite thing I've seen him in.
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10-23-2019, 03:07 AM | #15599 |
Showa Girl
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Ah, if you haven't already seen it, or you saw it a long time ago, I'd recommend watching Kamen Rider 4 (Kamen Rider Yongou), which is the video-special sequel to Super Hero Taisen GP (the one where Drive enters a race with Sangou and a bunch of others). Faiz plays a big part and that special was my favourite thing I've seen him in.
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10-23-2019, 03:25 AM | #15600 |
Junior Member
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Decade 18-19: Hibiki's world, which actually makes me really interested in watching the actual Hibiki show. Plotwise it's just another generic two-parter drama, but the setting, suit design, and the climatic scene where they basically beat the monster to oblivion through the power of ensemble musical performance intrigued me a great deal.
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