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09-28-2016, 03:41 PM | #21 |
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As pointless as this episode was, I have to admit I kinda enjoyed it. Ex-Aid looks like a lot of fun, and with the plot out of the way Ghost's goofiness wasn't all that bad for once. Even the rather bizarre Javel stuff.
Dumb kid plot was dumb, don't honestly expect that to come up again. The Alain/Makoto sendoff was nice though, and it'll be interesting to see where the V-cinema takes things. My favourite part though was the fact they had a plushie Yurusen present at the party
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09-28-2016, 04:31 PM | #22 |
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I enjoyed the Genmu's and Ex-Aid's segment in this episode. Genmu's Bugvisor weapon is so badass, I actually want the toy now. :P
Overall, I didn't really enjoy this episode that much and I found the kid really annoying to be honest. Now onto Ex-Aid next week. |
09-28-2016, 06:04 PM | #23 |
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I thought this episode was just fine, nothing too bad or outstandingly good. So I'm just gonna recap all the things that caught my attention the most this episode.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So the kid voice Takeru heard right before he became human in last episode, now has a face. I absolutely love the Genm's fight in this episode. I feel like I'd be genuinely scared of him if he was wearing the Machin Chaser costume from KR Drive. So it's been six months since Takeru died, and he's missed a lot of school. Wait. Has Akari been going to school this whole time? Or did she skip school as well to help Takeru and everybody. What would she even tell everybody to let her do so? Wait, shouldn't they track down Genm before having Makoto, Kanon, and Alain leave for the Gamma World? I really don't think Takeru alone is gonna stop a guy who just beat Alain and Makoto combined. So it really seems like the kid was supposed to be Takeru's son, which is odd since I don't see how a kid raised by Takeru of all people would have such a negative view on life. |
09-28-2016, 06:42 PM | #24 |
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Makes as much sense as taking Freya from the Youtube Series and making her The Great Eye. By setup I mean more so that Ghost and Ex-Aid know about each other, know that Genmu is out there, and the Ex-Aid Eyecon is already formed. |
09-29-2016, 01:09 AM | #25 |
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That was...I don't know. The epilogue stuff felt tacked on as a way to pad out the episode, and the Ex-Aid footage felt the same. I wish it was more like the Drive epilogue, where it actually took place at an unspecified time in the series. That way, it could stand completely on its own.
Ex-Aid looks awesome, I actually love the suit. I just hope that he doesn't jump nearly as much in the series as he does here.
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09-29-2016, 02:39 AM | #26 |
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That being said, while they can and will tone down the jumping, I hope the blocks and coins stick around. |
09-29-2016, 10:30 AM | #27 |
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I feel like after Ghost's Surprise Future appearance, they thought "crap, we can't afford to make Ghost do that in the series..." and then proceeded to make every one of his appearances less and less ghostly until the show actually started. I figured that'd be the case here as well, because unlike the Ghost floating stuff, I didn't like Ex-Aid's constant leaping. But I still needed to express my concern. Thankfully he did it less as the episode went on.
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09-29-2016, 11:35 AM | #28 |
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Rewatching the episode last night, I actually enjoyed it a lot more this time around...at least like, after Prince Takoyaki and his groupies departed. I don't know, maybe it's cause I had it playing at x1.1 speed or something. Ghost can really benefit from going through its self congratulating shit as quickly as possible.
Second half was fun enough though. I honestly think Ayumu's actor was pretty good. Child actors in these shows aren't always the greatest but he did a pretty good job. I'm really hoping they do use this for the Movie War instead of the Final Stage though. If they're doing a bad future type story, Ex-Aid's whole "changing fate" thing would be pretty thematically appropriate. I know they brought it up in this episode too but whatevs. On the other hand I don't know if I want another Movie War with time travel elements after how Genesis turned out... But anyway, action scenes this ep were fun. |
09-29-2016, 07:51 PM | #29 |
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I liked it. It was better than Gaim and Drive's epilogues as it felt like a normal episode of Ghost, unlike Gaim, and not rushed like Drive's. It really drove Ghost's moral home (and I don't like Ghost). They only two things it could fix was it could've felt a lot more powerful if the season was better and I felt for the characters more and the kid's annoying voice. Genmu was very cool and Ex-Aid seems like a likable character so I'm excited for Ex-Aid. This episode was everything Drive's epilogue wanted to be.
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09-29-2016, 08:39 PM | #30 |
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Man this was actually really good. If they can make this crossover stuff work like this every year I might start being cool with it. I'm impressed Ghost managed to have a great finale and follow it up with another great finale. There's just so much good stuff here.
It makes Genm's appearance last week less random and stupid in retrospect. It justifies the crossover by having Ex-Aid and Ghost interact in a brief passing the torch moment that perfectly ties into Ghost's themes and still leaves the next Movie War with something to work with, since this was mostly a short tease. I seriously can't get over that. This is about as smoothly incorporated as I think this stuff will ever get. WAY better than how Drive did it by far. They even did a completely justified Inoue *misunderstanding* by having Takeru going off of a pencil sketch of Genm which naturally looks exactly like Ex-Aid without the color. That's honestly kind of amazing, for such a minor plot-point. Also, Alain draws some nice fan-art. So yeah, Ghost is kind of a misunderstood masterpiece in my eyes at this point. Or at least it's pretty good. I find it kind of crazy it's gotten some of the sheer hatred I've seen. The middle-ground that finds it "mediocre" to "meh" I can sort of understand but proper hatred? Surely there are better Rider shows to hate than Ghost. Kiva and Decade are right over there, guys, come on. Oh and Ex-Aid looks cool. That theme song is so different and unique. I hope the show follows suit.
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