Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich (Post 641885)

Hibiki is great! Until it becomes just okay 30 episodes in.

Kiva's really messy in places but I think it's better than it's given credit for. Maybe not too much better, but certainly it's watchable.

Decade is super fun on an episode to episode basis, but if you want good arc-based storytelling it'll be disappointing.

Originally Posted by DecadeW Climax (Post 642047)

I just finished Ryuki.

I'll come back when I'm ready to write an essay gushing over it.

Originally Posted by GoseiWonder (Post 642052)

Watch Kiva. Now.

Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich (Post 642058)

Oh, can we just throw our stupid opinions out there?

'Cause I think I actually like Kiva the most out of those three shows. It's kind of weird because even though I don't think it's a very good show (and this is me saying that), I've come to realize I have a massive soft spot for it.

Like even its most blatant flaws are just kind of adorable to me at this point. Hey look, it's Buron Booster! Wait, did you blink? Guess you missed it then... :p

Originally Posted by DecadeW Climax (Post 642047)

I just finished Ryuki.

I'll come back when I'm ready to write an essay gushing over it.

Originally Posted by GoseiWonder (Post 642052)

Watch Kiva. Now.

Originally Posted by GoseiWonder (Post 642063)

You.

I like you.

Originally Posted by Powerman293 (Post 642067)

It's my favorite Rider series, it has so many good arcs and subplots, and the story is overall fantastic.

Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich (Post 642074)

Aw geez~ :o



Ryuki really is so dang good though. I guess I'm biased because it was my first (sort of), but I have a hard time finding much fault with it. It's the kind of show that really draws you in and doesn't let go until the very end.

Kinda wish there were not crap subs for it available. I don't like to bash on TV-Nihon for fun but their Ryuki subs have genuine errors that go way beyond "I don't like stupid fonts".

One major one that always sticks out to me is in episode 38 where them not knowing what "kireigoto" means resulted in Shinji's line after he tells Alternative he won't allow any sacrifices being completely screwed up. He's supposed to be acknowledging that stance may be naive of him, but instead he makes some weird statement about it "not being pretty", which just sounds like a meta comment on TV-N's clunky wording.

That's a pretty important character moment for Shinji, and doubt is a huge part of his arc, so, even if the more important first part is still right, and the viewer still gets the gist of the speech, messing it up like that really does the show a disservice. But now I'm talking like I know anything about translation so I should probably stop...

Originally Posted by Powerman293 (Post 642080)

Shit, I responded to the wrong post. Blade's my favorite series but Ryuki's pretty good too.

Originally Posted by Powerman293 (Post 642080)

Shit, I responded to the wrong post. Blade's my favorite series but Ryuki's pretty good too.