Honestly, I can believe it. It's a great showing for Gentarou - yes, he's a force of personality who should probably think first before grabbing a girl and rocketing her to the moon(!), but also like he says, he does listen to Tomoko and understand some of her worries by the end. Spooky Chick is both great on her own, and fills a niche the group is missing. Also Fire States - I'd always thought it was an ugly suit, but in motion, as with all toku suits, it works really well.

They are among my favorite pair of episodes too and Tomoko is easily my favorite character of the series as well, as much as I love Gentarou and a few others including one certain character that joins the show's main cast later on.

My favorite bit of trivia about these episodes is that the head of the mean witches is the same actress who played Amane on Blade.

Hajime leaving really set her down a dark path, huh?

I finished up Saber! As a certified Ghost Disliker I didn't exactly have high hopes going in, but it was an very solid show!


The Good

• I think stylistically the show almost feels like a last hurrah for the "late Heisei style Kamen Rider", from the ratio of episodic and overaching plots to the tendency towards funny background events. I tend to quite like this era, so no complaints. Honestly, Geats and Revice almost never add in characters just... hanging out casually or doing something out of that isn't for the sake of plot.
• The cast tends to just be very charming overall. Not everyone shares the same amount of focus of course, but its hard not to enjoy things like Ryo interacting with his son, Yuri checking out the modern world, or Rintaro just being amusingly awkward.
• The stretch of episodes near the middle where Touma falls under suspicion from the other Swordsmen is great! Very satisfying to see the protagonist slowly work towards regaining the trust of the others (especially considering how often he just protagonist ex machainas his way out of bad situations at other times), and the push and pull of the various conflicting interests and beliefs of the cast during this stretch is SUPER interesting.
• Generally speaking this show has some very stylish choreography and cinematography. Fights are clean and with distinct fighting styles and cool moves and shots.
• The bit at the end with all the clips of the real-life viewers talking about their favorite stories just made me happy.

The Bad

• There are definitely parts of the plot that feel very contrived or random, like things just happen a certain way because... that's what will make the plot go in the desired direction. Everyone turns on Touma because of a bunch of suspicious comments taken at face value and the universe conspiring to make him seem extra suspicious. Kento is back because he didn't die he just went to the Realm of Shadows (what) but now he's evil because he really believes in his fortune telling sword. Stuff like this happens in tokusatsu, but it happens a LOT in Saber.
• Why are the Shindai siblings even hereeeee? They're so one-note and the cast is too big!
• The antagonists in this show are just... completely forgettable to me. I think it says a lot with how the best bit of the show is focused on the discord among the protagonists, and once Master Logos really reveals himself as an antagonist things get much less interesting. I spent large amounts of the show forgetting the Megid existed.
• Aaagh, the CGI.

The Neutral

• The story is very JRPG-esque. This means the plot can be very predictable at times, but it does have unique moments and the JRPG vibe is fun if you can go along with it.
• I don't *love* Touma, but I think he's miles better than Takeru and fits the aforementioned JRPG vibe as "the chosen one". I think it helps that Touma's actor has what I consider better acting abilities and the fact that I feel like Touma has to suffer a bit more before his super special boy powers are allowed to kick in.
• I don't say this lightly. I think this show might have the most "guys crawling around on the ground going UWAAAGH" energy of any Kamen Rider show. Entire episodes felt like nothing BUT this at times.

Solid B tier I think! A fun time was had.

I have now seen up to episode 16 of 555. Zelda's been keeping me away from watching for a while but I'm still enjoying myself, Takumi's starting to struggle with fighting after realizing Orphenochs are still people and meeting Yuka, Yuji's now involved with solving the case of his ex despite being the killer and Kusaka... Wow, what a scumbag lmao

Kamen Rider Fourze Episodes 11 and 12 - "The Lunar Gate Disappears" & "Duty and Noble Intentions"

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Something that kept coming to mind this episode was the difference between colleagues and friends, and where the line blurs. Kengo sees the KRC as, effectively, workmates to defeat the Zodiarts. He keeps his professional distance, and has no time for their social activities. That's frivolities. He thinks that's what the others care about. But for Gentarou and the rest, the social stuff is part and parcel of supporting each other so they can fight Zodiarts. People work best when they're with people they trust. It doesn't help that the rest of the KRC are all Grade-A morons and losers, so Gentarou's earnest attempt at rocketing to the moon comes across, in his eyes, as worse than useless. It's obvious Kengo is basing himself a lot on his dad, and how self-supported he was - as well as being terrified the entire two parter because he's going to die alone on the moon - and probably doesn't want to reach out. Because, well, the KRC are colleagues. They hunt Zodiarts. Until the end of this episode, where Kengo realises that they can be both. They can be friends. He's not weak or stupid for letting them in.

On the complete other side of the scale, Pyxis Zodiarts! KR Fourze really out here inventing incels back in 2011. Makise is just detestable, to the point where there's not much to say about him. I thought we might've gone in a much more possessiv direction when Yuki basically offers herself as his friend, and look at how one-sided transactional friendships just aren't worth it, but no! He blows up the locker! He tries to kill a bus full of his classmates! More interesting is probably the revelations about the Headmaster (Administrator? Super-intendent Chalmers?). He's an astronaut, he set up the school almost certainly as a Zodiarts farm, and he's happy sitting about letting Fourze detonate his plans because it's funny I guess. Also, not really a fan of Yuki acting like begging him to launch a rocket to rescue Kengo is realistic? I get it shows her devotion to him, going to what is one of her idols, but I'm getting a worried feeling about things other people have said for where Yuki goes from here.

(Also, Ohsugi getting real creepy over Sonada's locker this time round. Please, please let this be the lowest he ever goes. Unless it manages to be funnier and not as creepy.)

All in all though, a fun pair of episodes that solidify the full gang, do some good stuff for Kengo, and just have a Zodiarts I don't mind being detonated.

Kamen Rider Fourze Episodes 13 & 14 - "Kicked Out of School" & "The Stinger's Relentless Assault"

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TACHIBANA-SAN! WHY ARE YOU THE LIBRA HOROSCOPE? TACHIBANA-SAN? IS IT TRUE THAT YOU'VE BETRAYED US?

Now I've got that out the way, ahem...

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A nice sequel episode here, dealing with how exactly do you pick yourself up in the aftermath of becoming a monster. It's honestly a pretty nuanced take for a kid's show - the Switch is symbolic of any kind of destructive behaviour, Miura doesn't want to go back to school because he's afraid it will effectivly trigger him into a relapse, but honestly what got me the most was the sheer depression he seems to have outside of it. He hates the part of himself that wants it, but hates the rest of himself even more for not, in his eyes, being strong enough to just say no. And the resolution, for all he's cheered up... his driving goal is just to go back to school. Not to never be tempted again, but to have the willpower to manage his addiction. And hey, maybe with the sudden support network of his photographer girlfriend and the KRC, he'll be alright. It's always one day at a time, but getting to the point where you're starting day one can sometimes be the hardest part.

Kengou being willing to put his life on the line to cure Gentarou because Gentarou would do it for Miura is a nice followup to last time's, but it's a minor moment in a busy 2-parter otherwise. Still good. On the other side of things, it's a reshuffle episode for our villains. Mr Scorpio gets one final chance to shine as the embodiment of temptation, this time for more than Ohsugi, and gets to become a massive CGI scorpion for her troubles. Her motivations basically seem to be "Do what Gamou says because he's kind enough to keep giving me power", which are fine enough I guess? It's clear she's sticking around, even if not as an active threat anymore, but would be nice to see something more. Tachibana-san, aka Libra Zodiarts, seems to be the replacement, and I look forwards to milking all the Blade jokes I can everytime he does something. Stag beetle mfer.

Funnily enough, one of the main reasons I watched Blade right after I finished up on Fourze is due to the Libra Horoscope/Zodiarts and Tachibana-san/Kamen Rider Garren just happened to share the same actor and I did enjoy his role in the former beforehand. Oh, in case anybody's wondering, yes, I also enjoyed him as the latter as well. :lol

As of now, I just started watching the Director's Cut version of Movie War Ultimatum which serves as a crossover movie between Kamen Rider Wizard and Kamen Rider Fourze. I'm even already a quarter through both the former series and Kiva. The shows are not bad so far. Although, I think I enjoyed Wizard just a little more.

I am now up to episode 17 of Kamen Rider Wizard where this show's secondary rider makes his first official appearance.

Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie Wars Mega Max

This is one of the first Kamen Rider related things I ever saw. I don't think it was 'the' first, I think the first few OOO episodes and the Eternal V-Cin of all things beat it out, but it's close. As a young teen back on Jefusion of all places. I had no real idea what was going on, who the hell any of the characters were, but it certainly seemed cool. And here I am, revisiting it 12 years on. Does it still hold up to what is childhood nostalgia? Mostly, yeah!

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The OOO portion of this is a lot more streamlined than I remember, but it still works. I'd forgotten how nice these early-Heisei epilogue stories were, back when this was the final chance to see these characters as a unit, and this one handles the obvious cliffhanger from OOO that still looms large over it today - Ankh. It's a well that they've returned to, what, three times now, and I was surprised at how low-key it is here. There's no dramatic reunion, no over-emotional departure, just the team of Eiji and Ankh back in action like the old days. But because it's this Rider team, it works. Just because the emotions are understated doesn't mean they aren't there. The other members of the cast are here, and it's nice to see them even if they're here to job to Poseidon.

Also, 10 year on, and Poseidon still slaps incredibly hard as a suit. I love him. And Miharu as both Poesidon and Aqua is our victim-of-the-movie, and he's adorable. I like how the conflict is resolved by Eiji reaching out to Miharu and befriending him and offering confidence. It's a nice touch to show him at the end of his journey, the superior older Rider to Gentarou later. It's a very brisk 30 minutes of story, but it works pretty well.

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The Fourze section, it's pretty inessential, but it's cute! I appreciate the fact that the big movie drama here is Gentarou falling in love, considering how overdramatic teenagers are about that stuff. It's not as if Gentarou is Takeru-style chaste, he was totally distracted by JK's pretty girls that one time, but his love here is both incredibly fast (he knows Nadeshiko for the better part of a day! But hey, that's Kamen Rider!) and a little surface-level, but it's Gentarou, I can totally believe how he would be baffled by something more than friendship but still do his best at it. I'm not 100% equipped to analyse that, my brain skipped the whole romance thing, but it's cute. Nadeshiko herself is a bit of a non-character, whose development is mainly other people talking about her until the end, but she gets two whole fight scenes! We're making it out of the Rabbit Hutch with this one!

And the rest, the crossover bits... god, I'm just a sucker for this era of shared universe. I'd forgotten Shotarou and Philip were here too, and they get a fight scene to WBX, and then the Seven Legendary Riders are here purely because Sakamoto likes them for the 40th, with updated effects, and Foundation X randomly having deep connections to every villain (Kamen Rider Outsiders wishes it was as coherent as this). It's just a very fun connecting tissue, elevating what could be forgettable to something fun.

It's not a perfect film. Sakamoto is at his Sakamoto'st, lots of women in short skirts doing kicks, lots of people being thrown across rooms by explosions. Nadeshiko ain't winning any prizes for feminism either, as I mentioned above. But both individual parts work seperately, and the crossover part, while not having any deep emotional connection between Fourze and OOO, is fun.

This is still probably my favorite winter crossover movie. The OOO section is good, the Fourze section is fun, and the W bits actually feel like more than glorified cameos.

This is not peak Sakamoto. Fourze's movies are going to get even Sakamotoier.

Thanks for reminding me of Inga Blink's existence, and having to double check I actually have the Fourze summer movie.

Beast's debut is pretty cool, but don't you think it's kind of pathetic how easily Wizard got poisoned?

I get that they wanted to show Haruto, while powerful, is ultimately not infallible but considering that is done much better in episodes 8 and 9, yeah. Not to mention, he is usually much better than that. Still better than the time Takumi and Kusaka let themselves get tricked and having their Rider belts being stolen by the two very certain Oprhnochs (I really hope I spelled this right) in Faiz though since they're usually much smarter than that.

Just finished episodes 26 and 27 of Wizard and with them, I am now officially halfway through the series. I decided to take a minor break from the show for a while and continue right I left off on Kamen Rider Kiva which I put off on continuing for some reason since I haven't watched an episode of the series since its 14th one.

I saw Shin Kamen Rider.

I didn't much care for it.

I saw Shin Kamen Rider in theaters and wow, that was an Anno movie alright. I rather liked it though, at least once I felt like I had a handle on what it was going for.

The Good

• The subtitles were really good! Lots of great phrasing.
• It had a good balance of original content, references to the original manga, and the 70s tokusatsu show.
• It was very 70s. The cheesy, vaguely incoherent plots combined with the dead serious content all wrapped up in a modern high budget movie was such an experience.
• Honestly just fun once you get on its wavelength.

The Bad

• I think the cinematography was a mess. Action sequences were frequently rendered incoherent by the chaotic camera.
• I definitely feel like the movie could have cut out certain parts like the Bat-Aug and given more focus to parts like Hongo's background.
• I wanted more practical effects!

The Other

• I personally think Hideaki Anno's style is hilarious and self-indulgent in the best way possible, but it really isn't for everyone, especially his dialogue. It's probably for the best if you take him not too seriously but juuuust seriously enough.

Despite some unplanned meandering, I am now officially halfway through Kamen Rider Kiva. Am I the only one here not really all that sold on the budding romance between Otoya and Yuri and yet already love the chemistry between Wataru and Mio? Although, that might be due to already really liking Wataru as the main character on the 2008 portion of the show's storyline. Otoya on the 1986 portion of the series, not so much.

Yuri deserves so much better than Otoya or Jirou.

Yeah, I really can't argue with that.

Since we are talking about Kiva, I want to remember that there are two characters that can be described as: "a tough, but vulnerable monster huntress who avenges her mother," but they are completely different.

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Gentarou summing up the Brooding Rooftop in one easy screen-cap.

I recently finished watching all of Revice outside of the Forward movies, and...


It's so funny to me how so far, nearly every entry in the franchise I've read the fandom say is the worst thing to happen to Rider and has zero merit, ends up being, at worst, average, and infact has alot of really fun stuff going for it.

Because really, while by no means perfect, Revice is still a show that I found to be thoroughly enjoyable, especially in terms of its characters.

The pacing is a bit off in places, and certainly specific episodes leave much to be desired, but overall I found nearly every character in the show to be very likable in terms of personality, significance, and arcs. And where this sort of thing shines best, I feel, is Daiji, whose character I grew to absolutely adore.

Daiji, I feel, is the shining example of everything that Revice is about and has to offer. His arc about the self-destructive ways in which he handles his inner demons and personal growth, ontop of his own reluctance to rely on others and his stubbornness in refusing to see any flaws in his own worldview make it all the more fulfilling when pitted against the show's' overall themes.

Because Revice isn't just about family bonds and how they support one another, but also ideas such as independence versus codependency, as well as how trying to force yourself to be something you're not very rarely if ever goes well. I've said so before and I'll say it again here, I'm a sucker for stories that deal with duality, and Revice has that with nearly every major character, instantly making me fascinated with its cast.

But speaking for Daiji specifically, what his story ultimately boils down to is him not being able to handle most of his issues in a healthy way, and him becoming his own worst enemy as a result. His jealousy towards his older brother's' perceived success is the biggest factor here. Him becoming Live is a major step towards his personal growth and being able to handle his inner darkness, and while it does show that he can ultimately become more, there still lies a major problem; That being that he feels that by following Ikki, he's still being held back.

Daiji desperately wants to usurp the main hero role from Ikki, so it's a no brainer for him when George offers a quick and easy way to gaining a step ahead of Ikki in the way of Holy Live. Sure, it works out in the short term, but more often than not something that works immediately isn't what ultimately works in the long term. Holy Live is essentially a band-aid on Daiji's' lack of self-esteem and envy towards his siblings. This is brilliantly compounded when we get to the last leg of the show, wherein, true to Holy Live's' design, Daiji ends up becoming a literal crusader for Fenix.

Afterall, he's come so far throughout the show, and has seen things that his siblings haven't. How could he possibly be wrong in seeing that submitting to Giff would be the best for everyone, especially given that it's the path of least resistance? Holy Live was quick and easy, and that got them this far, so why can't contracting with Giff do much the same? He got rid of his inner demons. He's pure now. He has to be in the right! This entire scenario does a great job in showcasing another ultimate lesson that Revice has to offer: Sure, our inner demons can and definitely will hold us back at times, but other times, our inner voice telling us things we might not be too keen on are what also keep us in check. Without Kagero, there's nothing to keep Daiji from second guessing himself or his methods.

And in the end, Daiji learns to not only accept his darker half, but opens his mind to new possibilities and realizes that, number one in life or not, he'll still have people who love him, and that there's no reason he can't also love himself. It all makes for one incredibly emotionally satisfying payoff, and it's this sort of character work that really kept me engaged with Revice as a whole. Daiji, George, Julio, Vice... these are all my personal favorites, but I'd hesitate to call any given character in Revice out and out poorly done. Even Giff, whom I've read many complain about, I found alot more interesting than, say, Masamune Dan from Ex-Aid, who still holds the title of most poorly written villain to me.

Now, is Revice perfect? Not at all. The pacing is definitely rough in some areas, alot of the side content is stuff that should've been in the main show proper(Dear Gaga and Legacy Vail most especially), and the overall plot is definitely a bit lackluster. But to me, Revice more than makes up for it in every other area. Even ignoring the character arcs and interactions, Revice consistently had great comedy, cool action scenes, and a very recognizable musical score which made almost every episode have atleast something to enjoy in it. And that's not even getting into its final episode and ending, which I personally feel rivals Kamen Rider Blade in terms of how perfect it is in terms of the series that it's attached to.

In the end, I rate Kamen Rider Revice a 4/6. It's not perfect by any means, but I really liked a grand majority of it, with only its first quarter feeling a bit weak to me. It's a fun time, and a show I recommend everyone experience for themselves rather than simply go by the word of those in the fandom who call it the worst Rider-related thing ever.

The song I chose to represent Revice in my Rider Playlist is "Lost Memories" by AEROHEAD.

As for Giff, although I consider him a very dull and inactive villain, most of the negativity towards him is related to:
a) With the freshness of the show, and, accordingly, disappointments;
b) With the fact that the audience pulled on him a concept that was never announced in the show, and were very upset when it did not come true.

That Revice has a reputation as a horrible show while Geats seems to be highly beloved baffles me. Hikaru aside, every character in Revice is so fun and engaging, while none of the recurring characters in Geats do anything other than shout their catchphrase once a scene and then fight each other. And that's not even getting into Takashai's usual treatment of female characters after Revice was the first Rider season after 50 years to actually have more than just a single major female Rider

Geats is a lot like Gaim for me. I think it's a good show, but I'm not seeing what everyone else has gotten so hyped up over.

I'd like to imagine it's partially the result of not liking Revice that's pushing people to be like this over Geats.

Probably like how Saber was like that for people when they were watching Revice and them wanting Revice to be "better than Saber" got burned when it wouldn't live up to their heightened expectations.

Same. Like I don't think Geats sucks, but I don't think it's anything special either. It's got a lot of genuinely surprising plot twists, but not much depth beyond that.

This is proof I need to watch Revice. I liked Saber and like Geats, but never watched Revice, so seems like a good idea.

Absolutely agree.

Geats is just a story-driven show and the characters in it are servants of the story, not its creators. This is especially noticeable in Keiwa, but others are not without it. So in a brief retelling with Geats, everything is gorgeous, but when you look, you just want to shout: "People, I don't believe you!" Overall, I think if Revice's soulfulness and deep characters were combined with Geats' thoughtful plot and original innovation, it would be a great show. Although a very average crossover denies this idea.

At this point, Geats fans will object that it has more female riders. Although Retta is very difficult to consider as such, Beroba is just a CGI kaijin (or even kaiju) with a belt.

Honestly as an outsider on the whole Revice stuff it seems to be that Vice is just very divisive, all I really remember is people praising it early on and criticizing it for a weird antivax arc, being weird with Daiji cause the writers admitted they didn't really plan his endgame and retconning Vice.

Weird how you chose a song with a name similar to Touma's bestseller to represent Revice. Although, I can see why.

I mean, Gif didn't even talk until the final arc and he didn't express any other way, so concepts were all we had. Probably anything he said would've sounded ridiculous at that point.

Personally, I would argue that Kinoshita's treatment of female characters was way worse than anything Takahashi has done.

I agree that Gaim seems pretty overrated.

Sounds about right. Like, the longer you go without eating a good meal, the better it will taste. I'm sure people will judge Geats more accurately after it's done airing.

I see what you did there.

Very curious to see the explanation of that hot take. Like Sakura and Hana were practically the main characters of the show for a while, and Mrs Igarashi was the first time a mom and the topic of motherhood played a major role all throughout the season since like Kuuga. Sure Geats has plenty of female Riders, but literally never more than two at a time. Sae aside, I think they've all been written pretty poorly. Letter/Retta's wish being to lose weight and marry a cute guy Lopo getting written off after five episodes and never coming back while annoying one-note character Nadge-Sparrow comes back as a main cast member just a couple episodes after being eliminated just to stand in the background and sneer occasionally. Neon not even getting to deliver her own Reason To Fight Speach after her dramatic backstory reveal, it instead being given by her Stalker with a crush who justifies mocking and insulting her with having been anxious. And Tsumuri being a combination of Poppy and Izu, although that's more of a personal opinion on Takahashi's writing feeling repetitive

Stuff like that is why, whenever I experience a story, I try to meet at its own level and enjoy it for what it is and what it's trying to do, rather than what I personally want it to be. I'm not always successful, but it's the primary philosophy I try to have.

While he's not exactly deep, I did enjoy the small arc Hikaru had about understanding that sometimes parents do harsh things for their child's' own good. I know it's a very debatable life lesson to have, but it did turn him from a literal background character into one with some prominence, so I enjoyed it.

You absolutely should watch Revice and form your own view on it. Even if you end up not liking it, atleast you'll be able to see for yourself if it has merit or not.

What's funny is that the antivax thing isn't even an arc, it's literally just a minor plot detail that gets brought up all of twice, and only very late in the show's' run too. Even then, you can easily interpret it as the corruption of vaccines, rather than vaccines in and of themselves being bad.

Even if the way Daiji's' arc went wasn't how it was originally planned, it definitely turned out all the better for it. Not all rewrites are bad!

I'd argue that Vice was never retconned. His intentions are pretty clearcut from the getgo, especially if you read the LINE messages.

Having not seen Saber yet, I actually didn't even know that. Funny coincidence.

I mean, still weird to see in a show.

Yeah no that's certainly true, just, most people seemed really unsatisfied from what I saw.

Could you elaborate on this? My understand is that Vice tried to eat Ikki's mother in episode 1 and a lot later, Vice was revealed to never be able to do that cause of a deal he made with Ikki as a child or something. The term retcon gets thrown left and right these days because people are illiterate so I wouldn't mind seeing how this wasn't actually the case

It seems to be explained as a joke. Considering that Vice did not show a desire to eat other people, but joked all the time, quite in the nature of the character. But even if not, the script of the show changes during filming and Revice is not the first or the last to change what was stated in the first episode. The same Geats also very quickly stopped flirting with girls.

More focus =/= better, though. The content is important. I would rather a character have one good scene than ten bad scenes. For example, I thought Sakura was pretentious with her claims of invincibility while running away from spooky basements and I found her "solution" to Aguilera's problem offensive.

Yukimi was good, for sure. She was the one holding the Igarashis together. However, the producer apparently had to veto Kinoshita's plan to kill her while she was in hospital, so I don't think Kinoshita should get credit here. Regarding motherhood, I'd say this was a big deal in Kiva, with Maya being an important character in both 1986 and 2008 sides.

Akemi was the worst case, that I imagine most people will agree with. She was introduced as a cool character who can fight, but then she got turned in to an obedient Gif Devil and killed just so Daiji could yell, "Look what you guys made Gif do!" Her plan to get Gif's cells failed and she died having accomplished nothing.

Letter's desire was superficial, but so was her will to fight for it. Seems like a deliberate example of how weak-willed Riders are the first to fall. She just happened to be a girl.

The good news is that Sae looks like she'll be returning in the movie!

I don't think Kyuun's speech justifies his previous behavior. Rather, it acknowledges that his behavior was bad and shows that he's making a sincere attempt to improve for Neon's sake. The future Na-Go fans had turned their backs on Neon for being "fake", so she needed somebody to show support and remind her that she wasn't alone, regardless of the fact that it was Kyuun. Her BeatBoost debut was pretty great as well!

Yeah, I guess. I'm curious to see how she'll develop though.

I'd also like to mention that some of the female character problems in Takahashi's previous shows might be due to the producer, Ohmori, who notoriously said something to the effect of "Kyoryuger didn't have a yellow ranger since yellow is girly and girls are weak", before making a male yellow Primary Rider six years later.

It's one of my favorite Rider shows. I would strongly recommend it for sure!

I don't like that explanation. Geats being a showy character in general who loves bathing in the spotlight doesn't contradict how he'd flirt with women, but trying to eat someone whonyou are contractually obligated to protect and thus would never actually harm is contradictory. I get things change on the writing board for a variety of reasons with Revice needing to change it's entire premise due to covid still being a major thing to this day but it won't make it any less weird to me