Just finished Ultimatum...

Yikes.

The initial Fourze part was fun and I actually really enjoyed it.

The Wizard bit was rather painful. Really... Poitrine? Did not like he-errrr, him at all.

Also, that. "She" was the donut cart owner? Oh god ew. Just. Ew. One, that's gross. Two, it ruined everything up to that point.

I did like how the stories were tied together, with the abducted kids in the present being the psychic ones in the future. And the new Inazuman was awesome.

Yeah it sort of reminds me of the animal crests from the MMPR movie. Always liked those things, honestly....even if they didn't fit the rest of their costume design.

You got that right. The ass-and-sparkles fighting made her character offensive enough, and the doughnut thing made it downright creepy. I guess they needed some way to excuse her not appearing in the TV show, but there are so many other options available that would have made it less terrible.

Blade 35

So apparently King form is bad news, according to Hajime. Whatever it does, it's causing him to Joker out. I really like attacks named after playing card phrases. Looks like a the form was too powerful for Kenzaki to handle for long. But damn it, would it kill Prof. Hirose or Tachibana to explain what's wrong with Kenzaki?!

Hmm. So that girl just kidnapped him and is holding his cards hostage. That's one of the disadvantages of a card based system, I suppose. Well, that and getting the corners folded. Hirose should know better than to get angry with Hajime though...

Oh cool, Jellyfish Undead. Didn't get to see him much at first as he went RIGHT back in the water as soon as he saw Hajime raging out in his Joker form.

I'm glad Tachibana is having some misgivings about working for Prof. Hirose. Though it did take him being fucking cloned into an artificial undead. Prof. Hirose is acting especially creepy.

Mutsuki's still hanging out with the Spider solitaire Gang in his 1940's mobster base, I see. Another Queen level undead is about. She seems worried about Joker, understandably. Though, Hajime's still fighting it from within. And Mutuski's just gotta catch 'em all! This time he's got a Tentacool! I like how the category queen just beat him up and told him he was shit, though. Interesting that he chose Chalice to fight Joker-Hajime though. Interesting in that he probably took the category queen's advice and didn't wanna fight Joker himself.

I liked Ultimatum. Yes, there was a lot of fan service, but I was able to ignore it (probably because I went to high school) and enjoy the film anyway (although it was annoying). The Poitrine reveal was definitely creepy, but I found it amusing. Really, the only thing that bothered me was Inazuman. He's cool, but I can't get over the fact that his Inazuman form is his actual body… and he's not wearing clothes. That raises a few questions regarding biology and natural selection, but I don't think I should delve into them here.

Really? I loved the Inazuman portion. Yeah, it's odd that he's naked, but it was just for a brief gag.

The fanservice was too much and annoying, but I actually found the climax to be boring. It felt like it just never ended, especially when the villains were escaping on their truck thing. I kept going in and out of consciousness because it was just so boring.

I'm not saying I didn't like the Inazuman portion. I just found his nudity to be discomforting and raising a few questions regarding biology.

Personally, I loved the climax. I think it would have been better if all of the Riders had participated for the duration of it, but that's just the Kamen Rider W/OOO fanboy in me.

Also, Nadeshiko riding Accel. That was awesome. Now if only Diend could get a bike…

Regarding Shin Inazuman's nudity, Shin Kamen Rider was the same way. Doesn't make it right, but what do you want?

Blade 06, I'm really loving the exploration of the Rider system, even if it's starting to feel more like a mech anime than a Rider series :lol

Sadly though the more emotional, character led sequences fell pretty flat for me. I barely have a grasp who anyone is or what is really going on in this series yet, so otherwise clichéd but still effective devices like 'it was all my Dad' held no meaning to me because I wasn't even sure of what that woman's name was until we got a five minute scene of them shouting 'Hirose'.

Same with that Doctor woman, who the hell is that? I think she said Tachibana was one of her students, what? I'm not sure if I'm just not paying attention or what but I really have no idea what is going on :lol

And like your parents died in a fire Kenzaki, that is really sad, but I know more about your parents death than I do about you. The main reason Eiji's backstory in OOO was so effective was they established his character first, then went in and explored his past so we had an existing emotional investment. I don't care about anyone yet because the show has given me no reason to.

So I don't think I posted in a while but Earlier I watched more of Kiva so the grand total was episodes 36-46 in the last few days, and I'm so emotional after what I've seen.