Wizard Episode 26: "School Infiltration" Discussion
 

In this episode, Haruto and Shunpei try to infiltrate a school to investigate the events centering around Misa, the Medusa Phantom.

Discuss away!

Wow Rinko, arresting Beast because he was trying to protect people is a dick move, even if it really wasn't Medusa

She's become to me what Yuki is to Switchblade and I like Yuki. It's sad that all Rinko does is goof up and make things harder for everyone else.

Little note, Erina Nakayama (Medusa/Misa's actor) also portrays her twin sister, Mayu Inamori

Terrific episode. The little humorous bits with Haruto and Shunpei were well done, even if I was a little disturbed wondering how exactly Shunpei got that uniform so fast(the less said about Shunpei actually being in the costume the better).

More hints at the larger plan = a big plus. Why DO they need another Sabbat?

I know most here don't like Medusa but I think she's always been pretty good. Her human form actress always plays her like the cat that got the canary, and seeing the contrast here was interesting.

Rinko's gotten annoying again. Way to let down Mayonnaise like that.

Preview for next week looks great... I can't tell if the White Wizard is reaching down to help Mayu, or inviting her to join him be EVIL(he's totally evil). His belt looked fairly sinister in the footage they showed.

Poor Beast keeps getting the shaft it seems like. A fairly fun episode, nice to see Dress-Up used again. Shunpei however...there's not enough soap in the world to wash my eyes with.

What makes the Shunpei costume all the worse is that he was fairly convincing in it.

I hate that I kinda agree with that. >____<

It's interesting that this episode didn't have much focus on the Gate.Whether the other girl is the Gate or not may be revealed in the next episode.But since Medusa didn't expect to find Mayu there,I guess she is.

Gotta agree that I have no idea what was up with Rinko this ep.I mean sure at first she didn't know Kousuke was tracking Medusa,but even after he told her she didn't let him go.

If Mayu does end up being another Gate,I'm really pumped to see how they deal with her situation.She probably won't end up being a Phantom since it would be confusing having 2 monsters voiced by the same actor.But double the Erina Nakayama on screen wouldn't hurt :D

Speaking of the gate. I think I saw that actress before. I really don't know where and when, maybe Miho from GoBusters.

Are the subs out yet?

The Overtime subs, yes.

Just watched it.
It was alright. Not anything spectacular, though. Beast was funny, however.

I can never look at Shunpei the same way again.

Nitou made me cry with that line about high school girls.

It is crazy how well Shunpei pulled that disguise off :lol

Good episode if a bit slow at first. The fight looks like it's locked in for a good guy win but oh well. I'm sure that'll change within the first 5 seconds of the next episode.

Except for the face you're right.

You know, I think Mayu might become a Rider, based on the fact that she was seen with the White Wizard.

Come to think of it, has anyone referred to Beast and Wizard as "Kamen Rider" (aside from Fourze and Meteor)?

I dunno. Toei is kind of sort of terrible about keeping secrets. We would've seen any new riders long before this point, either through leaks or just by them putting out magazines with page spreads featuring them.

Maybe... but I'll cling to this hope.

I am wondering what they're going to do with Mayu. The mythological Medusa was one of three sisters called the Gorgons... so maybe Medusa will get some back-up?

It's rather rare when I laugh for real watching toku, but this time I did, the comedy was good in this episode.
Now what we need is another twisted plot to bring Mahou Shoujo Beast and highschool girl Shunpei in the same episode :)

Eh, I still... well, tolerate her, I guess. She's not a bad character, it's just that the writers had so much potential with her and all they've done is use her as a stock Rider Girl. We really saw what she was capable of when she was tacking down Phoenix, but aside from that she's just been a total disappointment. But a really hot disappointment, so I can deal with it. ;)

But yeah, just watched this episode and loved it. I'm very curious to see how the sister angle plays out, especially with the White Wizard involved. Aside from that, I thought this episode was hilarious. Shunpei as a schoolgirl was really funny, but I thought most of the best visual gags went to Haruto with the shoe and donut scenes. It was relatively subtle humor for Wizard, which I think is why I found it so amusing.

Um... yeah, this episode was weird. Magical Girl Beast from episode 24 was weird too, but at least it was brief. This was all around weird and kind of creepy. Shunpei dressed as a girl didn't help much either. Good episode, loved it!