Kamen Rider Gaim Episode 21: "Yggdrasill's Secret" Discussion
 

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I think this time sid will have his ass kicked and if he will not die at last he will lost his lockseed to kouta in mode that next week we got jinber cherry arms

Hey I may actually be able to watch the streamed version this time, might be fun trying to piece things together without subs for a change. ..or it could be immensely confusing but hey should be fun.

Should be an interesting series of events in this episode, maybe we'll finally see another Jinba mode from Gaim.

Live time!!!

Caught most of it, holy crap! I really wonder what Sids gonna do now, him and Oren are just there to get their ass whooped apparently :lol

Dammit Mitchy..... Thats all I have to say til I see the sub.

Mitchy really is becoming my least favorite character on the show. It isn't that he's bad, far from it. He seems to be a very layered character for the most part, but as a person he just isn't that likeable, playing the middle as he does and basically betraying everyone in turn.

Still, from what I could tell, another excellent episode and I do enjoy me some Knuckle. I hope he gets the SHF treatment.

Sid seems to have become the whipping boy of all the Riders, but as he's a royal jerk I say it's payback for all the horrible stuff he did (though in fairness the Beat Riders aren't completely innocent as well) and I dare say he's getting more butt whupping in the future.

Great episode

So how is Den-O's crystal ball predictions doing so far?

Can't agree with you more brother!!

Him and Oren, I mean when was the last time he did something worth a damn? :lol I seriously dont see either one around much longer.

I require subs :(

Still no subs?

Huh. Oh well, they'll be up soon enough.

Subs not out till Tuesday at the earliest says Aesir.

Alrighty then.

Wonder if the delay has anything to do with the subbing of the new Garo miniseries that aired last week.

HD Sub is up!

Gah! English homework or Gaim...decisions, decisions...

Homework can wait

Different projects, different teams (though there is some overlapping). The delay on Gaim is because the main translator couldn't, for whatever reason (aka LIFE), do it yesterday. He has nothing to do with Garo subs.

A pretty good episode with subs. Not my favorite by any means but enjoyable. It just seems like the show is setting it up to be basically everybody versus Kouta. Micchy needs to pick a damn side to be on and stick with it. I'm sick of his character and his flip flopping. Looks like Knuckle can at least be counted on as one of the good guys. And Kaitou appears to be hunting the Overlord Inves we saw in mag scans last month.

I've read some rumors online about what Project Ark is. If true then things will be heating up big time just before the ToQger crossover.

I agree. His stare at the end...I can't tell if that was a "Sid, I can't believe you told him" stare or a "Sid, you idiot, why did you tell him that, that's not what we're planning" stare. I still maintain that I think that Sengoku and the others are planning to do something behind Takatora's back. Speaking of Takatora, why did he say that he wants Kouta to despair? I thought the point of showing him Helheim's secret was to get Kouta to join their cause, Just when I thought Takatora might actually be kind of a nice guy, he goes and says something like that.

Anyway, what's this rumor of yours Den-O? Also, any more crystal ball predictions you want to make, since you've been right on everything so far?

I'm not Den-O but I have a prediction...

The forest will choose Kouta. :)

What does that even mean? That he becomes the overlord Inves? If that happens...oh dear...it'll be Blade and Faiz all over again.

Honestly the show has thrown me some major curve balls these last couple of weeks. No clue where things are headed. Aside from how I think the alliances will play out. For now it's the Energy Riders, Kaitou, and Micchy all loosley alligned, though Micchy & Kaitou are likley completely unaware of the other. Ryoma's group definitely has goals and motivations aside from Takatora and Micchy.

Kouta & Zack firmly in the good guy camp. And Gridon & Bravo, despite working for Yggdrasil feel like Wildcards. I suspect at some point they'll turn on Yggdrasil. But honestly the shows too hard to call right now for more predictions.

As for project Ark? Rumors currently making the rounds say that Project Ark sees Ryoma pass out the mass produced Sengoku Drivers to the populace in order to see who is strongest, and who can survive. Which makes perfect sense considering the conversion Ryoma had with Kaitou last week. This is about to get VERY interesting.

I expect no less for the Urobutcher. I mean, it's not like he hasn't done it before. :lol

Urobutchi Trend Numer 317: Bitter sweet ending, usually involving the main hero casting away their human identity and fading from existence.

I agree...I really hope Urobochi knows where he's taking this (which, from interviews, seems like he does).

and that's interesting. I hope there's time for that, since Gaim is only supposed to run for 35 episodes, isn't it?

Say what? When in the world has that ever been said? If anything the minimum number of episodes for a show like this is like 48. 35 is near Decade territory and I doubt they'd ever do that with a show this immensely popular. It increased Kamen Rider toy sales nearly 400% just since it began. No way they'd end it at 35 :lol

Oh, I thought I saw it on the wiki, but I'm looking now...and I was completely wrong. :lol

(Sorry, my bad.):o

Rumor started by paranoid fans assuming the worst because the show started a month later than normal. There's nothing suggesting that Gaim will be shorter than any other Rider series.

-slowclap for this episode-


Also, Micchy is slime...

Ah it's out? Time to clear some space on my computer...

Yup, I was right to give up on speculating where this show is going, all that we thought was clear by the end of the last episode is now muddy again, well played Urobochi, well played.

Gah, I don't even want to comment anymore, this show is just too awesome. Excellent as always, and glad that Kouta finally has his first win against an Energy Rider.

I doubt it will run as long as Wizard, to be fair.

I actually don't mind it being shorter. I often think 50 episodes is way too much for a Toku show, and that's why there's always so much filler.

There may be a lot of filler, but as we don't get sequel series I enjoy the long seasons. Decade, our one short series, could have done with about 10 more episodes on either side of what we got, setting it up and finishing it off, methinks.

Edit: Also glad to know I'm not the only one getting tired of Micchy's crap.

Wow. Sid is an Asshole. But then we knew that :lol What I'm waiting for is to see what happens when Takatora learns that Profrsssor Crazy and his band of Lunatics have been plotting against him.

And that Rider.. If that isn't Kadochi (I forget how to spell it) Arms I don't know what does.

I was just about to post about that. I thought it first during the stream but seeing it again, it's got me thinking... Just what is that special Invess? And why does it look exactly like the silhouette of Gaim's Kiwami Arms, complete with pointed head and cape?