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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

I know how much you hate hearing this, as do I, but both these aspects get much better. However, this gets better very quickly, no "wait half the show" nonsense.

Comparring, say, the Sweets Dopant to... Weather, you can deffinitely see how different the monster designs became and evolved. They became much less ridiculous and sleeker. W is a series that almost tries to go camp very early before realising it's much better at telling a more.... I don't want to say serious or mature since thsoe words have morphed into a different meaning on the internet, but I more focused and deliberate story. By the time the first movie happens (about episode 16 I believe) the contrast between the story told at the beginning and at that point is noticable. There's less overt filler and more serious character study and forward plot motion. If I had to compare the tonal shift, I'd say W reminds me a lot of Batman The Animated Series in that if you look at that show, it's got a bit of camp and really silly episodes (Christmas with the Joker, anyone?) before it gets to the point fans remember it being. (Two-Face) I mean, without spoiling anything should you one day decide to revisit it, the stuff with Skull and the backstory of W gets really, REALLY good. The plot gets a lot more developed very quickly.

I'm glad you like OOO, it's my third favourite show. (sometimes second)

When I spoke of winner Dopant designs in Double, I only mentioned Nasca, but yes, Weather is a great design. And the Weather arcs are some of the best stuff in the show.


I'm really bad at ranking shows. I love Den-O and Kiva and W and OOO and Fourze and Kuuga, but trying to rank them all with each other is hard, because as mentioned, a lot of the Dopant designs suck, so do i discount W? Almost all the designs in Kiva are awesome, but it does have weaker story points, so is it worse than W, or better?

Having most recently finished Fourze, it's the one that feel the strongest to me, overall (and the Zodiarts designs were mainly really good), but I felt that way when I finished Den-O months ago too. Do I really like Fourze more, or is it just freshest in my mind?

Momotaros and Ankh are both great characters, sometimes for the same reasons, so is OOO or Den-O better? I don't know!

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