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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

I agree. That's one of the reasons I'm not a big fan of Wizard. The individual episodes feel... hollow.

And don't mistake my "overall" comments to mean you can only appreciate the show once it's done or somethign, it's just once you ARE done you can't help but remember the show and see the big picture.

That's just the crux of these kinds of shows. You don't see the rider fight outside the costume much early on becaus ethey want the figths to be the suits since they're still selling the the series. Plus Shotaro only gets super brawly because that's the power of the Joker memory, it offers increased agility and fighting skill. It's funny, because in a later movie we actually see both Philip and Shotaro fight side-by-side in human form against an enemy to show how far they've come.

Also, Philip doesn't contribute physically to W in his main forms. The movie and later the series explains that, and I'll spare you the details, Philip is basically designed to be part of W. He's like an onboard computer for whoever uses the actual W driver, and this is expanded upon later. It also puts everything in perspective when you realise W isn't a rider with guidance from a floating arm or a train-full of weirdos, he's a detective figuring things out. Think of it like Batman in his early years.

They deffinately get better with this as time goes on. I think it's just the range of the suit actor snce, like I said, it's ONE GUY playing every Heisei rider. tehy cna't always gel seemlesly, but teh ammount of times they do is impressive. Even if I don't like Haruto, I'll still agree it feels like him in the suit.

Goddman we agree on so much why must we clash on things like Wizard and W?

And I hope if you ever get back to W you'll at least see why it's as popular as it is. It's not perfect at all, I could probably find things wrong with it, but like I said every aspect of the show goes together to make a cohesive story, and W does that really, really well once all is said and done. Plus the last movie is excellent.

At first it was okay because The Gates were part of the shows mythos and Haruto would take trips into their inner Underworlds and the show would fill in gaps with flashbacks to the Sabbat and it worked well but then the show never really changed as villains should have really been getting a plan together and really stepping up but still the show just seemed to continue the same arc over and over again. I mean sure they had the Phoenix Gremlin mix up half way through but that also feels totally random and out of place.

Sadly for me by the end of the series I normally end up hating it I find with most shows I watch, the first third is the strongest as that is when they can take their time to just explore things and find their feet, it's when the show has to get its act together that it falls apart. Which is why it surprised me so much that when OOO had to get its act together it did...and in a big way.

You always make W sound much more interesting than I found it I guess the good stuff comes later, just a shame about the slow pacing.

I've always loved how different Haruto and Wizard feel and yet how much it works. It's almost like whenever Haruto transforms he lets loose and has some fun and it's hard not to be swept up in it all.

Also just watched Fourze 40 which was really bland in some areas and then awesome in others. So many twists. Tomoko no! Taurus is probably one of my new favourite Horoscopes but Virgo is also pretty epic in all her transgender awesome.

I loved that the explanation for Taurus' motivations were hormones, I dunno whether they intended it to be hilarious but it was. Almost like a knowing nod at just how meaningless and stupid Fourze is as it all takes place in a single high school in Japan and has so far had very little effect outside of said school.

Also I've only just noticed (slowpoke) just how mismatched Ryusei is to Meteor, his suit actor is like twice his height and build. What, is he Justin or something?