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Originally Posted by Locke

Kabuto's fight scenes were one of the reasons I dropped it really early on. The whole Clock Up thing was a really cool concept, and captured and stylised really well but they clearly didn't have the budget to truly do what they wanted with it, so they tried to play off the fight scenes as 'badarse' but instead they just felt clunky and rushed.

So long as they pick up later or everything else remains solid I can look passed it I think. But I definitely agree that they are pushing Tendou as a badass that can win fights without much effort in an attempt to cover that fact up, and it is definitely to the detriment of the series because it takes away any potential tension a fight may have.

Watching Episode 5 of Kabuto right now.

Starting off with the coolest Worm yet, that was a surprisingly graphic kill for a season that is this recent.

Interesting having the attack on the Worm canceled. I mean I'm kinda glad, I was gonna feel totally ripped off if it went down so early, but it would have been nice to see the Zectroopers do something rather competent like that. I'm sure there is some reasoning behind it, mayhaps HQ wanting to use this as a chance to see the worm's motive(s).

..or it can just be to use it as bait for Kabuto. That works too.

You know Tendou, that bike is like the complete opposite of subtle. Then again, he's not given me reason to think subtle is his style.

Quite a bit of resentment and tension between Kagami and his father.

Maybe it's just my inner (or outer) fat guy speaking, but I do rather like the focus on cooking and food in this season.

The constant shots of that tower really remind me of W and Fuuto tower.

Pretty fucked up how they're just letting the worm go free though, all those people that it's killing. Damn. Zect is pretty heartless.

Oh and we got a bit of backstory for Hiyori earlier. Doesn't really explain her cold demeanor all that much, though I guess it at least tries to. Though it does give a bit more meaning to her drawings, especially the shot of her in the rubble with the flower. I'm guessing a connection between these fairies she's drawing and the worm.

And that infrared camera totally reminds me of the MIB animated series.

And Tendo also is opting to let the worm be. Well, pretty obvious he knows that if Zect is ignoring it that they're clearly up to something, especially since, as he said, it's really odd for them to be allowing newspaper articles on the attacks, making it really obvious that they're trying to bait him out.

Pigeon!

Oh and Kagami comes to save the day. Good for him. Kagami's a chill dude.

So Tendou comes to save the day afterall.

Poor Hiyori.

Well Zect finally has their hands on Tendou.

Looking forward to the next episode. Cast off!

Edit: And now on with Episode 6 of Kabuto!

Not the best episode, but not bad either. There were some decent moments, got a few chuckles out of me, little bits of characterization here and there. Tendou is continuing to grow on me, probably for reasons a lot of the reasons people seem to hate him though. I liked the interrogation scenes with him, and when he and Kagami bump into eachother when they were dressed as Zectroopers. Also, Kagami is just a good guy, even if he is a bit forgetful at times.

Episode definitely picked up towards the end though, with the worm impersonating the head of that Zect team and the other dude, taking the belt, and going after headquarters with Misaki in tow. I'm actually really starting to like the worm as villains, especially since we're getting ones that make better use of their ability to mimic humans. It makes them seem a more dangerous threat.

Juka laid some truth down on Hiyori, hopefully it sinks in. Also, I dunno but Hiyori's kinda growing on me, not my favorite girl from any of the season's I've watched, but she's pretty hot.

Another really disappointing battle with the worm though. I think I'll be able to look passed these for the most part, but it definitely is a mark against the show.

Also, Tendou may be a bit conceited, but that stunt he pulled with Hiyori's drawing on Tokyo tower was pretty awesome.

Really solid ending to the episode too. A bit of a look into the broader picture, something darker and more sinister going on. Also, a new rider appears!