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Originally Posted by Locke

While watching this episode, it made me think about a lot of stuff. Is toku meant to be watched weekly?

It really is. Or W is for sure.

This usually, I find, factors very little, but it's something I always keep in mind.

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All I kept thinking to myself is that in the space on one episode, Phillip went from ONE HUNDRED PERCENT about Sho, to completely dishoning him, to making back up with him. It was just kinda underwhelming.

He was disowning him for his own safety, though. Again, I feel like this was the first major test of their bond. Note at first Philip immediately gave Shroud the finger when she told him Shotaro shouldn't be his partner. It was only when Cyclone became too powerful did he start to consider it, but that's what Philip does. He thinks, about everything. Were roles reversed Shotaro wouldn't question it, but Philip is all about questions. He's indecisive, while Shotaro makes rash decisions.

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HOLY BALLS WAS XTREME EPIC THOUGH! From the Ultra Futuristic look, to the subtle changes that don't distract from the great design that W already is to the sword and shield combo like some of sort of epic future knight. I love it.

Funnily enough, this is one instance of you liking something I don't really care for. Actually, I do like Xtreme, but the helmet feels... off to me. It lacks, I think, the "expression" awarded by the head crest. And even though it doesn't, it feels like it has less of a chin. I still like it overall, though, and the SIC, however, makes the design INCREDIBLE.

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The Prism finishers are gorgeous as well even if I'm not sure that I like how they basically skipped from TWO MAXIMUM DRIVES WILL KILL YOU. And then they do eight on their first trip out in this new form, I mean Jesus that is a fucking power leap.

That's the point, though.

They set up that two maximum drives were too much for W as he was, hence why Xtreme is so much more powerful. That's just how Xtreme works.

Basically, though I think it's mentioned I can't recall how in-depth the show goes, but Maximum drives are the unrestricted strength of a memory. Drivers filter out much of the harmful, addictive, and twisting effects of memories. Furthermore, purified memories are meant to filter even more, to remove all ill effects. This weakens the power in the process, though. So W, and Accel, and Museum use the best memories with the most power to compensate, and maximum drives are brief "unfiltered" blasts, hence their finisher status. Xtreme is not only a one of the most powerful memories itself, but the prism bicker means using four additional memories at full blast at once is easier to windstand, since it's not going into W's body. So while Xtreme is powerful enough to contain it, it's the functionality that makes it easier to harness as well. The Prism memory, which is like Accel's Engine memory which is not really a true memory you could transform with, probably also helps. It's also just a well of managable power, but not like Xtreme.