[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I just feel like you're being unusually unfair to Faiz with this one.

Eh, there's worse going on in that show I'm kinda ignoring because as I said I just accept it for what it is and watch it. I just wanted to point something out I found particularly underwhelming.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

That comparison to Kiwami Arms especially is a little apples and oranges (pun not intended). I know this isn't a one-to-one comparison either, since Faiz only has two upgrades in the entire series, but I see it as being more akin to the random Lock Seeds from early on in Gaim.

I thought about that, but even comparing it to stuff like Jinba Lemon made Faiz Axel’s introduction look stupid. And yeah there is shit like this all over in Rider shows, it’s just that I’m watching Faiz right now and I didn’t like how that show handled it. It’s no different to how Ex-Aid does things really; it’s just that it sticks out a lot more in Faiz to me than in Ex-Aid for example.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I guess you'd know better than me since you just watched it, but doesn't Kusaka leave the show for at least an episode, the implication (or maybe outright stated) being he went to Smart Brain, before coming back?

No he leaves with his past classmates because they tell him about a third belt. He does meet that Orphenoch from Lucky Clover who has the Faiz gear at the time though, but the show didn’t explain to me what went down there yet either.

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

(In what universe does Agito's Trinity form have buildup?)

Wasn’t that whole thing jointed with Shouichi temporarily getting his memories back? It's not huge but it's something at least.

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

Has no one mentioned Kuuga getting his form upgrades from a freaking defibrilator? Early Heisei man.

I liked that. Probably because the episode where Godai "dies" was well done IMO.