[MarsHottentot]

KIVA shit
Ep 30: points up for Megumi’s hat which states “FAMOUS: I am a selected in a goblin coordinate.” I want that hat! Ut! Lost that point when Nago is suddenly shocked to see that Wataru is Kiva when, as instructed by Kivat, I watched the movie before the last episode where Nago sees this henshin happen and does not give a shit - Like Inoue, apparently!

Ep 31: Uh, okay, so in Kivat’s “Last Week” preamble he mentions a “Modigliani”, to which Tatsulot asks “WTF is a Modigliani”. Answer? Check the DVD volume. WHAT?* Later, while Megumi fights Rook and Waturu shows up and henshins into Kiva, Kivat says “How dare you do that to Modigliani Onee-chan?” - So Kivat knows that Megumi and Wataru are related - but they don’t! Oh, wait - they do? WTF?

Also, after a whole seasons worth of Nago raging out over Kiva, he suddenly is fine with it because Wataru.
Seriously? Fuck you.

Also, Tatsulot randomly breaks the fourth wall in story because well, why not, the show really can’t get much more unhinged.

Ep 32: Nago’s a bounty hunter. What? You didn’t know that? Anyway, he randomly tells Wataru to apprehend a bank robber. Yeah, he tells a wimpy kid (it’s established that, when not in Kiva mode, Wataru is a complete featherweight) to go get an “armed and dangerous” criminal. Then he doesn’t even offer any back up. This, all in service to the introduction of Wataru's one true childhood friend, Taiga. One gets the feeling that Inoue was trying to get fired. I mean, this is just random stupidity.

Oh, and BTW, even though they built up all this mystery as to who the Checkmate Four King is, they just show (“reveal” being too strong a word) him to be Taiga like you already knew (like how Wataru and Megumi randomly now acknowledge their familial relation - without issue, to boot!). I mean, it could have been Megumi’s other brother - there were options, limited as they were.

Also, I just want to point out that Kiva sucks as a hero. He never saves anyone! They typically all die just as he shows up - not that he seems to really care one way or another. What is his friggin’ MO?

On the positive side, hot damn is this a beautifully shot and directed show! The Warthog Fangire’s hunt scenes are all brilliantly shot and edited and some of the locations are stunning. Too bad the script is a sloppy “ugh, this show I gotta write” mess.

* A "Modigliani" probably refers to a long or sad face, named for Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani. Educational!