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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

- First off, I was shocked to see in the credits that Takuro Fukuda was actually the writer here. I mean, he wrote some of the show's best episodes, but considering he turned into something of a flake later on I have to wonder what kind of bizarre production woes were actually going on during Ghost proper. This movie, despite centering on an admittedly somewhat flimsy retcon (although the plot point itself was already kinda flimsy, to be honest, so...), feels like it was made with some genuine passion, and the writing here pretty effortlessly ties every random plot point and line of dialogue from not just the show, but every tie-in up to this point together. Makoto's daddy issues are the crux of the story! All the stuff with Alain! Saionji even gets an arc! It's seriously impressive, and the thought I was jokingly having the entire time was "man, did Yuuya Takahashi write this in-between Ex-Aid scripts?", which I'd say is some pretty high praise.

Aha! I have checked the Wikipedia and I found out that Takuro Fukuda DIDN'T even write almost half of the series. Most of the episodes are written by either Nobuhiro Mouri or Keiichi Hasegawa. To rub it even more, dou you realize that Ghost had been down in the hill since Deep Specter's debut? It's no wonder since that's the last episode Takuro Fukuda wrote before writing Ghost again in ep 39-40! That's why Ghost has been inconsistent since Mugen debuted. Honestly, I think that Fukuda might be a good writer. Unfortunately, he can't piece out and connect the strings for every left-behind elements from other writers during his absence.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

- I also like how they used Takeru here. They tease you with the idea of him actually transforming only to let the movie be about the guy it says it's about. Of course he still gets to speechify just a little bit at the end, but hey, that's what makes him Takeru.

Well, I do love how they use Takeru here. From the series' end, I don't think that Takeru should jump into actions. His word of speech is just enough to convince any fractions, to be honest. It might make Takeru a Vanilla Protagonist, but believe me, unlike other Protagonists, Takeru keeps his mind cool and always thinks positives. Let's be honest, even the current Emu can't be as positive as Takeru as of now. In fact, Emu might turn into Taiga 2.0 sooner or later.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

- I don't really care for Necrom's new duds though. I guess it's nice he finally got something, at least.

- Speaking of which, Alain shined in this movie a lot too. Add a couple more scenes to flesh out his part and they probably could've just called the movie Kamen Rider Specter/Necrom or something.

I honestly like Necrom's new form, especially since Necrom haven't gotten new forms before this movie. So, it's a bit refreshing. Also, it makes senses in context that Makoto said that he will keep Alain's back in check when he goes wrong. But, as this movie goes on, it is the opposite. Alain needs to help Makoto from straying to the bad side. Yuujo Burst Necrom actually shows the culmination of Alain and Makoto's friendship throughout the show.

Actually, it's pretty hard to tell a story about Makoto without Alain. They're both like a brother now and because of that, those two story connects so well in this movie. After all, we're talking the Gamma World. How can we speak the Gamma World without Alain, haha? This is why I want this movie is a bit longer since it will give more exposition to Makoto and Alain, especially the former. Because, while this movie indeed shows Makoto's character more, it's not going to count up the sins that the series had done before.

One last note, I wonder why the TV-Nihon's people really hate this movie?