Integration

OptionZero · 05-04-2020, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DH21965

THIS exactly is how I feel

He feels like a bystander because he IS. 30+ episodes in and he hasn't really progressed from the totally unqualified kid thrust into the role of president of cutting edge robotics manufacturing corporation.

He isn't an engineer or scientist so all the new powers are essentially handed to him by Izu (or Gai)

He has no business acumen so Gai runs circles around him. Gai took his damn company and flipped public opinion against him so his family's own technology is more or less illegal and villified by normal folks

He has no killer instinct or tactical prowess so even when handed the next toy-based power up he doesn't use it to actually beat his opponent, either by killing, disabling or capturing them. Fights end with both sides walking away basically clean. even humagears that he's trying to save get blown up and then swapped into a new body good as new. There's no stakes to his fights

We have seen Gai take over Hiden, turn public opinion against humagear tech while selling Zaiaspec tech

We have seen Jin and Horobi try to free their fellow humagears and take over the world

We have seen Fuwa fight against humagears for humanity's safety only to realize they aren't all dangerous except his hate was fake and now he has to fight for his past and find his place in this new world

Yaiba was similarly fighting against humagears to protect humanity except she was a spy for a rival tech company except she was mostly being mindcontrolled and now she's free and figuring out what to do while also trying to restore Fuwa's memory except she helped unleash Naki

Izu is learning about hopes and dreams and choice

Aruto has obstensibly taken the role of humagear advocate except he is utterly ineffectual at it

In recent memory we've had Kamen Riders be detectives, doctors, scientists, . . . even a fuckin' teenager hip hop dancer and they've all had more agency than this dude, a goddamn bad comedian.

kouta unknowingly killed his best friend in the first episode!

Aruto is just . . . there.

05-04-2020, 05:06 PM	#16
OptionZero Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 651	Quote: Originally Posted by DH21965 THIS exactly is how I feel He feels like a bystander because he IS. 30+ episodes in and he hasn't really progressed from the totally unqualified kid thrust into the role of president of cutting edge robotics manufacturing corporation. He isn't an engineer or scientist so all the new powers are essentially handed to him by Izu (or Gai) He has no business acumen so Gai runs circles around him. Gai took his damn company and flipped public opinion against him so his family's own technology is more or less illegal and villified by normal folks He has no killer instinct or tactical prowess so even when handed the next toy-based power up he doesn't use it to actually beat his opponent, either by killing, disabling or capturing them. Fights end with both sides walking away basically clean. even humagears that he's trying to save get blown up and then swapped into a new body good as new. There's no stakes to his fights We have seen Gai take over Hiden, turn public opinion against humagear tech while selling Zaiaspec tech We have seen Jin and Horobi try to free their fellow humagears and take over the world We have seen Fuwa fight against humagears for humanity's safety only to realize they aren't all dangerous except his hate was fake and now he has to fight for his past and find his place in this new world Yaiba was similarly fighting against humagears to protect humanity except she was a spy for a rival tech company except she was mostly being mindcontrolled and now she's free and figuring out what to do while also trying to restore Fuwa's memory except she helped unleash Naki Izu is learning about hopes and dreams and choice Aruto has obstensibly taken the role of humagear advocate except he is utterly ineffectual at it In recent memory we've had Kamen Riders be detectives, doctors, scientists, . . . even a fuckin' teenager hip hop dancer and they've all had more agency than this dude, a goddamn bad comedian. kouta unknowingly killed his best friend in the first episode! Aruto is just . . . there. __________________ FOR SALE: Entire collection of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Wizard figures Last edited by OptionZero; 05-04-2020 at 05:09 PM..