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What are you watching? (Kamen Rider Edition)
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07-05-2023, 07:57 PM
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AkibaSilver
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Kamen Rider Fourze Episodes 23 & 24:
Teaming Up With Swans & The Motivation For Heroism
Something I touched on a couple of times in early episodes, where the Kamen Rider Club members to be were the main focus and the Zodiarts were secondary, was the weird tension between the need for them to be a murderous villain, and the fact they often ended up being the more sympathetic one. It wasn't a major flaw, and the show has counterbalanced by making more recent Zodiarts either obvious bullies, or being groomed for evil by Principal Tachibana, but it's interesting to see the idea pop up again here. Can a Zodiart be good? In this case, it's literal heroism on the line.
The episode doesn't stop there. It also decides to take on cult behaviour (Yuki's kinda into it, oh no) with the Ugly Duckling Club. Maybe it's just me reading Star Trek discourse lately, but you could definitely make a commentary on fans of franchises like Kamen Rider holding up their ideals of heroism and doing good while really just wanting to feel part of something "good". Through that lens, the episode does not look good for the fandom, with the club very quickly going from a supportive group looking to Cygnus to inspiration, to a weirdly worshipful exercise group, to forcibly turning Cygnus evil because they can't cope without an idol. It's a bit rushed, and I feel the episode might have been stronger had it chosen to focus more on either just the cult stuff - as Tomoko says, it's very similar to 'her' debut episode - or the Fight Club esque Cygnus story, but it still manages to land both pretty well.
Speaking of Tomoko, we have a story that matches her with Ryusei, and they make for a fun duo. Ryusei is still in his "hiding everything" mode, but it's fun to have him bounce off the club's spookiest member. Ryusei is obviously very tired at having to deal with the club's eccentricities, but clearly he's growing fond of them. Or maybe, despite seeing it as growing soft, he's not heartless enough to let innocent people die for his own sake of justice, no matter how annoying they might be. Speaking of annoying, Cancer! It's refereshing having a villain the heroes can have banter with, given they know his identity, but while he's physically strong here, he does never feel like a real threat in the same way Scorpio did, or Virgo still kinda does. But that's fine, sometimes we need a comedy villain.
Another strong 2-parter for Fourze to be honest. Nice to see some diving into whether or not switchers are going to inherently use their powers for evil (answer: yes, because society), and some good laughs with Tomoko and the gang.
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