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You know it's been fun to see all the old Dopants again, but Arms especially. The one thing about shows is that they usually give you some good close-ups/suit acting so you can really feel the personality shine through. That gets lost when they become Monster #45 in a big crossover movie.

Also I'll be real, I don't feel there's a big retcon with Fang? Like, it shows up to protect Philip in the movie, he gets angy and W fights like a wild animal which is pretty much how Fang is at this point in time during this two-parter. The only oddity is W casually walking away with Shotaro's body. But like, it's fairly consistent in how it's portrayed and the scene of Philip swearing to never use Fang again could easily be placed after something like that.

That being said Fang Joker is a fun form, in that it's only a berserk form by technicality. See, the thing is I don't count a 3 minute appearance before it's solved as a true berserk form. If it lasted more than an episode and a problem sure, but I'd definitely say Fang Joker was a test run, especially given the following year in OOO with certain developments. And even then it was clear at that point that they weren't really certain of it (Drive don't count either) until Build.

Still a rather nice two-parter that starts as a regular case only to develop into the series running plot towards the end of the first plot. It's a fun swerve that I had forgotten about, and watching Arms systematically take down W really goes to show how far the right Memory will go. I was also surprised we got the Raito name drop this early too.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I really liked FangJoker's first fight on the series. I like the suit itself a lot and the choreography of both the mook fight and the battle against Arms himself was really good. I am, as always, a little disappointed that FangMetal and FangTrigger never happened, although I hear they show up in the manga. Can't really verify that since it hasn't been translated past the first 25-ish issues.

Considering how barely likely it is we'll be getting to seeing those anytime soon. Yeah I can confirm that the Manga plays around with W's forms and attacks. Fang Trigger and Fang Metal both make appearances and a later more final form as they say, gets different Memory combos that weren't seen in the show.

Speaking of combos though, I didn't bring this up earlier but I'm surprised at how often the Memory Gadgets are used to spice up the finishers. It really helps cement them as the robot buddy toy for me given they not only perform specific tasks that assist Shotaro and Philip on a daily basis, but can be used in combat too.