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Originally Posted by Mesnick

But also, perhaps, I would also like to see something more for him. This is what I wrote about in my review in general: the solution is not bad, even good, but there was potential for something great.

Yeah, like, it's not exactly doing anything wrong, as it gets to same point at the end. Just that the safe and sensible way doesn't satisfy me as much as the deeper connection I've come to expect from Gavv.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

What'd you expect from Jeebh by this? I felt that for example, unfulfilled creative intention was George from Revice, where I expected him to make a real life Kamen Rider show for him to watch by aiding heroes and villains alike, regardless of what victim he'd claim by this. Ironically it seems that Geats is the one that seems to do it.

Also ironically, Jeep seemed to be developed to become the final boss, while George became one out of nowhere. As a similarity, they're both Dark Riders with black/gold colors.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

To be fair, Lango did learn from his previous battle, and does beat Over/Master Gavv now, due to his upgrades in wings. And I'd think by this point, Lango should've easily beat Shoma who's stuck in his weaker forms and live up to his claim about Shoma being weak, if Lango still has his automatic force-field (removed for unknown reasons) or using super speed (which he didn't, just like Kabuto's final battle). AmazinGummy against Bocca was a team effort, but AmazinGummy may be an equal in 1-on-1 against an upgraded Lango (winged) too.

Amazingummy seemed pretty even against Bocca though, so Valen, Vram and Lango were the tiebreaker. I imagine Amazingummy against Lango would've been a no-contest. I thought Lango was an appropriate bad*ss villain for the Over/Master arc and his rivalry with Shouma had been resolved nicely there. But like Aguilera from Revice, the show keeps him alive for some reason and it doesn't add anything of value to the story, having lost his intimidation and proving in the finale that he hadn't changed.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I guess this'd be expected for someone who has Faiz as favorite show, where it means you aren't inherently against miscommunication stuff (though we know it's not as severe as the memes exaggerated, like Takumi and Kiba stuff), or something illogical like bigots as you said above, which many people are and view those as a bad thing of shows/writing. It can feel that what's praised as strong character writing by Komura is about them maturely approaching things, of which the ones that don't would be considered wrong writing/characterization.

Those illogical bigots can be mistaken as poorly written, but yeah, their depiction is sadly accurate to real life. However, it does seem unnecessary to make Lango that type as well, when such hypocrisy was shown clearly in Jeep, Theta and Glotta, while Lango was previously shown to be more pragmatic in his ideals, until he wasn't. Turns out Nyelve is really the only one in the entire company who can think independently, judging people's worth based on traits that are logistically useful to his goal of Stomach's prosperity.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

People'd think now that, Dente just blindly believes Bouche's claims like he did to Zomb ("No way Bouche genuinely wants to protect them, he doesn't even show affection to his own species let alone humans, he just wants to sadistically control them, as he already SA'd them"), They'd just think Dente is the completely wrong one, with Shoma being completely right one. Dente's an unreliable narrator due to him just blindly believing the best of his family, like what he did to Glotta that led to his death, where Shoma's assertion where Michiru always hated him was the correction for Dente (of which some'd claim Dente's opinion of Bouche changed after hearing that correction, though I feel those people are just projecting their hatred for Bouche on Dente), which'd make the accusation of Bouche SA'd Michiru growing ever stronger (it's unlikely for non-SA or even stockholm syndrome to happen in the claim of Michiru hating Bouche all the time, and yeah it's unlikely if she'd legitimately marry him as someone being kidnapped against her will). Also about how it's recurring that Komura makes her villains pure evil, and Bouche isn't the first about someone with implied SA that she made.

Probably the same people who claim Hanto forgave Kenji, even after Hanto loudly said he hasn't forgiven Kenji. I guess it's hard for some people to understand that good people are allowed to like bad people and vice versa. Glotta's dying words showed that Dente was even right about her loneliness and she was just too insecure and angry to admit it. Dente seems to know the Stomachs better than they know themselves and he also wanted to atone, so like his introduction to Lakia, he probably knew Glotta would kill him if she couldn't handle the truth, but still gambled his life to redeem her. Dente is interesting in this way, as the only character in the show capable of seeing the good in the villains we mostly see as evil.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Maybe it's just Komura refusing to give villains time for no Sachika and Lizel confrontation, as Sachika'd get scenes with other heroes as usual like her headbutting Shoma.

Now that you mention it, the only villain Sachika interacts with is Lango, which is only since they're both company presidents. Hanto and Lakia don't even let her go to the Granute world, unlike fellow non-Rider heroine Mei who was involved and trusted in many dangerous situations.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Though I guess dunno about what something bigger Hanto can do, as he's consistently the weakest among the three main Riders in Gavv.

Maybe something similar to RabbitDragon, where Gavv gets a special attack (like Caramelmel and Popburn) from a Chocodon infused with Hanto's feelings.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

You didn't put Gotchard as new favorite show in this thread, though dunno if new show means completed one in that year or starting one.

Technically, Gotchard is a show of 2024, but not a new show of 2024, even though Switchblade would've allowed it anyway. Hence why I went with Gavv, which was new.

I definitely declared Gotchard my favorite in the finale thread though.