[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by GWolf

One thing I really liked is how different the movement was compared to the other Gaim forms. Kouta literally emanates control.

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. His attacks are far more... controlled, reactive. He barely moved Daidaimaru and still brushed off Deemushu's attacks. It was like watching the final fight sequence from The Matrix after Neo got his powers and just shut down all of Smith's hits without so much as a bead of sweat.

No wonder Kouta seemed so fearful about it; he truly has obtained the power of a god.

[FormerTitanium]

Kouta sure knows how to make an entrance with his upgrade forms...

Jinba Amrs - Uses the finisher right off the bat

Kachidoki Arms - Guns down every trooper, and takes out flags for the kicks

Kiwami Arms - Uses about 5 different Rider weapons and 2 finishers for the funnzies.

[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by FormerTitanium

Kouta sure knows how to make an entrance with his upgrade forms...

Jinba Amrs - Uses the finisher right off the bat

Kachidoki Arms - Guns down every trooper, and takes out flags for the kicks

Kiwami Arms - Uses about 5 different Rider weapons and 2 finishers for the funnzies.

He was a street dancer. Makes sense that he'd know how to bust some heads in style.

[TokuChris]

Spoilers from the sub, here we go.

Malika/Marika abandons Ryouma for Kaito.
Sagura explains to Kouta that to beat an Overlord, he must become one, and what he does after that is up to him.
Mai warns Kouta that he's being used, but Kouta takes the Kiwami Lockseed anyways, to fight for his friends.
Ryouma peaces out, abandoning Marika/Malika.

And the next episode is the one we've been waiting for.

Mitchy fights Kouta and Oren ... and Oren reveals Zangetsu Shin as an imposter, to which Kouta yells "WHO ARE YOU!"

This series is so fucking good.

[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

Malika/Marika abandons Ryouma for Kaito.

I fucking called it!

[Kiryu]

Kiwami Arms is perhaps the most gaudy Ultimate form I have ever seen.

But god damn! This show found a way to make it look awesome.

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by Kiryu

Kiwami Arms is perhaps the most gaudy Ultimate form I have ever seen.

But god damn! This show found a way to make it look awesome.

I thought "gaudy" meant extravagantly bright and showy to the point of tastelessness and Kiwami received flak upon reveal for being too bland?

[Thessair]

The stripes on the legs of Kiwami are killing me for some reason. Everything else looks pretty snazzy in motion (that rainbow visor is sweet) and that is a darned neat first appearance. I still think Kachidoki is better, from an aesthetic point-of-view, but I appreciate Kiwami for what it is.

Also, that other stuff in the episode happened.

[Locke]

God this episode was epic, probably one of my all time favourite episodes in the series. I don't have a lot to talk about because I was just enjoying it so much I just sorta chilled back.

Speaking specifically of Zenith though, I don't think it actually looks quite as horrible in motion as it does in the stills. I mean it's still ugly as all hell and looks thrown together out of the spare bits in the costume departments bin but the textures and details are much easier to appreciate in the show than they are in scans and the implementation was pretty cool.

[Switchblade]

Yeah, that was pretty much amazing. It was great seeing so many of the Riders working together. Kiwami Arms does look better in motion, but I still don't like the fruit all over the chest and, ultimately, even mixing and matching all of the weapons is held back a little by how, even after all these months, I still think the fruit gimmick is kinda dumb. I'm actually surprised there's no new weapon exclusive to Kiwami like we've seen in the past several shows. Still, it was a great episode overall and I'm very interested to see what's next now that there's a full invasion underway.

That said, I'm a little concerned with the whole "you must become an Overlord" idea Sagara mentioned. I can see an ending now that is very much a repeat of Blade and I'm hoping the show is more original than that.