[KyoryuGreen]

Finished OOO yesterday. A wonderful show, lots of awesome action and heartfelt scenes at the end. I love Eiji, Ankh, Gotou, Date, Satanaka, Kougami, Hina, Chi, Uva, Kasari, Doctor Maki and Mezool so much. Such a great series.

[Locke]

Finally a good upgrade form!

Blue V2 is fucking badass, easily my favourite form after the base Pegasus form - move aside Red Form!

The fight against Ice Whip was awesome and all round this was a great arc with big heart and imagination. Arcs like these make it feel so worthwhile pushing through all the meh eps.

[SPLIT LIP]

Is Ice Wipe his real name or did you make a really funny joke?

[Locke]

Lol no I have no idea what their name is since they spoke entirely in Grongi. But they were armed with a whip that froze on impact, killing their victims with frostbite to the heart.

So Ice Whip.

(just totally noticed I wrote wipe instead of whip what a tard)

Episode 29 was another great episode, it was no Shakespeare but I like the reason behind the new forms and the fact they even bothered with one. They tried to be imaginative too and I appreciate extra effort. Godai is basically Kamen Rider Green Lantern. Now though I'm just waiting for shit to really hit the fan with Godai's constant optimism and seeming disinterest in his own well being.

It was also great to see the ULs causing chaos again and to have another great fight for Kuuga.

Episode 30 of Kuuga was weird, they've now added Japanese subtitles (that MCS don't translate) to the episodes for the Grongi which means you get this massive, obtrusive black strip at the bottom of the screen. I hope that isn't on every episode now.

ALSO. Jean's got a crush, Jean's got a cruuuuUuUuUush!

Also fuck yeah with Ichijou helping Godai save the day, that is what we wanna see!

In terms of the upgrade form, it was pretty unspectacular especially after blue V2 but then suddenly there is an explosion that covers like half the city? The fuuuuuck.

31, another recap episode? Dammit!

[ZeoRangerV]

I watched the first episode of Amazon last night. I loved how it didn't really waste much time with setting things up and just jumped straight into the story.

This looks to be a very interesting series unlike anything Rider I've seen so far. Not just because its my first Showa series but how different a protagonist Amazon is.

The Gorgos suit is also freaking hilarious

[SideswipePrime]

So...I was catching up on Wizard and...





OMG!!! I do the same exact thing when I chop onions!!!

...

and I love mayonnaise...

oh dear...

[Locke]

I have to say, Kuuga is a lot more enjoyable to watch now he has his Gold forms because they make the base forms less 'special'.

It's no longer about showcasing those forms, it's about showcasing the Gold ones and so now he switches Base forms multiple times in a single fight, the purpose and use of each form becomes much more obvious and makes for much more interesting viewing as Godai makes the most out of each forms purpose. The forms are pretty uninteresting in themselves but used in combos with others and you start to see signs of all the cool stuff the Rider's would be able to do in the future shows.

Plus, I will forever love Godai's motorbike martial arts, the bikes really aren't all that relevant to later series but Godai's bike, along with Gouram which fits to the bike, really is his greatest weapon.

I also really enjoy the way this series is grounded, a Toku world where actions have actual consequences?! Even stuff like basically reusing monster suits is given actual purpose in the story, whether initially done for budget reasons or not.

Kuuga is not a great show, to be fair it's not even a good one with an oddly dour and adult story coupled with rough fight sequences but when episodes are good...man they are really fucking good, some of the best Toku I've watched. And that is because, minuscule budget or not, this series just has so much heart, imagination and effort put into it and when that actually makes it across to the viewer it's just a joy to watch, warts and all.

Also, she may not be able to act, but I've got the biggest crush on Sakurako.

[ryan]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Kuuga is not a great show, to be fair it's not even a good one with an oddly dour and adult story coupled with rough fight sequences but when episodes are good...man they are really fucking good, some of the best Toku I've watched. And that is because, minuscule budget or not, this series just has so much heart, imagination and effort put into it and when that actually makes it across to the viewer it's just a joy to watch, warts and all.

I've wondered about that before, because there certainly are episodes that are a huge drag, but I have so much love for the show, it must be like you said, the episodes that are good, are REALLY good. It has so much heart and feeling that it resonates with me.

Which, is also why I think Fourze was a REALLY great show, and I do not understand it when people were comparing it to Wizard over the last few pages, as being a weaker show. To me, Fourze was amazing, up with Den-O and W as some of the best KR I've seen.

My only complaint with Fourze is that there wasn't really any huge negative consequences to those that used the switches, or from the damage they caused, except in like three cases. We got the one kid that was afraid to go back to school because he knew he couldn't trust himself to not seek out another switch, and then in the end, some of the Horoscopes actually physically died, while most of them didn't. And again, that's one of the things that works for me with Kuuga, is that the mosters ARE impacting the world around them, regular people are affected, people die.

And Kuuga is even responsible for it in part. Of course, it's not like he can stop fighting, he has to, but now his finishers can even endanger people?

[Battlizer]

Kiva 21 and 22

Alright, so there playing some sort of dating game or whatever. Nothing really seemed to happen until the Chameleon Fangire seemed to notice something off about Wateru's girlfriend.

Glad the Frankenstein dude's starting to get more screentime, though.

Kiva 23

This episode is definitely a continuation of the plots fro mthe last two, but much better. I'm more interested in the Bear Fangire and his wife's relationship than any of the main characters though. Otoya's reaction to Frankenstein guy and Fish dude working in the coffee shop was hilarious though.

Queen's scary as shit. And man...I keep forgetting that Jiro can be evil as fuck! And he takes birthday party's waaaay too intensely.

[Battlizer]

Kiva 24

You know with all that break the chain talk in the opening and throughout the series...I never thought breaking the chains on Kiva's suit would actually be important and lead to a power-up, lol.

Anyway, this is a pretty great episode. Jiro went completely insane. Mio, I guess, is Queen number 2? I wonder what happened to the first...I had a feeling that Mio would be the good member of the Checkmate four, but I'm not so sure as of the end of the episode. Time will tell...

Kiva's new form is alright, but I have a feeling that dragon he needs to fuse with is gonna piss me off. That Rider Kick was sort of insane, though. Not only do you attack with a super powered kick, but two energy scythes pop out of your legs and hack the opponent as he's being kicked? Man...