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08-12-2020, 09:49 AM | #551 |
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But yeah, as fun as they are, these episodes never really do lock in on something to be *about*, and that's maybe a bit of a shame when that extra little spark of focus and actual meaning could've propelled them to straight up best-of-the-series level. As it is, it very much feels like Inoue just holding down the fort for half a month while Aikawa gets ready to take over as writer, which is, uh, exactly what they probably are, so I mean, it's still mission accomplished! Hard to complain too much about this episode when it's still hilarious.
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And that, I believe, is the last of Inoue you'll see in Blade until the movie. I remember this in particular because, like, this was a special moment for me. Blade was my final Heisei series so when I got to these episodes I was like "... oh my god I'm finally done with Inoue". Slight difference in how we see the guy's writing!
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Which, like, I guess I'm gonna go ahead and represent in Jack Form Feelings? Because I actually think the gold is by far the worst part of Blade's Jack Form; it's just way too gaudy and tacked on, but for Garren it fits with his colour scheme much more and feels a lot more subdued due to it. And while I don't have... too many complaints with Blade sticking a knife at the end of his sword, Garren upgrading to bayonet is just awesome.
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For Garren, it's that gold having to compete with a lot of red, and even some green. It's too many contrasting colors for me.
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08-12-2020, 11:13 AM | #552 |
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tfw I didn't get to this thread in time to make this joke tbf you could use it to summarize the entire second half of the series, I feel like this is the reason why so MANY People for the longest time were confused as to who Blade's secondary Rider really is the first half of the series/Shoji Imai written episodes put more emphasis on Garren, the second half/Sho Aikawa written episodes put more emphasis on Challice (It feels like he also didn't really know what to do with Mustski other than be edgy/and well see for yourself)
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08-12-2020, 11:22 AM | #553 |
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And that, I believe, is the last of Inoue you'll see in Blade until the movie. I remember this in particular because, like, this was a special moment for me. Blade was my final Heisei series so when I got to these episodes I was like "... oh my god I'm finally done with Inoue". Slight difference in how we see the guy's writing!
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08-12-2020, 11:25 AM | #554 |
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His most recent Rider stuff was the Kiva tribute in Zi-O; Rider Time: Ryuki; and the Ghost/Ichigou movie. Which, uh, the only other thing he did post-Decade was the OOO part of W/OOO, so I guess he's just not into Phase 2 Rider's style of doing things. I'm sure Die is mourning over never being able to get an Inoue-written Ex-Aid spinoff.
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08-12-2020, 11:34 AM | #555 |
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His most recent Rider stuff was the Kiva tribute in Zi-O; Rider Time: Ryuki; and the Ghost/Ichigou movie. Which, uh, the only other thing he did post-Decade was the OOO part of W/OOO, so I guess he's just not into Phase 2 Rider's style of doing things. I'm sure Die is mourning over never being able to get an Inoue-written Ex-Aid spinoff.
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08-12-2020, 12:13 PM | #556 |
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Not able to chime in as much on these episodes as I’d hoped to. My town got hit by the derecho on Monday and I just got cell service back last night, waiting on electricity.
This was Blade’s answer to Ryuki’s Megumi arc and the second in a bi-annual trilogy of mid-show bizarre comedy stories. The last chapter will be in Kabuto and it is every bit as bonkers. This was also the first/penultimate (I’m pretty sure) appearance of Garren’s Jack form. Episode 30 also serves as the farewell to another part of Blade that’s been around since the beginning. Not the writer, but the theme song. As of the next episode, Blade Brave will be replaced by a new song and an opening sequence that looks like it took effort. |
08-12-2020, 12:26 PM | #557 |
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Not able to chime in as much on these episodes as I’d hoped to. My town got hit by the derecho on Monday and I just got cell service back last night, waiting on electricity.
This was Blade’s answer to Ryuki’s Megumi arc and the second in a bi-annual trilogy of mid-show bizarre comedy stories. The last chapter will be in Kabuto and it is every bit as bonkers. This was also the first/penultimate (I’m pretty sure) appearance of Garren’s Jack form. Episode 30 also serves as the farewell to another part of Blade that’s been around since the beginning. Not the writer, but the theme song. As of the next episode, Blade Brave will be replaced by a new song and an opening sequence that looks like it took effort. |
08-12-2020, 01:30 PM | #558 |
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Not able to chime in as much on these episodes as I’d hoped to. My town got hit by the derecho on Monday and I just got cell service back last night, waiting on electricity.
This was Blade’s answer to Ryuki’s Megumi arc and the second in a bi-annual trilogy of mid-show bizarre comedy stories. The last chapter will be in Kabuto and it is every bit as bonkers. This was also the first/penultimate (I’m pretty sure) appearance of Garren’s Jack form. Episode 30 also serves as the farewell to another part of Blade that’s been around since the beginning. Not the writer, but the theme song. As of the next episode, Blade Brave will be replaced by a new song and an opening sequence that looks like it took effort. I don't know that I ever liked the opening credits (they pretty much gave me a headache), but I did warm to that theme song. It's got a real catch finish, you know? Either way, I'm excited to hear/see/experience the new one!
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08-12-2020, 03:51 PM | #559 |
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Just that thinking about some things you seemingly force others to be the same like Fourze's Magnet States vs Cosmic States, or uh... Jean. But in other times some differences are given free pass such as Jin's type of comedy! Now a bit confused on what to think and predict, and certainly dreading the former part (I fear this in any place I go), especially if it's regarding Inoue. No offense, just that all of these seems blind for Inoue for some reason to me, which made me inform that those that had problems acknowledge some of his good parts like slice of life or comedy, overall being better on leash, but his extreme edgelord and screwing up parts aspects aren't ignored.
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Like, it never really figured out what it was trying to say about Hajime, and that’s a big knock against it. We never got to see what he was getting out of being Ryou, since he spends the entire story in a semi-amnesiac fog. He doesn’t end up caring for Michi or the takoyaki gang or whatever. He just wanders into Ryou’s story, and then wanders right the hell back out at the end.
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(Similarly, I like that when Team Blade has Ryou telling them what happened, Kenzaki's just like Oh That Wacky Hajime Trying To Get Out Of Fighting. I mean, it's normally insane to suggest that someone got replaced by their doppelganger due to narratively-convenient amnesia, but Kenzaki's bemused dismissal is equally as insane. But I love that choice in the writing! I love how dense and unobservant it makes Kenzaki! It's so stupid it's great!)
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08-12-2020, 03:56 PM | #560 |
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Just that thinking about some things you seemingly force others to be the same like Fourze's Magnet States vs Cosmic States, or uh... Jean. But in other times some differences are given free pass such as Jin's type of comedy! Now a bit confused on what to think and predict, and certainly dreading the former part (I fear this in any place I go), especially if it's regarding Inoue. No offense, just that all of these seems blind for Inoue for some reason to me, which made me inform that those that had problems acknowledge some of his good parts like slice of life or comedy, overall being better on leash, but his extreme edgelord and screwing up parts aspects aren't ignored.
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