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10-26-2020, 11:25 PM | #31 |
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Okay so the new Wonder Ride Books:
Sarukani Wars - based on the Crab and the Monkey. Houshin Kamen Engi - based on the Investiture of the Gods. Daishougun Momoichiro - based on Momotaro (I think? You can kind of make out a monkey and a dog from the cover). Daikengou Urashimajiro - based on Urashima Tarō. Daiyokozuna Kinsaburō - based on Kintarō. Osha Jizousan - baesd on Kṣitigarbha (a bodhisattva and patron deity over dead children and aborted fetuses). Bakusou Usagi to Kame - based on the Tortoise and the Hare. Tsuki no Hime Kaguyan - based on Princess Kaguya. Issun Bushi - based on Issun-bōshi. Most of these Wonder Ride Books are just the names of the folktales with one or two kanji swapped out with another or had another character added to change the names. Quote:
They also a nice little reference to the Denliner Imagins, with Momotaro's book being red, Urashima's book being blue, Kintaro's being yellow, and the Jaaku Dragon book being purple standing in place if Ryutaros.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On an unrelated note, I'm digging all the forms being shown off. As others pointed out, Slash's lower torso is shaped like a door as another nod to the suit's theme. Ja-Oh Dragon Calibur looks good, and I especially like how they handled the pop-up effect with the book. The best match/full combo forms are all neat, although I do feel like they kinda suffer from having their primary color covering their entire suits except for thighs. |
10-27-2020, 04:10 AM | #32 |
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10-27-2020, 04:13 AM | #33 |
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10-27-2020, 05:32 AM | #34 |
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Honestly seeing Calibur getting such a drastic form change next month is kinda weird for me because at this point of the show, he barely registers to me as an actual character. Mysteries about his identity aside, I don't feel like we've gotten a lick of either his motivations or even his personality. I fear I won't get to assign any particular feelings to his first form before this new one shows up.
Other Riders in the past whose purpose at the beginning was to just look cool and stomp on the heroes (Zangetsu, Genm and Horobi particularly come to mind... a lot of purple guys here, huh) at least we got the gist of what their deal was by episode 5-ish, even if it was a really straightforward kind of character. It does look cool though. Also very much like Cross-Z. I look forward to him feeling unstoppable until Saber gets his first-quarter upgrade in December. |
10-27-2020, 05:44 AM | #35 |
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Is Kamen Rider Saber the only Rider show were the bad guy gets his upgrade form first? If we don’t count the three compatible books as upgrades. Probably not but there's no counter example immediately coming to mind. Quote:
Honestly seeing Calibur getting such a drastic form change next month is kinda weird for me because at this point of the show, he barely registers to me as an actual character. Mysteries about his identity aside, I don't feel like we've gotten a lick of either his motivations or even his personality. I fear I won't get to assign any particular feelings to his first form before this new one shows up.
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10-27-2020, 05:52 AM | #36 |
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During the first 8-ish episode, when heroes didn't know (or not really sure) Genm was kuroto, we didn't know what he wanted. It was kinda the point of Lazer early arc to investigate Kuroto and getting christmased for trying. And even after Dangerous Zombie debut Kuroto's goal as a game master and wanting to achieve KR Chronicle wasn't immediately clear. He was just being bad and megalo for the sake of being bad and megalo as far as heroes knew. EDIT : Genm again. Dangerous Zombie happened before Mighty Brothers, and even if we're talking level 3 Shakariki sports came first. Last edited by Omnikaiser; 10-27-2020 at 05:54 AM.. |
10-27-2020, 06:18 AM | #37 |
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My main takeaway from this is that I should prepare for whoever is behind that mask to become a meme lord with a god complex later on. Jokes aside, I like early villain Riders with staying power in their respective shows like Genm, Blood Stalk or Horobi, so I hope Calibur sticks around. |
10-27-2020, 07:12 AM | #38 |
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10-27-2020, 07:12 AM | #39 |
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I hope the next item in Saber will be scrolls. Scrolls tell stories as books do.
If this new character is from the south, maybe scrolls can fit there somehow. |
10-27-2020, 07:15 AM | #40 |
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Me waiting for the secondary henshin trinket: the Wonder Ride Scrolls.
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