[Blade Raider]

I haven't formed an opinion on...on... whatever Beast's name is. He's livily at least.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Really? His character is like Shunpei-lite, and that's a godsend for this show. He's energetic, he's happy (Hell, this fact alone makes him stand out from every secondary rider ever), and he's not a complete jerk. While his suit is ugly and his powers very meh, his character is what completely redeems him in my eyes.

That, doesn't make him better. I've had a mild hatred of Shunpei ever since his first appearance. And I dont find Haruto nearly as boring as most people. I was incredibly happy to see a halfway normal rider who wasnt insane and all over the place like Gentarou.

[Odin]

Simply put everything about beast is cool, and makes a good foil to Haruto. Cant wait to see the fight between the 2 of them.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

That, doesn't make him better. I've had a mild hatred of Shunpei ever since his first appearance. And I dont find Haruto nearly as boring as most people. I was incredibly happy to see a halfway normal rider who wasnt insane and all over the place like Gentarou.

I actually realized why I don't like Haruto.
It's because he's Tendou-Lite. Every characters' lives in the series revolves around him. Their actions don't pertain to anything but to help Haruto. Shunpei's dreams aren't to be a wizard anymore, but to be Haruto's personal assistant. Rinko will casually ditch her job so she can shine Haruto's boots. Koyumi, as cold as she is, does nothing but fawn over Haruto, and Wajima doesn't exist for anything beyond making more rings for Haruto.
This is where Beast comes in. He has his own agenda. Granted, he's revolving around Haruto, but he's not kneeling before him and praying to not-Tendou for the opportunity to eat a Phantom.

As for his personality, there's a reason why I love Shunpei, a character who I would loathe as hard as I do Decade in any other series. He brings the smiles, he brings the energy and happiness to the series. I'll admit that more recently Haruto has been getting into things a bit more, and I do hope that it's a permanent change, but until he does, Shunpei and Shunpei 2/Beast are the only reasons why I'm still watching.

[Kagezuno]

Having seen the subs, I have more things to say.

Beast is really interesting in that he seems be something of an inversion of Haruto in terms of character--Haruto is introverted and reserved and Beast is anything but. He's kinda goofy, and I think I'll have to disagree about mayo being the greatest food ever invented, but it should set up an interesting dynamic going forward and the conflict oughta bring Haurto out a bit more.

I like Beast's suit a lot more than I did from the magazine pics--the gold on the helmet looks a bit more in line with the gold on the suit and feels more of a piece. The matador thing works better than I thought it would (they do love twirling capes, don't they?) The Figuart should be quite splendid.

Looking forward to next week!

[Paladin]

My first impressions of Beast are pretty positive. The concept of "crisis=opportunity" or that despair can lead to even greater hope is an interesting contrast to Haruto's protection stance. And the idea of consuming mana may help both of them evolve as magic users or by extension characters.

Also, I wonder if Kosuke is a fan of Timmy P's.

[xSkullheartx]

I like the character of Beast,for the simple fact that he's his Rival instead of just plain enemy.It's a nice change of pace.And he's his rival cause he thinks all wizards feed on phantom's mana,which makes it even better.I still think the suit design could be much better,but the character is great to watch.

P.S.I also totally called the mayonnaise on doughnuts happening.lol

[xSkullheartx]

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Originally Posted by KamenRiderOOO

Henshin sequence

I just noticed he starts the transformation with a pelvic thrust.>_<

[Powerman293]

When I first watched this episode, I was infuriated that the episode didn't take the arrival of Beast seriously. Most of the beginning was slapstick setting up the episode. But then I had a thought that changed my perspective completely.

If Beast's entrance was taken seriously, we would have had another dick to the main hero Secondary Rider. And we got something different then that this time. So my perspective on the episode changed from being bad to good. I still don't like the slapstick with Beast's human form and mayonnaise. It might be subjective genius, as we all know Beast is going to show up and it's gonna be this wack-o guy so maybe this was establishing character.

I don't like the fact that Haruto got poisoned and cured in one episode. It could have set up so much potential in dealing with the Phantoms while Haruto was hurt when they had to trust this Beast guy they have never met and could turn on them at any given point. But I guess next week's episode is going on a different path, storyline with Beast is going to be interesting.

EDIT: This guy still looks like Jayden from Power Rangers Samurai.

[Barricade64]

Great to have another one shot episode. I'm still not a fan of Beast's design, but I love the voice of the belt and his character looks like he'll make Wizard interesting again. I just hope he doesn't fall into any miscommunication tropes and that Haruto was just too shocked to explain things.