[IndigoArms]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Fair enough. But calling him "nothing more than an expendable character" is really selling him short.

Yeah, if above all else, Mamoru is practically the heart of the Nozama Peston Service.

[Njs10]

The final raw is up

[Xtreme RX]

What a finale! From the new status quo, to the final beautifully-choreographed battle, right down to the set-up for season 2, "M" is a wonderful ending for the first amazing season.

[IndigoArms]

I don't know, but for some reason at the end when Haruka screams "Amazon" and turns around facing the camera transformed, it just reminds me of the those old Heisei eyecatches.

[Kamen Rider Ultra]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Fair enough. But calling him "nothing more than an expendable character" is really selling him short.

Not at all, because all of the characters are expendable really. The only difference is at what point in time and which character did they decide to kill off.

[JusticeMagnum]

subs for the finale are up at overtime

[Helios]

Episode 13 was awesome. I officially love the president. He is so crazy and cool. Tachibana looked so triggered at the end which was hilarious. It's interesting that Haruka is actually the director's son and how he's a Amazon-human hybrid. I can't wait till next April. I know season 2 is going to be great.

[Electric Turahk]

I want more already.

[barnstenchfartface]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Ultra

Not at all, because all of the characters are expendable really. The only difference is at what point in time and which character did they decide to kill off.

Then...what even is the point of calling him an expendable character? If all of them are then it's a meaningless distinction. Not to mention that an Amazon that did look like the main two ended up being far more expendable. I don't even know what point you're trying to make tbh.

Anyway, decided to wait until 13 was out to watch both it and 12, and I'm glad I did. Managed to get through that without building up too much hype or anything. Anyway, they were great. They were great, but...I...found M slightly anticlimatic? I dunno. I was expecting like...something to happen. Someone to die or something. Really thought they were going somewhere else with Mamoru too. And with the timeskip, us seeing Jin and Haruka in their beat-up states, and learning that they've been fighting constantly for weeks now...a lot of it feels like it'd fit a beginning more than an ending. Like season 1 should have ended with Tlaloc and the team being disbanded, and then when we come back with season 2 we get most of what happened this episode. If one or both of the lead Amazons or Mamoru had died, or if the events of this episode in particular had any lasting repercussions, I'd feel differently about it, but that not being the case, I'm left with a weird feeling. Not even sure if I'm making sense.

But anyway.

Amazons is pretty great, some slight reservations about M aside. I'm looking forward to the second season a lot. The wait will be real.

[Leo Novum]

Although no one died, the finale did shake up the status quo in a pretty big way. Haruka and Mamoru walked away from their team (and their humanity) while the president revealed that everything had been going according to his design. That itself is good enough for me.

And the little thing I really liked was showing how much Takayama Jin (Alpha) had become feared and monstrous. Not extremely plot relevant but appreciated nonetheless.