[SPLIT LIP]

I also quit Kiva after one episode, though I didn't think it was bad, it just didn't grab me.

Also Locke, you're not alone. I don't feel like watching thirty episodes of a terrible show just to see if it gets better. Though unlike you I'm a shmuck who downed pretty much all of the melodrama that was Agito because people told me "it got better."

[KyoryuGreen]

I absolutely loved Kiva, I'm probably watching it next after OOO.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

Decade episode 9:

Matrix is going to hate me...

I thought it was pretty good. Oh my gosh! It's Todoroki! I'm guessing that DiEnd summoned him? That Mitsu...whatever, I'm just going to pull a SPLIT LIP. That Meatsoup guy became a total jerk, it's like, just yesterday, you were low in the company, and now you're insulting your former superior? get out of here! It's kind of funny how when Tsukasa's being a jerk, he somehow unintentionally helps the Rider whom he's giving a hard time (with Yuuske's help of course). Faiz world is next. Blue butterflys? What is this? Persona?

Mutsuki, I hated that episode, and Tsukasa helped fuck all. It was Yusuke's own misinterpretation of Tskasa's taunting that saved the day.

[Locke]

So once again Kuuga ruins a fairly cool bit of writing with weak execution.

Everything about Godai's death was fantastically handled, well as best as it can be with the rather weak acting. But his return fight was...rubbish, he was in the White form, the weakest form and despite the spore guy saying the Rider kick wouldn't work...he just did it three times and then it died? Wow...spectacular... Everything after the fight was spectacular as well.

It's a huge problem when the weakest part of your Kamen Rider series is the Rider himself.

[ryan]

He was still weakened from nearly dying, what else was he supposed to do?

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by ryan

He was still weakened from nearly dying, what else was he supposed to do?

It would have been the perfect time for a new, more powerful form, like a return from death form.

And I don't know, but you can make a more exciting action sequence than 'that kick doesn't work...oh you used it three times now I'll die.'

[KRX]

I need to retract an earlier statement I made.

Kamen Rider OOO is not a series that starts off weakly before getting better. While it does get better as it goes along, that is not to say the first 10 are weak; they are just weaker when compared to the succeeding episodes.

The thing about Kamen Rider OOO is that it gets darker as it goes on. The atmosphere and mood of the series in the first episode contrasts sharply with that of the last episode. Eiji grows and develops as a character as the series progresses. The series goes in a direction that the first episode alludes to, but the next nine dissuade those perceptions.

It's not for everyone, but it deserves a watch.

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Originally Posted by Locke

It would have been the perfect time for a new, more powerful form, like a return from death form.

And I don't know, but you can make a more exciting action sequence than 'that kick doesn't work...oh you used it three times now I'll die.'

Actually, that sounds like a better decision than a new form.

[ryan]

He was still too weak to get a new form. In fact, as you'll see when he finally gets a Rising Form, it doesn't just magically happen on its own.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by KRX

Actually, that sounds like a better decision than a new form.

What?

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He was still too weak to get a new form. In fact, as you'll see when he finally gets a Rising Form, it doesn't just magically happen on its own.

Fair enough, my bigger problem was with the Rider Kick. Hardly a dramatic come back when his enemy is immune to the kick, then it works because he used it three times...for some reason.

[ryan]

he wasn't immune to it, he was able to absorb the energy from it, but that doesn't mean he can do so indefinitely. Repeated kickings surpassed the amount of energy his body could absorb.

I see it like you could survive if somebody shot you once, but if you get shot enough times, you're going to die, even though the first one didn't kill you. You can survive some loss of blood, but if you keep loosing blood there's no saving you.

Anyway, it makes sense to me, doesn't mean it has to make sense to you. I kinda feel, though, that you're watching the show looking for problems, rather than looking for things to enjoy. Try it the other way, maybe things will be more fun to watch.