[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

PuToTyra... well, I think I've already said all I need to say, but it really made me wish that the SICs were what the actual show costumes looked like. Imagine how badass it'd look fighting monsters if it looked like the SIC? I especially hate the white that the SIC makes a deep silver. And the explanation fans give for it is dumb.

There's a fan explanation for why PuToTyra uses white? What is it?

[Locke]

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I also like the Detective more than Ankh because he actually surprised me by wanting to help, having been aware the whole time he still felt like he needed to contribute, even though he was not obligated to. It nice that there exists these noble characters outside of the riders themselves. Plus he's just nice and polite. The only time Ankh did anything really cool was in the last episode.

What annoyed me more was they really dumbed Eiji down in this episode so it seems like Ankh actually has a purpose. He isn't some tactical genius, he just has a good throw.

I mean seriously, are you fucking kidding me Eiji? YOU ARE OS how can you not know the right medal for the right situation? Sure Shingo or Ankh may come up with an out of the box solution but if you have no knowledge of your own tools then you are just fucking rubbish.

Honestly this has to be one of the most stupid storybeats I've ever been given to swallow, how can he not have a knowledge of powers HE FIGHTS WITH just...this is mindblowingly dumb.

[SPLIT LIP]

Really the only trainign he'd need is to memorize which medals are which and what powers they have. Like I'd get it if Eiji called out for the Orca medal and got chucked a Batta since Shingo doesn't know which is which, but since they established that he's up to speed even that wouldn't make sense.

Really, why does he even need to train at all? He should know everything.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

There's a fan explanation for why PuToTyra uses white? What is it?

That the black on OOO regular suits represents greed, and since PuToTyra is an absence of greed, it's white since that's the opposite.

I know, dumbest thing I've ever heard. How the hell does black represent greed?

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Really, why does he even need to train at all? He should know everything.

I thought that sequence was used to show off the unused forms and medal combinations.

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

That the black on OOO regular suits represents greed, and since PuToTyra is an absence of greed, it's white since that's the opposite.

I know, dumbest thing I've ever heard. How the hell does black represent greed?

I think they drew that mentality in the sense that white typically represents purity.
So, if white = pure, then black = corrupt.
It's dumb, but I can kinda see where they're coming from.

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

That the black on OOO regular suits represents greed, and since PuToTyra is an absence of greed, it's white since that's the opposite.

I know, dumbest thing I've ever heard. How the hell does black represent greed?

The color black has possible two causes: the lack of any light in an area, or an object absorbing all wavelengths of light and reflecting none. White, on the other hand, is what happens when all wavelengths are reflected. It's a bit metaphorical, but I think that's where the mentality arose.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by KRX

The color black has possible two causes: the lack of any light in an area, or an object absorbing all wavelengths of light and reflecting none. White, on the other hand, is what happens when all wavelengths are reflected. It's a bit metaphorical, but I think that's where the mentality arose.

I actually don't think the physical properties of the colors are the case here.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Really the only trainign he'd need is to memorize which medals are which and what powers they have. Like I'd get it if Eiji called out for the Orca medal and got chucked a Batta since Shingo doesn't know which is which, but since they established that he's up to speed even that wouldn't make sense.

Really, why does he even need to train at all? He should know everything.

FROM THE KAMEN RIDER I HAVE SEEN *coughs* it always baffles me that they bloat out the side characters and then give them nothing to do, Ankh is an integral character to OOOs story but in terms of his actual physical purpose he is just sorta...there, characters like Hina and stuff kinda make more sense as she in story just got dragged into something that is nothing to do with her but ultimately she ends up achieving more than Ankh does.

But like I say, this seems like a general problem. The majority of the Kamen Rider Club in Fourze have no purpose, the majority of Haruto's gang in Wizard are useless despite some of them having stuff established that should make them useful and in Kuuga, minus characters who were given a specific function, the side characters again just sorta stood around like a prop that got dialogue.

[SPLIT LIP]

And, again, that's why I like W so much. It has a very streamlined cast and what little fluff there is has practical use. Like, really once Accel shows up it's just four main characters on the good guy team: Shotaro, Philip, Ryu and Akiko. Each has a purpose and contributes to the plot. (I mean, Akiko is the only one not a rider) Then you have the drifting, rarely used ambient cast of Watcherman, Santa, the bumbling cops and the producer's daughters because why else are those two girls in that show they're in, like, five episodes? All used quite sparingly. (which sucks because Santa could have his own show he's so weird and hilarious)

Even Den-O, my second favourite series, has a lot of other "main" characters. Outside of the riders and Imagin, (already 7+ characters right there) you have three other Denliner characters and then Ryoutaro's sister. Then you add the two obnoxious, screaming cafe dudes and it's really funny how many focused-on characters there are in a show that's usually focused around just one or two guys. Hell, most shows have the rider, the secondary rider, the female lead, an accociate, and then, like, three or four other characters. It's odd. Not to say I hate them, but I guess got used to the very efficient main cast of W since it was my first series that I now notice the "fluff" more often.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

That the black on OOO regular suits represents greed, and since PuToTyra is an absence of greed, it's white since that's the opposite.

I know, dumbest thing I've ever heard. How the hell does black represent greed?

Huh. I always just assumed it was just an ultimate form thing. Like how Armed Hibiki is red or how Shining Agito is all silver and red.

[KyoryuGreen]

Watched Kiva 31 and 32 and loved Nago's reaction to Wataru as Kiva. Interested in Taiga, and both Yuri and Megumi becoming Ixa. Also liked Riki fighting Maya and love Emperor Kiva, and Rising Ixa so much.