[Locke]

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You're getting close to when the movie taeks place. I forget exactly what episode they happen between off the top of my head.

Do I need to watch the movie before the end?

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And I gotta say, what a twist! The entire time I was watching I was wondering how these two stories would meet up, how Yuuji was going to end up with the belt and become Faiz. He was built up so sympathetically, that introductory sequence after the opening, with the car wreck..damn. But yeah, I was fully expecting him to end up with the belt and..he ends up being one of the bad guys, did not see that coming at all. I'm sure if I had known ahead of time who actually was the rider, like I'm sure most people did when first watching the series, either back when it first aired or now, that I probably would have had a different reaction, but I really didn't know much of anything before jumping into the show so it was a total shock to me.

From what I've heard, Faiz tried to hide the identity of the Rider before it aired and most of the trailers had a part of the scene where Mari tried to transform in it. Still, if you know your early '00s main Rider hairstyles, it's pretty obvious who it's going to be.

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Faiz dropping into enemy hands, quite literally - I'm pretty sure I also have already had this twist spoiled for me, when I looked up Faiz toys. Only Orphenoch's can use the belt, right?

Yep. It's getting kind of hard to avoid that reveal; if you've seen Decade you know it's coming, too.

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Plus the sort of back up story of Yuka and her sister falls flat, because Yuka's sister, and subsequently her parents, are such complete and utter bastards that it feels like we've fallen into cartoonworld and all the intended poignancy of the drama is lost.

That's always a thing that bugged me about Faiz's melodrama: it never knows when to dial things back to feel more realistic instead of lurching full on into crazytown.

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I'm actually not sure how I feel about the Orphenoch's any more either. I know it's only been four episodes and I was just praising them but I dunno when you see multiple Orphenoch's standing side by side, you start to realise how boring the all grey design is.

The designs are good, but so much of the detail gets buried by the lack of color.

[MidoGreen]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Do I need to watch the movie before the end?

Yes, it's directly tied into the series.

[Locke]

I hope that reveal isn't like the crux of the show, or I've just ruined the whole point of watching for myself haha.

I get what they are doing with the drama but without a shade of nuance it stops feeling real and I find it hard to engage with.

Yeah the designs are awesome but the colours make them look unfinished.

Edit: oh shit, need to find where the movie comes in.

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I hope that reveal isn't like the crux of the show, or I've just ruined the whole point of watching for myself haha.

Not really. It's a big moment, of course, but the focus of the show is always more on the interpersonal drama and conflict with Smart Brain and Lucky Clover.

[SPLIT LIP]

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Edit: oh shit, need to find where the movie comes in.

Between 44 and 45.

Kamen Rider W Forever A to Z The Gaia Memories of Fate.

"That's a really long title." -Shotaro

Joking aside, just "Kamen Rider W A to Z" should cover any searches. It's a VERY worthwhile movie.

[Powerman293]

Faiz 25-33

25 really felt like the end of an arc with finding out about Mari's dad being an orphnoch and living in the school underneath Smart Brain. Although it did go Ryuki for a moment with the dad saying Fight to Kusaka and then the mirror noise when the Orphenoch showed up.

Oh hey Delta. Although I hate it went to the fucking annoying kid with the Jewfro. Seriously, I hate this fucker, he's the most one off stereotypical strong villains I've ever seen. I like the fact that the one Lucky Clover guy is super scared of him because of his turning things to dust powers and the fact that Delta fucked him up earlier.

I swear to god half of the plot of the show happens because of either miscommunication or coincidence. I like the fact that Kusaka is manipulating people to do his his will but it could have been done in a smarter way.

I liked the Sawada arc but I felt like it was twisting and turning for no reason in order to make it "shocking" that Sawada gave up his humanity.

Kusaka has all three belts? He should be happy then right? oh wait... no..... he's still being a dick.

I think the show has been going in circles for the past 10-15 episodes with the "Let's steal the belts" plan, nothing has really happened in terms of the power shift until Jewfro kid here gave away his Delta belt. granted, a lot of the characters developed more and we learn more about the world but nothing really.. happened. That lucky clover chick is still here, even into the 30's and that's kind of bad/odd.

Also the subs went to shit once 33 hit. People like to make fun of TV Nihon for their too literal translations. These subs are the shit people are talking about with too literal. I tried to get into 34 but the subs and video quality were not worth watching the episodes. So if anyone can link me to some good TV-N or any other good subs I'll be set for the final stretch.

[XW1n5t0nX]

Kamen Rider Faiz Episode 1
That was some Resident Evil/Dead Space like shit in the beginning. Or is it just me that thinks that?

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww, what a cute couple. And what a cute/heart warming moment there with the parents. They're going to die aren't they? Called it.

So he came back as a zombie? Okay then.

Is this girl Goku or something? She's putting away food like that *snaps fingers*. She's also quite the noisy eater too. And she seems a bit rude if that's the word to use.

Yuuji is having quite the bad day. He comes back not fully right, his home is gone, and his uncle sold the company and house. Seriously that is a shitty way to come back from a coma and the dead.

Ouch! That's a nasty way to go, having your heart sucked up by tentacles. The monster is pretty cool looking too while I'm on the subject. I also like this girl. She's a tad rudeish, but she's kind of has a certain charm to her.

Boy Yuuji's day keeps getting worse.

It's a trap!

Huh, so the belt can only work with somebody who can bring out it's power. That's a new one to me. It's actually a pretty nice concept that only certain types of people can fully unlock/harness the power of the driver. So kudos to you writers for coming up with a pretty cool concept.

What the hell is that thing? A demonic mermaid?

Okay that is one cool as hell effect with the rain. Also first we have a demonic mermaid, now a demonic horse? What's next? A demonic chihuahua? Very nice transformation effect with him turning into a running horse/centaur though.

Flawless victory! Yuuji wins! FATALITY!

Wait what? He kicks him in the area where a belt would be and he turns to sand? What up with that?

So this is Faiz huh? Well not much to say other then, alright.

What we got in the episode was decent enough. Though it didn't really do a whole heck of a lot outside of introduce Faiz and some of the main characters of the show. It didn't really set up the plot outside of as I said Faiz, and kinda just moved along. It was mostly about Yuuji's one bad day more then anything. And unless Yuuji turns out to be one of the big main characters of the show, then really the episode accomplished nothing from a story perspective.

I like the henshin sequence with the whole lights rising around him thing. But....I kinda dislike the suit, or to be more specific the helmet. The suit itself is pretty nice looking and standard for that era of Kamen Rider. But the helmet just says "Nope" to me. I think the eyes are a little to big with not enough breaking up of them. I know that sounds weird to all hell, but I don't really know how else to explain it.

I'm digging the music quite a bit. It reminds me of the music in Ryuki quite a bit with how techno it is. I don't know why but it seems like I can enjoy techno like music when it's in Kamen Rider. I guess because it isn't drawn out and gives me something pleasant to look at it while I'm listening to it. But I digress.

I do like this English narration during the previews, if anything just for the way the guy sounds.

So for my first viewing of Faiz, all I have to say is that I'm not really eager about anything. The first episode doesn't have to dump everything on you, but having it be about virtually nothing outside of one character who I'm assuming won't appear that much doesn't really hook the viewer in. The episode was rather dull in my opinion. Comparing it to the other first episodes I've seen, it's probably the weakest as it doesn't have me eager to move onto the next episode to see what happens, which is a bad thing.

I guess I'll carry through with my first 5 episodes rule, but honestly at the moment, Faiz is boring me. I hope the next four episodes can change my mind.

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Oh hey Delta. Although I hate it went to the fucking annoying kid with the Jewfro. Seriously, I hate this fucker, he's the most one off stereotypical strong villains I've ever seen. I like the fact that the one Lucky Clover guy is super scared of him because of his turning things to dust powers and the fact that Delta fucked him up earlier.

That's Rei "Silver Fang Zero" Fujita. He is awesome.

Also, enjoy Delta being useful while it lasts.

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Also the subs went to shit once 33 hit. People like to make fun of TV Nihon for their too literal translations. These subs are the shit people are talking about with too literal. I tried to get into 34 but the subs and video quality were not worth watching the episodes. So if anyone can link me to some good TV-N or any other good subs I'll be set for the final stretch.

You're probably back onto their original subs. TVN has been resubbing this with dvd rips. Last I checked they're up to episode 47 and you should be able to grab the torrent or ddls from their site.

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I like the henshin sequence with the whole lights rising around him thing. But....I kinda dislike the suit, or to be more specific the helmet. The suit itself is pretty nice looking and standard for that era of Kamen Rider. But the helmet just says "Nope" to me. I think the eyes are a little to big with not enough breaking up of them. I know that sounds weird to all hell, but I don't really know how else to explain it.

I like the Faiz costumes a lot, but I also think that Faiz is the series whose designs improve the most when run through the SIC filter.

[NGW]

Just finished Episode 2 of Faiz.

Continuing off what I felt to be a fairly strong start, episode 2 continued to deliver. I really like the mood and tone of this season. I know I've seen people give it crap for being too melodramatic, dark for the sake of dark and all that, but at least what we've had up to this point actually kinda works. Show has some fantastic music as well. Characters definitely need to develop a bit more, I mean honestly at this point I care more about Yuji and feel more sorry for him (to an extent) than I actually care about the good guys. Chie was a complete bitch, don't wanna say she deserved what happened but man...The fight scenes have been great as well, and I love how techy Faiz and his powers seem to be. We're not really getting much in the way of story just yet, but I am rather curious how Smart Brain seems connected both to the orphenoc's and Faiz. Speaking of, Smart Brain chick is hot, especially in that outfit with the thigh high boots....mmmmm. The show is really nicely shot too, some beautiful and disturbing imagery. I really liked the scene with Yuji on the roof, sad and beautiful.