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06-23-2024, 04:10 AM | #901 |
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Data 7: Prelude to the Chase It's all setup for this next arc, and as such there isn't too much to talk about. Mizuki and Sho's' dad get kidnapped, and a new "freelance writer" makes himself known as an ally. There's also a poorly animated fight against a bunch of Zoanoids. And... that's kinda it? There's not alot of intrigue in this one. But I'm not holding anything really against this episode per say. It really is just here to try and get the ball rolling, you know? I just wish I were more invested in these characters.
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06-23-2024, 06:30 PM | #902 |
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Data 8: The Lost Unit's Challenge That title is a lie and has nothing to do with the episode. Anyway, this show has gotten really tiring to sit through for me at this point. Not being at all emotionally invested doesn't help. But even disregarding that, when it comes to this episode specifically, there's so much that just makes this one feel like a total slog. For example, I swear that the animation is getting worse with each passing episode. The episode itself is full of padding too, especially at the start, with some really unnecessarily extended flashback sequences and a whole lot of dead air. Pair that up with some really pretentious dialogue, typically with the abuse of the word "Nightmare" and I'm just so out of it all. The most alarming thing for me in this episode though was the revelation that Inoue, a very prolific writer for Kamen Rider, was most likely inspired by Guyver. As in this episode, "Another Guyver" shows up, as a more monstrous version of our hero. And just like in Kamen Rider Agito, he's not yet fully evolved and is one of the more effective people in his team. This episode is also kinda weird in terms of both story flow and placement because it's the lead up our heroes storming the enemy base, which is like, ya know, a finale thing. But yet we still have four episodes to go. I can only hope that means that the rest of this OVA will go by quick.
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06-23-2024, 06:58 PM | #903 |
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Personally I liked the idea of the lost number commandos, zoanoids that got unique capabilities but couldn't be replicated, yet thought the execution was lacking. The animation has taken a hit and if memory serves, it doesn't get better. Of course, it has been a long while since I last watched this version so I'm open to being pleasantly surprised.
Must say though, the UK got the short end of the stick with this series as Manga Entertainment UK completely changed the opening with some kind of dance track. |
06-24-2024, 05:52 PM | #904 |
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Personally I liked the idea of the lost number commandos, zoanoids that got unique capabilities but couldn't be replicated, yet thought the execution was lacking. The animation has taken a hit and if memory serves, it doesn't get better. Of course, it has been a long while since I last watched this version so I'm open to being pleasantly surprised.
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Must say though, the UK got the short end of the stick with this series as Manga Entertainment UK completely changed the opening with some kind of dance track.
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06-24-2024, 07:07 PM | #905 |
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Data 9: Shocking Transformation! The Tragedy of Enzyme II I'm sure this really works for someone out there, but that person is not me. Even ignoring how I feel no attachment to any of these characters at this point, there's just so much working against the "tragedy" of this one. So, the whole crux of this episode is that Chronos modified Sho's' father into a Zoanoid, and bank on Sho not fighting back against the now Enzyme II. That or Sho kills his dad. Either way. There's so many ways this entire scenario could be solved clean though. For example, Agito overhears about a master plan that Chronos has, and yet for some reason never decides to try and intervene. Freelance Writer also just doesn't shoot the Zoanoid despite him having no real attachment to Sho or his dad. And I really don't get why everyone acts so surprised at how the Guyver suit works, as it does nothing different than what it's been shown to do before. Sho literally can't die; He's regenerated from literally nothing. And it's also been shown to be able to pilot itself multiple times at this point, yet everyone acts like it puppeting Sho's' body around is something new. Maybe I'm just a heartless monster, but this was literally a hopeless scenario for Sho's' dad. Killing him was a mercy. And it was either that or the bad guys win and the world ends. Sure, it sucks. I get that. But ultimately? I do not buy into everyone acting like Guyver just committed the worst crime imaginable, nor do I jive with Tetsuro blaming it on Sho, specifically. Spare me the theatrics, none of this works! Sorry for not being emotionally invested in a character who I barely knew.
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06-25-2024, 05:51 AM | #906 |
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Yeah...this incident. To be fair, this is another change from the manga as originally it was Sho on his own that fought his dad as Agito was way laid by the Hyper 5, so we didn't get any of that third act fallout we got here. Also, my memory must be playing up as I could have sworn this was episode 10.
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That actually makes alot more sense and it makes me wonder why it was changed.
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06-25-2024, 10:01 PM | #908 |
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Data 10: Can we Escape? Haunted Takeshiro Village It's always a great sign when the anime reveals that I was giving more credit than what it deserves. Because as it so turns out, having any sort of psychological effect on Sho in regards to his father's' death was infact NOT in the big bad's' plan, and he only turned Sho's' dad into a Zoanoid for the lolz, I guess. As you might predict, this was another one wherein I really had to question alot of the logic behind it. Like, how did the big bad know that the group would be heading to Takeshiro to begin with? Why did we have yet another death fake-out with Sho when he's survived far worse multiple times? How did Another Guyver get so much stronger in the span of a single night? Combine that with some really bad animation(especially at the start of the episode), and Tetsuro acting holier-than-thou towards Agito for Agito daring to save everyone's' lives via killing a bunch of Zoanoids and this one was really annoying for me to sit through. It made me really start to question if sitting through the 26 episode anime would be worth it or not. Time will tell I suppose. Just two more to go.
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06-26-2024, 01:59 PM | #909 |
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Only reason I can think of is to either add drama or they were worried about pacing as they clearly knee which point to end on. One I'm not sure you'll be happy with if I'm honest. Data 10...not much to say here that you haven't said. |
06-26-2024, 04:27 PM | #910 |
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So confusing.
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