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07-27-2022, 11:47 PM | #541 |
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Fuwa really stole this episode (and to many, the whole show) in true second Rider fashion, yet at the same time, while it was obviously looking more and more hopeless, I appreciate how committed Aruto was to keep fighting for his dream and for Humagears. Even when he lost everything and the people who were skeptical of him felt validated in that skepticism, Aruto remained steadfast committed to his dream and continuing to try and achieve it even when everything is basically taken away from him.
Rampage Vulcan! As far as secondary Rider Final Forms go, this was pretty spectacular. It's both an awesome looking suit, a proper culmination of Fuwa's character arc, and for once a case of the secondary uniting all the gimmicks together as they save the day and beat up the bad guys (sorry Yua) in one of the most memorable Finishers. Ryutaro Okada and Kosuke Asai really nailed it in this episode. Oh hey, Naki! Yeah, Naki's dynamic with Fuwa and ultimate role in the story will be interesting to see played out. Also, how many episodes can we see Thouser get beat up? Not enough, it seems! Although now it seems like it could be the end of Humagears... |
07-27-2022, 11:57 PM | #542 |
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Episode 29 is another episode that's in the running for my favorite from this show. I feel that, if there's one thing Zero-One does really well(it does almost everything really well IMO but still), it really knows how to properly finishes off each Act. Episode 16 was stellar, and so is 29, the final episode of Act 2.
And while all the Fuwa stuff is great for sure, the thing that really gripped me in the episode was this moment about a third of the way through. Let's just say that with my own personal experiences, this really got to me. And yeah, I get it; That was most likely not what the staff were trying to showcase given this is a Japanese show and all, but man, it really worked on me. Great episode all around.
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07-28-2022, 12:15 AM | #543 |
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I wanna comment on your post dreamsword, but it'd get into politcal theory so I cant.
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07-28-2022, 12:31 AM | #544 |
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It's Episode 29!
-Fuwa....is so damn great? I do love that they didn't just come up with an actual dream/goal to for him to shout about, dude's still doesn't quite know what the road beyond scrapping bots will lead him. But one thing *is* certain: he's not gonna let anybody make that decicide that endpoint for him! Not some swarmy billionaire, not some terrorist organization! Our mad wolf will continue to rampage as he pleases, forever! (And like. shoutout to Fuwa's actor, man. Just a damn stellar preformance all around, he's one of those characters I don't think anyone else could ever play but him? He plays Fuwa-possessed by-Naki pretty well too!) -Oh hey, we get to crack open Yua for a bit. I.....not sure how we feel about this? The exploitation of workers that grinds their hopes, dreams, and resolve into pure dust, for the sake of the elite who continually profits of all that, I understand that very well. Yua not even giving an answer when asked why she wanted to be apart of ZAIA.......I feel half "wow! This is a cool move to emphaize how being a slave to the system has wittled her down to the point to where she can't even really remember why she might've been excited to work with ZAIA in the first place!" and half "man this is really frusturating not to even get a crumb of more backstory/motivation for a character that been around since Ep 1, and now it's nearly Ep 30!" -......Oh hey, Aruto also did some stuff this episode. It's kinda interesting seeing all that idealistic hero-speak be utterly shut down in the sea of crowds? I mean, think about it: Even if it was supposedly more helpful or convient, I think the average person probably has lots of boundaries on the extent they want technology to be intergrated in their lives? And that's not even including the whole "chance said tech could come to life and kill you" thing! If something like the Humagear-run city was announced in real life, I'd personally be wary of the whole thing, and probably wouldn't agree to live there if I was given the offer. -I really like the Vice President giving Aruto a disappointed look at leaving? Like, Aruto's the hero, and Gai's no good, so like he obviously refused to work for Hiden under Gai's operation.....but like? Forget the Humagear employees for a second, what about the humans working at Hiden? Humagears look like their major project, so unless a lot of people get asslimated into other (ZAIA-proposed) project, a lot of people in potenial danger of losing their place of work! The CEO immediately jumping ship to go to god knows what, when he could stick around to adovcate for some semblance of stablility for those working there while they go through all these transitional stages, How cowardly...! (I am actually perfectly fine with Aruto leaving Hiden at this point, of course, but I feel like aside from the Vice Prez and his goons we never ever hear about Hiden's human employees, even tho they probably do make up the majority of those working there?) - (....................Uh. Terribly sorry for bringing up last episode's content but like. The implication that Check-it-Out was never rebulit is kinda......Hm. Like I understand why both in and out of universe (CIO's actor iirc was fairly popular at the time, probably couldn't get him back for a second episode due to scheduling hijinks?) they didn't but uh. Hm. I feel like something of value was lost, considering the back half of these 2-parters in this arc are used to highlight a Humagear's outlook/philsophy more deeply in a way that gives a more senstitive context to their actions. So leaving CIO's arc as it is a little....Hm.) |
07-28-2022, 12:41 AM | #545 |
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And for the record I'm in no way trying to start anything with my post, I was just giving a very brief summation of what my biggest takeaway of 28 and 29 was.
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07-28-2022, 12:56 AM | #546 |
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I don't have much to say on this episode, but I really like the Rampage Vulcan suit, it might even be my favorite in the series. Besides that, I really liked this episode, even though I'd already predicted Aruto leaving, I really like Fuwa's stuff in this episode and this episode is definitely in my top 10 favorite episodes, and yet i can't think of much to say on it. It's still a vast improvement over the previous episode, not that that's a hard thing to do.
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07-28-2022, 02:36 AM | #547 |
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And so, the competition is over. And all I can share is that it was only now that the producers remembered that Aruto could only become Zero-One if he was the president. How they resolved that… well, I have a meme prepared.
And Rampage Gatling. The one key that has a different jingle depending on what belt you use it in. Progrise: Gathering ‘Round! Rampage Gatling! The power of these Progrisekeys gather for great power. |
07-28-2022, 04:54 AM | #548 |
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With the end of the competition arc, now it's time to dissect this arc in its entirety. I now there's a lot of negative feelings and dissatisfaction regarding this arc but I want to open my opinions with some positive thoughts.
I always think that all of the jobs they were pitting in the competition were all enjoyable and distinct. Everything regarding the contest I think were all solid and I love how different each participants interacted with the Humagears. From Rentaro complimented the beauty that Ichirin had made in the Ikebana contest, Ichimori respected the result of Bingo's investigation in the court and to Homura declared Kyunosuke as a true firefighter. Even someone as punchable as Arayashiki, I felt hugely positive once he learned the lesson he got in the competition. With the exception of the last contest, I proudly say none of the job competition itself were bad materials and I think this only works because Takahasi put more emphasize on Humagears and huma's corelation in this second arc. Fuwa and Yua also continue the MVP of this arc. For Fuwa, I don't think I need to explain too much. People already expressed how much they love Fuwa and even if anyone said anything bad about this arc, it was undoubtedly they still watched the show because Fuwa carried everything in every scenes he was in. He's literally the man of the match here. For Yua, I would like to disagree but I love her utilization in this arc as nothing more than a puppet for Gai. I have expressed my opinion on why I still love Yua in this arc but to put it simply, being machinated and dancing in Gai's palms was the only logical conclusion to make Yua's character interesting and develop even more. This also gives some ironic echo where in the first arc she always treated anything as nothing but a tool, when she was actually a tool for a much bigger scope in the series. I find some beauty in the form of Yua's hardship in this arc. Now let's the big elephant in the room and that is Gai. There's a huge misstep with how they handled Gai's character. In the first few episodes in this arc, they clearly portrayed Gai as this big contrast to Aruto. You can feel that Gai is a type of person that will do anything to reach his goal but he wants to do it with the most perfection. This could be seen when he chided Rentaro when he knew his participant cheated during Ikebana contest. Unlike Gai in the last few episodes, this Gai berated his own participant and insisted for a rematch despite clearly they already had an upper hand in the situation. I like this version of Gai so much. You know he's willing to do anything to reach success but it by no means he will do it in a way that would dirty his images and business practices. This culminated in Bingo's two parter where Gai made such a stupid decision to forcefully Force Riser to Bingo in front of Izu, who we also established she can make recording in her head. I will always criticize this part of the arc since it was established that a Humagear can still go berserk even without being hacked by Force Riser. I think the era for Force Riser's usage had gone past and I think they should just focus on how giving negative emotions to Humagears could lead them to go rogue. It would be much better if Gai just kept on with this sharp tongue and used that as a catalyst to 'hack' Humagear. This way you could easily lower Hiden's image even more and establish t how dangerous Humagears are; killing two birds at once. Another criticism was also how they handled Metal Cluster Hopper, MCH. I think the general consensus was while they conclusion of MCH's berserk with the creation of Progrise Hopper Blade was fantastic, I think most people will like it even more if MCH went berserk a bit longer, at least as long as Build Hazard. You see while Gai gave MCH to Aruto seemed to a be stupid decision, in hindsight this was a clever move if executed well. After Gai establishing that Humagears can still go berserk simple petty words, crushing the image of Humagears' protector in the form of Zero One in the public would significantly be a critical impact on Aruto and the company. Not only you lower your rival company's image even more, you can crush Aruto's image in his coworkers' eyes who had just built trust to him as the president. This will especially works well for Fukuzoe, the Vice Pres, who is not in good terms with Aruto. You can make stories about Gai gains Fukuzoe's favor and makes most employees in Hiden to side with him. This also gives some reason that not only Gai wins the TOB because of the competition, he also wins because he gains the favor of everyone in Hiden. This brings up to my logical conclusion about this arc. While the job contest within this arc itself was fantastic, I think everything around were not executed well or to to its full potential. I think Takahashi's biggest misstep in this arc is he was too laser-focused in maximizing the contest and its participants to the point that i left no much wiggle room for him to focus and maximize every characters in his arsenal, sans Fuwa and Yua. My solution to this problem simply erasing the usage of Force Riser, up until ep 28 which I thought the usage of Force Riser was clever there, and making Metal Cluster Hopper as a threat longer that it was now. I think focusing on Gai keeps pressuring and crushing Aruto's confidence bit by bit, from showing how fragile Humagers are and then emphasizing Aruto's failure as a Kamen Rider and as a President with the usage of MCH. With so many crushed hopes and images in the eyes of public, this makes the decision for Aruto to step down as Hiden's president even more powerful. Sorry if this ends up too long but I finally could let out my feelings and frustration in this arc. Trust me, I also love this arc as much as Fish and DS but I also relate to some people who felt disappointed and dissatisfaction with some misstep that Zero One took in this arc . I gave a such a criticism like this because I know Takahashi could still perform even better and brings his A to the game.
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07-28-2022, 05:36 AM | #549 |
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Easily one of my favourite episodes of the show, if not number 1! I came away from this show with Fuwa (well, drawn with one other character) as my favourite character in it and at that one of my all-time favourite Riders, and this episode going so hard on who he is and what he cares about is EXACTLY why. I've rewatched this fight scene countless times by this point; it's one of the high points of a series that is CONSTANTLY challenging what a high point for fight choreography in Rider looks like and, obviously, it represents one of the best things ever. Just a phenomenal time
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07-28-2022, 09:43 AM | #550 |
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Oh no, I totally see that you're not trying to start a kerfuffle here, automation and all that just relates to an area of politics I'm interested in.
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