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01-05-2023, 04:12 PM | #17261 |
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I can agree with this. It's very much Madoka Magica episode 3 vibes - I was like "oh holy crap" when it actually happened because it was cutesy Christmas songs until then and had no idea what they'd try. But now that everybody hypes it up, it kind of loses that impact, meaning you see it as what it is.
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01-05-2023, 04:17 PM | #17262 |
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Watched Decade's musical live show. In fact, this is the story of Kuuga / Yusuke and Tsukasa is not even really needed there, and Natsumi is not needed at all. But I liked how absurd and cool it is at the same time. And here is an excerpt that I am completely ready to re-evaluate endlessly:
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01-05-2023, 07:33 PM | #17263 |
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Watching all Rider shows on You Tube not on the main
Toku Feed as only 2 episodes are subbed each series.
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01-05-2023, 07:49 PM | #17264 |
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Anyway, I'm now up to Den-O's own endgame arc via its final three episodes. Last edited by GuardianAngel87; 01-05-2023 at 07:52 PM.. |
01-05-2023, 10:00 PM | #17265 |
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I read through the original Kamen Rider manga, and I must say I definitely consider it a must read for any Rider fan. At the same time though, it was... different than I expected?
It definitely has a lot that sets it apart from its tokusatsu version and it is an overall darker story, but at the same time it had way more goofy 70s toku energy than I thought it would, so I actually think the show was surprisingly faithful! For a manga that predates so much of the henshin hero genre this was a bit mind blowing to me. I also didn't know about the thing with Hongo and Hayato's stint with a shared body, which I guess W was a callback to? Good stuff overall, the art was often quite stunning and I liked both its early parts which were dark with some goofy elements and the later parts that were goofy with some dark elements.
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01-06-2023, 01:25 AM | #17266 |
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The second part of the Shin Kamen Rider Prequel Manga has been scanlated
https://trafalgarlog.wordpress.com/2...art-2-shocker/
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01-15-2023, 12:03 AM | #17267 |
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I have now finished the core show of Ex-Aid, including the Lazer HBV and True Ending.
The Lazer HBV was just some goofy fun, and True Ending, while not great, I did enjoy for what it was. Especially its atmosphere. As for the core show itself, well... it's fine. That's it. Just overall, fine. Not horrible, but not particularly great either. The biggest issue I had though was in its final act, which really wasn't a good time for me. Because see, during the middle part of the show, where it basically became the Poppy and Parado Show, I actually got rather invested in a show that up until that point I was just kinda neutral on. But then, as the show has a good thing going, it gets completely overtaken by the arrival of Masamune Dan. And I'll be honest, I find Masamune to be the worst written antagonist I've experienced in the franchise so far. Not only does he come in almost out of nowhere, but he gets a ton of freebies to keep him relevant to the plot and beat the cast repeatedly to the point that it got really frustrating. Masamune can't even program anything, yet he somehow makes Taddle Legacy? He can delete anyone he wants with the press of a button(which is never followed up on), he can hoarde power-ups for himself(but doesn't do it for the longest time), he can teleport even when not transformed, he can reset the game, he can reprogram Gamedeus(even though he's not a programmer), the list just went on and on and made the entire arc really drag. And it's especially not helped in just how boring his character and personality are. But it wasn't all bad though. While Parado ended up being my favorite character overall, the most surprising takeaway for me was actually Kuroto Dan. As someone watching Ex-Aid after having seen a bunch of Kuroto's' later series cameos, ontop of what little I knew of him from the fanbase, I was so surprised to see a character that was apparently just hammy acting and memes was actually a rather three dimensional character all throughout the show's' runtime. And I really dug that! It's a such a shame that there's so much of his character that just isn't followed up on. In the end, unless the rest of the post show content ends up being really good for me, my final rating for Ex-Aid is a 2/6. That final act really does do alot to hurt it, but outside of that the show just never got past being thoroughly "okay" for me, with no real big emotional response from me to speak of.
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01-15-2023, 04:13 AM | #17268 |
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And I'll be honest, I find Masamune to be the worst written antagonist I've experienced in the franchise so far. Not only does he come in almost out of nowhere, but he gets a ton of freebies to keep him relevant to the plot and beat the cast repeatedly to the point that it got really frustrating. Masamune can't even program anything, yet he somehow makes Taddle Legacy?
He can delete anyone he wants with the press of a button(which is never followed up on), he can hoarde power-ups for himself(but doesn't do it for the longest time), he can teleport even when not transformed, he can reset the game, he can reprogram Gamedeus(even though he's not a programmer), the list just went on and on and made the entire arc really drag. And it's especially not helped in just how boring his character and personality are. As for Ex-Aid, I liked the show while I watched it, but afterward it turned out to be surprisingly...unmemorable. That is, now I can?t even remember what Gamedeus looked like, and for the final boss of the game, this is unforgivable. |
01-15-2023, 06:40 AM | #17269 |
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I have now finished the core show of Ex-Aid, including the Lazer HBV and True Ending.
He can delete anyone he wants with the press of a button(which is never followed up on), he can hoarde power-ups for himself(but doesn't do it for the longest time), he can teleport even when not transformed, he can reset the game, he can reprogram Gamedeus(even though he's not a programmer), the list just went on and on and made the entire arc really drag. And it's especially not helped in just how boring his character and personality are. Quote:
But it wasn't all bad though. While Parado ended up being my favorite character overall, the most surprising takeaway for me was actually Kuroto Dan. As someone watching Ex-Aid after having seen a bunch of Kuroto's' later series cameos, ontop of what little I knew of him from the fanbase, I was so surprised to see a character that was apparently just hammy acting and memes was actually a rather three dimensional character all throughout the show's' runtime. And I really dug that! It's a such a shame that there's so much of his character that just isn't followed up on.
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What about Kai from Den-O? For me, he is by far the worst antagonist. As for Masamune, everything is quite simple: he is not a programmer, he is a businessman. We can assume that he bought himself an awesome cheating character and therefore, even without knowing how to play, he still poses a serious threat to the rest.
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01-15-2023, 06:57 AM | #17270 |
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I think Ginpen is definitely a more positive character. But I would venture to guess that we will see someone like Masamune in Geats. Most likely from among the sponsors or the top management of the DGP.
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