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Kamen RIder Saber Episode 39- "Follow The Path You Believe In!" Discussion
The Xross Saber has destroyed Issacs' books but the Northern Base team has another plan...
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Xross Saber continues to show off and be a fun time in its debuts, and funnily enough they decide to cut the Crimson Saber jingle for time.
But we get more Rewrite the Story which I love! Also Isaac is getting the shit beat out of him, deservedly so, it's great to just see him hobbling and being forced to rely on Storious now. |
Despite any and all other issues, having Kento respond to Touma and pals' story skit just like he would with him way back in like episode 4 or however long ago that was, put a really big smile on my face : )
But what the heck! You don't cut a jingle on its debut! They should have cut like any of the footage of the smoke bug and time whale messing around with Solomon instead... |
Cutting Crimson Saber's jingle is absolutely insulting, not gonna lie. Long jingles tend to get cut enough as it is - would it really have been so bad to let Crimson Saber completely play out in its own debut episode? That really makes it feel more like an auxiliary form for Xross Saber than an actual powerup. Hopefully Featuring Saber will be able to relish in its glory.
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Cut jingle! How dare they?!
Also, I love that Master Logos' backstory was just a "Nah, I'm bored lmao." Definitely confirms Storious is the final villain since he's got bigger ambitions and plans. Kento smile! Happy Kento fills my heart and his "new" look with the bandages with Hayato's uniform gives me that "I'm healing" vibe. Of course, Kurayami has one last vision to make him remember. Ren's not coming yet, but he'll be soon since Super Hero Senki has him in the base, wonder what this "true strength" is. The Shindai siblings, very cool what they doing. Not much else, but we've basically been given their traits to help them blend in with the cast. Reika's brocon obsession and Ryoga's tsun tsun vibe. Next episode makes me hope that we'll get more out of these two. Because next week, Featuring Saber, Saikou dual wield, and a swordsman vs swordsman fight within the base?! Yeah, Storious and/or Logos' new plan is brainwashing the swordsmen and make them fight amongst themselves. |
To be fair, the shortened jingle is accurate to the toy’s “memorial” mode.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0YG-0SGsa2E So there’s a lot to unpack here. Tassel and Luna have returned, Storious is stepping up and Kento and the Shindais have joined the heroes. None of it really felt like they were trying to fit a lot in, so I’ll say that and be off. |
I'm gonna wager that Kenzans "true strength" is the power of friendship.
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Though, personally, I feel like it'd be " the strength to do what's right." Or not. Who knows? |
UPDATED OPENING WOOOO!!! I mean, minor update put still pretty cool!
And man those long jingles really aren't doing Xross Saber any favors. Poor Crimson Saber. EDIT: Also, really nice to see Tassel back. That opening narration felt strangely nostalgic despite the show only being less than a year old at this point. |
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Hiroki Uchida is a real nice writer to have around. I thought this episode pretty flawlessly recalibrated all the various bits of the series to where they're going to be for the final stretch. A very solid interlude between the end of one big arc for the show, and the final stretch.
One of Uchida's most specific strengths is that he probably writes the best Master Logos? The dialogue for him always seems so much more colorful in his episodes, and his vapid motivations end up being leveraged in jjjjust the right way, to boot. I'd sort of given up on Crazy Shinken Gold ever feeling like he truly belongs in this show, but continuing on from last episode, the script manages to make that into a strength, and Solomon is in a much better place as an antagonist by the end of this one. His conversation with Touma highlights an honest-to-goodness thematic contrast between him and the protagonists, which was a bit shocking. But yeah, I'll admit it; in this show full of protagonists bound by honor and oath, a dude actively trying to burn his legacy to the ground is maybe a reasonable candidate for main villain status! The episode frames it that way super convincingly in my opinion, and again, the specific lines of dialogue are so, so great. I especially enjoyed his extremely unflattering opinion on Luna. Again, what's making Solomon work for me right now is how genuinely opposite he feels to Touma, so to take all that rejection of fate stuff and just have him outright say "please thank me for saving you from that girl who sentenced you to death 15 years ago" is... like it's honestly pretty brilliant? Another reason I'm feeling way more generous towards Solomon is because this episode very explicitly demotes him to co-main bad guy alongside Storious, which is pretty much what I was hoping for. The long stretches where Storious politely stands around silently as Master Logos goes on insane rants really highlights how much he's simply allowing himself to be in the background at the moment, and then we see the switch, right at the end, where Master Logos has suffered another defeat, so humiliated he's finally run out of snappy responses, and Storious takes him from that CG room in Southern Base we've seen so much of... to the Megid's CG hideout. Master Logos is now a guest in Storious' house. Beautiful way to communicate that visually. And then on top of all that, the episode of course checks in with nearly everybody else, because that just how Saber rolls, and when it's working this well, I'm inclined not to complain. (Speaking of which, love the changes in the opening. Everyone walking along together is so cute.) I'd desperately like for either Reika to do something especially cool, or for Ryouga to do something especially important, but even as it is, I can't say I actually hate the way the show is softening the both of them up right now? It sort of reminds me of how Build gave Gentoku a much goofier side once he needed to fit into the protagonists' dynamic, and as long as Sabela and Durandal still get to have awesome fight scenes, I can't be too disappointed. The episode chose what is maybe the ideal way to show Kento firmly back to normal with another scene on that rooftop, which was delightful. A lot of the fun of this show is in that sense of warmth between the heroes, and I think it's pretty safe to say that Kento has *really* earned a return to that after everything he's been through lately. It's similarly pretty touching that his first priority (after finally changing out of that potato sack jacket at least) is to go talk to Ren, and that, too, was a pretty slick way to check in on that character. It's a little less redundant than another scene with Touma or just Desast would've been, and the fact that it's Kento means we get to see Ren trying to be polite, which helps get across how he's now at a point where he's more genuinely pondering his path than simply deluding himself into thinking he doesn't need anyone. Outside of that, Daishinji is adorable as always, despite the minor roles Ogami, Yuri, and him all get. We also get a classic Saber/Blades team-up here, which you can never go wrong with, especially when it involves an actual monster to fight for the first time in a bit, and another budget-destroying action set piece for Xross Saber. I won't lie, I'm sad to not see Rekka in that Driver by default, but I do like the idea that it's almost this entirely new era for Saber, with a whole new set of forms and a sweet insert song and everything. I mean, it's really hard for me to be upset about Xross Saber! Even asking "where's the base form!?" with it is just like... I'm literally staring at it! This show, man! |
Golden Boy's coming back next week.
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It's nice to see the show's gotten a bit more decent now that Xross Saber's here and everyone's basically at the endpoint of their arcs except for Ren? It's a similar problem I have with Zero-One where the conclusions of those arcs are great and it's nice to see them, but they had absolutely no clue how to actually carry out that journey.
But unlike 01... now we're actually here it's actually a new status quo that's good to take in and I'm enjoying a fair bit! I'd like Reika to be a character again and really wouldn't mind if Ryoga just tripped on a rock and died or something but aside from that thing that's been bothering me for months now, something the show's great at accomplishing is the absolute triumph of all the Swordsmen united. Sure, Ren's still very conflicted about going back but it's done in a way that it's inevitable, with everyone gathered at the Northern Base more or less happy and Xross Saber symbolising that crowning achievement. Even if I feel his arc was pretty disjointed, it's just nice to see Kento smile again and be back with his friends! It's nice to see him ultimately make the choice to defy fate at Touma's side, and were his story a bit better done I think it's a moment like this that would have settled him as my favourite character in the show. He's come a long way since his brooding debut. I know this is a lot of backhanded compliments but... well, what can I say? It hasn't been a good show getting here, and I have to acknowledge that when the good it's now doing is inevitably building off of that. I've hoped for a while that Saber could turn things around at the last second for me and it looks like it's on that road now |
For those wondering where Kyomu is in Xross Saber's powers, there's some info in the website. Took the translation from /m/.
By sliding the Great Cirxross, a circle located on the emblem, the characteristics of each holy sword that resides on the blade can be taken in, and the abilities and techniques of each can be freely expressed. In addition to taking in the power of conflicting holy swords and uniting them, it also maintains the harmony of the galaxy by returning the surplus of released power to -nothing-." |
So is Kyomu like, recycling the excess energy or something? I don't get it. I do get that it's maintaining the balance somehow.
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It's funny since i was thinking that Kyoumu is represented by the visor, because of the hollow hole which can represent void and the shape of the visor look the most similar to Kyoumu sword guard in term of shape and looks like i'm not far off.
As for the Kyoumu role in Xross saber, i see Kyoumu as the empty vessel in which you need to fill with the seiken power in order to use the power that you chose from Xross saber, which is why you need the visor to the element you chose and store it inside the emblem in order to use it. Now for the episode, to be honest i was behind for 3 episodes and i just manage to catch up and it was a fun ride, i really appreaciate Xross Saber now thanks to the last episode and this episode also soften me up even more. I love how we get to see this big cast interacting with each other without feeling overwhelm by all the thing that happening here and the cas interaction is always a fun time for me to watch, sure some of the cast get sideline, but they prove that even though the might not be in the spotlight they still a joy to see. And is also good that the Shindai are given the chance to do something and i also like how they don't immediately become buddy-buddy with Touma and co, rather they slowly softening up with them, which is something i rather take than they get a one episode redemption from nowhere and they just become Touma buddy. This episode also make me appreaciate Master Logos even more as he's shown as a direct paralel to Touma and his intention to Luna is complete opposite and the revelation about Luna make it feel more personal for these 2 characters, him sarcastically lie to Touma and him double dipping on his madness while trampling everything about SOL duty to the ground make me appreciate him, bonus point for him that his proper introduction way before this episode was him breaking an ancient oath, which is a complete mirror to Touma who's try his best to fuffil all his promise. The twist that Touma is destined to vanish as soon as Luna chose him while predictable is also spicy and once again make Touma not entirely safe from the bad omen that will befall him, which is something i welcome with open arms. There's more that i want to say about these 3 episodes but i think i stop now, cause it will take a day if i continue to write my whole thought |
Is there any explanation about the knight's picture in Mei's new pop up books?
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Seriously the Wonder story book itself is a mystery, but the show seems to hint that the book is the book of omniscience or at'least a part of it |
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Wait, can't the Xross Saber combine with the Dragonic Knight WRB? Would that give us the Dragonic Knight form in the Cosmic blue color?
Probably very obvious upcoming combination now that we've seen Saber Xross Three, but I've only been watching Saber kind of passively at this point. |
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I think maybe Haouken also changes the elemental attunements of the books to increase compatibility, since Dragon Lion Alangina only has the generic Wonder Rider jingle with the other Seiken Swords. Quote:
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Not to mention toy wise don't both immediately shut the Seiken up and automatically go "Rekka Battou!" themselves?
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... which as far as toyline design goes, for your new henshin device which is supposed to do something new for everything you've got till this point, is uh... an interesting choice. |
Tassel and Kento are back, boys!
I really liked the scene with Touma and pals recruiting Kento back with a re-enactment of Momotaro, just a really wholesome scene that I couldn't help but smile. Really glad he's back, same with Tassel. I actually really like what they're doing with Ren, having him on his own journey to find what "true strength" is an interesting angle for him, which helps him develop more. Now I'm thinking he might swoop near the end of the series and become the MVP. Oh hey! They did the change of scenery thing they were doing early in the show, that's a nice touch, since it's been so long since we've seen them do it. They even brought in a Megiddo for good measure. Also kind of glad they didn't give Isaac/Master Logos a tragic backstory, which he even joked about, because I haven't seen a Villain who's just plain rotten to the core in a while (We get too many of those these days, so it's nice to see them appear every now and again). Loved how Rintarou called him a homo-sapiens. And Xross Saber continues to impress and 3 Volumes debuts, happy to see these old forms appear again. Their fight in the Wonder World was also visually beautiful, so that gets a plus in my book (haha). Next Week: The trio is back to save the damsel. |
That scene when yuri was in his sword form when slash was holding him I got a “I do not consent to this” vibe did anyone else get that
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