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What are you watching? (Kamen Rider Edition)
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09-23-2021, 01:40 PM
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Kamen Rider W(atch)
Foundation X Arc
Episode 37-38: Visitor X
X stands for Xtreme (Memory) and (Foundation) X.
Written by:
Keiichi Hasegawa,
Directed by:
Satoshi Morota
/The Bridge of Promises
As Shotaro is playing darts, Akiko drags him to take staff photos, as Akiko tries to set up a website for Narumi Detective Agency, and it had an overly cutesy and girly design. Don't know if it's an appropriate design for others who access it, it's not a personal stuff after all to promote the Agency to others. It clashes again with Shotaro's hard-boiled ways to view website as unneeded, which of course, gets Shotaro slapped by Akiko's slipper... several times as it's the information age. Speaking about website, I wonder if they know about search engines as it functions similarly to the Gaia Library within Phillip. As they take another photo.. with Shotaro holding the bane of his existence in his hand a.k.a Akiko's slipper, there's an nervous old man called Satoshi Yamashiro walks by, of which they thought as a spirit. As Phillip comes to talk about the noise, Yamashiro apparently acts like if he knew Phillip, though he denies as him mistaking a person. He comes to ask for a case, finding his family after 10 years. I was thinking that the Agency had closed that time at dark, stormy night, but actually no. In the Museum, the big dinner table is wasted on only Ryubee and Wakana having dinner, as Ryubee talks about the Museum operation reaching final stage, and appoints Wakana as overseer for a visitor representing their investor Foundation X. He's also someone who insists for others to not be swayed by emotions; explains why he's always unflappable like at the face of Isaka's threat. Meanwhile, Saeko is on a run from several Masquerade Dopants for being a traitor, but obviously she can deal with all of them as Taboo. I only wonder why Saeko didn't immediately transform until she got shot in the leg. At a hotel, a man with white suit and a briefcase called Jun Kazu, and him shown as being considerate to goth-looking Grasshopper Woman... portrayed by Minami Tsukui who you know later starred as Yoko in Gaim (and before was in Saraba Den-O), about a bug in her mouth. It's an establishing moment for her too, as the bug is actually her food, and offers Kazu some, which he passes.
Akiko asks Phillip to take a staff photo as well (a model-looking staff) for the Agency's website, but Phillip refused due to prefering not to have others like the Museum find out their location, which Akiko concedes. That's one of the logical approach from Phillip that doesn't involve pragmatic, underhanded way, thus he's completely right there and I'm inclined to agree too. The website can still be established after threats like Museum ended later though. As Akiko seats Yamashiro inside, Phillip got a call from Wakana that she's followed by someone at Fuuto Bridge. Well, the Claydoll Memory's really important in this regard... like before where Wakana had to be saved by Mick as Smilodon from Taboo's assault. Even if Wakana doesn't fight her sister, it can still be used as more resistance. Again, not only to Phillip, Yamashiro recognizes Wakana as well from the conversation as a Sonozaki, and warns Phillip to not go, but holds back at last moment. Yamashiro's suspicion continues as Shotaro's sleuthing and Watcherman reporting to him that Yamashiro's a bad news. Watcherman then bumps into Grasshopper Woman, and Watcherman.. accepts to eat grasshoppers as food from her, but Grasshopper Woman also asks him about Yamashiro. As Watcherman declines, standard Minami Tsukui flick emerges as she beats up Watcherman by kicks, threatening to shock him with a taser on her boots. Terui happens to arrive there, after Grasshopper Woman steps on Watcherman, shocking him as well. Grasshopper Woman attacks Terui as well, before revealing that she's Hopper Dopant, with Living Connector on her thigh (intentional fanservice?). Terui henshins to Accel as well. Hopper gains the upper hand, using her power that is about super speed and high jumps (as per the hopper namesake), and interrupts Accel's upgrade to Trial as well, reverting him to human form. Shroud criticizes Terui's performance as well, and explains about Isaka's warning being their fate that they have to fight the Museum.
As Phillip reaches the Fuuto Bridge... it turns out that Wakana is fine and well, and she lied about her situation before to make sure Phillip comes. And the series keep their usual cutesy hijinks, since long ago in ep. 23-24, where they keep talking through their phone after seeing face-to-face. That's something I mostly see in phone credit commercials, due to the credit being so utterly cheap, I hope they're using that kind of credit to keep "unnecessarily" phoning (and wasn't deceived by the commercials or such). Wakana's reason to call Phillip is to ask for advice of what should she do as she's assigned to take over her sister's work, which means she'd quit her radio show. Phillip realizes that she refers to Saeko, the girl who called him Raito and the Dopant who killed Sokichi, and Phillip is straightfoward here to ask if Wakana's work would be distributing Gaia Memories. After some silence, Wakana calls Phillip again and talks through their phone face-to-face, where Phillip suggests Wakana to being true to herself (yeah, this one's not malicious approach as it's to be radio host), and Wakana suggests for them to leave everything the city together for their own little world... and Phillip sort of agrees with that. Shotaro gives the address of Yamashiro's family to him, and Phillip also arrives. But as Yamashiro tries to leave, Shotaro exposes Yamashiro's true identity in front of them as well, that Yamashiro's a
famous
neuroscientist, and he's supposed to die 10 years ago along with 7 disappeared scientists, thus Shotaro interrogates him about the event. Terui arrives as well, and from the information Shroud told him, he answers Shotaro's question that Yamashiro was abducted by an organization and forced to do research, which Yamashiro admits, but he escaped to see his family and hide, revealing the Museum as the culprit to them, as Phillip is contemplating about Wakana's true identity being part of Sonozaki family.
After finishing another Healing Princess stint, Wakana got a call from Saeko, accusing Wakana as hunting her, and declares revenge on her and Ryubee, despite Wakana being concerned and pleading to explain. It's revealed to be true to Saeko as well as Mick was the one they sent to hunt her down, while Saeko struggles to run due to her missing heel from the attack earlier, thus she resorts into using Taboo Memory again, but Smilodon easily dispatches her, sending her into a water nearby... another stuff (to Minami Tsukui) that Gaim... sort of.. redid, the older sibling getting knocked over the edge to the water, in the same location. Mick takes the Taboo Memory as Kazu witnesses. Phillip uses Gaia Library to search for Museum, but instead gets booted out, with the Library going haywire (the background turning magenta, the books exploding). Equivalent of this?
But otherwise lol, museum is also a general keyword, not specific name such as Million Colosseo for certain casino, what if they want to search about regular museum instead of the main opposing force of W, but that did prove something to the cast, as Terui notes that Ryubee has been under suspicion a few times, but the evidence was conveniently lacking, which means that Ryubee could've been manipulating all forms of media and information, even the Gaia Library. Shortly after, Yamashiro runs off... due to Akiko being the one to watch over him (her capability is still not perfected). In the Museum, Ryubee is enjoying bug snacks from Grasshopper Woman, and as Smilodon arrives to give Taboo Memory, it does confirm to nearby Wakana that both Mick.. and Grasshopper Woman are Museum's executioners. Ryubee sends Grasshopper Woman to work again, which is to execute Yamashiro, confirming his fear that the Museum will kill him if they find him. Wakana confronts Ryubee over Saeko, and he explains he won't let traitors go unpunished. Wakana can only try to contact Phillip, and now he's suspicious over her true identity, or being unconscious due to being W, as Shotaro saves Yamashiro and fight off Hopper. Yamashiro now realizes about the Narumi Detective Agency members being Kamen Riders, but Hopper gains upper hand as, well, if base Accel can't, the weaker base W also can't, thus they go Xtreme, and turns the fight around, using Bicker Charge Break, but Hopper's a Dopant that resorts to underhanded tactics by using Yamashiro as hostage. If only the other Memories aren't finisher exclusive, Luna can get around this like at ep. 6, LunaTrigger's debut. Hopper claims Yamashiro erases Phillip's memory as well. Accel intervenes before Hopper eats Yamashiro to keep her busy, as Xtreme de-henshins, where Phillip's understandably (as detached as he was, he's still not devoid of emotional side) outraged, confronting Yamashiro over this.
/In the Name of the Museum
Yamashiro admits his actions and claims he erased the memory about Phillip's family, as Accel upgrades into Trial, trading kicks with Hopper Dopant, but she escapes as Trial slipped. Shotaro continues the question to Yamashiro regarding being forced to work, where it's actually Yamashiro being tempted to Ryubee's funding and resources. Phillip just asks him again if Yamashiro knows his family, which he doesn't as he didn't touch the specifics. I guess Phillip being mostly logical leads him to straightly ask the needed information instead of doing 'unnecessary' retribution to him. Terui takes Yamashiro to interrogate him about the Museum. In the Museum itself, Kazu explains his reasons to arrive there, which is due to the Gaia Memory productivity dropping 12% over last year... and Ryubee treats it as not a big deal, causing Kazu to drop his cup. But Kazu's still unflappable, being a stoic emotionless type of a character. Kazu offers Foundation X's further funding, but Ryubee plans to make up for the losses by giving executive control to Wakana, who is eavesdropping the conversation, and runs off. Meanwhile, Phillip is so upset that he stayed up all night, as Akiko wants to take photos again, but due to familial-like bond (against Phillip's family issues) between the main trio, which convinces Shotaro and shortly after Phillip. Not waiting for Terui too? Considering in hindsight... Bat Shot is used to take the photo, unlike previous photos for some reason. However Stag Phone interrupts Bat Shot as Phillip got a call from Wakana to invite him leaving the city together with her as promise. Yeah.. probably still being exclusively kind to Phillip, to selfishly take him away regardless of others who also value him. Akiko reminds Phillip that Wakana's one of the evil Sonozakis to convince him not leaving, but Shotaro implements Sokichi's teaching about 80% of man's job is being decisive. Finally brought up again from very early part of the series in ep. 4 (Phillip's freezing at 'family' word, treating Shotaro and Akiko as substitutes), Phillip does treat the other 2 like a family, but it's also Wakana asking him, thus he's still indecisive... earning a slipper smack from Akiko (hope it's intended as a get a hold of yourself technique for his blabbering around), so they decide to take Phillip to Fuuto Station.
Kazu's other work is recovering Saeko, with her sleeping (like a corpse) on Fuuto Hotel. Saeko learns too that her Driver is already broken, and thus combined with her fugitive status, she had lost everything. The cold, ruthless, and manipulative villain is finally, broken by circumstance, but the audience being satisfied or not depends on their view, albeit Kazu offers a chance for her to rise back, but she's turning into his servant. Another crushing position for someone's usually dominant like using Kirihiko as her lapdog... including him taking her family surname. Yamashiro is being interrogated, with Makura throwing his weight around against a powerless suspect by yelling. He's not nearly as cool as he thinks however, as Jinno sends him to buy tea. And after this, Yamashiro actually talks, where he was kidnapped in his son's 7th birthday, but he abandoned his family for research, thus now he wants to apologize but he feels he had no right to see them. So despite Jinno being a joke at times, he's still more sensible than Makura, and again, a showing about how mean and strict ways don't always work if you want to get something out of someone, contrary to the belief of how success can only succeed if they're built in strictness, meanness, harshness, etc. It can instead make others less likely to listen to you, shown in Yamashiro only talking when the yelling Makura's out of the scene. However, Grasshopper Woman disguises herself as a cop, with a victimized Makura, offering people her bug snacks. Jinno's... interested for that, but for a second time, he got beaten up by another female "cop" using kicks. She chokes Yamashiro with her thigh (fanservice bait) as she changes into Hopper, as Terui henshins into Accel, saving Yamashiro who escapes. Accel then turns into BikeForm to ram Hopper in front of Yamashiro, but Hopper uses another dirty trick to throw a civilian girl off an edge, forcing Accel to save her (as Trial).
Yamashiro hides behind a bush as he spies on his family, revealing the son's name as Tsubasa and the mom's name as Yoko, but unfortunately Grasshopper Woman appears beside him. Ironically, Yoko would be the name of Grasshopper Woman's next acting in Kamen Rider. Terui's still in his Accel Trial form, but it's too late for him as Grasshopper Woman already attacked Yamashiro, who's lying on the ground. Yamashiro's in hospital now, and Akiko informs that to Shotaro, who is already at the station with Phillip, with Wakana not being there yet. Moreover, Yamashiro wants to tell Phillip something, so it's an urgent situation and they have to go to the hospital immediately, with Wakana arriving
just
as they left the station. Trial finally finishes Hopper off with Machine Gun Spike, that had him rotating around Hopper too in his kicks, completing it in 9.7s... a slight improvement from his debut, Shroud should eat her words. Terui only failed before as base form of Accel wasn't as powerful. In an unusual case, Grasshopper Woman was one of the Dopants that would get killed, as Smilodon attacks her to silence her, shattering her body into pieces (normal human got destroyed in supernatural way?). Shotaro and Phillip reach the hospital, and Yamashiro admits that he's a selfish man; he wasn't really Museum's victim. Asking for forgiveness which Phillip nods, Yamashiro reveals that Phillip's real name is indeed, Raito.. Sonozaki, the 3rd child of the family and Wakana's comforting little brother. So Phillip and Wakana being comfortable with each other isn't an incest build up... but an actual family bond build up, even the show didn't intend to use it as shipping
. With Nobody's Perfect playing once more, Phillip's decision is clear now, to be together with Wakana at the outside of the city. Shotaro only warns about his path being difficult one.
Meanwhile, Phillip's the one that is late now, as Wakana is teleported by Terror Dopant into the Museum's basement, feeling that the Museum caretakers hold a big responsibility for the world as the planet's fate rests on them, thus Wakana cannot be 'selfish' anymore. So Ryubee got a sense of being a well-intentioned extremist in his Museum control for the planet's sake, though of course it won't justify the means to achieve that. Phillip looks after Wakana, and shortly after he got a call from her. She's actually there... but not in a good way, as she's not clad in an all-black outfit, and underwent a personality change, calling Phillip Raito and tried to kill him as Claydoll. Phillip calls Shotaro to henshin, and due to Phillip alone being there, FangJoker returns. Now Shotaro learns that Wakana is Claydoll Dopant. After killing a horde of Masquerade Dopants that backs her up (...would that mean W kill humans here?). The only explanation she gives to them is that she understands her duty and Raito should do as well. The woman in black then insists the man in white a.k.a Kazu to talk to her instead of Ryubee for business needs. Another emotionally devastating moment for Phillip, though that'd mean Phillip's still with the Narumi Detective Agency, whose website have been done, with Shotaro now directly witnessing it having girly design, total contrast from how detective-related stuff should be made hard-boiled.
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