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What are you watching? (Kamen Rider Edition)
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Kamen Rider Blade Q2
I'll be continuing to give my thoughts here, so my fellow first time Blade watcher Fredbob392 can continue to give theirs in Die's thread without worrying about spoilers.
Kara Miso (I know that's not its actual name but who cares?) is even more humorous in the show. Like, there's that scene with Tachibana taking Black Fang for an epic joyride which just ends with "Kara Miso! Kara Miso!" Yep, definitely my favorite Blade meme and for that reason, I can totally forgive it replacing Kakusei as the insert song. This could seriously compete with the legendary KR memes of Ryukiroll, IWAE and Running Touma. The action scenes are going to be so much more humorous now!
Other than memes, Blade is still shaping up to be a great show in its own right. Although, the staff change I've heard about is looming over it and I have no idea what to expect for the quality of the remainder. Well, maybe a little, I guess. Aikawa has already written a few episodes as a secondary writer and I can see some similarities between the dynamic of Tachibana and Mutsuki and the dynamic of Akashi and Masumi from Boukenger. I'm a Boukenger fan and I definitely prefer the first half of Decade over the second, so right now, I'm inclined to have faith in him that he's not about to screw everything up. I can only hope! But before that, I'm looking forward to seeing how Imai's going to wrap up his tenure on the show.
Episode 15 is the one to beat. I think the rivalry between Tachibana and Isaka deserves its own paragraph, cause it's the perfect transition for Tachibana from a pathetic loser to a surprisingly cool and barely competent hero. He was trying to delude himself that his problems didn't exist and Isaka sought to take advantage of that, by drugging him with almost extinct anti-fear plants. It made him a better Garren, but removed the sensitive Tachibana that Sayoko loved. When Isaka killed Sayoko to destroy the last part of the old Tachibana, he instead made Tachibana stronger. Strong enough to make Garren his own. I was expecting a typical revenge plot filled with hatred and wrath, but it was smarter than that. Tachibana immediately found clarity in the memory of Sayoko and only regretted that he couldn't have came to his senses sooner. The climactic final battle between Garren and Isaka on the beach, it's the moment where I decided, "this show is awesome!"
I've been thinking about the Undead a little more, especially after Eagle Undead's snobbish commentary on humanity's dominance. Can they even be called evil, merely for trying to topple humanity? I mean, to us, the Human Undead is the hero who gave us the Fire of Zeus, figuratively speaking, but to every other Undead, he's the villain who deprived them the same chance. But I guess that's also a very Kamen Rider way of drawing a moral connection between both sides of the conflict. Of course, some Undead are just depraved people who don't deserve to win the Battle Royale, like Isaka. And that Elephant Undead seems too lazy to even try to win.
On the topic of Undead, Chalice, or more specifically Hajime, could hypothetically have access to at least 52 forms! That's a record for his time. It's basically him wearing the skin of other Undead with his Driver, which makes him the Kamen Rider Decade of the Undead world before Decade was even a thing! Chalice is originally the name of the Category Ace of Hearts, which is intriguing since I don't recall the Spider Undead having his own unique name.
Hajime might only be an Undead posing as a human, but with Kenzaki's guidance and faith, he has the potential to eventually inherit the soul of humanity. Kenzaki's position in the show seems to be similar to Shinji, as a moral support for others. Helping people is Kenzaki's main motivation, so it makes sense that he would want to imprint that philosophy on Hajime. This show isn't really about Kenzaki, but he has a profound effect on people just by being an example of heroism.
Tachibana reveals that his Fusion Peacock is basically useless. Hmm.... I already know that Jack Form is a going to be a thing, so I presume there must be some other prerequisite for unlocking that.
Regarding Leangle's user, Mutsuki.... He might be even more of a dysfunctional weirdo than the other Riders. He expressed envy towards Tachibana's and Kenzaki's tragic backstories like, "Tachibana-san, you're so lucky to have a dead girlfriend to avenge!" and "Kenzaki-san, you're so lucky to have dead parents you failed to save!" Sure, having a tragic backstory you can actually confront can be a useful source of motivation, but it's not something you should ever wish for. This seems to be something Mutsuki has a personal problem with, rather than the Spider Undead's corrupt influence. But Tachibana's Akashi-like soft mentoring is helping him become a better person capable of making Leangle his own.
Kotarou has become aware of how useless he is and strives to become more useful. As I'm apparently one of like, maybe three people, who actually think Shunpei is an okay character, I like where his arc seems to be going. Kotarou wants to be more than just the guy who gives Team Blade a roof and I think he hasn't found his niche yet, other than being a good cook and writer. I hope he can figure that out. Hirose hasn't really got any new developments since the previous quarter, so I don't have much more to comment about her for now. She's still great at what she does and I consider her an above average heroine, but I hope she gets more stuff to do.
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