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01-10-2023, 12:08 AM | #121 |
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The neat thing about the four Riders we've seen so far is that each of them has a different installation for their Rider Book? Saber's on the left, Blades is in the center, Espada's on the right, Buster's on the sword. It lets each of their suits be just that little bit unique in design, beyond just the helmet and coloring. I really appreciate the slow staging of that.
If there's one thing I'll give Saber, it's a nice varied set of suits all with their own neat little quirks. I'll admit this and say the crossover/fusion element definitely comes in clutch here with the character interactions very much bouncing off the situations at hand if they're a bit dull. But thank you for the admiration. |
01-10-2023, 12:15 AM | #122 |
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Since the only part of Saber that I can really say I care about is the main cast, this episode actually worked for me, even if the pacing of the show is still a bit weird. We actually got more info on Kento besides his very short introduction at the start of Episode 3, and Ryo still remains possibly my favorite character in the whole show.
The story doesn't really do much which is something I've been saying frequently so far, which isn't exactly a good sign for the show, but hopefully they'll do something soon, and I don't want to judge the show too harshly when it's only been 5 episodes. Besides, I did really love the characters in this episode, and Ryo cheering up Kento is possibly my favorite scene of the show so far. Desast still remains a good villain, and Calibur is interesting, he hasn't yet gotten a chance to really do anything with his character, but hopefully, he soon becomes someone I'm glad to see on screen. Also, I do agree that the Megid have been very uninteresting so far, I actually had to look up what they were called when writing a previous post because they had done nothing, which also applies to the other villains besides Calibur and Desast, besides those two, I can hardly say anthing about the villains in the show, which sucks because I really do like the main cast, and Desast, so for the other villains to have not done basically a single thing for 5 episodes, it's just another strike against Saber for me, even if I do somewhat enjoy the show. |
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01-10-2023, 12:22 AM | #123 |
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Since the only part of Saber that I can really say I care about is the main cast, this episode actually worked for me, even if the pacing of the show is still a bit weird. We actually got more info on Kento besides his very short introduction at the start of Episode 3, and Ryo still remains possibly my favorite character in the whole show.
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01-10-2023, 02:21 AM | #124 |
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Had to go back to the old episode threads to verify it, but this was the episode that made me almost drop Saber.
It had nothing to do with the writing, even though I was absolutely having problems with the pacing at this point. Rather, it was the overuse of video filters that absolutely killed it for me. The Wonderworld scenes all had that kind of fuzzy haze around everything made it really hard for me to watch those sequences. I don't remember if I had it before I watched the episode, but I know that I had a headache by the time it was over. I wasn't sure if I could keep watching the show if it was going to keep doing that. Fortunately for me, the SFX guy calmed down and this was by far the worst case of this. |
01-10-2023, 04:11 AM | #125 |
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So like I said, here we are with episode 5.
We finally find out who Calibur is. Or do we? They are still using the voice filter and the dude in the suit isn’t speaking to Kento. Granted, I was willing to take it at face value (this is the kind of show I think would drop a reveal this casually) Also, I was pleasantly surprised to see Zoous turn into a monster rather than a Kamen Rider. Even the last show where one of the bad guys turned into a monster (Zi-O) had a caveat to it. And now, all three Swordriver Riders have two books (with this episode airing the same week that the incumbent Sentai and Ultra shows also introduced their own, albeit more major, power-ups). As for their themes, Saber’s two (a dragon and an eagle) are based around flying, Blades’ have to do with stars (the lion being a Zodiac constellation, while Peter Pan’s Neverland is located past a star, at least in the Disney version) and Espada’s have to do with luck (Aladdin is about a guy turning his luck around with the aid of a genie, while hedgehogs are considered unlucky in China). And yes, the last remaining books for the three Combos also fit these themings. And as one guy on Facebook pointed out (I have a picture, but it’s too large for me to share), if Touma and Kento read Tom Sawyer, they were probably exposed to the N-word a lot. Last edited by Androzani84; 05-14-2024 at 02:43 PM.. |
01-10-2023, 07:56 AM | #126 |
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Espada!! VERY lovely suit; probably in my top 5 this season even if Brave Dragon just beats it. Lovely, downright angelic colour scheme of gold and white only broken up a little bit by some grey accents; all spun into this lovely elegance by that shoulder cape and all those sharp, upwards angles. Just a super beautiful suit.
Calibur is also pretty fantastic! Kinda takes the spot of the "evil version of the main rider" design this season even if it doesn't quite make sense with the lore, but hell with it; Dark Knight Saber, I LOVE it! That mask and all the jagged edges and the purple and black... it all just screams evil, which is really funny considering this is just another Sword of Logos swordsman and his design isn't any different from when he left. Don't mind the blatantly evil guy in the corner!
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01-10-2023, 12:20 PM | #127 |
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I think it's also partly Touma's fault? For a) a bookseller and b) a novelist, he's not super great at reading a room sometimes. Nothing about Ogami says that he's excited to hear about his own thematic relevance, so maybe treating him like a heroic archetype instead of, y'know, a co-worker was the wrong way to introduce yourself. Just a thought!
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I'm actually really glad the show did this particular scene in this way. It's important to get a little more insight into Kento's relationship with Touma (considering it's likely to be a big part of the next episode), and there's no better way to demonstrate the strength of their bond than to have Kento make an emotional appeal to Ogami on Touma's behalf. It's a good use of the gigantic cast!
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If it works at all, it?s because this show is dead-on right to have enough confidence in their actors to sell a bunch of underwritten fight scenes and unconvincing revelations. (I kinda love that the first time we learn that Calibur is Kento?s dad is randomly in a conversation with Ogami, instead of at a climactic, emotionally-relevant moment. Also, I don?t think Calibur is Kento?s dad.) This show is a workplace dramedy, so letting its various coworkers ping-pong off of each other in a bunch of charming dialogue-heavy scenes? it?s not the worst idea this show has had yet, that?s for sure. You can totally send Rintaro and Mei off into a citywide excursion that only succeeds in them getting jumped by Desast (sort of, he?s pretty much just out for a walk, total non-Kaido episode highlight) and Zoooooooous, and still call it an enjoyable subplot. Ogami and Kento sharing a soda on a roof before Ogami swears vengeance against a bottling plant or whatever? Similarly captivating.
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But the main story these characters are all supposedly operating in? Nowhere. Dog shit. The piranha stuff is laughably inconsequential, even by this show?s standards for tokusatsu action storytelling. There?s just, like, two of them! The end! It?s so obligatory and thin that I?d rather they not even have bothered. None of the monster stuff contributes anything towards Kento?s feelings of guilt and/or responsibility, beyond a vague air of consternation. The heart of his rage comes from the way Calibur?s actions personally affected Touma and the Sword of Logos; there?s absolutely nothing of value, narratively, in a cruise ship or a race track. It?s just noise, and it?s a distraction a show this frequently unfocused can't afford.
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01-10-2023, 12:23 PM | #128 |
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I repeat myself, love the cast and their antics. They are just fun to watch.
They carried the early parts of the show for me. That said... I actually kinda appreciate how much of a none focus the MotW are. That is coming from someone who likes the MotW parts often the most. But it's clear they have no interest in telling a story with the MotW right now, so they are afterthoughts. And I vastly prefer that against Zero-One's first arc trying so hard to make the Magia plots compelling and never really succeeding, at least in the first arc, and dragging everything around it down with it. Similar to how in the current show, the monsters are very much just a piece of the background, menacing, but no actual players in the episode's plots. The Megid get exactly enough screentime and attention as they need right now, and I like it that way.
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01-10-2023, 01:55 PM | #129 |
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It had nothing to do with the writing, even though I was absolutely having problems with the pacing at this point. Rather, it was the overuse of video filters that absolutely killed it for me. The Wonderworld scenes all had that kind of fuzzy haze around everything made it really hard for me to watch those sequences. I don't remember if I had it before I watched the episode, but I know that I had a headache by the time it was over. I wasn't sure if I could keep watching the show if it was going to keep doing that. Fortunately for me, the SFX guy calmed down and this was by far the worst case of this.
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Espada!! VERY lovely suit; probably in my top 5 this season even if Brave Dragon just beats it. Lovely, downright angelic colour scheme of gold and white only broken up a little bit by some grey accents; all spun into this lovely elegance by that shoulder cape and all those sharp, upwards angles. Just a super beautiful suit.
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I repeat myself, love the cast and their antics. They are just fun to watch.
They carried the early parts of the show for me. That said... I actually kinda appreciate how much of a none focus the MotW are. That is coming from someone who likes the MotW parts often the most. But it's clear they have no interest in telling a story with the MotW right now, so they are afterthoughts. And I vastly prefer that against Zero-One's first arc trying so hard to make the Magia plots compelling and never really succeeding, at least in the first arc, and dragging everything around it down with it. Similar to how in the current show, the monsters are very much just a piece of the background, menacing, but no actual players in the episode's plots. The Megid get exactly enough screentime and attention as they need right now, and I like it that way.
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01-10-2023, 03:53 PM | #130 |
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I don't know that I love it? It makes things feel a little too insular; the focus is too much on the individual members of the cast, and their backgrounds. The Magia attacks in Zero-One helped build out the world, set the stakes, illuminate the cast's goals, etc. Here, the crew is interesting, but they might as well work as mechanics or cooks. I almost don't know why this story needs to be a tokusatsu one?
Simply put, I rather watch a show that does one thing well and the rest alright, than a show that does a lot of things ok and nothing great. But I can understand why others wouldn't.
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