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01-30-2023, 05:53 PM | #21 |
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01-30-2023, 06:05 PM | #22 |
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01-30-2023, 07:29 PM | #23 |
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Episode 3: Clock Ya know I said we'd be going into unfamiliar territory, and technically we are, but... This episode is the one that establishes the GARO formula that I've become familiar with thanks to the various anime. It's also an episode that wouldn't be out of place as an episode of Kamen Rider Kuuga or Agito, and by that I'm referring not only to the style and tone, but also in how I rather dug it overall. For those unaware, to me, the average GARO episode typically deals in balancing character work with investigation into Horror attacks and ending in a stylish fight scene at the end. Heck, the burning of the letters serves as a perfect visual metaphor in that I equate these shows to Fantasy Spy Movies. So what's the target this time? A Horror who can possess and transform itself into different kinds of clocks. From wall clocks, to wrist watches, to pockets watches... if it can tell time, this thing can disguise itself as it. All of this being used a very blatant(they practically say it right to you) metaphor for how we all live on borrowed time, technically. But more directly it's to talk about Kaoru, and not only the reveal of why her being splashed with a Horror's' blood is so significant, but also in how she feels she's running behind in life despite how she's still only 22. Turns out that anyone splashed with a Horror's' blood not only attracts more Horrors, but also from then on only has 100 days before something terrible happens to them(heavily implied to be them dying in agony). Despite it not going exactly as planned, Kaoru is still going full force toward her dream of being a famous artist but uh, she also has bills to pay, so she also works as a freelance delivery person. And unfortunately for her, Koga hires her and begins to demand alot out of her. But worse than that, we get a scenes revealing that the ring Koga gave her is actually a piece of Zaruba... that Zaruba threw up. I wish I could unsee that, honestly. But hey I mean, atleast Koga actually pays her this time. Small victories, right? Speaking of Koga, he's not a slouch in terms of character development either. Turns out the Garo name has quite the legacy, and despite how skilled he is, he still seems to be relatively new to this? This episode marks the first time he's fought a non-humanoid Horror, afterall. Which, by the way, I loved how its final stand was done in a clock tower, which makes a ton of sense to be a Clock Demon's' final form. And it's in this fight that Koga reveals one of his core philosophies: That everyone has the right to live out their natural lifespan, even those splashed by a Horror's' blood. So, yeah, I hope I made it clear that despite this being the very first "prototypical" GARO episode, there's a reason that this formula was established as it's a good one, and I of course am looking forward to more.
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01-30-2023, 07:45 PM | #24 |
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Ah yes the Clock Horror, I remember this one clearly because of how unique it's hunting style is. It makes for a fun chase as Kouga tries to figure out how to corner it, the Horror thinks it can corner Kouga, but learns that our current Garo is not exactly meant to be underestimated.
Also hey, I mean if I found a free watch somewhere I'd totally take it too if I was able to. And then promptly die once it decides to kill me... so uh, YOLO I guess. But yeah, it is going to be fun watching you go through the series and pick up "Oh this is what the anime's did" and stuff since well yeah. There's a reason we're mostly following this formula through the franchise still. |
01-30-2023, 10:19 PM | #25 |
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Ah yes the Clock Horror, I remember this one clearly because of how unique it's hunting style is. It makes for a fun chase as Kouga tries to figure out how to corner it, the Horror thinks it can corner Kouga, but learns that our current Garo is not exactly meant to be underestimated.
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Also hey, I mean if I found a free watch somewhere I'd totally take it too if I was able to. And then promptly die once it decides to kill me... so uh, YOLO I guess.
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01-31-2023, 01:57 AM | #26 |
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I remember this episode. It was interesting and cool, and the clock tower was really impressive.
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01-31-2023, 05:31 PM | #27 |
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It was! Golden Knight vs giant bladed clock hands is super cool!
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01-31-2023, 07:52 PM | #28 |
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Episode 4: Dinner There wasn't much time for the formula of last episode to be established. Not that that's a bad thing mind you, I just find it rather notable that this episode very quickly throws us a curve ball. The target Horror this time is obvious: One masquerading as a doctor, who in turn devours any of the patients that he operates on. With the help of his lovely Horror nurses to boot. While Koga would normally just march in and kill the lot no problem, something is amiss. He can't transform! And the Mado Lighter doesn't even function properly! This Horror is the first in the show to erect a barrier which nullifies the effects of Koga's' various tools. And it's with that that, for the first time, we actually see Koga have a genuine struggle with the Horror that he's fighting. Not just physically, but also mentally given how the topic of his late father gets brought up. In the end, it's up to Kaoru to save the day, as given how she was splashed by Horror blood, only she can approach the source of the barrier and disable it. Speaking of Kaoru, she's not doin' too hot! She got evicted from her apartment and as such needs to bum with her friend Asami for awhile. And it turns out that Kaoru's' cooking is bad. So bad that she actually puts Asami in the hospital. Which I won't lie, with the way the smash cut happened, actually got a rather good laugh out of me. But on the topic of Asami, her whereabouts are kinda left unaccounted for at the end of the episode... Anyway! Coming from the anime this was another fun one just due to the way it played with the formula. One thing that really caught me by surprise was the different ways that the Mado Flame was handled throughout the episode. Like, throughout all three anime, I think they only ever covered the sword in flames like, once, maybe twice? Which made that way Koga kills the Horror all the more surprising to me. Heck, it ain't even just the sword either, dude absolutely covered himself in the stuff which was extremely cool. Not just that though, but the lighter itself being used as a weapon and the scene establishing that it needs to be refueled were nice little touches that were never shown in the anime(to my knowledge). Used the same "no smoking" joke though(good callback there, Vanishing Line). But in the very same scene exists something that connects the two: The Watchdogs mocking Koga for not being able to track and then losing to a "weak Horror" and yet they themselves weren't exactly able to do any better. Some things will never change, will they? Emotionally this was a solid one thanks to the establishment of Koga's' primary drive being the death of his father, as well as how we continue to see Kaoru's' overall situation getting worse, even if she is facing it in stride. That scene with Koga and the little boy whose dad got eaten by Doctor Horrorble was rather touching despite being so brief. So... yeah. Just a solid package all around.
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01-31-2023, 08:01 PM | #29 |
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This was a fun one. Our Doctor Horror is definitely one of the smarter Horror's in the series purely for the fact that it had the sense to make it so that Makai Knight's would have to work hard to try and defeat it.
That being said, yeah! If you wished to have more Mado Lighter action in the anime the live action show will give that to ya. Like the new technique Kouga showed off which I believe is officially called Blazing Armament. While the anime does have some nice flashy stuff, there's a lot of cool little techniques that the live action shows have to themselves that are just as cool, if not flashier than what the anime gives us. |
01-31-2023, 11:56 PM | #30 |
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Makes me wonder if a Mado Alchemist somewhere ended up designing a Mado Flamethrower.
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