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07-02-2022, 08:24 AM | #1 |
Have Zord, Will Travel
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With the power of a new Driver, Genta sets off to confront Vail in his new Rider form.
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07-03-2022, 03:05 AM | #2 |
take me to space
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I slightly regret my comments in the past about Jeanne and Aguilera being this season's equivalent of Kenzan and Desast, because wow this episode reminded me a lot of those two's final battle, with the slow ballad song and the dramatic scenery shots. Vail even has the exact same black and red colour scheme!
Now there's only one villain left before doing whatever the show might do with Giff (unless Daiji does something unexpected? 🤔 ) |
07-03-2022, 08:16 AM | #3 |
Dai Shogun
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OMG this episode, Mama the MVP!
The dialogue was insanely good. I started screencaping some stuff, only to realize I was basically putting the entire episode in picture format This is where it's at with Revice for me, this is family. Not just the Iagarashi's, but the Karizaki's too. And the action - dear lord, if they distilled my thoughts of an ideal Kamen Rider design and put it into a glass container it would need to labeled "Destream". What an insanely awesome Rider suit, backed up by an excellent character. Papa-san rules. This is what I was sticking around for; I knew Revice wasn't done with giving me what I wanted. I had to wait a little, but it was worth it. |
07-03-2022, 08:38 AM | #4 |
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You know a fight's really good when they cut out everything but the insert song for the final hit.
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07-03-2022, 08:51 AM | #5 |
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I think this is another Build Hazard moment for me.
I can recognize the craftsmanship that went into it, from the stunt choreographers, the camera crew, the effects team, the actors, and the editors, but... It leaves me feeling absolutely nothing. And that is the most frustrating bit about this. I desperately want to love this, as much as the similar moment last year, but... I just can't. It just doesn't hit nearly as much. On a side note, they really should have had the Vail/Kagero parallel be a thing far before and tie that better together instead of crowbarring it in here right at the end.
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07-03-2022, 12:05 PM | #6 |
Stronger Than You
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Huh? An episode that wasn't garbage? It's been 5000 years.
I liked that this episode drove home the idea that your inner demons are a part of you. Daiji's loss of Kagerou let his righteousness go untethered. He no longer questioned himself. So Genta defeated Vail, but also rejoined with him. The second is that you have to learn to forgive yourself. Genta has forgiven Vail, but we have to see if Daiji will get that message, too. The fight was rather nice. The scene of Genta and Vail talking to each other as everyone else was battling all around them was pretty fun. Dramatic fight with nothing but a few impact sounds and a melancholic score. Neat. Wonder how in the hell Akaishi comes back after being turned to dust, as well as which side he'll be playing for.
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07-03-2022, 12:09 PM | #7 |
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If siblings can't settle a fight between themselves, what do you do? You bring in Dad, of course.....
That was...pretty solid, honestly? Let's get into it: -Akaishi takes a hard backseat in this episode, and honestly good. It's real fun to see him lash out and squirm like a headless chicken, trying to cope with his eventual demise. He can't even find solace in his creepy little "family" roleplay with Daiji, who's clearly Had Enough of the old man. -I've been critical of Weekend in how passive/purely reactive their planning can be, but honestly good on Masumi for his scheme this episode? Giving the weakened and desperate Vail a chance for new powe/final gambit for revenge, which is actually a covert containment scheme? It's good. (Oh hey, another Kuuga reference for this family in that their special symbol was a thumbs up, lol) -Oh, Yukimi......I love her bits in this episode? She and Genta are so cute. I was thrown a loop when she said "He's already transformed three times in the past" only for the flashblacks to start playing and a smile curled up on my face. She really is the Igarashis' anchor. -It's time for the main event. Somehow, it feels really....back to basics, in a way. Good ol fashioned grudge match, its in the quarry, there's a little body of water. Let the insert play, and the fists to fly. It's a damn good fight too, with Genta and Vail being nearly evenly matched. Literally started bouncing around in my seat once they started showing Genta punching Vail in the fiery ruins of the bathhouse. -Vail's been acting out of spite and envy for his partner scorning him all the time, so for his arc to end with Genta taking him back, *forgiving* him, and telling him to rest up? It's an solid conclusion, far more interesting than letting him die or just shoving him back into a Driver. It's not certain when or even if Vail will ever wake up again, but if he does, I hope he'll learn to accept the rest of the family. -I like Destream quite a bit, actually? I haven't been a fan of recent Revice suits lately, but I adore Destream's colors, aesethics, etc. Good suit! -And now its time for: I Think This Is A Really Solid Way For Daiji To Exit His Joker Arc, Personally. Let's dissect all the pieces, shall we? 1) We all know the obvious parallels between Daiji and Akaishi, right? The show even stating that Akaishi sees himself in Daiji n shit, iirc. Well, I'm pretty sure Daiji is aware of that too, which makes what Akaishi goes through that much more interesting. Daiji gets to witness Akaishi's downfall up close, the way his convictions are greeted by nothing but scorn and the growing shadow of death. I'm sure that'll get the gears in Daiji's brain turning about what he's been doing now. 2) Dude's been hurting inside for a good while now. He's made some bad mistakes in the past and couldn't get the results he wanted following his ideals, so he's essientally in a state of licking his own wounds. The sheer hatred he has for Ikki in these recent eps, how he screams his actions will only get people hurt and killed, hm.....I want to say just a tiny smidge of that is (unconciously) directed toward his past self, he can't forgive himself. And that's what propels himself forward on this dark path. The loss of Kagerou also adds in, their dynamic inherently centered about suppression. You can't simply supress or "earse" all things about yourself you're not fond of, sometimes you gotta face them and then start moving forward. Destream vs Vail perfectly symbolizes this for him. 3) The simple language of "Holy shit, we've actually got a chance?" always tends to work. Yeah sure even if Daiji purposely ignored Ultimate Revice deflecting a direct shot from Giff back, he can't possibly ignore both Akaishi and Vail going down in succession. The stance Daiji is taken is partially done out of desperation from impossible odds of beating Gifu, but if the "impossible" turns to "possible", well........ -While we're not fully out of it yet, I think this episode did well in creating a prime scenario for Daiji to reflect on, and maybe finally come back to his family in the next episode? -I've been praising this episode quite a bit, but there are undoubtedly some hiccups in it here and there. Most notably, the emotions for the main fight might not come across properly to some viewers. Perfectly understandable, as 90% of their backstory is in Revice Legacy (I didn't even finish it...) and they've rarely had time to share the screen together. It worked well enough for me, but I am aware it can come across as a little weak to others. |
07-03-2022, 02:17 PM | #8 |
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HOLY CRAP did they nail this one! I uh, I kind of went into this episode placing expectations on it I was prepared to find out were unfair. Like, I just thought the way the Genta/Vail plotline resolved was absolutely critical to Revice's thematic throughline, and if they even slightly messed this up, I would've been super grumpy about it?
As it is, the worst thing I can say is that it's painfully obvious they couldn't find an actual spot to play LiveDevil. See, the episode lays it out so thoroughly I probably don't need to explain this much, but the whole key to Revice, thematically, it's about accepting yourself, if I had to boil it down to only one thing. That's what the demons are here for, and it's why Ikki is the main hero. As much as I make fun of his egotism, that's always been a very pointed bit of characterization. The fact that him and Vice became best friends after the first quarter, too, it's all part of the show's thesis statement. Ikki loves himself enough to accept his own faults, and in that acceptance, he's found a strength and clarity that tends to exceed anyone else in the series. So having the endpoint for Genta's arc be centered around him finally resolving to live alongside Vail, after decades of running away from him? Finally accepting that his traumatic past is a part of him, specifically to cement how he's moved beyond it? It's everything I could want. In hindsight, I don't even know why I thought the show would fumble this at all. And they really just did it way better than I was asking for, if anything, by tying that central drama so flawlessly to so many other characters. Once again, making George and Masumi's tense relationship a part of the Igarashi drama is just a super smart choice that works better than ever in this instance, and bringing in Daiji, the guy who has never truly accepted who he is, as the spark for Genta to get serious about things, it's both great thematically while also keeping the overall plot momentum of the show totally on-course. This doesn't feel like a detour at all, when it could've easily gotten away with it if it was going to be this good anyway. Even my worries that they'd assume you've watched the Vail spinoff were unfounded, as while, for example, people who have seen it will probably think of Yukimi pretty differently, her role on TV as the eternal voice of wisdom and reason is more than enough to justify the material she has here. They aren't just like, referencing things that weren't on TV constantly, and that really helps the episode out, as obvious as that sounds. And to top it all off, it's just a great episode visually? Destream continues the proud Revice tradition of all the Riders looking totally different, and even that matters to the story. Genta's Rider identity looks nothing like Vail, because Vail was Junpei, and that's not who Genta is. And because it's Sugihara directing, you even get that stylish blue lighting replacing the flames at the precise moment Genta makes that declaration. Just... a real winner, any way you slice it, this one. I have a feeling that when people go to preorder their DX Vail Drivers from P-Bandai now, they won't even be getting them for Vail, you know?
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07-03-2022, 04:58 PM | #9 |
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This is the best episode Revice has had in a LONG Time
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07-03-2022, 07:18 PM | #10 |
Suprise Gamma Future
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Is the mom going to get a suit? A whole family of riders?
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