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04-12-2021, 10:39 AM | #711 |
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Anyway, the HBV is the one live Den-O production I haven’t seen (I also haven’t seen the Imagin anime beyond a clip from the episode with Ultraman Taro). So I’ll just talk about something you mentioned when talking about episode 44: the all forms showcase. That’s something Japanese shows made to sell toys tend to do near the end of the show, basically the last opportunity the writers use to pump the toyline, before the last few episodes go nuts with what they do to the merch (I’m currently coming up to such a string of episodes in Hurricaneger). And since most of the shows start in February and last the year round, the “last chance” generally coincides with Christmas. |
04-12-2021, 10:53 AM | #712 |
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04-12-2021, 11:08 AM | #713 |
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That was my thought. There's also Mini-Hibiki, which needs a Seihou more than any other suit in existence.
EDIT: also blade but with a scarf
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04-12-2021, 01:09 PM | #714 |
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I don't think praising Shouko's character is being intolerant to another character? Please don't read too much into what I'm saying! If I'm paying a compliment to one character or performer, I am not insulting another one by omission. Something can be good without something else being bad!
BTW, well, again, how about the long rambling in ep. 44 I wrote? Especially the part of Ryotaro's view that I'd like to discuss. Quote:
I mean of course, Ryotaro acting as a spiteful jerk for just a mere moment and have him being in the wrong is a journey. But the thing is, from audience talk, I don't like that, I know that people here including me rightfully complained about Ryotaro acting OOC at the end of previous episode before, but people usually tolerate the screw-ups (Ryotaro did) that is caused by someone acting jerk or being a hardass, but if a screw-up is created by ordinary flaw (which is what is more expected for Ryotaro), like lack of confidence, then that one will usually earn more hatred from audience, even correlating that flaw with kindness to view that as weakness.
I still stand by the previous poor decision of Ryotaro's attempt to be heroic, that being stuck on Plat Form, but I still see Ryotaro's act here as the continuation of Ryotaro getting stronger plot (Momo said it himself to not get cocky just because of being stronger), that Ryotaro wants to fight threats alone, not sacrificing himself, and I'd like if Ryotaro makes use of Liner Form to do that (I think the sword is only radio, not Imagins taking part on battle and risking their live by possessing). Also, about Ryotaro not seeing heroes inside other people, I don't think that it had correlations of others being fragile (remember, it's Ryotaro the loser who is fragile), but as Ryotaro is the most morally upright, I guess Ryotaro sets up too high of a standard of heroism, like those who are grey shouldn't partake the way the morally white like Ryotaro can (well, Ryotaro's moral does take the good part of the adventure like breaking the "rule" of protecting the flow of time by helping the contract holder in the past), which, well, personally I would also say that grey part of someone can't be overlooked and make them lumped together with ideal toku hero like Ryotaro and that they should improve themselves, but doesn't mean that they can't be any use in saving the day even if like, they only cover the fighting monsters part, I think instead of others being fragile, it's more about Ryotaro thinking in terms of black-and-white; even the slightest gray to him is immediately treated as black at the earliest opportunity. Also, the thing about Zeronos, it's not merely fighting for the right reasons, but there are other aspects as the worldview, methods, etc. Zeronos is pragmatic hero, that he can stoop into dirty tactics to get the job done, though Ryotaro should also let himself partake, which is by trusting him enough. Momotaros, as this episode summed up, still a violent misfit that wants to take part in battle due to enjoying fighting too, so never seeing him as a hero (well, Momotaros is an anti-hero for fighting against evil but having several negative qualities, and that is still a subset of hero albeit morally grey) is brought up in the episode too. As previously has shown, Momo cares about Ryotaro a lot after a rough start, and I would see him as less concerned about the other Imagins compared to Ryotaro (I still see relationships with less conflict as the closer one, albeit of course there are exceptions, for this one, well Momo's main concern is Ryotaro, and he can see other Imagins as competition for taking care of Ryotaro, and he had almost no conflict with Ryotaro after Momo fully cares for him), but about being heroic, what they should do (except for Kin, but as you said he resorts to self-sacrifice at any opportunity, he really needs to learn about Ryotaro's outburst here about not sacrificing) is care for more than only what's close to them, like only between the Taros Imagins group, or Airi for Ryutaros. They should care for people less related to them, like the strangers, as heroes are about taking care of them.
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04-12-2021, 01:54 PM | #715 |
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Like, I for sure wasn't trying to say that Airi needed to act more like Shouko. She just needed to feel believably attracted to Yuuto (or vice versa), and she definitely does not. I'm really sorry, but I read that part twice and I don't know what I'm supposed to be responding to. Can you maybe boil it down for me?
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04-12-2021, 02:32 PM | #716 |
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They don’t count as new suits.
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04-12-2021, 02:40 PM | #717 |
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Maybe you missed the part where the Blade duplicate had a scarf.
A. Scarf. How that didn't end up as Blade's final form instead of King Form, I will never know.
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04-12-2021, 05:37 PM | #718 |
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I was a little less harsh on this one, naturally:
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Given Den-O's massive popularity at the time, I can appreciate that the exercise gimmick is clearly intended to get children moving the same way ending themes in Sentai do. If you're a little Japanese kid in 2007, and Momotaros tells you to work out, you're going to listen. Plus, you get to see the single funniest gag Den-O ever did with Deneb's inability to notice other Imagin. What more do you need?
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04-12-2021, 05:51 PM | #719 |
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It's unnecessarily smart, which is maybe the highest praise I can give an HBV.
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04-12-2021, 07:00 PM | #720 |
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But, yeah, Phase 1 didn't really seem to know what to do with the format of the HBV yet. A ton of recap stuff, and maybe a couple good jokes, and a fight. That's about all you got. Phase 2 would start to play around with DVD technology to create quizzes and branching narratives, before abandoning that to mostly focus on new suits that could be sold down the line (or packed-in; not sure how that works) while building in a bit more story to sell those new suits.
Fun fact in case it was not brought up, that boombox was a winner of a design contest by Terebi-kun if I recall so props to that kid who is probably a grown-up by now. Imagine that kid putting that fact in a resume.
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