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04-09-2024, 09:12 PM | #621 |
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I don't know who that is, but, sure!
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04-09-2024, 09:17 PM | #622 |
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Yeah, this one's a bit of an odd one, even in the Manga which is a bit shorter than what minor stuff they did to extend the anime stuff like Terui's introduction since we cut that out from the first case.
-Most differences I can mention is Magi-P actually being there with the others when Megu wakes up, and the quick "Hey you know about the leaker too?" remark he gives Tokime is anime only. Because we get her questioning him and then suddenly we're pulling the phone out from the real leaker's hand. -Oh, when Philip and Akiko are talking about m/m in terms of relationships, Philip is holding up a hotdog to eat. Feel like they should've kept that. -Well there's one more, and it's kind of funny but I'll mention it next time since it'll fit better now that I'm remembering what the anime did. Other than that, yeah this one seemed to have a few moving parts that didn't match up too well. I feel like the assistant being the culprit could've been foreshadowed better because the anime really does some heavy lifting to make it seem like Magi-P's the one doing it for some reason without doing much the other way. The Philip being jealous thing is kind of amusing to me but yeah it doesn't really fit well. I almost imagine it was brought up this early and ended this quickly because our writer wanted to jab at some ships. But hey FangJoker, nice to see it show up rather soon. Despite introducing these concepts to newcomers, the anime and manga are not holding back transformations which is good since there's nothing stopping or stalling Shotaro and Philip from using some of their aces. |
04-09-2024, 09:25 PM | #623 |
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That said -- and we've got another chapter that go still switch stuff up -- I like Magi-P as a fakeout because it seems like the reality is that he's just a phenomenally shitty bossy? His main programmer just got hospitalized, and he's yelling at her to go do the job she hates knowing it could get her killed. Good as a red herring, but kind of great as just a prick. Quote:
But hey FangJoker, nice to see it show up rather soon. Despite introducing these concepts to newcomers, the anime and manga are not holding back transformations which is good since there's nothing stopping or stalling Shotaro and Philip from using some of their aces.
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04-10-2024, 05:23 AM | #624 |
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So a bit of a fun nod. Remember how I mentioned that one of the EXE guys in W’s finale went on to be Leo in Zyuohger. Well the EXE guy Terui makes his triumphant return beating up was modelled after the aforementioned Leo (the director said it was just a fun nod, and it’s not meant to be the same goon from the finale)
And I mentioned last time that second seasons with a new plot bring on more powerful opponents of the week. Well here, Phillip demonstrates how the heroes tend to pull out victories until they get the necessary upgrade: fall back on their more powerful forms/techniques that were only used in emergencies during the first season. And talking of High Dopes, we get to see our big bad Aurora behind the mask of his Dopant form and learn his name is Yukichi Bando. And while we might never get the live stageshow for this anime subbed, I know they cast the guy who played Kirihiko in the role. And talking of casting… Rider-lert! Like the others, Terui is voiced by his VA from Memory of Heroes, Makoto Furukawa. He had a cameo in episode 5 of Agito as a child actor, and as an adult, like Uchiyama and Hosoya, he was a monster in a previous Rider show, namely the second Katana Ganma in Ghost. And to conclude, our end of episode skit is a revival of the old Healing Princess segments Wakana’s actress did during the show, only the joke so that the only segment is a Q&A with Terui… with a somewhat predictable punchline, if you ask me. Last edited by Androzani84; 04-10-2024 at 04:04 PM.. |
04-10-2024, 09:18 AM | #625 |
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And I mentioned last time that second seasons with a new plot brig on more powerful opponents of the week. Well here, Phillip demonstrates how the heroes tend to pull out victories until they get the necessary upgrade: fall back on their more powerful forms/techniques that were only used in emergencies during the first season.
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04-10-2024, 03:34 PM | #626 |
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Creepy gamer wants to murder woman video game developer. Going to slot this one next to the incel arc on Fourze for times when Kamen Rider got too uncomfortably true to life. This guy absolutely has a video on his YouTube channel bitching about Sweet Baby Inc. ruining his video games, is what I'm saying.
I appreciated the use of Magi-P as a red herring. Convenient disappearances and a reckless disregard for Monako's well-being definitely had me pegging him as the culprit at first. I guess he's just an asshole, not a murderer. He's actually the part I remembered the most about this arc, primarily because I got really tired of hearing people shout "Magi-P!" His name is the "desuuuu" of the W cartoon. I've seen a lot of crazy things in Kamen Rider over the last 15 years of watching it, but I don't think I've seen anything that broke my suspension of disbelief more than the animators trying to convince me that Tokime is wearing a bra. |
04-10-2024, 09:36 PM | #627 |
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I assume the bra is frequently being kept in Shadow Fuuto, and is drawn out as necessary through the use of a fishing line.
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04-11-2024, 05:03 PM | #628 |
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FUUTO P.I. EPISODE 6 - “THE TERRIBLE M - WHITE FANGS”
Whole episode of epilogue! Bold choice! While there’s a bit of action at the beginning of this episode that was necessary to conclude the case, it’s hard to say that the story didn’t wrap up at the end of the previous episode, with Tokime’s newfound dedication to her role in Team Double, and Philip’s understanding of his own jealousy. With that fairly well wrapped up last time, everything that happens here is just cute moments with the cast and additional details for our guests; diverting, but nothing that feels crucial. Like, boy, who really cares about Magi-P’s struggles with upper management? It’s nice to learn that he’s not a callous prick, but the result of his previous bold stands against the heartless corporate overlords was… for the heartless corporate overlords to get exactly what they wanted, executed by a guy who behaved like a callous prick who was so angry on the inside at how Monako was being treated (by him). There’s some nuance to it, but it’s a long way to go while also not really making it clear why this attempt on Monako’s life was worth coming clean about, but the other ones Magi-P was okay never visibly treating Monako with basic human empathy. It’s a reveal that’s sort of patting itself on the back, while also introducing more questions. And, again, who even cares? Tokime’s integration into Team Double, via the approval of toys and Shotaro’s intimate knowledge of Tokime’s intimate apparel, was a little better, but still just felt like the show was filling up minutes. It’s the worst aspect of W’s original hang-out vibes, where the emotional investment in the cast covers up a lack of urgency in plot and storytelling. Terui makes coffee! We get the names for all the toys! Shotaro gets embarrassed! It’s nice to see, as a fan of these characters, but it’s not the most dynamic ending for a story. But that’s not even the real ending of the episode, as we still have Bando/Aurora lurking around. After a story of Gathering Data (yay, my favorite villain strategy), Bando murders Murder and introduces two of our future High Dopes: Scream and Brachiosaurus. They’re neat designs, the dinosaur skeleton one especially, but it’s just a quick introduction to characters we’ve already glimpsed five times over in the opening credits. It’s fine, in the need to establish the opponents for our heroes, but nothing to get too worked up about. Which was sort of this whole episode for me? Unlike the first three-parter, that made a case (sorry) for stretching the usual two-part W mystery out to a more layered three-parter, this one definitely felt too light on incident to warrant its runtime. There’s enough here for a solid two-parter at most, and this slow wind-down of a finale shows off how badly a third part hurts the pacing of the narrative. Kind of a bummer, to have this one limp its way out the door.
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04-11-2024, 06:03 PM | #629 |
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So yeah, as you said, we meet two of the other major villains, in the form of Brachiosaurus and Scream. While we don’t see who they are here, the credits show Bando with a gothic lolita girl, a Catholic schoolboy and a guy jacked like Ahnuld. I’ll let you guess who is who.
As for the plot, I can’t say it particularly stuck with me like the next one in both anime and manga did. Yes, we’re skipping part of the manga to get to the next episode, so I’ll recap what you’re missing. Shotaro and co get hired by a rich family to find the cat that belonged to their late matriarch. Investigating, they discover that there’s been a litany of disappearing cats throughout the city, and use Mick as bait to find where they’re going. The answer turns out to be a Caracal Dopant on the sewers, actually a middle-aged woman going through a bad breakup. After saving her, Team W takes her to an offsite hospital (with Terui explaining that security at the main building was compromised and Murder was killed in his cell). And for the denouement, Shotaro figures out the rich family were more interested in the diamond hanging from grandma’s cat’s collar, since they’re baffled that she’d leave an expensive jewel to a mangy animal in her will. Even after Shotaro explains that she left it to the cat because all her heirs saw it more as a cash source than a sentimental item, they still demand the diamond. To resolve the story, Akiko throws the diamond into the trash and gives the cat to the former Caracal to help her recover. Extra note: Tokime’s costume change is an original thing for the anime, done to get around foreign networks who wouldn’t let her old outfit past the censors. |
04-11-2024, 06:06 PM | #630 |
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So fun thing about the Manga since I'm reading along. Volume 2 which this anime pulls from, consists of 10 Chapters. 7 of those chapters is the Meganeura Case, the other 3 are a fun quick case involving cats. Truly we missed out.
But of those 7 Chapters, none of them reach the numbers the very first chapter of Futo PI did which was 60 pages. The other chapters since then have been 18-20 or so but yeah. It might've just been a case where they couldn't fit it all in one two-parter, but not enough to expertly fill it out. That said, there's one major Manga change that involves last episode. And that's Tokime getting her outfit ripped up which was not in the Manga ha ha. The main reasoning for this is uh... I'm assuming certain censors thought Tokime was a bit too risque for the anime scene. So we get an original scene of her getting a new less see-through look which I think ends up looking better on her. Other than that not much to say other than Philip having the most absolute hilarious one-liner here. I also dug how when in the water we had the Arm Fang act like a shark's fin. Last edited by Enchilada645; 04-11-2024 at 07:21 PM.. |
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