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09-03-2023, 09:05 AM | #11 |
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Dunno if I'd get Fourze experience (in airing), but yeah perhaps one more to give a go.
The alchemists seem to be more action-packed than I thought, albeit not engaging physically. This can have a full-action squad without people turning into Riders, so this means the female lead here is also an action-geared one. Ironically, I enjoy the non-Riders fight done by alchemists better than Gotchard's debut as SteamHopper lol, it's CGI but I think its more flashy and varied. I wonder if Hotaro will have a showcase in his physical abilities, in opposite to how fell he is compared to Rinne academical-wise, with Hotaro being described as a dumb jock. Not stated outright, but yeah Hotaro would be the usual nice protagonist, where he has a hero complex to not leave Rinne behind regardless if he's a normal person that Rinne urges to go. He's clearly brave and courageous to do that too despite his awkward and stumbling nature. This seems to be the reason he got accepted to be Gotchard. And ofc, like Ikki and Keiwa, he's made as someone who goes along with family like former, and has no path in life like latter, completely starting from zero.... again with depicting the nice ones as pathless losers. And as others said yeah, Rinne does remind of Yua. Her honor student traits is different from what I expect, the type to be overly strict to tell people to not run and completely no-nonsense to likely not make friends in not knowing Hotaro. She seems to be less strung outside of the school. Despite being the exposition to Hotaro, she doesn't know anything, like Riders. Minato's another alchemist and... he too tries to keep what's related to alchemy as secret. Not assuming them as being sus like DGP or such - alchemy job seems to be a public service like cops/military in their duty, but dunno if this'd be a misguided path like the extremists in Gaim trying to keep things secret. So far the Three Dark Sisters are made obviously evil with goth fashion sense, and with them only giving vague motivations, not much to say for now.
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09-03-2023, 02:30 PM | #12 |
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Better than I was expecting, so far I'm quite hopeful. The CGI is... not godawful, at times it was actually pretty good.
I was going to speculate that the guy with the red ring is the teacher, before they just revealed it at the end. I'm thinking that the guy who gave the driver to Hotaro is probably his father. I wonder, if that's the case, how Hotaro will react upon the revelation, considering what he saw unfolding before his very eyes. I could be completely wrong, since Hotaro must know what his father looked like less than a decade ago, considering the family picture in their home, and I can't imagine his appearance having completely changed in that time. Last edited by Enppu; 09-03-2023 at 02:32 PM.. |
09-03-2023, 02:41 PM | #13 |
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Better than I was expecting, so far I'm quite hopeful. The CGI is... not godawful, at times it was actually pretty good.
I was going to speculate that the guy with the red ring is the teacher, before they just revealed it at the end. I'm thinking that the guy who gave the driver to Hotaro is probably his father. I wonder, if that's the case, how Hotaro will react upon the revelation, considering what he saw unfolding before his very eyes. I could be completely wrong, since Hotaro must know what his father looked like less than a decade ago, considering the family picture in their home, and I can't imagine his appearance having completely changed in that time. |
09-03-2023, 02:52 PM | #14 |
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Maybe his father is not involved with any of this in any way, but given that this is Kamen Rider we're talking about, it's more likely that he is than not. Would be kind of funny if he just shows up halfway through the show and he's just completely oblivious. |
09-03-2023, 03:18 PM | #15 |
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I thought it was fine. A lot of stuff happened very fast, but not too many things too fast, if that makes sense. I definitely wasn't blown away, but I liked it enough to come back next week. Really like the Gotchard suit in action, though, I will say that. The metallic sheen on the armor looks fantastic. |
09-03-2023, 03:34 PM | #16 |
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I like what I see so far. Not much to say but I'll keep up with the show. One thing to note and I don't know how much of an unpopular opinion this is but I wouldn't mind if Rinnie didn't become a Rider herself. Not because I don't think she should be I would be more intreasted if we expand on her being an alchemist imagine if throught the show she gains more magic rings that changes her outfits and even give access to more spells that makes her on par with being a Rider without being one herself. I think that would be neat especially since the show is setting her up as much of a main character as Hotaro
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The street outside looks similar to Shiawase-Yu, but the inside looks more like Colorful. Quote:
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And the final fight! After showing a reverse version of the remix (one rider transforms with two gimmicks), Gotchard transforms into his main form and a fight ensues. Anyone who has missed the martial arts of show riders should appreciate these kicks, footboards and grips! Hopefully they won't be forgotten in the future.
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Yes, this is a much more standard episode than the pilot Geats, who took his uniqueness and unusualness. But how magical he is, how inventive in detail, attentive to characters, even as yet unimportant ones like mom or Kaijiki. Also, in the first episode of Geats there was another feature: the main character appeared only for the final battle, and then with a delay. While with Hotaro we spend all the time getting to know his character, dreams and hopes.
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Renne, with his gloomy readiness to fulfill his duty, is clearly needed to contrast with the cheerful and optimistic hero. Obviously, alchemy for her is precisely a duty, not a pleasure. Hopefully hanging out with Hōtarō will teach her to enjoy magic. It should also be noted that for once we got a heroine who actively helps in the battle without needing armor. By the way, it is surprising that they almost immediately worked well with Hotaro in a duet, because usually these shows prefer to arrange misunderstandings between future partners.
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And lastly, dang, Chemy?Story is a pure banger. That OP's chorus will be permanently carved in my brain. Back-On is the king of catchy, infectious melodies. The song's positive, optimistic, upbeat vibe is similar to Switch On! (Fourze's OP). Real?Eyez, we got a very strong contender for the best Reiwa OP here. Can't wait for the full song!
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Ironically, I enjoy the non-Riders fight done by alchemists better than Gotchard's debut as SteamHopper lol, it's CGI but I think its more flashy and varied. I wonder if Hotaro will have a showcase in his physical abilities, in opposite to how fell he is compared to Rinne academical-wise, with Hotaro being described as a dumb jock.
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And as others said yeah, Rinne does remind of Yua. Her honor student traits is different from what I expect, the type to be overly strict to tell people to not run and completely no-nonsense to likely not make friends in not knowing Hotaro. She seems to be less strung outside of the school. Despite being the exposition to Hotaro, she doesn't know anything, like Riders.
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I'm thinking that the guy who gave the driver to Hotaro is probably his father. I wonder, if that's the case, how Hotaro will react upon the revelation, considering what he saw unfolding before his very eyes. I could be completely wrong, since Hotaro must know what his father looked like less than a decade ago, considering the family picture in their home, and I can't imagine his appearance having completely changed in that time.
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09-04-2023, 09:57 AM | #18 |
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First impressions.
Hotaro reminds me of Kouta. Hopper1 reminds me of pikachu. And the cgi reminds me of zero-one. Ok I can deal with those. The suit looks great in action. And they mentioned how many chemys there are right? 100 something right? Got to catch them all I guess. I like that the big bad is played by a child. Makes her seem so sinister. Of course she's probably ancient in terms of the show. And the guy who gave Hotaro the driver can't be his father right? That would be too easy. I think it's a red herring. Anyway all in all I liked it. It looks promising. I hope the cast is great.
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09-04-2023, 03:00 PM | #19 |
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This episode exists. About all I can say about it, really. I'm glad mystery man running away with the driver wasn't Hotaro's father, since he'd recognize him otherwise.
Anyway, I like the look of the suit in action. The camera catches the metallic sheen wonderfully.
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