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07-17-2023, 08:02 PM | #17511 |
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I can't believe you left out the guest appearance by the Kamen Rider Girls. How could you forget the most forgettable part of this two-parter?
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07-17-2023, 08:09 PM | #17512 |
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So, fun fact. That screencap? That moment is what lead to one of the biggest in-jokes between me and the friend that I watched Fourze with. To this day, if there's anything even remotely clown related, we mention a scenario on "What if Shun were here?" and other related clown humor. That alone made this two-parter 100% worth it.
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07-18-2023, 08:42 AM | #17513 |
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So, fun fact. That screencap? That moment is what lead to one of the biggest in-jokes between me and the friend that I watched Fourze with. To this day, if there's anything even remotely clown related, we mention a scenario on "What if Shun were here?" and other related clown humor. That alone made this two-parter 100% worth it.
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07-18-2023, 10:52 AM | #17514 |
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Clown Shun is very funny. I get the feeling some people would be unhappy with his characterisation here, he's definitely changed from the tough footballer who was our fill-in secondary using the Powerdizer, but I think it works. He's still an 18 year old kid forced into the tough macho role by his dad, I can believe he thinks dressing up as a clown will totally impress Mio... somehow.
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07-18-2023, 01:26 PM | #17515 |
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And Miu simply does not experience this, and therefore thinks rationally and refuses him, at the same time checking how attached he really is to her and whether he will switch to another, as was the case in the early episodes. |
07-20-2023, 05:57 PM | #17516 |
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Most likely, he is just a teenager, overcome by a strong feeling that he does not know how to express. I think he has no concept of Miu, but only a set of her qualities that make his heart beat and his hormones boil.
And Miu simply does not experience this, and therefore thinks rationally and refuses him, at the same time checking how attached he really is to her and whether he will switch to another, as was the case in the early episodes. Meanwhile, because I looked at the episode list and realised I was meant to be watching a movie right now, I instead did the Net Movies. Now this is the kind of V-Cinema content I can get behind.
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07-20-2023, 06:34 PM | #17517 |
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Yeah, the Net Movies that served as a tie-in for the first Super Hero Taisen movie are great and downright hilarious.
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07-23-2023, 12:07 PM | #17518 |
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Kamen Rider Fourze Episodes 27 & 28 - A Transformation That's Denied & The Star Shower Resumes
At best, Ryusei has just been using the Kamen Rider club. He tolerates them. They make his job of fighting Zodiarts, somehow, slightly easier. But they're not friends, and if it made his life easier, he'd probably get out of there. He finds Gentarou's idea of friendship to be made way too quickly. No way would that surface level buffoon ever know what "true" friendship was about. For the "Meteor gets an upgrade" story, it's the necessary turning point in his story. He's not out in the open with them yet, but this is Ryusei accepting his place in the wider group not just as a sussy imposter, but maybe part of the team. It's also, weirdly, the episode where we learn about Gentarou's parent status (dead from plot disease), which kinda comes out of nowhere! It's great seeing Gentarou's granddad, you can see how this environment would produce someone as sweet-but-stupid as my boy, but it's a little disconnected from the Meteor stuff. This also seems to be the end for Cancer, and while he's been fun as an antagnoistic force who can actually banter with the heroes, I feel he had a good run. He never had an overarching goal or arc besides "Hey cool, I'm a Horoscope now", and if he had to go, I'm glad it's the spinning top of doom.
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07-24-2023, 10:49 AM | #17519 |
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I finished my rewatch of Ryuki and I realized this time that the Kanzaki subplot actually works better when it directly ties back to the Rider War, how it challenges Shinji's philosophy of wanting to stop the fighting and how Ren's conscience that he tries to discard is the only thing keeping him in check so he doesn't become as bad as Kanzaki.
As a framing device, in position of abstraction to the more intriguing tangible details of the drama between Riders, it's necessary to show the tragically doomed futility of the Rider War. It's mostly the reset ending that I think leaves it a disappointment, but I appreciate how this is only one of many possible timelines and the open-ended nature of the Rider War means it can be brought back anytime, like in Rider Time Ryuki. I guess I'll talk a little about the Episode Final movie as well, while it's fresh in my memory. I liked how Yui finally got to take a more active role in her own subplot, with her death in this timeline being something she chose instead of something that happens to her, even though the scene is surprisingly darker than I remembered. Are the "Dark" doppelgangers malicious, or just really bad at helping? Dark Yui lures Yui to the Mirror World so she won't be lonely, but only tells her about the whole dying thing when it's too late. Dark Shinji is justified to call out Shinji for breaking his promise, but he's only manipulating the guilt for his own benefit. Even in Zi-O, Dark Sougo accuses Sougo of showing Demon King traits, which leads him to become more self-critical and conscious of his evil side. The ending is pretty clever symbolically, with how Ren's and Shinji's vow to not die parallels their deaths in the 13 Riders special and Episode 49 respectively, leaving it to viewer interpretation whether or not they actually succeeded. After reconsideration, I've decided to promote Ryuki from #13 to #11 in my Heisei Rider Ranking: 1st) Faiz 2nd) Build 3rd) Fourze 4th) Ghost 5th) Wizard 6th) Double 7th) Kiva 8th) Blade 9th) Decade 10th) Drive 11th) Ryuki 12th) Kabuto 13th) Den-O 14th) OOO 15th) Zi-O 16th) Hibiki 17th) EX-Aid 18th) Agito 19th) Kuuga 20th) Gaim Which means I now consider it my favorite Kobayashi Rider show. Based on general character and comedy enjoyment, Den-O would've kept that title, but Ryuki's strong drama and escalating plot gives it an edge that makes it more fascinating and complex to think about, which is something I love to get out of these shows. Medal of Resurrection and Movie Battle Royale are next on my watchlist.
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07-24-2023, 06:56 PM | #17520 |
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