The adaptation is much less horny brained than the manga
So I've heard & gathered. Which is good. There's nothing wrong with tackling sexual content (and for good or ill, it's a long standing part of detective stories), but from what I've seen the manga mostly does it by... Random nudity & titillation
Which uh, that ain't it.
Cutting it out has let the actual fun stuff shine through.
I wonder if they're going to spell out that both Shotaro & Terui are possible high dopes - Shotaro has the fighting skills from the Joker memory, and Terui has the accelerated physiology that lets him heal up so fast
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It's kinda nice that instead of starting with their base form which quickly gets overtaken by different form changes, they're slowly working to what seems to be standard complete forms, and Tycoon is looking good imo
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So I have no real experience with Kamen Rider, but it does strike me as odd that the various Riders in this new show have powers that range from "has a bow" to "vague zombie powers."
So I have no real experience with Kamen Rider, but it does strike me as odd that the various Riders in this new show have powers that range from "has a bow" to "vague zombie powers."
The transformation trinkets for Kamen Rider Geats are Raise Buckles. Keeping in mind that the setting for the show is a real-life battle royale of sorts, the ones that roughly all share the same shoulder-strap armor are the minor versions or Armed going by their shared description upon use and are meant to be kinda crap. Think of it like the basic weapons you can scrounge up in Fortnite or the infamous Mozambique from Apex Legends. Sure you can take out enemies with these but it'll be tough due to their minuscule power. Ones like Magnum and Zombie are the rarer stuff, offering better armor, weapons and stats.
Boost is on a whole other level then the major Buckles which is why it's (for now anyway) a one-round-use-only Buckle. Kinda like the very special weapons you find in droppods in Apex Legends.
So I have no real experience with Kamen Rider, but it does strike me as odd that the various Riders in this new show have powers that range from "has a bow" to "vague zombie powers."
Yeah this season has been a bit different with them having essentially "powerless" or blank forms with just the top of their helmet, and then they grab generic upgrades ranging from weak to powerful due to the Battle Royale game setting
It seems like they're working towards them having "signature" powers/forms though. Like Boost/Magnum seems like Geats signature/default form since it matches his colors, Zombie looks like half of Buffa's signature look, and that Ninja form for Tycoon appears to be half his signature form just based on it matching his colors
I'm just speculating though
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So I have no real experience with Kamen Rider, but it does strike me as odd that the various Riders in this new show have powers that range from "has a bow" to "vague zombie powers."
Partly it's also just the video game theme this one has going on - this season is heavily riffing on Fortnite and PUBG (per word of the writers).
But also in recent years there's been a greater and greater trend towards riders being able to swap and pass around transformation doodads, mainly because this lets them make more toys and sell more plastic, but it also helps cut costs down i suspect. (You can see a bit of this in like Saber - i'd love to see the behind the scenes on how those suits went together, it'd be really cool i suspect)
Sorry my first Heisei was Faiz, about the time it was entering the final stretch or so, so that dynamic is burnt into my brain for eternity
It's really fun to actually track this sort of thing through the years. My first series was Decade, though I pivoted into Blade pretty quick.
Just seeing how W changed up the formula, then how Zero-one etc, it's all fascinating. Especially the way they've gotten less and less reliant on Monster of the Week stories, and pushed multi rider drama more and more
It's crazy to go back and compare Kuuga to the Reiwa era shows, too. It's just as huge a difference as when the Showa characters show up in Decade and such.
I need to watch Kuuga proper still (I’ve seen a good chunk but intermittently on Tokushoutsu’s marathons) now that I have the BluRay set, but yeah it’s just such a different tonal piece to neo-Heisei and Reiwa
It's crazy to go back and compare Kuuga to the Reiwa era shows, too. It's just as huge a difference as when the Showa characters show up in Decade and such.
One thing I'm still grumpy with both Zi-o and Decade for (other than some hilariously atrocious suit design) is how often they went for let's do a weird alternate universe version of the show, instead of playing into here's why X show was awesome
according to a yahoo japan interview with an anonymous staff member, asakura yui reported multiple instances of sexual harassment from coworkers on kamen rider revice
Sorry my first Heisei was Faiz, about the time it was entering the final stretch or so, so that dynamic is burnt into my brain for eternity
It's really fun to actually track this sort of thing through the years. My first series was Decade, though I pivoted into Blade pretty quick.
Just seeing how W changed up the formula, then how Zero-one etc, it's all fascinating. Especially the way they've gotten less and less reliant on Monster of the Week stories, and pushed multi rider drama more and more
The change away from MOTW stories came drastically from Gaim onwards. Big issue is that even with good shows like Double, Fouze and OOO, you had "oh, the monster escaped again in order to make the episode a two parter!". That was kind of an issue.
according to a yahoo japan interview with an anonymous staff member, asakura yui reported multiple instances of sexual harassment from coworkers on kamen rider revice
I heard of that. Egh, I shudder to think who she might be talking about. Plus I think her agency dumped her in part because of it which is worse.
the detective work done based on who she stopped appearing in scenes with/ changes in character writing overall seem to point to hikaru's actor but that's all circumstantial
We have more shots of Tycoon Ninja form, plus the next upgrades for Don Momotaro and Don Onitaijin (and what seems to be a Don Murasame double or upgrade?)
Can y'all explain how when they switch a plug-in from one side of the belt to the other that it transforms their arms into the legs and vice versa?
Like does it hurt?
Seriously, it's unclear. The Drivers this series look tech-based but there's no actual clue yet if they're just highly advanced or if there's some otherworldly factor in play here. Whatever power the DGP has, it's certainly reality-warping seeing the results of the first two episodes alone.
Ultraman Decker is starting to pick up speed at halfway through!
Decker shows up early in the episode and loses a fight
They say it's been an in-show-time year since the first episode
Hanejiro is back in the Terraphaser to team-up with Decker in the second half to defeat Sphere-Neomegas
Asakage, the TPU tech guy, finds out Asami is Decker
Neomagus returns as the kaiju of the week and is powered up by the Sphere. I think this has been a pretty clever way to maintain a "monster of the week" system, but also get reuse out of costumes. They get to use the same costume again, just with some embellishments (and in this case, parts of different kaiju suits from previous episodes)
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So if I’m watching Kuuga for the first time on this new bluray, should I have the Grongi translated? Or will that ruin the first time experience?
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So if I’m watching Kuuga for the first time on this new bluray, should I have the Grongi translated? Or will that ruin the first time experience?
The original broadcast did not translate, and the DVDs had the option.
I think some hardcore fans have big opinions on this, but I think it's much clearer and more enjoyable if you have Grongi subtitles.
Yeah, I was aware of the original broadcast, which is why I was curious. Do I go in the way originally intended?
I've thought about it, and honestly I may never watch Kuuga a second time (I mean there's just so much stuff to watch, play, do), so I'm going to keep the Grongi on because I want to know what they say. It's Kamen Rider, the stories aren't intricate mindbenders, so even if it spoils some stuff, I think I'll live
On that note, I've watched the first two eps and it's rad, I love the physical damage and brutality of the fights
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Cutie Honey: The Live just had an episode about Violent Honey, who turns blonde and has a heat aura that disintegrates anything near her until the heroes and villains all team up to overpower and then depower her. Amazing fight scenes, great effects, just a good time all around.
Then the next episode was about Honey falling in love with the evil bat man that is twenty years older than her, after bonding through chicken fighting a married couple made up of a fish monger wife with stomach missiles and heroically caped husband she frequently used as a projectile. Then the one American on the show was gruesomely decapitated by a schoolgirl.
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So I've heard & gathered. Which is good. There's nothing wrong with tackling sexual content (and for good or ill, it's a long standing part of detective stories), but from what I've seen the manga mostly does it by... Random nudity & titillation
Which uh, that ain't it.
Cutting it out has let the actual fun stuff shine through.
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A bit too close for comfort but at least we can now see Tycoon's complete helmet (when you take a look at the full picture that is).
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
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The transformation trinkets for Kamen Rider Geats are Raise Buckles. Keeping in mind that the setting for the show is a real-life battle royale of sorts, the ones that roughly all share the same shoulder-strap armor are the minor versions or Armed going by their shared description upon use and are meant to be kinda crap. Think of it like the basic weapons you can scrounge up in Fortnite or the infamous Mozambique from Apex Legends. Sure you can take out enemies with these but it'll be tough due to their minuscule power. Ones like Magnum and Zombie are the rarer stuff, offering better armor, weapons and stats.
Boost is on a whole other level then the major Buckles which is why it's (for now anyway) a one-round-use-only Buckle. Kinda like the very special weapons you find in droppods in Apex Legends.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Yeah this season has been a bit different with them having essentially "powerless" or blank forms with just the top of their helmet, and then they grab generic upgrades ranging from weak to powerful due to the Battle Royale game setting
It seems like they're working towards them having "signature" powers/forms though. Like Boost/Magnum seems like Geats signature/default form since it matches his colors, Zombie looks like half of Buffa's signature look, and that Ninja form for Tycoon appears to be half his signature form just based on it matching his colors
I'm just speculating though
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Partly it's also just the video game theme this one has going on - this season is heavily riffing on Fortnite and PUBG (per word of the writers).
But also in recent years there's been a greater and greater trend towards riders being able to swap and pass around transformation doodads, mainly because this lets them make more toys and sell more plastic, but it also helps cut costs down i suspect. (You can see a bit of this in like Saber - i'd love to see the behind the scenes on how those suits went together, it'd be really cool i suspect)
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Sorry my first Heisei was Faiz, about the time it was entering the final stretch or so, so that dynamic is burnt into my brain for eternity
It's really fun to actually track this sort of thing through the years. My first series was Decade, though I pivoted into Blade pretty quick.
Just seeing how W changed up the formula, then how Zero-one etc, it's all fascinating. Especially the way they've gotten less and less reliant on Monster of the Week stories, and pushed multi rider drama more and more
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One thing I'm still grumpy with both Zi-o and Decade for (other than some hilariously atrocious suit design) is how often they went for let's do a weird alternate universe version of the show, instead of playing into here's why X show was awesome
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The change away from MOTW stories came drastically from Gaim onwards. Big issue is that even with good shows like Double, Fouze and OOO, you had "oh, the monster escaped again in order to make the episode a two parter!". That was kind of an issue.
I heard of that. Egh, I shudder to think who she might be talking about. Plus I think her agency dumped her in part because of it which is worse.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
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Like does it hurt?
Seriously, it's unclear. The Drivers this series look tech-based but there's no actual clue yet if they're just highly advanced or if there's some otherworldly factor in play here. Whatever power the DGP has, it's certainly reality-warping seeing the results of the first two episodes alone.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
I'm wondering if it evolves or something, it'd fit the video game theme
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Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
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They say it's been an in-show-time year since the first episode
Hanejiro is back in the Terraphaser to team-up with Decker in the second half to defeat Sphere-Neomegas
Asakage, the TPU tech guy, finds out Asami is Decker
Neomagus returns as the kaiju of the week and is powered up by the Sphere. I think this has been a pretty clever way to maintain a "monster of the week" system, but also get reuse out of costumes. They get to use the same costume again, just with some embellishments (and in this case, parts of different kaiju suits from previous episodes)
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The original broadcast did not translate, and the DVDs had the option.
I think some hardcore fans have big opinions on this, but I think it's much clearer and more enjoyable if you have Grongi subtitles.
Yeah, I was aware of the original broadcast, which is why I was curious. Do I go in the way originally intended?
I've thought about it, and honestly I may never watch Kuuga a second time (I mean there's just so much stuff to watch, play, do), so I'm going to keep the Grongi on because I want to know what they say. It's Kamen Rider, the stories aren't intricate mindbenders, so even if it spoils some stuff, I think I'll live
On that note, I've watched the first two eps and it's rad, I love the physical damage and brutality of the fights
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Then the next episode was about Honey falling in love with the evil bat man that is twenty years older than her, after bonding through chicken fighting a married couple made up of a fish monger wife with stomach missiles and heroically caped husband she frequently used as a projectile. Then the one American on the show was gruesomely decapitated by a schoolgirl.
This show is very good.
More of the cast members for the Fuuto PI stage-show. You might recognize a couple of them if you know your Kamen Rider side-stories.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)