TV-Nihon

m4rc0 wrote:So, at first everybody was complaining about how yaoi the show seemed to be. Now people are bashing the lead female and loving the partnership (or should I say bromance) of the two guys...

Just for the record, I never thought there were any yaoi vibes. The yaoi deal just ain't my bag.

Kogashi wrote:Think the main reason people are bashing her because she doesn't have any sex apple that they could find seeing how even if she's 20, she looks like she's just entering high school (or something, I dunno I'm not good at reading what ages are suppose to look like)... That and let us face it, the 'fans' are never satisfied. Even if she leaves the show they'll just complain about her leaving, or who ever replaces her... We are a silly, fickle lot.

Also for the record, I don't hate Akiko because she's not a "sex apple". (In fact, I do think she's kinda sorta cute in the VERY rare moments she's not being a craven douche) I hate her because she's bossy, selfish, stupid, and contributes NOTHING to the group besides being the one hostage you do NOT want to save.

Granted, I haven't seen as much Kamen Rider as most other folks here. (I didn't really get into KR until Decade) but I've seen enough to form a basic opinion of the KR leading ladies.

Shizuka - Maybe she didn't serve much of a purpose as takenoko claimed, but at least she was supportive and was somewhat pleasant to be around.

Hana from Den-O - Aside from being cute in both her adult and child forms (It's because of her that I am now a sucker for fluffy skirts), she too was supportive and actually gave a crap about people. Plus, it was fun watching her smack the Imagin around whenever they acted up. :p

Natsumi/Natsumikan/Natsumelon from Decade - Natsumi is probably my favorite. Aside from being the hottest out of the bunch, she has balance. While she's strong and independent, she's also honest and genuinely caring of our heroes. Plus, Laughter Pressure Point FTW.

Mari from Faiz - The only KR girl I hate more than Akiko. But that's another rant for another day.

So yeah, at this point in time, my hate for Akiko is genuine, and if she were to leave or die next ep, I would NOT miss her.

But let's keep in mind that this is only the second ep, and she still has PLENTY of time to redeem herself.

/end unnecessarily long rant.

i hope she becomes a rider... (you know already what's next to this...)

takenoko wrote:Heh "sex apple"

*sigh* I hate my inability to spell at times ^^;

idk if someone already say this but the new form of the bike reminds me from Shaider..lol
anyway that was another great episode

This was another great episode. I loved the new stuff that was added. Ratbat, Gatack zecter...XD Seriously, though, the bat camera and the stag phone were neat, if not kind of random, additions. Does anyone think that he will have others? The different bike form was really cool. I'm excited to see what the other forms do. I loved Heat it was cool to see a rider with energy blasts and metal was cool. Heat Metal reminded me of Kuuga just a little, mostly because of the rod. I like how Heat had a different musical sting for the henshin. The whole detective aspect continues to be awesome and I was glad to see Philip get out of his room. Shoutarou made me laugh cause the whole time I kept expecting him to say "Only one truth prevails! The culprit is YOU!" Anyway, can't wait for this week's episode. I hope this show continues to be good. Oh and I hope this is the last of the nudity. bleh.

Clunky CGs. Average Ep. Meh.

To join the Akiko fight, I find her annoying at best, and horribly useless as well. It seems that Shou-chan and Phillip were a great team before she appeared, and there's no doubt they're far from lacking the skills to do their job. Akiko helps in nothing, she's only annoying.

Considering everyone's comparing her with older Kamen Rider girls, I may as well do the same:
-Yui (Ryuki): Knew about Mirror World and somewhat helped Ren not go from likable to hateful jerk. She also helps investigate mysteries about her brother, the big bad Kanzaki Shirou,
-Mari (Faiz): Her dream is an obvious inspiration to Takumi through the series, and she's the whole reason of Kusaka's existance. (granted, the series would be better without Kusaka, but still...). She also serves as a link to the Ryusei School, and with Smart Brain at points.
-Hirose (Blade): She searches for Undeads for Kenzaki to destroy.
-Hiyori (Kabuto): Back-story with Tendou, both as remembering the asssassin of her parents as one that wore Kabuto's belt
-Jyuka (Kabuto): Tendou's motivation at times.
-Hana (Den-O): Gives Ryoutarou the Den-O Belt. Investigates at times. Keeps the Imagin controlled...although fails at this.
-Shizuka (Kiva): Err...absolutely nothing. Why the hell did she exist again?
-Mio (Kiva): Character development for Wataru.
-Natsumi (Decade): Motivation to Tsukasa. Because they're comrades. Totally not more than that.

I removed your spoiler tagged stuff because you didn't properly label them, plus this isn't really the topic for going into depth into other series
-take

Blaze Dragon wrote:Akiko helps in nothing, she's only annoying.

Except she carried Philip's body out of danger

Since the series has just started, we really haven't established how she fits into stuff. You guys are just arguing that she doesn't do anything because you guys don't like her

Unforetunately I have three ideas: Action Gi*breaks out in laugter*, keep phillip out of danger, or to be constantly kidnapped.

Blaze Dragon wrote: -Hiyori (Kabuto): Back-story with Tendou, both as remembering the asssassin of her parents as one that wore Kabuto's belt
-Jyuka (Kabuto): Tendou's motivation at times.
-Shizuka (Kiva): Err...absolutely nothing. Why the hell did she exist again?
-Mio (Kiva): Character development for Wataru.

Misaki and Megumi are more in line the series' respective Rider Girl archetypes, however, though.

From the KR I saw:

Mari: useless, except for plot points.
Hirose (i'm still halfway through this one): besides searching for undead (which she wasn't really needed for) and plot points, useless.
Hyiori and Jyuka: same as Mari, but worse, because Mari had a huge part in the main plot. I'm not going to go into details about Hyiori here, but he importance was more for background than the actual plot.
Hana: useless, except for being hot, comedy and plot points. Oh, she helped searching for the Imagin. But she wasn't really decisive in that.
Natsumi: useless, except for plot points.

With the exception of the Hibiki girls (except Mochida), all female leads from the KR I watched are pretty useless and they didn't really need her for the actual rider job.

>Since the series has just started, we really haven't established how she fits into stuff. You guys are just arguing that she doesn't do anything because you guys don't like her
Pretty much.

>You might also notice that Shotarou finds plenty of clues before consulting Phloogle. And I think he already suspected who T-Rex was. Phil just confirmed it.
Yes, he did. But tha was because he knew Marina. If he didn't, he woudn't know about her designs and Phil would have given the answer. But yeah, he needs the clues in order to know what to look for. That is his job. And knowing the culprit doesn't solve the case. You must have the reason why the culprit commits the crime. Marina pretty much just told him, but I don't think all villains will be that cooperative. So Shouta has lots to do, even with the human google by his side.

>Only thing I dont like about Akiko is her voice.
I kinda like how, sometimes, instead of saying "huh", "eh" or "what" she just gives a low squeal. By now I'm used to that kind of voice, because the japanese tend to like that type and put it into anime all the time.

I disagree. Just because they don't go out and kill monsters doesn't mean that they're useless. There's more to the story than just beating up stuff. A lot of the girls that you say are useless actually help with revealing character points and are important to the plot. It doesn't make sense to say "they're useless, except when they're a major plot point"

Besides, the same thing can be said about a dozen minor male characters in each series as well

takenoko wrote: There's more to the story than just beating up stuff.

That's the only reason many watch these things. The characterization and plots are generally weak--they ARE kids shows. Still hell a fun though.

They are pretty weak sometimes, but in general they're at least a level above certain shows that are just mind-numbingly vacuous. There's definitely worse shows out there