Go-On Macaroni wrote:
You didn't need the Ghul fight, though. Just cut it and Beast out (keep Wzard vs. Raum, though) and nothing else would really change about the episode.
Whoa, you just said Beast, now you are adding the Ghouls?
I guess you are right, except for the fact that Sora would be able to distract him long enough for Raum to kill him. (Because he would go into Infinity Style right off the bat, I would assume [he HAS been doing it a lot now!]) But, does it matter?
Karoum wrote:I also have a feeling the Engage rings will come back to bite Haruto in the ass eventually.
It's really kind of awkward for them to basically have fallen out of use since the first dozen episodes or so. Haruto and Nitou always manage to defeat the Phantom before someone falls to despair. I mean, all these Gates who they don't Engage with still have a Phantom lurking in their hearts; they've gotten over their immediate issues but they're still a danger. Rinko and Shunpei are some of the very few whose Phantoms were killed and are now thus safe.
I hope if the Engages don't come back to screw up Haruto, it turns out Shunpei and Rinko's Phantoms being killed in the underworld gives them some weird ability, like the Blanks in Warhammer 40k, and we just haven't seen it yet.
I do not believe Wiseman and White Wizard are the same. I do believe they are connected on a level the show has yet to really bother exploring, however. Maybe they're like Medusa and her sister? Twins, but one overcame despair while the other succumbed.
I don't think people are looking at wiseman's power correctly. To me it seemed like it was so much more than him absorbing his magical power as it seemed like what he was doing was manipulating it how he wanted to use it, kinda like when a bully grabs you by the arm and begins hitting you with it while saying stop hitting yourself. As, if he was just absorbing it I don't see why he'd just stop with enough for Haruto to use both water dragon(which seemed like over kill for putting out a small fire that probably could have been handled by just water style) and fire dragon in relatively close succession to each other.
Also after seeing Haruto lose so badly to Wiseman it feels to me like he's going to get another form that surpasses even INFINITY!!! as he literally couldn't even get within twenty feet of wiseman let alone land a hit.
found it funny that Shunpei forgot that Rinko was a detective even though they were talking about her doing detective work in the same conversation.
Karoum wrote:I also have a feeling the Engage rings will come back to bite Haruto in the ass eventually.
It's really kind of awkward for them to basically have fallen out of use since the first dozen episodes or so. Haruto and Nitou always manage to defeat the Phantom before someone falls to despair. I mean, all these Gates who they don't Engage with still have a Phantom lurking in their hearts; they've gotten over their immediate issues but they're still a danger. Rinko and Shunpei are some of the very few whose Phantoms were killed and are now thus safe.
I hope if the Engages don't come back to screw up Haruto, it turns out Shunpei and Rinko's Phantoms being killed in the underworld gives them some weird ability, like the Blanks in Warhammer 40k, and we just haven't seen it yet.
I do not believe Wiseman and White Wizard are the same. I do believe they are connected on a level the show has yet to really bother exploring, however. Maybe they're like Medusa and her sister? Twins, but one overcame despair while the other succumbed.
I still think the Engage rings are part of something bigger. Why would a gate need to keep that big ugly ring on if the phantom inside them is dead? Would make more sense to give one to gates whose phantom is still alive so it'd be used as a seal or something.
Would've made more sense to make it so every time Haruto kills a phantom inside a gate and leaves the ring there, he gets a boost to his magical abilities as long as the gates keep their ring on.
Karoum wrote:
I still think the Engage rings are part of something bigger. Why would a gate need to keep that big ugly ring on if the phantom inside them is dead? Would make more sense to give one to gates whose phantom is still alive so it'd be used as a seal or something.
Would've made more sense to make it so every time Haruto kills a phantom inside a gate and leaves the ring there, he gets a boost to his magical abilities as long as the gates keep their ring on.
1. I would say it is more of a memento then anything else. Rinko and Shunpie just trust and like him so much that they have kept it on.
2. I do not think the Ring does anything other then work for Wizard or Beast. As a side effect of Haurto destroying their Underworld, the Gate is stripped of its magical power. OR, knowing what the White Wizard told him (probably) to give them to people that he had helped kill their Inner Phantom, so maybe he is able to tell which ones he is able to still drive to despair the next time the Sabbath is held.
3. That part may be true. Or, it just just be a fashion statement that they have adapted (see Rinko and Shunpei.)
Quote: "Chicanos killing Chicanos is what they want! Blacks and Chicanos killing each other is what they want! That's how they run this place. Once we get together they don't run shit!"
Location: The place where the desert is your back yard
Donut Owner, That is not a donut. That is a churro. Still That Churro is so delicious looking.
What made this episode for me is that the Magical circle the wizard's does, is not really gibberish in this series, they actually say something.
How cool is that.
okay, what the hell is wrong with the police chief? the suspect escaped, and he blames her? it is not like he was robbing a bank and Rinko was just eating donuts while watching it happen. if anything, he should be glad she was able to confirm the guy had not escaped the city.
locuas wrote:okay, what the hell is wrong with the police chief? the suspect escaped, and he blames her? it is not like he was robbing a bank and Rinko was just eating donuts while watching it happen. if anything, he should be glad she was able to confirm the guy had not escaped the city.
I would assume that Rinko has a high reputation and her not being able to catch someone is a HUGE blemish on her record. Besides, he seems to care about his record (after all, he intrusted HER with this case, which if she fails, would make him seem as if he is bad decision maker) which could put him in jeopardy of being fired.
Welcome back to the annoying Shumpei character! Man was he annoying in this one. I thought that since we are past the mid point of the show would he start to mature up but I guess he clearly is written to be an idiot. Poor guy. I think that Nitou's role in the series has been limited lately too. Hope that's not a good sign as I have gotten tired of seeing secondary Riders being relegated for comedy late in the season.
locuas wrote:okay, what the hell is wrong with the police chief? the suspect escaped, and he blames her? it is not like he was robbing a bank and Rinko was just eating donuts while watching it happen. if anything, he should be glad she was able to confirm the guy had not escaped the city.
Why wouldn't he blame her? She was the one who let a dangerous arsonist escape. Also this is a kids show. And policemen who can't do anything do not deserve life.
locuas wrote:okay, what the hell is wrong with the police chief? the suspect escaped, and he blames her? it is not like he was robbing a bank and Rinko was just eating donuts while watching it happen. if anything, he should be glad she was able to confirm the guy had not escaped the city.
Why wouldn't he blame her? She was the one who let a dangerous arsonist escape. Also this is a kids show. And policemen who can't do anything do not deserve life.
no, she accidentaly let escape a suspect of arsonist, who so far has not taken any lifes. i could take it if it did not make the chief so unlikable for me.
Also leave us not forget that the chief likely still has a chop on his shoulder towards Rinko for a lot of things through the series.
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locuas wrote:no, she accidentaly let escape a suspect of arsonist, who so far has not taken any lifes. i could take it if it did not make the chief so unlikable for me.
That's not the point, as long as he is a suspect, letting him go might endanger people.
Also, don't make a kids show needlessly complicated. The chief is clearly someone who has no business being chief, but considering the competence of the police in general, I think there was little choice.
Dengar wrote:
Also, don't make a kids show needlessly complicated.
How is it "needlessly complicated"? Rinko messed up, her superior punished her, that is it. Even little five year olds will get it. You do not need to make your show about the lowest-common-denominator ALL the time. Even stuff such as "SpongeBob SquarePants" has VERY mature jokes, every kids program does if they do not want to offend anyone above their target audience (and by them trying that, they often fail at their audience).