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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:16 pm
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Alt title - The true power was networking all along
Last week's results: 4.16 / 5 (31 votes)
Another fun episode. Cool metal wings.
I'm struggling a bit to verbalize why I like it though, other than it's mostly entertaining and it's not offensive.
As much as I enjoy it, I can't help but get these itches in the back of my mind. Things that are the seeds to being problems later if not uprooted now.
I guess my first problem is that they immediately dropped the girlfriend storyline from the last episode. Sure, you may go, "it's just an episodic story, what's the big deal?" My problem is that they took one of the major character defining stories for Banjou so far and just tossed it away. It's bad. Really bad. Like Banjou is going "Why don't you just let people die from Smash attacks" in this episode bad. He's lost characterization and comes off as a dumbass for it. Sure, he's characterized as obtuse, but even he should understand that it's important to save people from monsters. The Banjou from the previous episode certainly would think so.
More nitpicks. Why are they tying Banjou up again? And why doesn't Banjou ask Sento for help? Like nothing in the story connects with itself to form anything cohesive. It's just a series of gag scenarios, apparently.
Who wants to bet that there's a secret four organization for Japan's south?
So because of government propaganda, apparently people think Build is a criminal. Interested in seeing when this comes into the story, or if it's world building for world building sake. By contrast, in W when Wakana, the voice of the people, names W a Kamen Rider, it's emotionally meaningful to the heroes, since they're fans of her show.
Questions for the future: What's the mysterious black panel in the wall? Apparently finding all the Best Matches opens it. Is that Pandora's Box? And who is Misora?
I do like the characterization for Sento in that he ostensibly fights to be a good guy for good motivations. Like the smiling under the mask bit was nice. But overall, he's still such a cipher for me. Meanwhile, they contrast him with Banjou in a bizarre way, making it seem like Banjou's quest is selfish. Can't Banjou save Nabeshima's family for good reasons as well as for his own benefit? This is Kamen Rider, not Philosophy of Altruism 101.
One of the best parts of the episode was Banjou showing up Sento for the Best Match thing. Good. Part of why I want to watch this show is to see these two in their buddy comedy/drama. But Sento needs more characterization. We get that he's a nerd and is a bit out of touch, but there's something lacking about him. Ueda from Trick would be the perfect model for Sento. Ostensibly smart, but is often shown up by a common person because he gets high on his own hubris.
Cool, the bad guys so far are a bat and a snake.
4 out of 5 cogs. The pieces of a good show are there, but they don't feel like they connect properly. Stuff is constantly being introduced, and all we can do is hope there is payoff for them. Stuff from the past only connects loosely with the plot of the episode. The Nabeshima thing almost seems like an afterthought until the end of the episode when Banjou gets a big lead.
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Alt title - The true power was networking all along
Last week's results: 4.16 / 5 (31 votes)
Another fun episode. Cool metal wings.
I'm struggling a bit to verbalize why I like it though, other than it's mostly entertaining and it's not offensive.
As much as I enjoy it, I can't help but get these itches in the back of my mind. Things that are the seeds to being problems later if not uprooted now.
I guess my first problem is that they immediately dropped the girlfriend storyline from the last episode. Sure, you may go, "it's just an episodic story, what's the big deal?" My problem is that they took one of the major character defining stories for Banjou so far and just tossed it away. It's bad. Really bad. Like Banjou is going "Why don't you just let people die from Smash attacks" in this episode bad. He's lost characterization and comes off as a dumbass for it. Sure, he's characterized as obtuse, but even he should understand that it's important to save people from monsters. The Banjou from the previous episode certainly would think so.
More nitpicks. Why are they tying Banjou up again? And why doesn't Banjou ask Sento for help? Like nothing in the story connects with itself to form anything cohesive. It's just a series of gag scenarios, apparently.
Who wants to bet that there's a secret four organization for Japan's south?
So because of government propaganda, apparently people think Build is a criminal. Interested in seeing when this comes into the story, or if it's world building for world building sake. By contrast, in W when Wakana, the voice of the people, names W a Kamen Rider, it's emotionally meaningful to the heroes, since they're fans of her show.
Questions for the future: What's the mysterious black panel in the wall? Apparently finding all the Best Matches opens it. Is that Pandora's Box? And who is Misora?
I do like the characterization for Sento in that he ostensibly fights to be a good guy for good motivations. Like the smiling under the mask bit was nice. But overall, he's still such a cipher for me. Meanwhile, they contrast him with Banjou in a bizarre way, making it seem like Banjou's quest is selfish. Can't Banjou save Nabeshima's family for good reasons as well as for his own benefit? This is Kamen Rider, not Philosophy of Altruism 101.
One of the best parts of the episode was Banjou showing up Sento for the Best Match thing. Good. Part of why I want to watch this show is to see these two in their buddy comedy/drama. But Sento needs more characterization. We get that he's a nerd and is a bit out of touch, but there's something lacking about him. Ueda from Trick would be the perfect model for Sento. Ostensibly smart, but is often shown up by a common person because he gets high on his own hubris.
Cool, the bad guys so far are a bat and a snake.
4 out of 5 cogs. The pieces of a good show are there, but they don't feel like they connect properly. Stuff is constantly being introduced, and all we can do is hope there is payoff for them. Stuff from the past only connects loosely with the plot of the episode. The Nabeshima thing almost seems like an afterthought until the end of the episode when Banjou gets a big lead.