That was by no means a bad episode - and I do love me a good curbstomp battle - but it's also a good example of where the show is struggling to explain what's going on.
We're all clearly meant to think that Tsukuyomi tried to kill young Sougo. This is obviously a false flag, as not only did she fail, but trying to kill a child makes her irredeemably evil. So instead the question is who she was
actually firing at, which I guess we'll get next episode.
In the meantime, Geiz does believe that. Because he's an idiot, or something. I'm not really sure there. How we get from that scene to Geiz wanting to kill Sougo himself really wasn't done very well. And truth be told I've grown tired of Geiz being at odds with Sougo in the present time for no good reason. He has beef with Oma Zi-O, but clearly he doesn't think that person is Sougo.
That really was a nice curbstomp battle though. Even Zi-O II didn't get something that nice. I appreciate not just the one-sided nature of the whole thing, but that they turned things up a notch with the stunts and the special effects (so much exploding concrete!).
Also, I loved that Another Woz got to do a proclamation this time. Some things are clearly constant across all timelines and all Wozes.
takenoko wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:26 pm
-Although it would have been nice if we saw Geiz/Tsukyomi actually interact on an emotional level. I mean, they don't have to be lovers or anything. Just ANYTHING to show that Geiz and Tsukyomi care about each other or even like being in each other's company. The lack of these character moments is why Zi-O can come off as amateurish at times.
This has been bugging me as well. They clearly have a bond, coming from a dark future they're attempting to stop. But I wish the show would focus a little more on what that bond is. What makes them so invested in each other, beyond the fact that they both come from the same place?
-Geiz Revive is too thick
Heh, he really is. It's by no means close to the worst Rider design, but that can't be a fun suit to wear...
Arigomi wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:07 pm
Hiryuu's motivations are such a disappointment for such a pivotal point in the show. It is more basic than all of the Another Rider stories. The character isn't interesting enough to offset these shortcomings.
Agreed. And the thing is, if he were acting quickly and haphazardly purely out of emotion and spite, then his intentions to kill Sougo would make sense. But it's hard to buy that this is an irrational man when he's acting so calmly; and a rational man would realize that becoming a monster and killing someone 10 years after the fact doesn't fix anything or help him in any way. The character's actions just don't match his supposed motivation/state of mind.
Catastrophe wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:54 pm
I also liked how she parks the Time Mazin in a garage.
And by that I mean someone in production decided that they needed to bother doing that.
And not just in a garage, but a garage that it clearly didn't fit in. It's a flying vehicle that's so large that it has an underside loading ramp. It should be a
lot bigger than the car it's parked next to.
The one character moment that's worked so far is that I like this portrayal of Sougo as a lonely boy, who just wants his friends Geiz and Tsukuyomi back. It's simple and poignant.
Also agreed. And in fact this is something the show is doing almost a little too well.
Basically the last 26 episodes have been the rest of the the world - and perhaps existence itself - kicking Sougo around like an unwanted puppy. He's never tried to do anything other than what was right, to help people. And he gets treated like rubbish for it. Heck, in this episode alone the poor guy got so beat up in a fight that he was left unconscious, and not a single ally - not even Woz - came to his aid afterwards.
The show has made no efforts to hide that it's toying with the idea of predestination and if Sougo will become the monster people believe he is; and for that matter if it's okay to judge him for things he's yet to do. It's a very different kind of heroic arc. I wish the rest of the plot supported it better, but it's certainly one of the strongest points of the series as a whole.
My bet is Tsukyomi was firing at Tsukasa, not Sougo at all. Him responding badly would make a hell of a lot more sense as to how the bus would crash and kill so many freaking people aside from a woman just getting up and firing a gun. Also Geiz Revive is just Accel Trial and Accel Boost mashed together and apparently given a thing for home improvement projects, given that hand-saw.