Kabuto...Love it or Hate it?

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wingform84 wrote:
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5.) The ending to the series was so weak. Turning everyone into "natives" and all was a good plan, but it just felt so rushed, and reading what other people have said I think I'm not the only one to feel that way.
God, yes. My beef with that particular plot point was the lack of any buildup in that direction at all. No, like, failed experiments aforehand. No Worm that was apparently disturbed at it's ability to turn into a big green pupa monster. Nothing. It was another case of "too many stories tacked up on the board in the writer's pit, not nearly enough episodes to do them all in." And it ended so quickly. Faiz was Orphenoch King this, Orphenoch King that for a long time, and it was a hellish fight the whole time. Not only was the big badass final fight over in the first half of the episode, but it was "Oh, by the way, you've rescued who you set out to rescue; Now you have to save the WORLD, since we spent a month of episodes with you whining instead of developing this plotline. You've got one episode left, so grab Kagami and go!"

I wish the Native would have ever molted. I think it might have been interesting to see that, or to know why they don't do so.
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Well, I think Hiyori would've been considered a "molted" native, after all her "parents" were native, and she wasn't a big green pupa. :?

And you're right, all the other Kamen Rider series I've seen they've built up at least like 10 eps to the ending, mostly by revealing the final big bad guy way before hand. But then here comes Kabuto and decides to rush it. Actually, I honestly would've been satisfied with it ending about episode 44, changed the end of that episode just a little, but it wouldn't have been hard to fix. Either that or cut out some of his crazy desperate running around in circles tryin to "rescue" her :roll:
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I forgot about Hiyori being Native; my mind sometimes glosses over trauma. So that's true about the molting; in only one instance was I wrong. But still. The psychology of them could've used a bit of talky-abouty, I felt. Especially Baseball Man. He was a pretty friendly Evil Mastermind.
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Kabuto was my first Kamen Rider ever, so it'll always have a special place in my heart and will be my favorite based on me being biased, lol.

I thought the suits were awesome, the enemies were cool, and I fell in love with pretty much all of the characters; especially Tendou!! I did find some of the episodes a bit confusing watching the series the first time. The second time I watched the series, I realized that I hadn't really missed any vital points, but they just were never explained!!

lol I'm thinking about watching it all again!! :D
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Dunno if I've said it or not, but "Next Level" by YU-KI was one of the best songs ever on Kamen Rider. Possibly even my most favorite.
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That is one of if not the best KR opening so far.
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Sou! Sou!
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So Kogashi is now Gon? :o
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Eh?
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Nevermind, it was a poor shot at humor. ._.
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Yeah cause he said nothing about Daisuke.
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... You know it's because you said "Sou Sou" after my comment.
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Eh? I don't remember any Kabuto characters having expressions that they used all the time...except for like "My grandmother said this" and the "I stand of on top of this" and then something about darkness with the hoppers..
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Every time Daisuke tries to describe something or someone (normally a woman's beauty), Gon finishes what he's trying to say and Daisuke would reply with "Ah, Sou sou, that's it." ... But I'm sure we all knew that.
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"obbachan ga itte ita: ore wa ten no michi wo iki, subete wo tsukasadoru otoko. Tendou Souji" i got to say that line is kinda catchy
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