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Post by Suzie Miyazaki on Apr 14, 2011 21:24:54 GMT
I loved the outfits in Kiva, all of them. The riders, IXA, Kiva (esp. Emperor and Dogga), the fangire's generally stained glass look, and even the normal outfits like King and Wataru's badass black cloaks with all the chains and the massive swords. Nago's character with his warped black & white view of the world was interesting. The checkmate fours tattoo's etc. etc.
I just found Kiva ascetically pleasing.
Except the Sabbat's, I didn't like them.
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Post by Ren Nakamura on Apr 14, 2011 21:29:30 GMT
I only tried Den-O because of the suits and stuff, like Blaze said, but the comedy did kill it.
Kiva, yes, very ascetically pleasing. At first, Wataru was annoying, but he really grew on me, and Nago was always amazing, until later, then he became badass again. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about Cross. I just don't want to spoil that point for Blaze.
My problems with Kiva were mainly Yuki, or whatever Megumi's mother's name was. I just didn't like her.
As for the Go-On Wings; really? I thought their badass decay would have held off for longer.
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Post by Arthur Ingram on Apr 14, 2011 21:39:39 GMT
Ooh, the soundtrack, Kiva has an utterly amazing soundtrack (TETRA-FANG may be a promotional band for a kids TV show but ... damn) whereas Den-O's is the same three songs but with different people singing them.
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Post by Fallen Rangers on Apr 14, 2011 21:42:42 GMT
Don't even get me started on Kiva's music. In addition to being made up of largely very strong stand alone numbers everything just fits the mode of the scene and series as a whole so perfectly.
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Post by Ren Nakamura on Apr 14, 2011 21:54:57 GMT
The songs were amazing, though I didn't care for a few of them. Can't think of them offhand right now.
I especially loved things like Inherited System, with all of the IXA users singing; little touches like that were great.
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Post by Marcel Labat on Apr 15, 2011 17:21:14 GMT
Just watched 37, where Hyper Kabuto gets his sword at the end.
Why do Kagami and Tendou need to do Rider Kicks on the basic grunt Worms when Tsurugi killed about four of them with a normal sword? That just annoys me.
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Post by Kent Lyon on Apr 15, 2011 20:50:38 GMT
Well we can say a punch or a kick dont make the same damage as a blade.
When kabuto use his dagger worms burst too.
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Post by Ren Nakamura on Apr 15, 2011 20:57:54 GMT
My problem is that he was using his dagger kunai thing, and I believe Kagami was using his blades; Rider equipment made for killing Worms.
Tsurugi used a normal steel sword and killed three or four with ease. It took a finishing attack to kill just as many a piece.
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Post by Suzie Miyazaki on Apr 16, 2011 13:09:04 GMT
I have a theory as to why but I can't say it until you reach episode 48 or there abouts.
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Post by Kent Lyon on Apr 16, 2011 15:10:48 GMT
Ah you talked about Tsurugi state ?
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Post by Suzie Miyazaki on Apr 16, 2011 15:24:32 GMT
Yup, Ren's still watching so don't spoil it for him.
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Post by Ren Nakamura on Apr 16, 2011 23:30:59 GMT
I'm on 39, hoping to marathon it and finish today.
Every time up until this episode, when Tendou has fought that woman in black who becomes that white Worm, he got his ass kicked, I'm pretty sure. Every time, it made me feel really good, considering how much I absolutely hate Tendou for being a "Boring Invincible Hero".
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Post by Hoji on Apr 17, 2011 2:45:50 GMT
Spoiler for Kabuto:
Just watched 46. Oh fuck, that was sad. I multitask when I watch episodes - right now, playing my Zoids Legacy GBA game - I put it down to watch these death scenes. Him telling Misaki (or thinking, hard to tell) about his dream date, and everything else, Tendou being a jerkass and not listening to Misaki to stop... Everything, just everything in those last handful of minutes was just so absolutely sad. Apparently the episode aired on Christmas Day as well. Oh, and then Tsurugi and Jiya's final exchange? That entire thing leading up to his death almost had me crying. Just like the episode before the W finale with Phillip and Shotaro undoing their "final" transformation.
Fuck, Toei. You can do amazing things when you want to.
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Post by Akira Takiya on Apr 17, 2011 4:03:14 GMT
Marathoned the last 15 or so episodes, took about...it's 11 PM right now, I think I started at 6:30. So yeah, four and a half hours if not five to get that much done. Good series, except for Tendou. Hated him with a passion.
And all of the loose ends. And what's with Yagumura (sp) not getting an epilogue? I guess he technically got one with
Spoiler:
Kagayama's death
End Spoiler
But still...
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Post by Suzie Miyazaki on Apr 17, 2011 9:47:43 GMT
Kabuto is the only Kamen Rider series to get a Tearjerker Page on TVTropes. |
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