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I just finished marathoning all 23 episodes. Holy poo poo this series is amazing. I was not expecting fruit themed samurai fighting Pokemon to be this dark and to possibly be a better Rider show than Double. Micchy is my favorite character, despite (because of?) how malleable his morals and alliances are. Also, Kouta's actor is amazing and really sells his emotions.
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I'm going to put forth a theory I haven't seen anyone posit yet. I think that DJ Sagara is just some guy who works for Yggdrasil. I also think that one of the Overlords is running around Zawame City masquerading as Sagara specifically to groom Kouta for...something. It's totally possible that it's the same Sagara and the difference is probably pretty slim, but based on how Yggdrasil views Sagara, it strains my credibility that one of the Overlords knew enough about humans to develop a character to fly under the radar until it could enact its plan. Especially when the other two we've seen don't seem to know much about humans at all.
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Apr 7, 2014 22:00
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Killer Queen posted:I can't believe I liked Micchy and his manipulative ways at one point... but now it's looking like the point of no return for him. He's more detestable than Sid at this point. But it's the strength of Gaim that it's shown such character development for several characters. Especially in a short period of time. Micchy had a slow, steady and believable descent into shitdom. I thought he was the most interesting character in the early part of the series and I still like his character a lot. He's completely detestable, but I like how they got him to this point. I think his arc was really well written.
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Apr 22, 2014 01:14
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Rei_ posted:At some point you realize Micchy was just some nerd who bluffed his way into Team Gaim and was in the early episodes mostly existed as a background character with a crush on Mai that he allowed to go unchecked into full on creepdom. We had no reason to care about Micchy at all until episode 4 when he got a belt. And even then, considering we had five Riders by episode 5, it still seemed like he was going to be Kouta's sidekick Rider.
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Apr 22, 2014 01:19
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jivjov posted:Am I the only one that's sad that we didn't actually end up with ONIGIRI ARMS! even if it was just a mental sight gag? That would be amazing, but it unfortunately doesn't fit with our fruit theme. I really hope they don't kill Takatora, I really like his character. 
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Apr 28, 2014 08:16
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I legitimately did not know that rice was a seed. You learn something everyday.
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Apr 28, 2014 08:35
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Ummm... What exactly did you think it was? Well, I haven't had many situations that required me to really examine what rice may or may not be, so I've never really thought about it.
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Apr 28, 2014 09:21
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jonjonaug posted:Good episode. The Lord of the Overlords is a lot more chill than I was expecting him to be. Yeah, when he started that speech I was thinking "goddammit Kouta, you're so painfully naive that I'm starting to hate you." Then he manned the gently caress up and started beating up Micchy. I was very happy about that.
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May 12, 2014 06:56
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Blaze Dragon posted:Far less depressing, I kind of like how Sid really is nothing without being a tier above everyone else in equipment. The moment Kaito gets the Genesis Driver, he beats the everloving crap out of Sid, he's not able to hold back the Overlord, and I'm pretty sure Kouta could beat him up too. Sid is low-tier as it comes, alongside Micchy, they're definitely at their best outside of combat, manipulating others to do what they need. Yeah, it makes sense that the street kids who have more practical combat experience are better fighters and with the power levels evened, suddenly the guys from Yggdrasill can't compete with them. Kind of like how Kouta couldn't touch Oren (who has actually military training), but using an Energy Seed, suddenly it was no contest.
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May 12, 2014 16:27
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I'm going to assume it's too late now, but where is this stream?
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Jun 1, 2014 01:32
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Flameingblack posted:Tendou is a serious character who does serious things and the plot is rather serious but it somehow manages to be absolutely goddamn crazy What the hell did I just watch?
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Jun 21, 2014 18:41
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So I guess I need to go watch Black now?
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Jul 7, 2014 01:42
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Darksaber posted:I watched it fairly recently and I would definitely say you need to go watch Black now unless you can't stand the older shows. There's some filler in the middle you can skip through, but the show really really nails the last 15 or so episodes and the landing. I know I watched a few episode of Black a while back and I think I liked what I saw? The oldest toku I've really watched is Dairanger, so I don't really know if I like old stuff or not. I'm going to check if I still have Black and try to binge it.
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Jul 7, 2014 04:27
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Burkion posted:If you want to skip most of the fillery episodes, I can make a guide for you. That sounds awesome. I'd really appreciate that.
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Jul 7, 2014 05:39
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Thanks a lot. I think I'll try the first 10 or so straight and if I get bored, I'll start following your guide. I've heard a lot of great things about it, so I'd like to give it a fair shake.
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Jul 7, 2014 06:45
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Poison Mushroom posted:
He actually posted it in the main toku thread.
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Jul 9, 2014 21:32
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Would it be too much to ask for something similar for Black RX? Or is that one you can watch all the way through?
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Yeah, isn't Gaim supposed to be shorter than the last few? About 38: I thought Micchy's actor did a great job selling his craziness, both the freakouts at Takatora and the calm insanity when he kidnapped Mai. I also just realized that Micchy is looking more like Takatora now. Early on, he had his own look, but now he's wearing suits and his hair is longer and styled the same way Takatora's is styled.
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Jul 22, 2014 05:51
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Poison Mushroom posted:You'd almost feel sorry for the guy, if he wasn't such a little poo poo. Feel sorry for him? gently caress that, I want to see how far down this rabbit hole goes.
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Jul 22, 2014 17:06
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Rei_ posted:Yeah the whole thing about needing the full four for like, later movies and poo poo still leaves me wondering if Takatora's really dead. Like we didn't see a body or anything still, and like all signs point to like, fuckin' dead. But... The full four what? Energy Riders?
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Jul 22, 2014 18:33
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Well, considering Ryugen is now Zangetsu, even if Takatora's still around...
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Jul 22, 2014 18:47
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Poison Mushroom posted:The only real question yet is whether Kouta will fail to save his sister, or whether he will save her, but at the cost of something else incredibly dear to him (like having to kill Micchy). Man, what a hard choice. Do I kill my batshit crazy friend in order to save my sister, save my other good friend and save my entire city? I mean, my batshit crazy friend did try to kill me half a dozen times, but he's such a good friend!
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Jul 22, 2014 20:42
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Poison Mushroom posted:No, see, that's how a sane person thinks. Kouta is not a sane person, he is an anime protagonist. Just one who happens to be in a live action show. Actually, if you take the irony and sarcasm out of that post, that's exactly what Kouta will be thinking in a couple of episodes. Some Numbers fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Jul 22, 2014 |
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Jul 22, 2014 21:20
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That actually makes more sense than either "Micchy" or "Mitchy."
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Jul 23, 2014 01:45
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Poison Mushroom posted:I'm not sure if it'd be the Best Thing or just the Most Anime Thing if Yuya's going to end up pulling a Kamina on him. Yes. And I really hope that happens.
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Jul 28, 2014 17:15
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Fooley posted:I just really, really hope Micchy doesn't have some crisis on conscience and throw himself in front of an overlord or something. I want someone to rider kick him right up his stupid loving rear end. Yeah, I have to agree. He's so far down the rabbit hole that any attempt to redeem him would come off as completely contrived.
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Aug 14, 2014 02:36
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Aug 30, 2014 19:46
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Blaze Dragon posted:That said, Kouta is probably the second-worst main Rider at giving kicks, after Hibiki. You think Kouta is worse than Eiji? I'm pretty sure OOO only Rider Kicked twice in the series and the second one didn't even kill anything.
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Sep 24, 2014 16:41
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Well, OOO is kind of a blur to me, except for a few highlights. I guess I was thinking about how TaToBa only kicked twice and extended that to all his forms. Also, GataKiriBa was only around once.
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Sep 24, 2014 17:06
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Rei_ posted:Gaim a hell of a ride with a really offputting last few episodes. This sums it up very nicely for me.
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Sep 29, 2014 06:09
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