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Kamen Rider Zi-O Episode 6
Apr. 16th, 2019 12:22 pmThat was hard to get through - it wasn't bad, I really liked it; but it was so complicated.
First, though: Schwartz!
I like Schwartz, but I didn't really like how he was introduced. This was only the third arc. I would have preferred the story still focusing on Uhr and Ora, with just some awareness Schwartz was in the background. Schwartz would work well as a villain with so many things going on at once that he isn't even bothered with the Zi-O issue. It would have been really good if, after a few arcs of Uhr and Ora's Another Riders not succeeding, he just got irritated, stepped in and made an Another Rider to show them how it's done.
As it was in this arc, he didn't seem like a villain worth worrying about - he was just rude.
I also think it was a missed opportunity that the stereo being repaired at the shop wasn't a Smart Brain one. I would have screamed with joy at such an easter egg... but didn't the guy on the phone say the stereo had a clock in it? I didn't see one!
The arc did a great job of making me want to finally watch Fourze and Faiz... although I'm confused about a few things, now, like how they got their blank RideWatches. (Maybe 6.5 will explain it!)
I dunno. Everything the show does that's great is matched by one or two frustrating head scratchers.
I'm also confused by how Kusaka and Inui even knew each other, after the timeline change, but I was also happy to see Kusaka alive. He's not a nice guy, at all, but I was really upset when he died in a flashback in Kamen Rider Taisen.
The overall moral of the episodes, and the emphasis of the friendship between Takumi and Kusaka despite their hatred for one another, was very good.
First, though: Schwartz!
I like Schwartz, but I didn't really like how he was introduced. This was only the third arc. I would have preferred the story still focusing on Uhr and Ora, with just some awareness Schwartz was in the background. Schwartz would work well as a villain with so many things going on at once that he isn't even bothered with the Zi-O issue. It would have been really good if, after a few arcs of Uhr and Ora's Another Riders not succeeding, he just got irritated, stepped in and made an Another Rider to show them how it's done.
As it was in this arc, he didn't seem like a villain worth worrying about - he was just rude.
I also think it was a missed opportunity that the stereo being repaired at the shop wasn't a Smart Brain one. I would have screamed with joy at such an easter egg... but didn't the guy on the phone say the stereo had a clock in it? I didn't see one!
The arc did a great job of making me want to finally watch Fourze and Faiz... although I'm confused about a few things, now, like how they got their blank RideWatches. (Maybe 6.5 will explain it!)
I dunno. Everything the show does that's great is matched by one or two frustrating head scratchers.
I'm also confused by how Kusaka and Inui even knew each other, after the timeline change, but I was also happy to see Kusaka alive. He's not a nice guy, at all, but I was really upset when he died in a flashback in Kamen Rider Taisen.
The overall moral of the episodes, and the emphasis of the friendship between Takumi and Kusaka despite their hatred for one another, was very good.
