GekiDan
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I agree with this. :thumbs:
All of the other characters have backstories, even Jinno.:shakefist
If Skull and Eternal deserves to have one, why not Shotaro?
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All of the other characters have backstories, even Jinno.:shakefist
If Skull and Eternal deserves to have one, why not Shotaro?
Forever Knight
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That's probally what we will get to see in this.
Lynxara
Nice post!!
In what way does Shotaro not have a backstory?
We know he grew up in Futo, loved the city and wanted to protect it, and so became Narumi Soukichi's apprentice. He was overly-eager and less capable until Soukichi's death, then tried to make up for his mistakes by taking up Soukichi's business and taking care of Philip. He is clearly the one who decides that Kamen Rider must be the name of a hero and also clearly names all of W's attacks.
From that we know Shotaro's motivation, we know what he was doing for a year before and after the series, and we know how his character transforms during this time. No, we don't know anything about Shotaro's family, but that's because the series emphasizes Shotaro's bond to the city and his supporting cast.
There is nothing we need to know about Shotaro that is omitted from W. Hell, most of what we know is outlined in the first two episodes! No, we don't know anything about his parents or potential siblings, but why should anyone care? Shotaro's family clearly had nothing to do with the story, nor would introducing that sort of thing improve the story in any way.
W amply characterized Shotaro by showing us how he acts and why he acts that way. Through that alone, Shotaro is already a far superior and more well-defined character than others who have more complicated (and often ridiculous, cliched, and unrelatable) backstories. A complicated character is not the same as a complex character, nor is either necessarily a good character.
We know he grew up in Futo, loved the city and wanted to protect it, and so became Narumi Soukichi's apprentice. He was overly-eager and less capable until Soukichi's death, then tried to make up for his mistakes by taking up Soukichi's business and taking care of Philip. He is clearly the one who decides that Kamen Rider must be the name of a hero and also clearly names all of W's attacks.
From that we know Shotaro's motivation, we know what he was doing for a year before and after the series, and we know how his character transforms during this time. No, we don't know anything about Shotaro's family, but that's because the series emphasizes Shotaro's bond to the city and his supporting cast.
There is nothing we need to know about Shotaro that is omitted from W. Hell, most of what we know is outlined in the first two episodes! No, we don't know anything about his parents or potential siblings, but why should anyone care? Shotaro's family clearly had nothing to do with the story, nor would introducing that sort of thing improve the story in any way.
W amply characterized Shotaro by showing us how he acts and why he acts that way. Through that alone, Shotaro is already a far superior and more well-defined character than others who have more complicated (and often ridiculous, cliched, and unrelatable) backstories. A complicated character is not the same as a complex character, nor is either necessarily a good character.
Lynxara
Nice post!!
Why should there be an interesting story to tell with Shotaro becoming Soukichi's apprentice? I mean, here are the three most likely options given the genres involved:
1. Shotaro heard about Soukichi's reputation and sought him out.
2. Shotaro happens to get involved with Soukichi or Skull and becomes an apprentice detective at the end of the adventure.
3. Soukichi investigates Shotaro and/or his family for some reason.
From my vantage point: 1) would most likely be anti-climactic, 2) would heap more coincidences onto a plot that doesn't need them, and 3) is likely to either be implausible or highly coincidental.
KouAidou
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Even if we assume that Shotaro's origins are lacking somehow, I don't get how he's the "only one" of the main characters who "doesn't have a story of his own." What do we know about Akiko that we don't know about Shotaro? The name of her dad? That's basically it. We know she's from Osaka but the only thing we see about her in flashbacks happened since she came to Fuuto.
ClydeHowlyn
Ultraman Saga wants you
OMG WHEN'S IT COMING OUT?! :loltongue:
Wing Saber
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Maybe in the spring time, but that's when the Den-O movie comes out. Unless they're going to put this trilogy in it's place. Right now it looks like Toei can only do five Rider movies a year.
Japaneseseriesfan
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And it seems they're going to be doing movies of Rider series that are a success, cow milking wise only too.
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