Kamen Rider Wizard, Ep 15 - "After the Last Scene Is..."

[Painted_Outlaw]

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Kamen Rider Wizard Episode 15
"After the Last Scene Is..."
Writer: Junko Komura

Haruto must stop Lizardman from bringing Chizuru into the depths of despair while trying to figure out what Satoshi's plans are.

Preview: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/wizard/next/index.html

 

[Hell Kaiser Andy]

I'm surprised at how casually Wizard have been showing forms [HIDE]I'm talking about you, All-Dragon in the OP[/HIDE]
And I love the Dragon parts on Wizard.

Dragons and Magic makes you do crazy things.
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[Ryuutaros]

- Whoever is directing the action in this series is doing a damn good job. The fights involving many suits, unlike most series (and movies), are a highlight of this series.

- Its kinda scary (and refreshing) to see that both Wizard's base and Dragon styles are losing against Pheonix and Medusa. Flame Dragon beat Pheonix because he underestimated Wizard's power but Wizard is barely keeping up with Medusa. Its sorta interesting to watch and gives a valid reason to use new upgrades. Can't wait to see more commanders.

- The fights are still very fun to watch. ^___^

- I like how Wizard haven't forgotten his other rings. Fourze kinda suffered due to the large amount of Astro Switches he could use. A majority were forgotten or only used once.

- BIKE BIKE BIKE. I like how the bike is always in front of the shop.

 

[Smilodon]

I don't like how Haruto resolved the situation by lying about Satoshi and how he killed him. Then again, having a woman whose love was turned into a phantom and the last remnants of him was killed by the supposed hero of a series sounds....interesting. I hope they bring it back up later on.

I love Water Style. I don't like Water Dragon since the CGI attacks were a little too bad this time around. Usually I don't have a complaint about CGI but the blizzard wasn't my cup of tea. But then again, it probably was trying to differentiate itself from ShaUTa.

 

[Wing Saber]

I don't like how Haruto resolved the situation by lying about Satoshi and how he killed him. Then again, having a woman whose love was turned into a phantom and the last remnants of him was killed by the supposed hero of a series sounds....interesting. I hope they bring it back up later on.

Under the circumstances the truth would have drove her to despair, thus turning her into a Phantom. Even though Haruto lied, it was a necessary evil to protect her. It was one of those situations where the hero has to compromise himself to save the day.

 

[NeonZ]

Edit: As far as the episode itself goes, I thought the resolution was interesting. Although it wasn't played out as Haruto making a mistake, his actions here were portrayed in a dubious light, to a point. Anyway, I really liked the fighting scenes, including the over the top CG finisher with the splitting sea and frozen bay attack.

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Anyway, ratings for this week...

http://uni.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anime4vip/1354509425/661

GoBusters ゴーバス3.5
Wizard ウィザード5.1
Smile PrettyCure スマプリ5.2

Although Wizard still has a better series average than Fourze, if you compare the ratings of episodes 10-15 of both shows, Fourze beats Wizard by a bit (5.75 vs 5.86). This is rather bad for Wizard considering how it started with numbers consistently higher than Fourze's for the first months, but it seems to be losing its audience now faster than Fourze. I wonder how Wizard's merchandising is doing...

 

[bleachjoj]

I wonder how Beast will affect ratings. Fourze seemed to have lost viewers during Meteor's arc. It could be that after OOO older fans don't stick around for very long now. Or maybe a general downturn for the block.

 

[Demi-Fiend]

Ending made me very sad. Reminded me of the resolution to The Dark Knight where Gordan and Batman lie to the city to save it.

 

[bustershadow]

I love how Wizard fights. It's very entertaining. The action scenes are definitely a step up compared to Fourze.

The rest of the episode, I thought, was meh. Very little happened concerning the main plot. The very end was interesting, but that's it. I hoping to learn more about the villains and White Wizard.

Rinko continues to be useless. I was hoping she would be more like Megumi (Kiva) or pre-Birth Goutou (OOO). It just annoys me that she's not out there being a cop.

 

[Oblivion]

Well, she isn't completely useless, she's a foil for Haruto at least, she's the one who tends to say some matured things. I am not so satisfied with the ending honestly. I was expecting something darker to happen I suppose, given how Wizard sorta feel like earlier Heisei shows. Hopefully they will get back to this again, and maybe they could turn Chizuru into a Phantom, or something. I do like how they addresses the issue that Haruto have to one day finish this though. It's not illogically light hearted.

Water Dragon debut went by quite fast and I was hoping Phoenix and Medusa would intervene in fight since she already did this episode, why don't they keep doing it anyways? If Pheonix and Medusa cooperated with one more Phantom to kill Wizard, it'll be a total overkill. Hopefully they have explanations.