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Man, episode 20 was great. I think the near-total absence of chasing around Cosmo Capsules from the plot is not coincidental.
[HIDE]- I'm starting to think maybe Sazer X switched to its second verse for the OP because the second verse sounds a lot better. Either that or I'm developing Stockholm Syndrome.
- Doing a plot about Takuto's grandpa getting kidnapped just lampshades how the Neo-Descal could've already wiped Takuto's house off the face of the Earth via orbital bombardment about a million times by now.
- I have very mixed feelings about this running subplot with Captain Shark perpetually fighting Jackall. On the one hand, yeah, it completely explains why Captain Shark can't instantly solve all of the team's problems with his hypercompetence. On the other hand, it means Captain Shark doesn't really feel like part of the regular cast. He's always gone during major plot scenes. If this drags on much longer the fights are going to start feeling pretty contrived to me, I think.
- Uh, man, this scene where they're untrying Blaird as if the rope is what holds him in place is, in fact, pretty dumb. The dialog's nice, I suspect they just needed something for the other characters to do while the talking happened.
- Man, Miura's acting in this episode is really good. I never would've dreamed that the guy could pull off something like this based on what he's usually doing in OOO.
- Groaza falling over from being shot in the arm is pretty dumb, guys. She even got shot in the Hero Place.
- Sazer X's fights usually don't do much for me, but this episode's fight is really interesting. It's well-shot and creative, you get an exciting fight without disrupting the tone set by the previous scenes at all.
- Ehhh this Jackall exposition feels really forced-in. I just can't care about this when the more interesting plot with Kane is going on in the background. It also makes Captain Shark genuinely look kinda bad. He comes back in time to do a mission and then... is never available to fight the real bad guys! I feel like with Captain Shark they were wanting to add a character comparable to Doggy Krueger to the cast but didn't have an elegant solution in mind for how you keep a superveteran around without upstaging all the other characters.
- Oh, Tobey, you magnificent asshole. I think you're my new favorite supporting character, all taking every chance you can to troll people from 500 years in the future.
- Kane reminds me a little of Witz Sou from Gundam X, only vastly improved. [/HIDE]
[HIDE]- I'm starting to think maybe Sazer X switched to its second verse for the OP because the second verse sounds a lot better. Either that or I'm developing Stockholm Syndrome.
- Doing a plot about Takuto's grandpa getting kidnapped just lampshades how the Neo-Descal could've already wiped Takuto's house off the face of the Earth via orbital bombardment about a million times by now.
- I have very mixed feelings about this running subplot with Captain Shark perpetually fighting Jackall. On the one hand, yeah, it completely explains why Captain Shark can't instantly solve all of the team's problems with his hypercompetence. On the other hand, it means Captain Shark doesn't really feel like part of the regular cast. He's always gone during major plot scenes. If this drags on much longer the fights are going to start feeling pretty contrived to me, I think.
- Uh, man, this scene where they're untrying Blaird as if the rope is what holds him in place is, in fact, pretty dumb. The dialog's nice, I suspect they just needed something for the other characters to do while the talking happened.
- Man, Miura's acting in this episode is really good. I never would've dreamed that the guy could pull off something like this based on what he's usually doing in OOO.
- Groaza falling over from being shot in the arm is pretty dumb, guys. She even got shot in the Hero Place.
- Sazer X's fights usually don't do much for me, but this episode's fight is really interesting. It's well-shot and creative, you get an exciting fight without disrupting the tone set by the previous scenes at all.
- Ehhh this Jackall exposition feels really forced-in. I just can't care about this when the more interesting plot with Kane is going on in the background. It also makes Captain Shark genuinely look kinda bad. He comes back in time to do a mission and then... is never available to fight the real bad guys! I feel like with Captain Shark they were wanting to add a character comparable to Doggy Krueger to the cast but didn't have an elegant solution in mind for how you keep a superveteran around without upstaging all the other characters.
- Oh, Tobey, you magnificent asshole. I think you're my new favorite supporting character, all taking every chance you can to troll people from 500 years in the future.
- Kane reminds me a little of Witz Sou from Gundam X, only vastly improved. [/HIDE]