My thoughts on this week's episode, posted stream-of-conciousness-as-I-watched-it-style.
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Following the recap, Ryôtarô & Airi are out shopping. Airi's bag gets snatched in broad daylight. In Japan. In the middle of a crowded uphill street. Again with the ridiculously high crime rate, Kamen Rider franchise!
Yuuto shows up to save the day, in the process knocking damn near everybody in this part of Tokyo over. Even the greatest unfortunate in the worldcameraman hero is not immune. Everyone picks themselves up, save for the robber who's knocked unconcious (or possibly dead, but then again, people in the Den-O universe can take a licking and keep on ticking. Remember how Kintaros used to like, throw people through buildings and stuff?)
Airi thanks Yuuto, but doesn't know who he is as a result of all the screwin' around with time that's been going on recently. Ryôtarô tries to make her remember (he's nothing if not persistent, is he) but it's no good. Moody Yuuto storms off, even when Ryôtarô asks to have a chat with him.
On the Den-Liner, Deneb angsts a bit over the situation, dropping Deneb Candy which the others flock to like a bunch of junkies in need of a fix. I like Deneb a lot, so seeing him emote like this is pretty sad/touching.
There's the OP, which now shows scenes from the episode. It's a bit different, isn't it?
Ryôtarô & Yuuto go to an amusement park, and Yuuto mentions all the holes in his memory (although oddly, he remembers the part where he died in the past!) Our heroes rock out a carnival game. Ryôtarô manages to not get hit in the head by anything.
Kai hangs around in a warehouse talking to himself. I sorta like Kai for the fact that he's a "face villain" (somebody in human form) and is there to further the plot along for us, but he spends an awful lot of time just yukkin' it up. Like, if "All talk" were ever a more appropriate phrase, it would be here. Let's hope he's got some cool alterego like Nogi/Cassisworm did (and let's hope he gets a better death than Nogi/Cassisworm did.)
Ryôtarô & Yuuto continue to debate the moral issues of time travel at the fairground. Or something. I was honestly too distracted by all the ensuing silliness. Ryôtarô getting chucked through the air left and right, the guys toolin' around on mini race cars, playing dress-up. It's almost like a date! But it's good cracktastic fun, which Den-O eccels at.
There's this creepy girl (well, the first shot of her makes her look creepy, and she has ominous music) who turns out to be this episodes' contract party. Hey, haven't had one of those in a while. She goes into a salon and gets a straight perm. Lemme tell you guys, it does not go by that quickly at all! While she goes shopping (acting very... um... happy?), Kai finds something good in his lil' book of evil, and before long the girl becomes the contractee of Octopus Imagin. And the girl probably has a name, but I didn't catch it. So it's "that girl" from here on out.
For some reason, Yuuto & Deneb don't seem to be able to get back to the Zero-Liner, or maybe they just decided to camp out. Whatever the case, they spend the night in their own little fort/tree house. Deneb frets about Yuuto and has a dream/flashback about Zero Form. Realizing that Yuuto will just continue to be forgotten until nobody knows him at all (including himself, the writers, the audience, and possibly me. I swear, he said all that!) he decides to rectify this by possessing the sleeping Yuuto and takin' him out for a spin.
Denebuuto runs around greeting everybody he can find and giving out Deneb Candy, making a point ot telling people his name. He runs into the girl from earlier (sleeping on a park bench... wait, isn't this crime-infested Riderverse Japan? w/e) and puts his coat over her before falling asleep himself by her (not like that you numbskulls!) As she awakens, she catches hm talking in his sleep, and wakes him up to thank him. Uh-oh, somebody's falling in luuuuuuuuuuurve.
Ryôtarô does a little training on the Den-Liner with Kintaros & co. Owner shows up and schools the lot of them, including Ryuutaros. He then talks about the usual stuff, i.e. the flow of time and Chahan. The girl is back home, listening to music and ignoring the Octopus Imagin's plea to tell him her wish. Her mind is elsewhere, on a certain hero (or heroes) of ours...
Yuuto awakens with no clue what Deneb's been doing last night. He gets a rude awakening when it seems everybody in the world (well, two guys) know who he is and ask for more candy. See? Junkies, all of them! A ticked-off Yuuto prepares to bodyslam Deneb, but is attacked by the Octopus Imagin, who drags him away. That girl's wish? To meet Yuuto again. She's back in the park, waiting for him in fact. For a date-o most likely.
Momotaros alerts Ryôtarô to the danger. Deneb tries to rescue Yuuto, but can't bring himself to open fire with his friend in harm's way. Den-O Sword Form appears on the Den-Bird to help out, and slices and dices some tentacles. Things go pretty well until, for some reason (Octopus Imagin?) the bike goes nuts and stops responding. Out hero is forced to abandon his ride, but it ends up interrupting his killing technique, before crashing into some barrels, causing everything to explode. A now on-fire Den-Bird promptly drives off the edge of the dock into the water. Jeez! Somebody on the staff really likes that episode of Kamen Rider BLACK (you know the one) I guess.
Octopus Imagin escapes with an ink bomb. Yuuto feigns death just to upset Deneb (what a bastard!) The girl, seeing that Denebuuto has missed the time, stands up and begins to walk off...
...until this happens!
Yuuto shows up to save the day, in the process knocking damn near everybody in this part of Tokyo over. Even the greatest unfortunate in the world
Airi thanks Yuuto, but doesn't know who he is as a result of all the screwin' around with time that's been going on recently. Ryôtarô tries to make her remember (he's nothing if not persistent, is he) but it's no good. Moody Yuuto storms off, even when Ryôtarô asks to have a chat with him.
On the Den-Liner, Deneb angsts a bit over the situation, dropping Deneb Candy which the others flock to like a bunch of junkies in need of a fix. I like Deneb a lot, so seeing him emote like this is pretty sad/touching.
There's the OP, which now shows scenes from the episode. It's a bit different, isn't it?
Ryôtarô & Yuuto go to an amusement park, and Yuuto mentions all the holes in his memory (although oddly, he remembers the part where he died in the past!) Our heroes rock out a carnival game. Ryôtarô manages to not get hit in the head by anything.
Kai hangs around in a warehouse talking to himself. I sorta like Kai for the fact that he's a "face villain" (somebody in human form) and is there to further the plot along for us, but he spends an awful lot of time just yukkin' it up. Like, if "All talk" were ever a more appropriate phrase, it would be here. Let's hope he's got some cool alterego like Nogi/Cassisworm did (and let's hope he gets a better death than Nogi/Cassisworm did.)
Ryôtarô & Yuuto continue to debate the moral issues of time travel at the fairground. Or something. I was honestly too distracted by all the ensuing silliness. Ryôtarô getting chucked through the air left and right, the guys toolin' around on mini race cars, playing dress-up. It's almost like a date! But it's good cracktastic fun, which Den-O eccels at.
There's this creepy girl (well, the first shot of her makes her look creepy, and she has ominous music) who turns out to be this episodes' contract party. Hey, haven't had one of those in a while. She goes into a salon and gets a straight perm. Lemme tell you guys, it does not go by that quickly at all! While she goes shopping (acting very... um... happy?), Kai finds something good in his lil' book of evil, and before long the girl becomes the contractee of Octopus Imagin. And the girl probably has a name, but I didn't catch it. So it's "that girl" from here on out.
For some reason, Yuuto & Deneb don't seem to be able to get back to the Zero-Liner, or maybe they just decided to camp out. Whatever the case, they spend the night in their own little fort/tree house. Deneb frets about Yuuto and has a dream/flashback about Zero Form. Realizing that Yuuto will just continue to be forgotten until nobody knows him at all (including himself, the writers, the audience, and possibly me. I swear, he said all that!) he decides to rectify this by possessing the sleeping Yuuto and takin' him out for a spin.
Denebuuto runs around greeting everybody he can find and giving out Deneb Candy, making a point ot telling people his name. He runs into the girl from earlier (sleeping on a park bench... wait, isn't this crime-infested Riderverse Japan? w/e) and puts his coat over her before falling asleep himself by her (not like that you numbskulls!) As she awakens, she catches hm talking in his sleep, and wakes him up to thank him. Uh-oh, somebody's falling in luuuuuuuuuuurve.
Ryôtarô does a little training on the Den-Liner with Kintaros & co. Owner shows up and schools the lot of them, including Ryuutaros. He then talks about the usual stuff, i.e. the flow of time and Chahan. The girl is back home, listening to music and ignoring the Octopus Imagin's plea to tell him her wish. Her mind is elsewhere, on a certain hero (or heroes) of ours...
Yuuto awakens with no clue what Deneb's been doing last night. He gets a rude awakening when it seems everybody in the world (well, two guys) know who he is and ask for more candy. See? Junkies, all of them! A ticked-off Yuuto prepares to bodyslam Deneb, but is attacked by the Octopus Imagin, who drags him away. That girl's wish? To meet Yuuto again. She's back in the park, waiting for him in fact. For a date-o most likely.
Momotaros alerts Ryôtarô to the danger. Deneb tries to rescue Yuuto, but can't bring himself to open fire with his friend in harm's way. Den-O Sword Form appears on the Den-Bird to help out, and slices and dices some tentacles. Things go pretty well until, for some reason (Octopus Imagin?) the bike goes nuts and stops responding. Out hero is forced to abandon his ride, but it ends up interrupting his killing technique, before crashing into some barrels, causing everything to explode. A now on-fire Den-Bird promptly drives off the edge of the dock into the water. Jeez! Somebody on the staff really likes that episode of Kamen Rider BLACK (you know the one) I guess.
Octopus Imagin escapes with an ink bomb. Yuuto feigns death just to upset Deneb (what a bastard!) The girl, seeing that Denebuuto has missed the time, stands up and begins to walk off...
...until this happens!
Okay, I kid. She just walks off. But seriously, who else was reminded of Scorpioworm jumpin' out of the bushes while Misaki waits for a date?
If we learned one thing from this episode, it was:
- Octopus Imagin is a Century King apparently.
Next Time: Total insanity ensues. Also, Rod Form!
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candy junkies... . Well, is worst be a salad junkie (sald is a thing, without flavour!)
ReplyDeleteWe all know the secret ingrident in Deneb Candy is coke.
ReplyDeleteOctopus Imagin's tentacle actully hit Den-bird, which then flashes red for a second.
That was a good KR Black episode, all episode about Battle Hopper are great.
What? I thought Deneb Candy takes you to a place full of Watermelon Heads and Sunflowers, if you eat it.
ReplyDeleteNo!!! 月球陰影 where the hell are you?
ReplyDeleteNice and by the way, what did you think of ore tanjou, Igadevil?
ReplyDeletehey! Another person whorelies of the TV-Nihon subs! So do I. They're a little behind....
ReplyDeletewhat is deneb-candy, actually ? xD
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