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Meanwhile, as if recycling kaijus from other shows is not enough, in this episode 23, we have three recycled kaijus from this very own show coz, f@ck it, who cares anymore? Also, Agams amnesia is practically just a plot device to turn him into Mother Spheresaurus' hype-man. Aside from that, there's very little story in this episode other than Ryumon finally putting 2 & 2 together and figured out that Kanata is Dekka. If this episode doesn't have good/great action-direction, I would've threw it straight to trash.
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2022-12-24, 19:50 | Link #203 |
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Agams is getting really annoying (as if he wasn't annoying already)..he was briefly returning to normal after he regained his memory, free from sphere's influence. And the first thing he did? He summoned the giant robot and served sphere's right away...Well he will still be saved, but I really hope Kanata can't keep this promise
And what an awful time to have a recap episode...someone one in youtube says it's two week off, so we could get two recaps in a row...
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2022-12-26, 17:15 | Link #205 | |
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I guess they didn't want to waste those Sphere Kaiju suits, even if the Sphere could this the whole time they probably would've won by now. Even Dynamic Type barely beat three at once . Kanata also got to know the "original" Agams so that deepened their emotional connection and might prove pivotal to the endgame.
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2023-01-14, 07:09 | Link #206 |
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Honestly felt like this episode would have more impact if we're not spending (second) time with Trigger and amnesic Agams in case they want to kept that Godzilla tribute episode. Similarities of enemies goal with Trigger's felt like warning me to kept expectation low for new Gaia unless Tsuburaya can prove otherwise. I like how Mother Spheresaurus looking clean with some white and blue coloring compare to other kaijus so far.
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If ppl think Kengo's "smile smile" is annoying, Agams's uttering of basic vocabulary is at least 10 times worse I am glad that he is gone
Kanata getting infected by sphere is a bit odd. Some ppl say it's from episode 1...no way it will take over a year to have an effect on the host imo
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2023-01-14, 20:55 | Link #208 |
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I'm here just to see Mother kicking ass & taking names coz she is the only original kaiju that came out from this show. I mean, would you believe that? Only one original kaiju came out of a brand new main Ultraman show. It's not like Trigger was any better but how the mighty has fallen (which applied to most Newgen shows). At least when I saw Geed, that show has a running team of kaiju-fusion, so we get to see some neat kaiju combis. But then Trigger & Decker just randomly fused 2 kaijus together in their first two episodes without any rhyme or reason.
As far as the story goes...yay! Agams the stupid sunovabitch is gone!! It really pissed me off what they did with his character and wasting the talent of Yu Koyanagi who previously played Run, the first host of Ultraman Zero in Belial's Revenge movie. Wasting a character & bringing down a good actor along with it is something I really hate in Toku shows. And yes, his chant of basic words is more annoying than Winter Soldier's trigger words. To hell with that. And.....Fuck, Kengo is here again 😑. God knows I want to be Mother so much in this episode so I can just squish him as hard as possible so that nothing will be left of him 😈 Meanwhile, Ultra Galaxy Fight continued to be the better "show" to follow. I like that the last two "episodes" are following secondary Ultras. Too bad Agul was Earthbound so he can't really participate in this scenario.
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2023-01-14, 21:05 | Link #209 |
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Felt like a monkey paw deal from Trigger.
Okay, Decker got super form that actually strong with reliable host but the antagonist will be benched for most times. Feels bad to Agams, man got coping mechanism, wanted to be taken seriously but his sub-plot hijacked by Trigger, Yapool, some filler kaijus and recap.
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2023-01-14, 21:16 | Link #210 |
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I am done with Agams when he sides with sphere again as soon as he regains his memory...when the episode aired and the text on the side line asked would he be saved? I was screaming inside "Please damn no!!"
Guess I am not chosen by the light then XD
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Also, most Showa Ultras had to kill kaijus & aliens too. Ultraman had to kill millions of Baltans coz they could never stop making trouble. And by "trouble" I mean invading planets.
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2023-01-21, 01:56 | Link #212 |
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Too bad that being better than Trigger is not a high hurdle. Starting strong but last quarter is pretty underwhelming: filler and recap, nearly carried by the fight. Reusing kaiju can't be helped (as Sentai and KR retooled a lot for series nowadays, movie as well) but Tsuburaya really need to stop that obligatory Showa tie-in, let Ultra Galaxy Fight be the one do that; Decker got enough to be its own show and may score better if more focused (either time travel or Sphere - Agams deal to make Agams more interesting). Another help from Trigger starting to looks like they're doing their best to redeem Trigger rather than actually make him mentor for Kanata. Now, gotta pray hard so new Gaia, new Agul and new XIG doing better than this.
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2023-01-21, 04:00 | Link #213 |
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Underwhelming. Truly underwhelming. The fight in this finale is not even Top 5 worthy. The fight in episode 1, the fight where Decker massacred legions of underground kaijuus & the fight where Decker & Terraphaser nuked a city are actually better than this.
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Yep, it's underwhelming. I think the finale the is most underwhelming tho. Let me see: (correct me if I am wrong)
1. Agams's data says mother has a weakness...no build up, plus why he didn't say it last episode?? (Director...hmm we forgot to give him the line ) 2. No human technology can crack that orb from the mother...yet, later on the beam spam from the ship or the robot (I forgot) cracked it 3. It only takes 2 planes, 1 machine gun, a ship, a robot, and 1 determined ultra to take down the most terrifying monsters that in future timeline even a joined force army between planets cannot do it...Granted it, I know most ultra shows at the end it's only the ultra left fighting, but this final fight seems like a mid boss fight to me at best 4. It is so urgent and yet the alien wrestling star is not willing to help? A huge excuse for future decker to follow the monster to return to the present, join force with decker and give him an episode only extra final form? The staff is so lazy, or they care the money too much and not willing to return the cameo actors 5. Director: damn we again forgot to give the monster a reason for the invasion and the monster is about to be destroyed in 2 minutes...hmm all becomes one!!! 6. The barrier got taken off 30s earlier and ships from mars are already in the sky of Earth...this is one amazing technology feat 7. The final fight only has 5 earth team members + 1 trigger...this is even less than the fight against mid boss The only saving grace is ichika seems caring for kanata and my ultraman's shipping goggles got activated. This is the only reason why I am interested to see the upcoming decker movie XD Overall, they still can't break the mold from new gen ultras. Well z was next gen ultras and it was a lot better...and it was only 2 years ago
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When i said next gen ultras I was including x forwards...
Glad that you like Geed now!! XD If anything, Trigger, Decker, and possibly Kaiser, will remind us how amazingly Tsuburaya was back in the late 90s to early 00s. I am going to hold my breath and see how they reimagine, and eventually, wreck the idea from Gaia XD...it will be exciting to see how dirty they can do to probably the most classic ultras
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Yeah, I don't really keep tracks of these NewGen Ultra/Reiwa shows or whatever you call it. I don't even know which came first (X or GEED?) without checking the Wiki. I don't know what separates Ginga & Taiga based on era category. I just know that most Ultra shows after Mebius had become very very toyetic they drove me away. I pretty much put them all together. Geed & Z are two of few that I actually kinda like.
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I personally prefer GUTS Select over Super GUTS due to former being more "human", less weird decision and actually looks like people doing their job.
Even so, yes, I agree that GUTS Select fall short on making anyone that's not Kanata and Hanejiro memorable and it seems like they recognized it considering by second half of series Hanejiro pretty much absent from every important conversation for whatever reason after Terraphaser hijacked (damaged, restricted access, etc). You would think Hanejiro will criticize Kanata why put Agams life on priority list but he always redirected into Murahoshi, who consider Agams his responsibility. Quote:
Personally I'm fine with one or two new kaiju but if this one or two new kaiju at best coming with Mother Sphere treatment (lack of proper build up, defeated in no more than one episode, lack sense of urgency compare to Terraphaser who is a mid-boss) then Tsuburaya really need quality control.
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