Kamen Rider Gotchard Episode 16

just okay. it’s just okay & that leaves just a little to be desired to be satisfied.

good episode for ichinose ，mediocre one for everypone else ；i think houtaro showed a lot of growth in this episode after the first major arc ，most obviously in how much clearer he is now & can snap back at spanner not from a place of pride but because he can assess these battles better but more importantly his empathy is still in tact & i would argue even stronger this episode ，he feels everything the people he protects can & can’t feel with no positioning that this makes him weaker ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ starting with rinne ，they address her feelings of inadequacy in not being able to contribute but it’s not like we have ever meaningfully focused on that so what is the point here ？this is where i can finally articulate my problem with the show is that it is aware of problems［ that organically come up in the story ］& they write them off with one sentence that is thrown in there & move on. this show lacks impact. they are aware but that doesn’t really mean they care ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ so where rinne is just conveniently shafted ，right now they are actively trying to do things with spanner & it’s just not working. in my opinion spanner is like ，really pathetic. & i personally would lean into it which is where i think fujibayashi yasunari falters i think he does not really perform a lot of nuance with spanner so i can’t really grasp the insecurity of his character but i can still make the judgement that he’s pompous. & then lachesis ，she was like text+book definition objectified in this episode ；we can hear her screams but we do not get to linger on her fears we literally just cut to her on the floor after being possessed & suffering the physical consequences of that defeat & SAKAMAKI ALISA WAS ACTING HER ASSS OFF she does so well. they don’t even need to say anything just have her in view of the camera & she would be able to portray so much in reactions to how atropos brushes her off as insignificant.

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