WEBVTT 00:00:01.449 --> 00:00:03.450 This is MJ with Writer Tears. I want to talk 00:00:03.450 --> 00:00:07.230 about Kamen Rider Zets Episode 4, Rob, where 00:00:07.230 --> 00:00:12.050 the mission is to protect the VIP bride. There's 00:00:12.050 --> 00:00:13.289 some interesting things going on here. First 00:00:13.289 --> 00:00:15.769 of all, Yui Takahashi is continuing to write 00:00:15.769 --> 00:00:19.429 the episodes. So this is four in a row. The director 00:00:19.429 --> 00:00:22.629 of this episode is Hiroki Kashiwagi, who I'll 00:00:22.629 --> 00:00:25.129 come back to in a little bit. He's kind of new 00:00:25.129 --> 00:00:27.410 as a main director, but he was assistant director 00:00:27.410 --> 00:00:29.070 before. I guess that's really all I had to say 00:00:29.070 --> 00:00:31.219 about him. I did enjoy the direction of this 00:00:31.219 --> 00:00:32.460 episode, though, so I want to be clear on that. 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:36.219 I really did enjoy the direction. If you're coming 00:00:36.219 --> 00:00:37.939 off my short, you'll know it's because I'm a 00:00:37.939 --> 00:00:39.619 birdman and I love seeing guys flying around 00:00:39.619 --> 00:00:41.659 fighting. It's super cool. It really does it 00:00:41.659 --> 00:00:45.539 for me. But yeah, I want to get into some of 00:00:45.539 --> 00:00:46.759 the other things, some of the other merits of 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.320 the episode. One, I really liked the interactions 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:54.000 between Baku and Nem. They feel really cozy. 00:00:54.100 --> 00:00:55.539 They feel like they've been working together 00:00:55.539 --> 00:00:57.859 for a while. There's still a little bit of awkwardness 00:00:57.859 --> 00:00:59.840 where she's this idol that's like super famous 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.359 and everybody loves her and thinks she's so beautiful. 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.040 And he does too. So in his dream, he's going 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.500 to try to dazzle her. And I'm so glad I didn't 00:01:07.500 --> 00:01:10.019 say that. And he tries to give her a flower and 00:01:10.019 --> 00:01:15.439 she knocks it out of his... Nem accidentally 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:20.920 deflowers Baku. oh wow that's funny um and uh 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:22.519 and that was fun no there's a fun little cute 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:24.900 moment it was like it really felt awkward and 00:01:24.900 --> 00:01:27.120 you could feel like even though she's this weird 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:29.540 dream avatar person who's appearing which by 00:01:29.540 --> 00:01:32.280 the way i like that um noct or nix or whatever 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.840 his name is uh they show in the opening that 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.420 they're both they're on either side of this Oh, 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:39.719 white pedestal thing that has, I think statues 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:41.799 on it. They're on either side of the wall. They're 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:44.780 both wearing white. Um, the doors, the mines 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:48.060 doors have, uh, maybe it's an animus anima kind 00:01:48.060 --> 00:01:50.219 of representation. They have a man and a woman 00:01:50.219 --> 00:01:54.359 on them. The woman is on the top. Um, and she's 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:56.299 covering over, she's like clutching something 00:01:56.299 --> 00:01:58.299 and it looks like it's supposed to be the key 00:01:58.299 --> 00:02:01.120 of the, the key way of the door behind of the 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:03.719 mines door is looking. through like where her 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:05.560 heart would be so it's like she's protecting 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:06.840 it because she doesn't want you to see what's 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.379 in her heart and the guy down there on the bottom 00:02:09.379 --> 00:02:11.120 side of the door is doing the same thing which 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:12.580 is a really cool visual design thing it's something 00:02:12.580 --> 00:02:14.039 i noticed last episode but i didn't think to 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:16.199 mention until now but seeing the duality of the 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:18.060 mind stores having a woman and a man on them 00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:22.180 a man and a woman on them um you know two halves 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:24.120 the animus the anima which is from young in psychology 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:28.740 it's the internal male concept idealized form 00:02:28.740 --> 00:02:32.090 of uh males that women have in their minds and 00:02:32.090 --> 00:02:34.270 the opposite for men. Men have an idealized woman 00:02:34.270 --> 00:02:36.849 in their minds and women have an idealized man 00:02:36.849 --> 00:02:39.430 in their minds. And that has to do with how they 00:02:39.430 --> 00:02:41.469 perceive, according to Jungian theory, how they 00:02:41.469 --> 00:02:43.150 perceive the opposite sex and how they perceive 00:02:43.150 --> 00:02:45.389 the world and like the level that they're viewing 00:02:45.389 --> 00:02:48.530 the opposite sex as like. you know daddy or mommy 00:02:48.530 --> 00:02:51.370 who helps me um basically like a romantic interest 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:53.830 uh i don't know what else is beyond that and 00:02:53.830 --> 00:02:56.330 then like a wise sage who i can learn from it 00:02:56.330 --> 00:02:58.430 like represents their mentality and their maturity 00:02:58.430 --> 00:03:00.629 so if you're a guy or a girl who is only interested 00:03:00.629 --> 00:03:02.990 in the other the opposite sex because of you 00:03:02.990 --> 00:03:05.090 know whatever what you can do with them like 00:03:05.090 --> 00:03:07.969 that's all like that's a sign of immaturity but 00:03:07.969 --> 00:03:10.849 if you're uh if you can perceive people as like 00:03:10.849 --> 00:03:14.469 whole beings who have wisdom and who like are 00:03:14.469 --> 00:03:17.050 worthwhile for non -physical things like that, 00:03:17.110 --> 00:03:20.830 then you're, that's a sign of maturity. Roughly, 00:03:20.830 --> 00:03:22.229 roughly speaking from the Jungian perspective. 00:03:22.349 --> 00:03:27.580 And I happen to agree with you. Anyway, so. Moving 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:29.819 on from there, that little detail in the opening, 00:03:29.900 --> 00:03:31.080 which I like the opening. It's a lot of fun. 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:32.439 I like them all being giant in the city. That's 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:35.939 a fun thing. Especially the flying. I think I 00:03:35.939 --> 00:03:37.460 mentioned in my short review, but I didn't mention 00:03:37.460 --> 00:03:39.539 it here yet. The flying was like at the quality, 00:03:39.580 --> 00:03:42.879 the action direction of the flying combat was 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.219 near the level of peak action direction of flying 00:03:46.219 --> 00:03:49.060 combat, which I've seen in something like Ultraman 00:03:49.060 --> 00:03:52.620 Blazar. And I thought it was very good here too. 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:55.039 Like they could have done better. But the director, 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:56.699 who I'll get back to, I'll just jump on him real 00:03:56.699 --> 00:04:01.139 quick right now, is Hiroki Kashiwagi. He was 00:04:01.139 --> 00:04:05.419 an assistant director for Kamen Rider Oz, and 00:04:05.419 --> 00:04:08.520 he was an official director, formal director, 00:04:08.699 --> 00:04:11.780 for two episodes of Kamen Rider Saber, 36 and 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:14.419 37 back -to -back, and now two episodes of Kamen 00:04:14.419 --> 00:04:16.680 Rider Zets 4 and 5. So we're getting at the beginning 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.839 of his career, and there were nice directional 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:22.139 flourishes, if I can say it that way, in this 00:04:22.139 --> 00:04:24.790 episode. And I thought the flying was among one 00:04:24.790 --> 00:04:27.550 of the better things that he did. From Sabre, 00:04:27.569 --> 00:04:29.550 I have no idea. It's something about omnipotent 00:04:29.550 --> 00:04:32.629 power and change the future. Those are the episode 00:04:32.629 --> 00:04:34.850 titles. They have those in them. So I have no 00:04:34.850 --> 00:04:37.069 idea what those are about. Probably like omnipotent 00:04:37.069 --> 00:04:40.129 power. Probably like a penultimate form or maybe 00:04:40.129 --> 00:04:42.050 even like the final form would have been obtained 00:04:42.050 --> 00:04:43.310 by then, which you would think you would not 00:04:43.310 --> 00:04:45.230 give that sort of episode to a green director, 00:04:45.389 --> 00:04:47.949 but, you know, whatever. Mazel Tov. Congratulations 00:04:47.949 --> 00:04:50.399 to him. I hope he... continues to do well. And 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:53.560 he also directed the Kamen Rider Saber spinoff 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:57.660 web series of Sabella and Durandal. I don't know 00:04:57.660 --> 00:05:00.620 if these characters are on Saber. Anyway, and 00:05:00.620 --> 00:05:02.399 I have no strong feelings about it. What do you 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:07.160 think about that? So, what I do have strong feelings 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:09.040 about is this episode, which I watch, which I've 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.329 been... I think I've been highly praising this 00:05:11.329 --> 00:05:13.850 episode, actually. In my last review for episode 00:05:13.850 --> 00:05:15.870 three, I was talking about some things I didn't 00:05:15.870 --> 00:05:17.589 like, and I feel like maybe I've gotten those 00:05:17.589 --> 00:05:20.529 things out of my system for now, and I can just 00:05:20.529 --> 00:05:23.449 focus on more of the stuff that I do enjoy here. 00:05:23.769 --> 00:05:28.129 So I'm very tempted to click on a picture because 00:05:28.129 --> 00:05:31.250 I want to see better details. Oh, is that right? 00:05:31.470 --> 00:05:35.069 Okay. So I noticed last episode that there's 00:05:35.069 --> 00:05:39.240 a lot more gray on the suit when... Zets transforms 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:42.240 into a sub form, I guess you could say. So last 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:45.100 time he transformed with, well, he used the transform 00:05:45.100 --> 00:05:49.620 caps. And, um, I know I said, I was just going 00:05:49.620 --> 00:05:50.899 to call them power balls, but I don't think I'm 00:05:50.899 --> 00:05:52.120 going to consistently do that. Unfortunately, 00:05:52.259 --> 00:05:55.860 something happened, lost my train of thought, 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.079 trying to get it back. Uh, the director also 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:00.560 worked on like maybe 10 episodes of Rio soldier, 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:06.470 which. became dino fury i think and my the void 00:06:06.470 --> 00:06:09.750 knight design is really cool and my kids uh one 00:06:09.750 --> 00:06:11.209 of my boys really likes that show i don't know 00:06:11.209 --> 00:06:13.069 what the other one he likes i don't know what 00:06:13.069 --> 00:06:14.910 he likes but anyway regardless doesn't matter 00:06:14.910 --> 00:06:18.790 um getting back on point on task on target um 00:06:18.790 --> 00:06:24.050 the undersuit changes so it's like desaturated 00:06:24.050 --> 00:06:27.170 the stuff that's like the i guess what are they 00:06:27.170 --> 00:06:28.829 colored red usually yeah they're usually colored 00:06:28.829 --> 00:06:32.620 red uh they're now gray like a They are like 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:34.939 a satiny. So they have a little bit of reflectivity 00:06:34.939 --> 00:06:37.339 to them. He's got like base suit is like that. 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:40.259 I don't like Spider -Man. I can't remember which 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:43.120 Spider -Man that was. Oh, amazing Spider -Man 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.620 with the British guy. Anyway, sorry. The other 00:06:45.620 --> 00:06:47.959 British guy, the older Andrew Garfield. It's 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.540 got like that texture to it. Right. But so that 00:06:51.540 --> 00:06:54.259 stays that that texture of the suit remains. 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:59.689 But what goes away is the. the saturated lines 00:06:59.689 --> 00:07:01.610 that go from being colorful to being gray. And 00:07:01.610 --> 00:07:04.649 then also the like buffed up armor pieces on 00:07:04.649 --> 00:07:07.790 his top, his chest and his abs, they're gone. 00:07:07.829 --> 00:07:09.329 And now they're replaced with these flat panel 00:07:09.329 --> 00:07:11.790 color, these flat color panels that are in the 00:07:11.790 --> 00:07:13.110 same shape. And I'm sure they're in the same 00:07:13.110 --> 00:07:15.689 position location, but they're just flat to his 00:07:15.689 --> 00:07:18.189 chest. And then it allows him to not, I'm assuming 00:07:18.189 --> 00:07:19.410 it's for the suit. I didn't have to worry about 00:07:19.410 --> 00:07:22.449 it, but it's like a very nice, very cool shift 00:07:22.449 --> 00:07:25.839 in design. for me personally, like as somebody 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:27.279 who likes to draw, to present your characters 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:29.220 and design suits and things like that, like, 00:07:29.259 --> 00:07:31.779 uh, see if I can grab them real quick. Hold on. 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:35.639 I'll show you in a minute. I'm not a digital 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:37.439 artist. I only do pencils right now, basically, 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.399 which is my thing. That's, that's where I'm at 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.139 anyway. Um, but like it streamlines the suit. 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:44.439 I think it helps visually to make it less cluttered 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:48.290 and it probably helps the suit. actor perform 00:07:48.290 --> 00:07:50.790 better in it uh it's like flush and then you've 00:07:50.790 --> 00:07:52.629 got the you know wing attachments that he has 00:07:52.629 --> 00:07:54.089 to worry about now instead of you know stuff 00:07:54.089 --> 00:07:56.269 up here and i just think it looks kind of nice 00:07:56.269 --> 00:08:00.430 and i noticed it subtly like i noticed on a subconscious 00:08:00.430 --> 00:08:02.490 level while i was watching it and then i pulled 00:08:02.490 --> 00:08:04.470 up an image from wiki and it's obvious like i 00:08:04.470 --> 00:08:07.269 it looked at i think it's i clicked on it it's 00:08:07.269 --> 00:08:09.029 big now on my screen and i can see clearly yeah 00:08:09.029 --> 00:08:10.829 it's definitely what it is um so that's really 00:08:10.829 --> 00:08:13.490 cool so yeah overall i like the episode uh the 00:08:13.490 --> 00:08:16.720 bird guy the crow Monster dude is super cool. 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:19.259 I even liked honestly, I don't like the capsules 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:21.660 I like the power balls But him you Baca using 00:08:21.660 --> 00:08:23.220 in civilian form and dressed up as the priests 00:08:23.220 --> 00:08:25.100 using the power one and like you saw his muscles 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:28.000 buff up i don't like it on the suit but like 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.319 on him it's cool and it's funny and it was fun 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:32.860 and it was a cute moment and like he grabs the 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:34.440 knife and lifts the guy all the way up and because 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:36.360 it's a dream dream logic the guy lifts all the 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.460 way up in there and then he crushes the knife 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:40.519 and turns it to dust and says not a speck of 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:42.940 dust why are you to the bride like it's just 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:44.639 it's so cool it can't be in fun and over the 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:46.740 top and it's like he's flirting with her because 00:08:46.740 --> 00:08:48.740 he's a secret agent um even though you know he 00:08:48.740 --> 00:08:50.159 shouldn't be but you know she's a bride whatever 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.070 anyway but like it's fun it's just Good, clean 00:08:53.070 --> 00:08:55.269 fun? I guess. I don't know. But I really enjoyed 00:08:55.269 --> 00:08:56.590 the episode. That was good. I thought it did 00:08:56.590 --> 00:08:59.649 a lot to move the show forward. Also, the moment 00:08:59.649 --> 00:09:04.169 where they showed Mulder and Scully, Fujimi and 00:09:04.169 --> 00:09:08.470 Asuka? Anyway, I don't know. At the crime scene, 00:09:08.629 --> 00:09:12.970 at this wedding place. So, like, this wedding's 00:09:12.970 --> 00:09:14.190 going to take place in real life. It's not just 00:09:14.190 --> 00:09:17.210 a dream, right? Anyway, the black crow feathers 00:09:17.210 --> 00:09:19.490 appearing on the floor there, like, crossing 00:09:19.490 --> 00:09:23.190 the sphere. you know crossing from the dream 00:09:23.190 --> 00:09:25.590 plane into the real plane super cool idea super 00:09:25.590 --> 00:09:29.830 fun like mechanic to explain why the uh black 00:09:29.830 --> 00:09:31.389 cases are happening and like a manifestation 00:09:31.389 --> 00:09:34.909 for them to like emanate and show themselves 00:09:34.909 --> 00:09:37.309 in the world very cool and i didn't like that 00:09:37.309 --> 00:09:39.610 the chief was like i'm unofficially putting you 00:09:39.610 --> 00:09:42.429 back on the black files or on the black cases 00:09:42.429 --> 00:09:45.610 it's x files anyway um that i didn't like so 00:09:45.610 --> 00:09:48.129 much but whatever there's gonna be an arc there 00:09:48.129 --> 00:09:50.340 and we'll move through it so I'm looking forward 00:09:50.340 --> 00:09:52.500 to that and seeing how that all progresses. And 00:09:52.500 --> 00:09:54.360 then there was one, at least I want to show you 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:55.600 my drawing, but there was one other thing I wanted 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.480 to mention from the episode and I'm not remembering 00:09:57.480 --> 00:09:59.259 what it was this time. So about the guy and his 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:02.759 sister, um, I mean, there was kind of the thing 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:04.039 with the sister where she's like, no, don't help 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:05.539 that old lady because you're going to get hurt. 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:08.460 Like that thread came back up. So like, this 00:10:08.460 --> 00:10:10.460 is something else now. Um, is that thread going 00:10:10.460 --> 00:10:12.279 to get closed? Is it going to be that he's like 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:14.399 some destined dream warrior or whatever? And 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:17.720 something, um, out there is trying to stop him. 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.240 I don't know. That could be Yuta Akashi, like 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:21.799 I've said before, has done things like that. 00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:24.419 Long tail type of storytelling, which is great. 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:27.559 I love that. But I'm just curious how they're 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:29.679 going to handle that in this one. And yeah, I 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:30.779 really like this episode. I'd love to hear your 00:10:30.779 --> 00:10:32.720 thoughts on it. I'd love to hear what you thought 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.360 about it overall. One of my kids drew on this. 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:38.159 So this is my Go Ranger Tokusatsu Spider -Man. 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:43.299 I think it's very cool. I was looking at it earlier 00:10:43.299 --> 00:10:44.899 and I was thinking, should he just have a cape? 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:47.399 She gave a tip too, with the threads on it. He's 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:50.259 got, instead of a baton, like the go Rangers 00:10:50.259 --> 00:10:52.059 had, that could be a rope and stuff. He's got 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:55.279 a gun that has like a web cannon thingy on it 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:56.940 too, for him to shoot webs from. I thought that 00:10:56.940 --> 00:10:58.360 would be cool. And look, he's got like the go 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:01.000 Ranger eyepieces, whatever, eight eyes, a lot 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:04.679 of fun anyway. So seeing the design stuff, I'm 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:07.019 into that, especially because I enjoy designing 00:11:07.019 --> 00:11:09.740 characters myself so much. So yeah, anyway, I'm 00:11:09.740 --> 00:11:13.100 something of a character designer myself. so 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:15.580 yeah until next time folks take care be well 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:17.779 check out the trailer for my book out right now 00:11:17.779 --> 00:11:21.080 get back to me give me your thoughts on Zets 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:23.860 so far Zets up to this point if you're watching 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:28.259 and reviewing with me and yeah see you around 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:34.659 kid magical bugs battle monsters in this exciting 00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:37.480 fantasy adventure gremlins prey upon children 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:40.759 grow bugs protect them When a gremlin finds a 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:43.159 hidden growbug fort, the whole flock makes a 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:45.500 surprise attack. How will the growbugs survive? 00:11:46.059 --> 00:11:50.600 Find out in Mockwing Mayhem. 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