The fight cherography in Kamen Rider Geats keeps getting better and better.
Rider utilize their tools in creative ways like "Buffa raising his foot up to charge his sword *BEFORE* transforming.
Tycoon using his cape to hide his sword attacks
Naago using her powers to mess with her enemies.
It's so damn refreshing and i can't stop thinking about it
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Hoshino Yuna interview from Uchusen 179
Kurama Neon, a young lady and influencer in a modern setting, transforms into Kamen Rider Naago.
Hoshino Yuna, who plays the role, is also a popular YouTuber herself.
She talked about the filming of some episodes.
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i love neon.
the amount of care put into her story is honestly incredible and i love how until the very end, neon will fight for her greatest desire until it’s there, right in her hands. not a potential. not a possibility for love.
her wish is simple but complex. looking to be something so mundane and typical, and yet each episode shows the contrary. her desire for love is a result of a lack of it in the past, but what happened?
on one hand, you have her father, who never healed from the loss of his daughter, and despite creating another daughter, was unable to love her like he used to love akari. he’s still hurt and his wounds never healed. and so he neglected neon, never really caring for her, and leaving her to her own devices. which usually meant being under her mother’s hand.
her mother, on the other hand, took the opposite approach. both were affected by her kidnapping, except one never moved on from losing his daughter, and the other never moved on from the possibility of losing her. she’s controlling, desperate to keep neon safe that she fails to realize that neon is her own self and that she isn’t a doll. she’s not something she can put on the shelf and enjoy + care for.
neon wishes for love and happiness, and perhaps she’s experienced some form of it thanks to the dgp. but it’s not what she’s been yearning for. perhaps she has learned what love can look like. what it feels to be happy.
but until she can love and be loved with her fated individual, she’ll continue to claw her way from the darkness to get her wish come to fruition, through natural means or the dgp.
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Kurama Neon/Kamen Rider Naago from Kamen Rider Geats
Reasoning: Part of her backstory is being a replacement for her parents' first daughter who died. Her motivation is for someone to unconditionally love her. Her final form, Fantasy, is from her father who finally admits to how much she means to him, replacement or not.
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KR Geats' production conflict
There are some who said that the final quarter of the show feels cramped/rushed, and I was also worried when Geats is ending, not due to wanting it stay or have "season 2" or such, but because it never gave me the feeling that the series is almost done wrapped even at ep. 38 (so extended series after ending/"season 2" won't work on this either).
Well, I know dwelling on it won't do anything, but I guess I've found the likely reason that it feels that way, so at least there's closure for me. The reason seem to be this decision (from this link):
Takebe wanting to Sara's screentime as the beacon of light, which primarily affects how pushed forth Keiwa's heel turn was, which Takahashi planned earlier. But I think the series as a whole got slowed down in the middle for this, in Yearning arc that focuses on Sara's stint as Hakubi in DR, and the first few episodes of Genesis arc.
So overall, ep. 34-40 of the series (it's said too above Keiwa's heel turn is pushed to forties). May also explain why the primary Rider (by extension the others) gets final form really late compared to usual.
The series did get concluded without being left hanging much, thanks to Ace's powers despite the stakes, and the cast do get closure, which dispelled some of my worries, but there are handful moments I want to see in the series listed in link below:
Looking forward for these in KR Geats if it has more/enough time
Though after all of this, don't get me wrong, this isn't a hate for Sara. Reject Kekera's view of her as an expendable story element instead of a person, and fans who wished the same "for Keiwa's sake" (e.g. going dark for his "success").
By filling in Sara about the DGP (as Hakubi), she did become a beacon to raise the morale of the conflicted Keiwa and Neon, fighting for the latter's happiness to encourage her believing in her fans and her authenticity as a person. I think this'd be some of my suggestions to keep her role but not taking too long in middle:
(KR Geats) Suggestion to keep Sara's role but more concise
Though dunno if the initial plan will still have Yearning DR created or not, but to instead kill Sara off at the end of JGP. There are required plot progression done in Yearning arc like Ace and the DGP team figuring out the Goddess. Keiwa's next schemes and Bujin Sword debut also needs Tsumuri's role to be known, as his means to the end, his "shortcut".
To wrap it off, I'd accept and want for Geats to be acknowledged as breaking Reiwa KR's curse (quality wise), but I do have personal disappointments that there's still a conflicting decision after a strong start where it's a complete package of a season that excels in what not much seasons can pull off like the mystery building, plot point, its action (IMO), and how there are no outright bad episodes generally, which I felt it was consistent due to how it feels planned from the beginning to me (like Build), rather than making last minute decisions.
Decision change can be something well-received like Hiromi's extension (I liked it as a build up for Vail plot twist), and there can be cancelled decision that likely turns out better like Gaim-esque ending for Geats planned before Battle Royale movie.
But for Sara one, Geats is already very tight, not enough room even with Geats' fast pace - it already only focuses on what matters for the story (only featuring Mitsume as Ace's family, said below), without extending those that served their use, even small roles (like the quick death/departure for extra Riders... Kanato in Gang Riders or even Yukie/Letter):
Still duration management needs to be taken into account, with this being a yearly franchise that has limited set of episodes. Guess this is a case when the yearly episode format is too little for a KR season, instead of too many (much padding to go to 40+) - same reason to better have KR not restricted to yearly format
Though ofc, not taking things too long in middle for Sara still depends on how those other stuff would be executed. And the show itself may only care about giving necessary conclusions for the plot and characters (which it did), my additions above are for more extra enjoyment.
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