The color theme is much lighter, almost reminiscent of Zooous but without looking like a monster, and a long furred mane goes down his back. Rintaro’s Tategami Hyoujuu Senki form is a sight to behold.Even the absence of Tassel’s opening narration at the start of the episode, every one of these decisions was to sell just how serious the events of this episode are.They only further the effect they have on the viewers. Said visions also count as cinematically superb, showing the multiple futures Kurayami presents to Kento, backed by an epic score and increasingly bleak visuals.The former might count as foreshadowing of the Sword-centric themes of the episode, especially following the reveal of Kento’s visions. Predominantly shadowed cast in a predominantly shadowed environment, even the henshins mostly omit the normally bombastic jingles of everyone’s forms, barring Reika’s, calling out only the sword’s or form’s names. The choreography itself remains on-brand, but the fight is framed in such a way comparable to a Marvel movie. To note, the cinematography during the showdown between Kento, Reika, Yuri and later Tetsuo and Ryo, is some of the most dramatic and un-Toku-esque.Fans are already claiming this episode the best of the show’s run thus far, mostly in part thanks to the episode’s director, Kazuya Kamihoriouchi, previously famous for his work on episodes 25 to 27 of Kamen Rider Zero One and Kamen Rider Build: Be The One. While a much bleaker episode, that in itself can be considered awesome.Kento/Espada pulls a Big Damn Heroes moment, rescuing his exhausted allies Saber and Blades from a potential Curb-Stomp Battle by Calibur.Granted, she gets captured herself, but that’s all part of the plan, since she brought a firework to use as a signal flare for Touma and Rintaro. Mei gets one herself, figuring out that she can use the white Wonder Ride books to track down where Sora and the other Victims of the Week were held.Rintaro comments that it’s pretty unconventional, but he lets it slide because of its effectiveness. He even uses his unconventional fighting style to the fullest, chaining up the MOTW before slashing it with Needle Hedgehog to stab it in a dozen different places before summoning a muscled-up fairy to finish the Megid off.
Touma shows us the first three Wonder Ride Book combo, by using Brave Dragon, Needle Hedgehog, and Peter Fantasista together to defeat the Salamander Megid.He ends up acquiring the Storm Eagle book for his troubles. Ryo holds his own against the newly revived Desast, using the Jackun-to-Domamenoki Wonder Ride Book to tether himself while tanking the latter’s finisher.The flames used when Touma is Saber look positively gorgeous, looking realistic while still having an otherworldly feel to it.Rintaro coming onto the scene out of a book turning its pages is extremely pleasing to look at.Wonder World looks straight out of a fantasy book, with its CGI looking just disorienting enough that it makes the dimension seem otherworldly.Some of the effects are extraordinarily well-done despite both COVID-19 restrictions and limited budget:.Bonus points for the attack being showcased as a bunch of pages turning, just like a book. When the Megid grows giant, Touma conjures up all of his willpower and slashes through the monster without much effort.Saber conjuring a punch made out of flames, hitting the monster once more.Slashing through a bunch of rock at a rapid-fire pace when the Golem Megid flips the page into another world before slashing the monster to get back to the real world.Instantly going at the Megid with tons of slashes, each one harder than the last.
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