TooKakkoiiforYou_321 Reviews

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Shin Kamen Rider in Gojira format

[6/10 · 3 May 2024]

Why I say this, you might ask? Well, because like Shin Kamen Rider this is a remake of a first iteration - the original 1954 Gojira movie - just with stuff added from your typical later period Hideaki Anno gallery of depressed main male character as an outdated depiction of him (the protagonist being a 100% regurgitation of Shinji Ikari from Evangelion), garbled statements that don't mean nothing outside showing how Anno is cool (the whole stuff about the military), a bunch of fake religious innuendos taken from Ultraman and on and on and on. Stuff that I imagine being present already in the previous Shin Gojira movie (that I have not watched) like they were present in the awful Shin Kamen rider, so I guess that's where the influence came from. This said, since I don't particularly like later Hideaki Anno, my enjoyment of the whole thing was sufficient but not much else, even if I'm used to tokus being remakes of previous iterations (take my favourite Toku Superhero IP Ultraman as an example). I'd rather rewatch the original 1954 movie than watching this disappointing (disappointing because I had no idea the worst tendencies of Hideaki Anno had such an impact on the japanese entertainment industry) affair again.

P. S. I sincerely don't get all people raving that this shows the creativity of the Japanese Vs. The current comatose state of Hollywood. This is as creatively discouraging as an MCU movie IMHO.

Freedom Force (2002 Video Game)

A good and worthy homage to the Silver Age comics, finally!

[8/10 · 1 May 2024]

Are you tired to death of supposed "homages to the past" by the big corporations of the american mainstream superhero industry that in reality don't homage nothing but they simply repeat at nauseam the same decostructionist stuff of Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns by people who try to mimick Alan Moore and Frank Miller as much as possible (I'm talking about overrated turds like Justice League: The New Frontier, All-Star Superman, The Grant Morrison Batman Run, The Geoff Johns schlocky comics, Kingdom Come Etc. Etc. Etc.)? Well, I have a news for you! This game beats the crap out of any of these "homages" because it simply takes the Silver Age atmospheres and writing 100% as they were without trying to add nothing under the surface and it's really really fun, albeit it's not the most difficult strategy game ever (there is no King Arthas level crazyness in here) but what matters is that it's fun, and at the end of the day I'd take this over The Frozen Throne anyday, anytime. The only real negative I see is the tendency of your party to be stuck because they don't do what you tell them to do, but again minor complaint not a big one.

All in all, highly recommended to all superheroes and Silver Age aficionados. I can't wait to see how they homaged my favourite period of all times (the golden age) in the following chapter!

Hanzawa Naoki (2013– )

Gets boring and convoluted really fast

[4/10 · 22 April 2024]

I don't understand why people rave so much about this series in the first place. Yes, the main male lead is a very good actor, yes the first part is mildly entertaining - albeit not entertaining as the first Legal High season - and it flows generally well, but the second part gets uberconvoluted, repetitious and boring in the incredible span of TWO EPISODES that I watched during the morning time after sleeping yet they induced me into a sleeping coma nonetheless. After watching a 50-episodes long tokusatsu that didn't bore me once, two episodes of the second half of this J-Drama were enough to put me to sleep. If you're interested in giving Masato Sakai a try get the first season - not the dreadful second one - of Legal High and it should suffice.

The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000 Video Game)

Extremely overrated IMHO

[6/10 · 20 April 2024]

I sincerely don't understand why this game, during the years, has been acclaimed as the sort of classic FPS masterpiece that in reality it isn't. It's because of Cate Archer alone? Yes, she's a great, sexy character and a study case for how to write strong, charismatic female leads, the humour is at first genuinely funny and the story, albeit a bit predictable, is interesting enough. The problem is, gameplay wise, this game is a mess. It wants to be a mash-up of stealth and FPS and, most of the times, it is mediocre-average at both. The stealth is, de facto, mostly impossible due to the cameras having the most inconsistent field of view ever (sometimes they can spot you from 5 kilometers away, sometimes they don't see you when you're standing right next to them) and the enemies being all - and I mean all - the typical Shogo: Mobile Armor Division stuff of hitscanning thugs that can spot and kill you from miles and miles of distance with one single shot of a Kalashnikov (the kind of which I never saw even when playing Duke Nukem 3D at its maximum difficulty years and years ago), which in turn not only makes the attempts at having a full-on stealth approach a là Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory worthless but it also makes extremely frustrating the driving sections because you always have to stop driving in order to kill said thugs as otherwise it's you who is going to be killed. Also, I might add that 1) the gadget selection is cute, but most of them serves nothing and 2) the ending streak of final bosses because reasens reeks of a void of ideas from a mile. On a last note, the level design is good generally speaking, but sometimes it's a bit confusing and the OST is good too.

If you want the best from the FPS era of Monolith productions get the first F. E. A. R. - which is leaps and bounds better than this - and you'll be better served overall, Cate Archer or not.

Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro (2001)

An episode stretched out to 44 minutes

[6/10 · 18 April 2024]

Because this is what this thing is, an episode from the main series stretched out to a 44-minutes runtime because again the fetish for TV movies taken from main series of the japanese producers is a real thing hence they felt the need to do this. Clear influences from Dragonball Z are full on display - the alien female villain particularly is "inspired" by C-18 from that anime - and, while not being great on itself, it is at least watchable and not a 100% complete waste of time, more than it can be said for the Tiga Vs. Dyna useless movie. Give it a go if you have it with the main package, but it's not something that will stick with you for very long TBH.

Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light (1998)

Completely pointless addition to Ultraman Dyna

[4/10 · 18 April 2024]

After watching this "movie" I reiterate that I don't understand the bitterness of people towards stuff like Kamen Rider Ryuki Vs. Agito, which was short and did what it had to do in 10-15 minutes maximum. This is the same exact thing just stretched out to a fully-blown movie clocking around one hour (!) in which Ultraman Tiga appears for ten minutes towards the end doing absolutely nothing of impact. Why? What was the reason for this thing to be so long? Just make a ten minutes commercial featuring the two Ultramen and get done with it, no need to spend so much money and waste so much time of the viewer to begin with. Stick to the main series - in itself very good, no questions attached - and don't bother with this one to begin with. I guess I won't watch the next Tiga Vs. Dyna Vs. Gaia movie when times comes if it is as pointless as this one.

Yanusu no kagami (1985–1986)

Sukeban series meets soap opera

[8/10 · 10 April 2024]

This is more or less what this series accounts, meaning a typical 80's Sukeban series in vein of Sukeban Deka and the Likes just with a stronger focus on the soap opera element than in other cases. And it's not bad at all,all the contrary it's pretty entertaining through and through even if the gimmick of this series (meaning the fact that people can't distinguish between the protagonist and her Sukeban Alter Ego) in some episodes gets a bit muddled and ridicolous. But I guess it's to be expected since none of these Sukeban Series, for how entertaining they might be, are no masterpieces to begin with. If you're interested in giving a try, as with the previous Sukeban series I've reviewed go to Geo9875 dreamwith blog and download the fansub of this.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm (2008 Video Game)

What Starcraft 1 and Brood War wanted to be and couldn't

[8/10 · 1 April 2024]

Meaning the official Warhammer 40K RTS with the actual Warhammer 40K license. The version I'm giving this a rating is not the bugfest that is the vanilla one - the one with the honour of introducing me to my current favourite faction of the IP, the adepta sororitas, as well as the dark eldars - which I didn't really play that much back in the day since I became bored pretty quickly with it but to the version with the Unification Mod added, which adds a lot of content to the base game for all factions that makes it updated to the current Warhammer 40K Lore (for example, amongst the soulstorm mods it's the only one with the amazing looking Paragon Warsuit and Canoness Morgenn Vahl in it) and, with the unification campaign extended mod, it even throws the possibility of playing new factions in the conquest of the Kaurava system like Tyranids, two branchs of the Inquisition, Chaos Deamons etc. Etc. Good stuff that it just feels good to do, even if there are some minor setbacks and in particular the fact that the fortresses of the new factions are limited to boring defense missions against waves of enemies which are a bit nonsensical IMHO (I'm not a fan of defense missions in RTS unfortunately). For the rest, I have nothing bad to say to the unification mod, all the contrary it elevates the base experience - which, to be honest, was clearly done by people with zero knowledge about the Warhammer 40K lore in a rushed way to capitalize on the good reputation Dark Crusade gained amongst the RTS fans, me included - to a really enjoyable thing overall. I can't wait for the upcoming release of version 7.0 to see what the unification mod has in mind!

Oh and I don't care what the naysayers say, the cover art of the DVD of this game - the last Dawn of War iteration ever produced to my knowledge - is supercool. Adepta Sororitas on a purple background = instant love.

Denshi Sentai Denjiman: The Movie (1980)

Cool little spin-off movie, for once

[8/10 · 28 March 2024]

Because let's be honest, even of toku series that I've previously watched and enjoyed the quality of the spinoff movies has ranged from acceptable to terrible, with the Abaranger extended episode presented as a movie particularly falling in the latter line and with the first Kamen Rider Ryuki one being an exception to this general trend because it fixed the awful ending of the main series. This, on the other hand, it's really cool and well done, with an interesting story and a well done execution except for the usual Toei trademark of reusing scenes copy-and-pasted from the previous episodes, which at this point I'm accustomed to and I don't take into consideration in the final rating since I skip it alltogether.

Hana no asuka gumi! (1988)

The japanese TV movie fetish strikes again

[1/10 · 4 March 2024]

With that I mean, of course, the fact that big TV companies like Toei, Nippon TV, Fujii, etc. Etc. Apparently REALLY like to make movies out of their tv series, and not just out of animes and tokusatsus. The problem is that for animes and less for tokusatsu the result ending can be very well done or at least entertaining, in this case this movie - made out in reference to a single, clear-as-day filler episode based on the Terminator from the original series - just doesn't work, it's mindnumbingly boring (something that even the filler from which it originated wasn't) and, aside for some names taken from the series albeit with completely different relations between them, there's nothing connecting this to the main series. Why they even bothered? Why they bothered paying money to Rolling Stones to use Satisfaction? No idea. A complete waste of time casted upon the viewer and the fansubber (the same of the original series, who I thank for his/her work) because Toei. Avoid with no remorse whatsoever.

Hana no Asuka gumi (1988– )

Cheesy Sukeban series is cheesy

[7/10 · 3 March 2024]

Yeah, this series is pretty cheesy allaround so you're better approaching this without expecting any sort of realism whatsoever. Hell, don't even expect any particular delinquent or even slightly delinquent behaviour because this is not about that, this is simply about a trio of girls kicking the ass of a mysterious organization hellbent on conquering the japanese schools the Super Sentai-Tokusatsu way (albeit there's nothing of strictly Tokusatsu here). Trio of girls with the main one clearly being an elaboration of Kyoko Nakamura from Sukeban Deka II, so much that Haruko Sagara ends fighting her in one of the episodes as an old friend turned villain and then turned again friend. That said, unfortunately once again it's not Sukeban Deka II or Shoujo Commando Izumi level of entertainment and in particular I would have gladly avoided the totally useless filler at the middle of the series (episode 16), but whatever it surely entertains most than the recent offering I had from Hollywood. Thanks to geo9875 for the subbing and make sure to check out is blog on dreamwith if you're interested in more this kind of stuff.

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003 Video Game)

It's (not so) mighty expansion time, folks!

[7/10 · 28 February 2024]

Sorry, even after so much time I still don't get what people see in this. Ok, some added units are fine even if a bit underused during the main campaigns, some character developments are amazing to watch (particularly Sylvanas Windrunner turning into the intelligent dominatrix the Brood War Jean Grey...sorry, I meant Sarah Kerrigan wished to be stealing the show in that regard), some of the missions are insanely difficult etc. Etc. Etc. But generally speaking this whole package is really underwhelming: lore retcons abound (apparently, Archimonde was not the one who forged the Plague in the first place, hence you fighting him at the end of ROC had no point whatsoever...WTF?!), characters act or evolve in strange ways (Arthas now is an apprehensive wife of the Lich King while Kel'Thuzad is Arthas' Majordome...????) and the ending tail reeks from a mile of the fact that Blizzard was clearly at this point mostly bored with the RTS side of Warcraft, in particular the three (!) missions of Arthas going through the Ancient Nerubean Kingdom look like they're put there just to tell you "see? This is what we're into now, boring online dungeon crawling missions after boring online dungeon crawling missions!", adding to the ending boredom of an expansion that, like Brood War, at that point had overstayed its welcome enough (and, once again, thanks the cheats for the relief they gave me). And don't get me started with stuff like overpowered - at least when they're not under your control - races (The Naga) haphazardously put together with underpowered ones like the Blood Elves because reasens otherwise I would not stop until the end of the year. Really, at the end of the day the most I save of this expansion are the absolutely, totally loveable Sylvanas in her new and supermegasexy role (I save HER and HER alone, not the Banshees, as units they're pretty useless and the devs knew it too) and the fact that yes, you're going to have a good time with this...for a while, but other than that this is still not ROC level of excellency and I guess it will never be.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Those awful gargoyles are the only reason this is not a full-on 9

[8/10 · 18 February 2024]

Why the hell the production comittee decided to put them in a movie that was clearly an experimental try for Disney (the adaptation of a non-children book filled to the brim with mature content in terms of messages and imagery) is beyond me. They're not funny, they're not interesting, hell they're not even marketable (I don't remember people buying bath appareal or plushies of those, and I owned a friggin' Puumba Shampoo bottle in due time), they're simply uberannoying and completely out of place this time, hands down amongst the worst Disney characters I've ever seen to this day. For the rest I don't have particular complaints, the animation is top notch the music is your usual high-quality Alan Menken stuff, the voice acting is very well done, etc. Etc. Etc.

Tokusou ekushiidorafuto (1992– )

Good sendoff for the main rescue squad trilogy

[8/10 · 13 February 2024]

Even if, of course, the following Janperson falls in the same line of that particular series. Yeah, very good stuff that is enjoyable from start to finish even if it's not Solbrain level but more Winspector territory of very good but not the greatest thing ever, mainly for one reason (and no, it's not the stylistic religious stuff): the overuse of the vengeance trope typical of your standard 70's Kamen Rider spinoff, which after a while gets ridicolous and overblown to the point of looking more like a parody than anything else. Interestingly enough, one of the main writers of this series indeed wrote for two Kamen Riders (Black and Black RX) but I don't remember so much vengeance and revenge in the former nor in the previous Rescue Squad iterations even if they had their share of that one too...on a side note, the usual cameos from Susumu Kurobe of Ultraman fame and. Hiroshi Miyauchi as the commander of Winspector/Solbrain are a nice addition. All in all, recommended as all the Metal Heroes stuff I've watched to this day. Thanks again to Weeabo-Shogun for fansubbing all the Rescue Squad series, I can't thank him enough for doing it.

P. S. I want the action figures of this, the preceding Rescue Squad incarnations, Janperson and Space Sheriff Gavan NOW!

P. P. S. the actors in this still act 100 times better than the lady from the Red Headed Woman schlock, apparently (!)

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002 Video Game)

Blizzard's magnum opus will forever shine

[10/10 · 9 February 2024]

Once again, replayed in original english language after several years (17?) and beaten in hard difficulty, what can I say about this masterpiece that has not been said before? Nothing, just that it is leaps and bounds better than the dated and unconvincing Warhammer 40K fanfiction going by the name of Starcraft I and its expansion in every possible regards: gameplay, story (all the betrayals and alliances finally have a sense and a meaning!), character development, voice acting, music, philosophical themes in the background, artstyle, humour, everything is top notch to the point of this not being just an RTS, not just an epic fantasy tale, but a 100% interactive storytelling experience that you either do at least once in your life or you're losing something fundational for the whole entertainment in general. I can't applaude Chris Metzen, Samwise Didier and the whole Blizzard team enough for this effort beyond expiration date. An eternal Must and certainty, no question of sorts attached.

No reforged version was needed for this Masterpiece IMHO.

P. S. Comic book decostructionists like Alan Moore and Frank Miller can happily suck the toes of the work of deconstruction of fantasy and non-fantasy tropes the guys of Blizzard achieved with this.

StarCraft: Brood War (1998 Video Game)

Typical RTS expansion fare, nothing else nothing more

[7/10 · 3 February 2024]

Meaning that it introduced some unit and spells changes while the non-existant story of the original took a turn for the worst (!), with plot holes/contrivances giant as a Battlecruiser and an Ultralisk combined and poor attempts by the horny Warhammer 40K fanboy behind the writing pen (Chris Metzen) to make his Warhammer 40K fanfiction/tribute - what the entirety of the Starcraft IP amounts to, objectively speaking - sound like an uber-complicated space opera a là Arthur C. Clarke by meshing stuff taken from the Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont and John Byrne (the whole Queen of dumb blades shanenigans) and Starship Troopers by Paul Verhoeven (the entirety of the terran campaign) with a confused and overdone dose of betrayals and alliances that has no real reason to be. Attempts that the more time it passes the more they overstay their welcome, so much that I skipped the last three Zerg missions by using cheats like I did already in 2004 and I am not ashamed in saying so. Again, I sincerely don't understand how this is considered the masterpiece of storytelling that it isn't, so what's the deal with all the people lamenting about the SC II story being bad in comparison to the originals? These first two outings are enjoyable to some degree, but the story in here as well as the gameplay are still not Warcraft III level of refinement to begin with IMHO.

On a side note, can somebody please tell me what was the deal with the Remastered version to begin with? The graphic overhaul was interesting, but the original videos from 1998 still sporting the non-remastered version of the characters were as nonsensical in this as they were in the original game.

StarCraft (1998 Video Game)

My opinion from 2004 has not changed, apparently

[7/10 · 29 January 2024]

With that I mean the fact that, since the last time I played this game (exactly twenty friggin' years ago...it sucks to get older), I have not changed my idea that this RTS is surely enjoyable and charming and the universe presented is an interesting one but it's not GreatUzt thing evUr some people make it out to be, not just when compared to other RTS games of the time but also compared to other outings of this same company (Warcraft III anyone?). Also, I'm pretty baffled at the fact that, apparently, people online seem to have particular problems with the second iteration of this game (Starcraft II) that I still have never played since its debut in 2010 because of its story etc. Etc. Etc. Well, apparently, in this one not only there isn't a particularly developed story - more an excuse to patch together scenarios with different terrains and enemies than anything else - but neither there are exceptionally developed characters excluding the clear-as-day romantic liason between Jim Raynor and Sarah Kerrigan, meaning this game has the same things people accuse Starcraft II of having except for the as of now dated gameplay, the easy exploits (without using cheats I mean) available in several missions, the super repetitious terrains etc. Etc. Etc. But hey, the OST surely is great, no questions attached. This is not Warcraft III, sorry. We'll see if the so-much-overrated Brood War campaign available in the remastered version I played is better or not, even I have my sincere doubts in this regard.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Austin Powers definitely lost his mojo here

[4/10 · 24 January 2024]

I sincerely don't understand how it's possible to have such a rich background of opportunities in terms of material to spoof (all the James Bond and 60's-70's spy movies and serials) and to end everything you have to say in exactly one movie alone, meaning the first Austin Powers from 1997, of which this one is a bad remake just with the quips and the satire of target genres replaced by hamfisted pop culture references bashed over your head in vein of the awful fourth season of Rupan Sansei Part II, characters that are repugnant and unfunny at worst (Fat B*****d and Mini-Me) and completely unremarkable at best (Felicity), tired jokes that were amusing in the first movie and now are simply boring, plot lines that have no meaning whatsoever (the henchwoman presented as lesbian because...because?!), violence for the sake of violence because hey I've lost all the ideas, guys!, and so on and on and on. Oh and, of course, don't forget an healthy does of breaking the fourth wall that, like a lot of times when this trope is employed, again it is because of a lack of ideas behind and not because it means something particular. I guess I won't be watching the movie after this one if this series had already lost all its reason to be here.

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)

Worst false advertisement ever

[2/10 · 14 January 2024]

Did you look at the cover and title of this movie? Were you expecting some awesome tokusatsu flick sporting lots and lots of monsters with different costumes, exciting special effects, etc. Etc. Etc.? Well, sucks to be you. In reality is this awful thing the real number of monsters present is around 4 (at least, that's the number of monsters I was able to see before falling into a boredom-induced coma) and they're not particularly interesting or worthy of appreciation if compared to what Tsuburaya did two years before with the original Ultraman (hell, even the monsters from the boring 70's Kamen Rider are better than the ones present here). So, the tokusatsu part is lacking, how is the rest? Equally lacking, being comprimised of uberboring period drama that is as interesting as cutting nails or watching paint dry. There's a reason why this series is mostly unknown in the west, and this first movie proves why. Avoid for more interesting pastures with no remorse whatsoever.

Kôshoku ichidai otoko (1961)

The least lustful man ever

[5/10 · 11 January 2024]

For being a movie based on a tale about a sex-crazed man who goes around making love with women this is pretty tame and, worst of all, void of anything remarkably sexy except the aura irradiated from the Goddess Ayako Wakao when she's on the screen, dwarfing the pretty uninteresting when not directly annoying main male lead with ease in the meantime. Problem is, no matter how much - hamfistedly or not - the director wants to convey you the idea that Japan is not a women-friendly country in general and no matter how much the viewer might agree with that point of view, in this movie theorically sexuality plays a big part in it and to not give any remotely suggestion of sexyness like the one this same director gave in other movies of his (particularly Irezumi) is a sin I can't forgive, especially considering the 1991 animated remake of this thing plotted by the Maestro Eiichi Yamamoto did indeed suggest plenty of tasteful sexyness and erotism without reaching the point of becoming a full-on Pinku movie. Hence, watch that superior one, Irezumi or even the sufficient Diary of a Mad Old Man from 1962 (sufficient except for the supersexy, naturally dominant performance of Ayako Wakao acting as herself, of course) instead and avoid this mediocre period piece with no remorse whatsoever.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

The Star Wars trilogy of our era ends here

[9/10 · 7 January 2024]

And with that I mean of the people who watched this when it originally came out in theaters, they loved it and they still love it to this same day ever if they don't like the fantasy genre like they used to in their teens except for the space-fantasy saga in the title of my review. And my comparison are perfectly legit because there are indeed several elements reminds of Star Wars in this magnum opum that every can enjoy in full, provided of course they watch the extended version with parts that were taken out of the theatrical version I have no idea how or why. Other things that were reminded in me particularly by watching this last excellent movie are the classic 80's Saint Seiya series and Age of Empires II of all things. I can't recommend these three movies enough. P. S. Aragon and Arwen's love story = one of the best love stories ever no questions attached.

Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983 TV Special)

The absolute worst Eddie Murphy thing ever

[1/10 · 1 January 2024]

Did americans in the 80's really find funny a guy making the same exact jokes about gay people, Michael Jackson, other celebrities of the time, sexual intercourse bla bla bla without any difference in between? Not just once but twice because Eddie Murphy: Raw is simply a carbon-copy of this show just with the latter being far worst in terms of being completely void of anything remotely funny to begin with. I guess Murphy should be extremely pleased of his ability, during the years, to become a charismatic actor recognized and beloved by millions of people (myself included) for his movies otherwise, in the role of stand-up comedian, he would simply repeat at nauseam the same uberdated stuff from his very first shows and bore to death everybody inbetween. Avoid wasting a single second of your precious time for this even if you're a fan of Eddie, this is a skeleton in the closet nobody would want to experience in the first place.

Doctor X: Episode #5.9 (2017) Season 5, Episode 9

And here it ends my journey with this series

[1/10 · 18 December 2023]

Which was clearly running on fumes at this point and it shows in full because this episode is ridinkolous as it gets, it's completely nonsensical in every sense and meaning and there is no stake whatsoever, with the main protagonist being so embarazzingly a Mary Sue that she can now make her own briefings, with no intervention from the higher ups in any way. Also the ending is so anticlimatic and contrived that it makes this entire episode completely pointless, while tired-as-everything actors in the background (particularly the guy impersonating Hiruma) are there just to take a check while giving zero crap to what they're doing. I don't see reasons to continue with this, TBH. It's a shame because I was potentially interested in watching season 7 which sources online claim to be focused on COVID and whatnot, but if this and the dreadful preceding episodes are of any indication of the quality of the following seasons I don't care anymore.

Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special (2016 TV Movie)

Daimon Michiko: Knightfall

[8/10 · 15 December 2023]

You're reading it right, this movie really reminds me of storylines from the american superhero comics a là Batman: Knightfall or Batman: shaman, the ones where the titular character is injured and he/she has to go to some secluded spot to heal, train and come back to kick more asses than before. Not only that but it's even better than those since it doesn't waste your time with hours and hours for no reasons than to suck money out of you with tie-ins or stuff like that. It's also nice that the Doctor X superheroine is, in fact, a normal human who trusts other people (Kaji) and who can be hurt and have failures, even if she ends performing her Burakku Jakku-like surgeries at the end. To add the cherry to the cake, luckily this time the reuse of stuff seen in previous seasons is limited to some scene and a cameo of a character from season 3, so it's not as bothersome as in the proper season 4. I just wonder why they kept the original (I mean original for this show, not generally speaking) ideas for this special instead of applying them to the majority of the main course, but whatever it's good stuff nonetheless.

Doctor X: Episode #4.11 (2016) Season 4, Episode 11

again, what happened?

[7/10 · 14 December 2023]

Something happened between season 3 and this one because the general quality of the show clearly dropped from the previous standards. Ok, it's nice and welcomed the interest Michiko shows for Jonouchi and it's nice to see Michiko fail for once (at least, at the very start), but again it feels like a retread of the last episodes of Season 3 when Akira was on the verge of dying because reasens and it strangely makes the Michiko character look like a friggin' Mary Sue because somehow now she can also predict when a Tumor is recessing without doing nothing, Yang Wenli from Legends of Galactic Heroes style (I'm not a fan). Also, all the thing with chinese guy hiring doctors for his new hospital feels very contrived and not particularly well-fleshed out. I'm giving this the rating for the whole season, an acceptable/entertaining one, but truth to be told I'm not impressed compared to the previous ones.