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 Hello there, my crowd! Welcome to my Weekly Musings: Orange Edition. 

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Crazy how things can go from slow and uneventful to suddenly FULL of activity, am I right my crowd?  Let's talks about it!

 So I guess the biggest thing to happen is kind of a two-part thing that I'll talk about in my next weekly summary too. Monday will be Labor Day, so I took off Friday just so I could have a 4 day vacation. And yeah, I did get to rest and do some fun things, but there was still worked to be done. I'll explain more down below, but at least I got some awesome things out of it! 

 What did I get, you ask? The biggest thing is, I finally purchased a paint splatter hat that I've had my eye on for a while. Bought it on Amazon, and it'll arrive eventually. As a side surprise, I also got some more ink for my printer, thanks to my mother. Wonderful! Kind of a gift since I ended up sacrificing some of my free time.  More on that down below.

 NO MOVIE TIME THIS WEEK! And that's because I tired to watch Ducktales this week; tried being key word. I was doing good at the start! I saw 6 episodes; two episodes each day between Monday through Wednesday. I was SUPPOSE to see double that. However, the tail end of the week got away from me. Thursdays I stream on Discord, which eats my free time. Friday night ended with technical difficulties that prevented me from watching more episodes, and it wouldn't stop until my computer slept for the night. Saturday, my mother needed some help. She spent the day remodeling her house, and I was more than happy to help. (Got free ink out of it though!) And the usual Sunday was my day to watch Tokusatsu, so that left no time to watch Ducktales either. HOWEVER!! This was just a trial run. And I have found that during regular weekday evenings, I can fit in WAY more than 2 episodes. So expect much greater progress in the days to come, especially thanks to Monday. 

 This week was Kamen Rider Fourze's 10th Anniversary! IT'S SPACE TIME!!!  Normally I don't care about specific shows like this one, but it's special to me, and it's funny because I've been streaming it as of recently on Discord for some of my friends to see. It's kind of bitter sweet because we may never see the full cast return for a Fourze reunion special; some has retired and one of the cast members joined a crazy religious cult. However, a large chunk of the staring cast did reunite to sing a cover of "Giant Step", one of the insert songs from the show. It's nice knowing not all hope is lost~.

 Saber Extra Chapter: One Last Slice!  Huh. Rintaro/Blades and Mei. Who knew? Can't say I saw that coming... So this is the bonus episode, the happily ever after special, the one that pads out the episode count. Can't say I particularly liked it since it was just a stretched-out goodbye for the characters. I would have preferred more plot, like maybe explaining how Touma/Saber survived and set things straight from the last episode. But really, this episode has two other strengths. It shows that in the spirit of Heisei's final half, Reiwa will also be a somewhat connected universe also! And I think this might also be an upgrade. Before, we never had Rider doing hand-offs like Super Sentai. Then the new Rider would make teaser appearances in the previous Rider's movie. Now we're doing entire episodes dedicated to the hand-off? What an upgrade! For now, please continue reading to see my full thoughts...

 Zenkaiger 25: Watch Your Step Back.  25 episodes; the typical halfway point in any 50-episode long series. I guess this would be a fine place to put a flashback episode, though some would prefer it much later. I just prefer flashback episodes to have SOMETHING that advances the story, but that wasn't here. In fact, this episode shows Tojitendo at their dumbest. They really sent one of their monsters back in time without any way of confirming his identity to his superiors?! And I thought they had a brilliant scientist on their team. Oddly enough, that's what helps our heroes out, because Secchan can confirm his identity far more easily. And yet, considering what's about to happen in my life, a flashback episode seems very appropriate right now...

 My final thoughts on Kamen Rider Saber, minus the movies since I haven't seen them all...  This show is a mixed bag. In the beginning, it had an idea of the story it wanted to tell, but it was all over the place in terms of getting there. At one point, I swear they were building up a different kind of story. It was very disorganized, and only somewhat Rider-traditional in certain areas. By the later half, things started getting more focused. Stories that they built up to were beginning to have their payoffs. Dare I say, there were actually good moments. Once again, I hesitate to say anything negative about it because it premiered during COVID season. To some, this show was just what they needed in dark, uncertain times. To those that loved the show, great! Happy for you. However, I was really scared. The first half of the season was WAY heavy on green screen and CGI, to the point where there was little to no live action stuff. I was afraid that this would be the new direction Tokusatsu takes for a while. Thankfully, that was not the case. Vaccines have made things better. We're still not out of danger, but it's now much easier to film out doors and wear masks less often. This was a ride paved with swords and stories. Some stories had a perfect end, some did not. Let's hope that ReVice reminds us what this brand is all about while still doing something fresh.

 Sadly with a heavy heart, this is where I have to take a break from Kamen Rider for a while.  It just feels right. As of right now, things are uncertain. There is no fansub group tackling ReVice that is dedicated to it. One group that I am rooting for is uncertain if they want to do it long term. Another group is bad that uses amateur subbing practices. A third is a sub group trying to fix the mistakes of the previous group, but their subs are out of sync. Over-Time seems to be watching themselves, so Zenkaiger is their only project for now. Last of all, backwards legal actions strike again, forcing Berndadelta Fansubs to change the way they release things. I think at this point, I'd rather go back and collect all the fansubbed movies and specials I missed out on previously. Now might be the best chance to get them before they disappear completely. I've become lack and complacent about all these things I want to see, so now it's time for me to make things right. Maybe in 3 to 5 weeks, we'll see what happens with me and ReVice. This is not the end, just a detour in the Ride of life.

That's it for now, my crowd.  Take care, and thank goodness the status update glitch is gone.

Yep. I'm running out of cool videos to share, so... Here's a meme. Be sure to adjust your volumes for this one folks, it gets loud fast. You might be okay with headphones, but don't watch this with ear buds. This is "green or purple?" by Serarel.