Ryuusei 15 (Double the spoilers, double the fun!)

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Once again, this episode begins with that damn intro!! For crying out loud, the game has been out for over a month, we get the premise already! That's 50 seconds wasted.

A group of Metools and some viruses with red caps are attacking a Wave Road above a bridge. Satellite Police (and Goyoda) to the rescue! Cue Ghostbusters theme. But wait, what's this? The men are stricken with uncontrollable laughter! They won't be any use like this! While everyone's immobilized by these bouts, the red cap viruses drop what appear to be Stone Cubes on top of the police cars, crushing them. (What?)

Title Screen: Laughing Radio Wave Space!

Subaru is at the planetary, watching a hologram of the solar system. He gets a call from someone, and leaves. Out in the hallway, Gonta, Kizamaro, and Luna are also stricken with the giggles. Subaru is understandably weirded out, and takes off.

It's not just those three that are laughing; the other people in the hall begin to laugh too. What could be the matter?

Now we're at Amaken, and hey! Amachi appears after a 9 episode vacation. He and Subaru are sitting on the grass in front of a display of an old rocket from the 20th century. Subaru expresses his new found love for space. Amachi seems pleased, and begins to talk about Daigo.

War Rock has to ruin the moment by shooting his mouth of, much to Subaru's dismay. Amachi starts to question him (Subaru), when the air raid siren goes off! Inside Amaken, the workers are laughing too! Tanks of some sort have been damaged, and smoke, or some other gas is leaking into the room. Subaru and War Rock come to the conclusion that an FM is behind this.

Once he's outside, Subaru goes Rockman, and takes to the Wave Roads. According to War Rock the one behind this is Gemini.

Somewhere else, Gemini Spark W uses some signal to make car driver begin to laugh, not good, especially at intersections. Cars begin to crash, and occupants argue... sorta. It's like that Dr. Scholls commerical. The Joker would be envious.

Anyway, R-Subaru finds Gemini Spark WY, whos goes on about Denpa Henken, then introduces himself as Gemini Spark and charges. The two clash, Spark White mentioning Andromeda. R-Subaru fires several buster shots, but White blocks them with Barrier. (I'm assuming he's using a Battlecard here) He follows up by firing his left fist (the golden one) at Subaru, but he evades, reappearing on top of a skyscraper.

'' It's useless human.'' The fist comes back around, tracking Subaru as he leaps from building to building. He hides behind a billboard featuring Misora, but White snaps his fingers and the fist phases through, forcing Subaru to start running again.

Meanwhile... Goyoda is still feeling a bit jovial when he runs into all of the drivers, who by now are half fighting, half joking. His light lights up, shit's going down! Subaru leaps across several cars, and right by the inspector. Goyoda starts going into his ''I'll get you Rockman!'' tirade, and almost gets his head taken off by the fist.

Subaru uses a battlecard that turns him into a racconish creature, and the fists (there was only one! Where did the other come from?) hit that. It appears to be Ryuusei's equivalent of Kawarmiri, for he emerges safe.

Or is he? White, now armed with an Elec Sword, comes in for an attack. Subaru blocks it by having War Rock... bite it... Not the wisest of moves, eh? Subaru counters with a sword of his own. WHat sword it is, I'm not sure. He either said Wide Sword, or something beginning with an R.

White vanishes and appears behind Subaru. When Subaru attacks again, White vanishes again. Denpa Henken allows him to do that. Finally, he lands a blow, giving me Stream flashbacks as a panning shot of Subaru screaming is shown to indicate a hit.

Goyoda comes charging into the scene, bent on getting Rockman, but White easily sends him sprawling. Subaru next employs a weird looking, bulbous cannon, and he nails White with it.

Subaru's about to hit again, when someone shoots a Plasma Cannon at him! It's Gemini Spark Black! War Rock and Subaru are surprised, but you're dealing with an FM based on Gemini, the twins. Subaru needs to brush up on his constellations.

Anyway, the two clash hands. Gemini Thunder! The combined blast creates and large crater. Luckily, Subaru vanished just in time. Gemini Spark disappears, leaving Goyoda alone. Subaru runs along the Wave Road.

In front of the school, Hikaru appears out of thin air. He smiles, and Gemini appears behind him.
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This ep did make up for last week's though I think the battle could've been animated better. There should be no reason to saturate it with still shots when you have proven in the past that you can do better.

Interesting none the less. I'm guessing the Spark Black is going to make people pissed off next week, as the title is called Angry Radio Wave Space.
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Unknown Neo · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:59 am Post subject:

That's interesting. He has a tough way of fighting. Is he this hard to fight in the game?

**Sketch** · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject:

Game Spoilers: [spoil:39bf74c47f]In the game, you fight both of them at the same time, only Gemini Spark B can be hurt. Attacking Gemini Spark W will only waste your attacks.[/spoil:39bf74c47f]

Gemini Spark was alright...although I don't approve of how happy Gemini Spark B looked, he's supposed to be the evil one. It was still good, much better than last week. I can only guess the next two episodes have to do with them.
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JH24 · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:11 pm Post subject:

A very interesting and for me personally enjoyable episode. The fight could have been better, but it was still pretty good. I agree with you ComicX6 about the Stream flashback when Rockman was hit. I got the exact same feeling and I really hope this won't become a standard in future episodes.

I like the Gemini villain, and I am very curious what exactly will happen next week.

The last episode was disappointing to me, but this one made up for it. The moment were Warrock started to talk while Subaru was talking to Amachi was funny, especially Subaru's reaction.

There is only one thing bothering me and I guess that is Warock. I mean, in the last series we had Netto and Rockman, I like Subaru a bit better then Netto but I really prefer Rockman from Exe over Warock. I don't know, although I like his design I just find him lacking personality but I guess this is more because I don't understand what exactly is being said in the series.
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DrkXFuZion · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:16 pm Post subject:

**Sketch** · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject:

Huh, I always thought it was B who was supposed to be the unhappy one. .-. Oh well, that's what I get for playing a game in a language I don't understand. XD

...but they were both still pretty happy. >:0
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Tachyon360 · Le Croissant Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 740

Maybe they're bipolar. *Bah dum ching!*

Frankly, what's annoying me is that they've pigeonholed Harp Note. If they can't work Misora back in within the next two episodes, I'm going to be ticked.
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TheWebbuilder · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject:

Gaaah... stupid library filter. Let's try typing all of this out again...

Frankly, I found Gemini Spark's design to be downright ugly. And when it came to the plot, I really found the non-Gemini portion to be more intriguing. It'd love to know what the Subaru/Amachi/WarRock exchange was about.

Also, Gemini using the teleportation skill really made the battle for me. Seeing someone else besides Rock go all glowy and teleport around went a long way towards making it real. Now I just wonder if WarRock's going to get heartburn from chowing down on that thunder-blade-thing...

Now onto the series as a whole... I've really felt let down by the past couple of episodes. I realize that they've only got 26 eps to do all this in, but compared to the first few episodes the recent stock has been abysmal. We barely get a glimpse of the humans before they're sucked into the world of FM possession, and it's felt a little too much like 'monster-of-the-day-syndrome'. Especially since every FM has been blasted out of their fusion, save Cygnus, that really leaves it feeling repetative.

I do like how the FM Fusions (pardon my buchering of Ryuusei terms. There's no way I'd be able to spell this stuff right from memory) have been interacting with the real world. Having the battles use real world objects just really brings it home and is something that Cross Fusion just flat out failed to do.

And speaking of Cygnus, he and Harp Note are still MIA. When Cygnus does return, it's got to be with something spectacular. It's going to be dissappointing otherwise. I can really see Harp Note surfacing to help out with RockMan's double-team problem against Gemini Spark, but if she doesn't show up soon... grr...

And we're up to episode 15 and there is still no indication about Rock's Leo, Pegasis and Dragon forms showing up. If they save those for the final fight against Andromeda I'm going to really be annoyed.

Now I just wonder if WarRock ever gets sick from getting swung all over creation when RockMan takes off running down a Wave Road...
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TheWebbuilder · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject:

Edit: My apologies. I seriously don't know what happened here.
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ComicX6 · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject:

Maybe this season (25-26 episodes, if Beast Plus was any indication), will just introduce the various characters and define the universe a bit more clearly, while the second (hopefully without Ape Escape, so that we can get some decent episodes instead of one or two shots), will delve more deeply into the game's plot.

But I do agree that Ryuusei isn't starting the new year off on the right foot. What happened to the high quality animation and pacing that we got in 1-11? This is starting to feel, as I mentioned in the summery, like Stream, except with only 10 minutes.

BTW, the next two eps seem to deal with Gemini Spark some more, and then comes Cancer, who has ripped off Bubbleman's puku. He says, according to 18's title, buku.
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Aquaman OS · Net Police Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 448

It would have to be. There's no way they can wrap up the storyline now for 26 episodes. They would need to go longer.

Nenji · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject:

They've already run through two thirds of the storyline bosses, I'd say the series will probably be 25-26 episodes.
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BluntmanEXE · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject:

All I can say is.....I LIKE Gemini Spark. He reminds me of a schizophrenic, slightly demented version of Elecman from EXE. (who was one of my favorite Navis. Electric-themed bosses in any Rockman/Megaman game are always my favorites)

Oh, just a few responses I want to make to some posts made by a few others here....

1. I think the reason Luna-tachi were on the floor is because they were looking for Luna's contact lens.

2. Just because the FM aliens were blasted out of their fusion doesn't mean we won't see them again. Don't forget, Ox swore revenge right before he fled from the previous fight.

3. Somehow, I don't think they're gonna wait till the end of the series to introduce the Pegasus/Leo/Dragon forms. Otherwise, we wouldn't keep seeing them during the OP theme.

But I agree that this ep made up for the previous one. And we do have a bit to look forward to. More Gemini Spark action, and we'll find out if Cancer Bubble can live up to the legacy that is Bubbleman.

As for myself, I'm still waiting for Ophiuchus Queen to show up, not only because I think Luna's uber-kawaii, but I'm also dying to see how she'll react when she's for to throw down with her beloved Rockman-sama.
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BluntmanEXE · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject:

All I can say is.....I LIKE Gemini Spark. He reminds me of a schizophrenic, slightly demented version of Elecman from EXE. (who was one of my favorite Navis. Electric-themed bosses in any Rockman/Megaman game are always my favorites)

Oh, just a few responses I want to make to some posts made by a few others here....

1. I think the reason Luna-tachi were on the floor is because they were looking for Luna's contact lens.

2. Just because the FM aliens were blasted out of their fusion doesn't mean we won't see them again. Don't forget, Ox swore revenge right before he fled from the previous fight.

3. Somehow, I don't think they're gonna wait till the end of the series to introduce the Pegasus/Leo/Dragon forms. Otherwise, we wouldn't keep seeing them during the OP theme.

But I agree that this ep made up for the previous one. And we do have a bit to look forward to. More Gemini Spark action, and we'll find out if Cancer Bubble can live up to the legacy that is Bubbleman.

As for myself, I'm still waiting for Ophiuchus Queen to show up, not only because I think Luna's uber-kawaii, but I'm also dying to see how she'll react when she's forced to throw down with her beloved Rockman-sama.
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