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Rant: Faiz Accel vs. Clock Up

velocity7 — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:56:50 +0000

Apparently, some people are coming up with the idea that Clock Up is supposed to be running at the “speed of light”, but I haven’t seen any evidence to indicate this.

I had a look at previous episodes of Kamen Rider Kabuto, and as far as I can tell, there was nothing that explicitly mentioned that the Riders themselves were able to travel at the speed of light. In fact, if they were able to travel at the speed of light, they should have been capable of time travel (as per Einstein’s theory), and only anyone with the Hyper Zecter was capable of that.

Also consider the Worms; they don’t modify spacetime, but they hasten their metabolism instead to move faster; if this pushed them to speed of light, they too would also be time traveling, and only one Worm ever managed to do something really similar (froze time before Hyper Clock Up activated).

Also if you look at early episodes you’ll notice when Clock Up is initiated, people are still moving. If Clock Up really slowed down things to the speed of light, people wouldn’t be turning/spinning while in mid-air (presumably after being hit hard by something). They would be frozen in mid-air, instead. As a result, this proves Clock Up is actually not the speed of light, but rather some sublight speed, most likely closer to the speed of sound.

So whoever of you people are raging that Faiz Accel = Clock Up, that’s just too bad. :p

P.S. On the bright side, Faiz Accel fatigues the user and has a recharge time, compared to Clock Up.

P.S.S. Blade’s Mach (9 of Spades) is more likely to be capable of traveling at speed of light instead (without time travel), as it modifies spacetime in order to do so. Having said that, it hasn’t ever attempted it.

A show that shames beetles

velocity7 — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:10:50 +0000

Too bad. The Kabuto movie was great, but the TV series has degenerated to a point where we don’t know what the hell the characters are even trying to achieve, let alone the villains. As Gourajier put it:

Here’s what I see coming for the end of this show…

Mishima: Hi. You can call me ass-face.
MAXIMUM HYPER TYPHOON

Kagami: I’m angry so I will beat you.
MAXIMUM HYPER TYPHOON

Dark Kabuto: Random ramblings about Hiyori.
MAXIMUM HYPER TYPHOON

Tendou: I’m so godlike I could just touch myself. I bet I could even withstand my own-
MAXIMUM HYPER TYPHOON

555 Hits!

velocity7 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:18:35 +0000

Thanks much everyone for visiting the site quite often now! It’s a lot better than Haruhi’s webpage only getting some 90 real hits. Or am I getting ET activity right now?

HYPER CAST OFF

velocity7 — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:33:46 +0000

WPvideo 1.10

Hyper Kabuto from ep34

Download!

In any case, great stuff. Story still sucks, but Hyper Kabuto kicks ass. I wanna see how badly Tendou’s character was changed in GOD SPEED LOVE, and see why and how it made #1 in Japanese box offices during the summer. I also want to know why it took Toei 34 ****ing episodes to get to something cool.
Oh and, the traditional Kamen Rider kick makes its return! Screw the stupid roundhouse kick, didn’t resonate with me. ^^;