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Mashin Sentai Kiramager Episode 19- "Partners!" Disucssion
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Fish Sandwich
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Yup! That was pretty much perfect!
And I mean,
wow
, did this one more than meet my expectations. The central conceit of the episode, right out of the gate, is just amazing as a launch pad for comedy. It should be obvious an episode about the Kiramagers swapping bodies with their own sentient rocks is going to be hilarious, and yet, this isn't actually an idea Sentai has really done before, to my knowledge? So once again, it goes to show how important the Machines are as characters to this series, on a level that far surpasses most if not all other Sentai with living mecha.
Plus, of course, the comedy here is
stellar
. Pretty much the whole episode is this surreal riot from the moment we see Jouki dancing around like a fool, and the mileage it gets out of the premise from there is just insane. The amount of joy I get from simple things like Jetter
always
having his arms swung out like he needs to pretend to be a plane to balance is indescribable. It's this all-out assault of constant sight gags mixed with more straightforward setup/punchline jokes, and they just keep landing.
Where the episode went above and beyond for me was by having such a consistent theme that leads up to a really pretty considered message. It'd be enough to just use this as a goofy opportunity to explore the characters a bit, but the story nicely builds to this unified point about the importance of providing emotional support and encouragement when you want someone to succeed, and it ties the whole thing together. I expected maybe a quick mini lesson particular to Juuru and Fire to give the episode a little bit of depth, but it goes a lot broader, really living up to that simple episode title, and it comes out better for it, I think. It's also a moral that seems to be pretty clearly aimed at more than just the kids watching, and there's something I always respect about that sort of thing.
Seriously impressive work all around, this episode. Kaori Kaneko is pretty much in the same boat as Ayumi Shimo at this point when it comes to being a fairly new writer for Sentai that's quickly creating quite the track record. As much as I love Arakawa, I'm totally fine with him taking as long as he does to write episodes knowing the people holding down the fort in-between are all doing such great work.
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