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What are you watching (Sentai edition)
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Fish Sandwich
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Kakuranger 24-25:
Hoooooooo
boy did I ever like episode 24. When the preview and the title both hype it up as the end of a chapter for the show, I kind of expect something that feels like an event, and this nailed it. You get an awesome fight between the Kakurangers and Junior's kunoichi where everyone gets to show off their skills, and, having delivered on the big action upfront, the rest of the episode is free to tell us how the series is changing gears for the time being. A lot of it is just exposition, but it's compelling exposition. It's like this was just the goofy ninja show, and now all of a sudden there's an epic quest, a more defined mythos, and a problem so huge the team has no choice but to leave it be for now, and each go their separate ways to gain the power to eventually confront it. It feels huge. There's a level of solemn sentimentality to the group, lit by a setting (rising?) sun, all vowing to one day meet again that feels totally earned. It really is kinda sad. Don't split them up! This is totally uncharted territory! How are we gonna have a Sentai show with no team?!
Well, I guess it looks something like episode 25. Funny thing, I actually knew about this chunk of Kakuranger already, but I've been getting so into it, I completely forgot it seriously had the audacity to break up the protagonists in the middle of the show. That's pretty daring, and I can't help but like it. Naturally, things lead off with Sasuke, and given the track record of his focus episodes, it should go without saying this is a pretty solid one. He's playing to his strengths here, protecting the weak, occasionally doubting his ability to so, and then gritting his teeth and doing it anyway in the end. He also makes some time to take a brief vacation at Rindo Lake Family Farms, but come on, all the cool 90's Sentai were doing that. What's a little more noteworthy is Sasuke's new and improved monkey robot, which gets some time to shine in the climax, since we're currently a few pieces short of a combiner. Just one more way the decision to do this plotline is paying off big time.
Since the Youkai in 25 provides his own exposition, I figure that's my cue to pay my respects to the narrator. I badmouthed the poor guy a lot at the start, but now that he's gone, I have to admit I wouldn't mind him still being around. His presence rapidly started getting downplayed after the first few episodes, which meant he didn't have time to make annoying jokes, and at that point, there's not much to be annoyed at him for. I said the pop-culture theming was flying over my head without context, and indeed, after learning what
koudan
is, I gained a certain level of respect for Kakuranger's creative decision to deliberately employ a form of traditional Japanese storytelling that was already considered outdated in the 90's in their hyper-modern action TV show aimed at youth. It's emblematic of the kind of "past and present in a blender set to puree" style that makes it unique. The good news is that it feels less like the show
gave up
on the narrator, and more that it's naturally grown into something that doesn't need him over time. Like it doesn't need gimmicks to stand on its own two feet now. Which is great... as long they keep the "SHU!SHU!SHU!" onomatopoeia whenever someone throws shuriken. I
love
that.
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