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Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Episode 42- "A New Hero! A Desperate Meeting!" Discussion
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That should really be a picture of Zyuran or something up there, but I simply refuse to open up the year with anyone other than Magine, okay? It's like my own little New Year's resolution! ...Besides, Gaon is in this one, so it even kinda connects to the whole cat thing, sorta.
Really, you'd think the obvious point of focus here would be the innovative idea of giving a guy from the next Sentai an extended cameo (although I guess Kamen Rider has already done something like this a couple times), but if you thought that too, than just like me, you were probably severely underestimating how committed Zenkaiger is to its own insanity. Like, Don Momotaro shows up, he fights a bit, shills a fresh new toy, all that good stuff. Sure. It's cute and all, but it really is a cameo at the end of the day.
If we're talking about which red hero is truly in the spotlight here, then without a doubt, it's Zyuran. He's completely carrying this entire episode, and carrying the whole team while he's at it, because that's just the kind of cool geezer he is. I have a feeling I don't need to waste too much time explaining all there is to like about Zyuran. He's the old man who's still got it, whether "it" is an endless supply of the best quips in any episode, a relatively chill attitude that balances out the rest of the cast, or the supportive and determined nature to pull everyone together when the going gets tough. We all know him very well by now, and clearly Koumura does too, because it's hard to think of another episode that leverages so much of his character so effectively throughout.
I mean, just for starters, the crux of Zyuran saving the day here is him getting all crotchety about it being too warm, which is brilliant. He gets that dramatic slow motion shot of him getting out from that table, as though it were this impressive feat of heroic willpower, when in actuality it's the exact opposite, and he's just too sweaty to put up with it anymore. He manages to do what seems impossible simply by getting
moderately annoyed
enough to call it quits. And then there's like, the bizarrely down-to-earth Zyuran shopping montage? And then he comes up with a plan to shake everyone from their lethargy by grooving to the theme song? This is like the best episode ever! I mean, most of them are, in a show this consistently amazing, but still. It's impressive that the actual selling point of this one ends up feeling overshadowed by Zyuran doing a bunch of stuff that's entirely mundane at face value. Like, I seriously thought it was more compelling just watching him go shopping than it was watching the new guy, and it's not even like I didn't find the new guy compelling!
That's just kinda the power of this show's stellar writing after most of a year, I suppose. Supremely enjoyable characters, esoteric and absurd premises delivered with heart, a dash of intrigue with the antagonists (can't forget to mention Stacey suffering even more here!), the most creative roll calls ever, ... yup, Zenkaiger's still got it all, just like it did last year. That peach dude is gonna have a lot to live up to when his own show starts.
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