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Mashin Sentai Kiramager Episode 22- "Are You Prepared? The Witch Is There!"
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Fish Sandwich
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This was an entirely satisfying conclusion, but I do wish it could've been maybe a bit more. Between the emphasis on advancing an overarching plot, the debut of a new mecha, and the use of an exciting cliffhanger in the previous episode, I get the feeling this was meant to come off as a bit more of an event than it ended up being. There's not a lot about either of these episodes that particularly blew my mind, or that felt more tense and/or emotional than the average episode of Kiramager.
The upside here being, of course, that an average episode of Kiramager is still supremely enjoyable. Literally the first second of the episode put a smile on my face when the recap included the lecture on sharks from the beginning of the first part. Like, was that seriously relevant information that's going to pay off in this one? It was endearingly brazen to lead off with that, even before it became apparent that it actually was, in part, relevant to the climax here. Not really in a big enough capacity where it needed to be in the recap, but if it wasn't, I might not have appreciated how solid the construction here is as much.
For example, it makes a lot more sense now why Fire specifically felt the need to relate the backstory last week, because, hey, guess what? It turns out that was setting up how the time travelling adventure in this one takes place. And that chunk of the episode was loads of fun. You just can't compete with how adorable Juuru is trying to play off his blatant attempt at theft like he's just here to help out.
Of course, he
is
there to help out, since Takamichi chooses to remain in the present, making the responsible decision since there's a giant monster on the loose, and he's the only one with a working robot right now. His "arc" here is still a whole lot of nothing I feel like we didn't get already, but I did enjoy how it played out nonetheless. It's sort of weirdly heartwarming how just collapses once Juuru shows up in Zabyun. It does a lot to make him look heroic to show that he was pushing himself way past his limits, yet only gave in to exhaustion once he knew for sure things were going to work out. It also sells how much living up to Mabusheena's expectations means to him nicely since he's doing all that work entirely to protect the city. Just a really great beat all around.
All of this is bolstered by the continued energetic direction of Sakamoto, adding some wild action scenes that come together to make this probably not a
great
episode of Kiramager, but certainly a good one. No real complaints from me here.
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