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Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Episode 21- "Giant Monster Of Great Destruction!" Discussion
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08-02-2021, 07:07 PM
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Man, hard to believe I managed to last a week without this show when this is the kind of quality it comes back with. Which is to say, you know,
the usual quality
, but that's exactly what I'm getting at here – it's still crazy to me that Zenkaiger is a series where I can legitimately take episodes this good for granted, because they're seriously that common.
Right away, the concept for this plot is... er, well, I mean, I can say it's fantastic, or great, or super fun, or whatever else, but in a cruel twist of irony, I'm not sure I can phrase this thought in a way that isn't just a copy of something I've said before about the plots in this show!
...Let's just go with "super fun" anyway, then. Evil doppelgangers of the heroes is a concept that almost always makes for some entertaining scenarios, and naturally, Koumura's stellar scenario takes full advantage of that. The specific bent of knockoff Kaito and Zox as being obnoxious hooligans rather than any sort of remotely grim villains was but one of the smart choices made here. These guys are a
riot
... especially when they're literally rioting! There's not a second of their antics I didn't adore, whether they were violently shooting up jewelry stores, making sneaky shout-outs to one of my favorite Sentai, or blessing us with the latest piece of the Collection... of clever twists on the team's roll call! Honestly, I might go so far as to say they had better chemistry together than the real deals did. Yes, I liked these two goons so much, I'm finding it hard to bid them
adieu!
And then of course having the monster running around making all these evil twins be a literal copy machine who gets defeated in part because
he runs out of toner
is, uh... I've definitely used "genius" a lot before with this show too, haven't I? It really is though!
One other bit of writing I felt was especially clever was how through both Yatsude and Kaito, the show takes time out to attach specific weight to the idea of the fake Kaito using a Geartlinger to commit crimes, in stark contrast to how Zox is bothered simply by the usual issue in plots like this of someone running around with his face. It's just a great little moment for each of those characters; it's heartwarming how sentimental they are about like, the
wishes
behind the creations of Kaito's parents, and I always appreciate when the toys in a merchandise-driven toku show are made to feel like something grander in the narrative.
Beyond that, everything in this plot is rock solid, even if I have less to say about it. Despite what I said a few paragraphs back, it was pretty neat seeing Kaito and Zox coming together as a bit of a team, and it was even nicer that the Kikainoids didn't feel shoved off to the side to make way for that. (That toner joke only happens because of Magine! That's how you know she's the best!) There are some other small concepts in there I thought were really interesting, as well, between Flint apparently being
actively dreaded
by the villains, and the way Kaito getting caught by the police plays out. I'd kind of assume that would be some big dilemma, and while it DOES end with the obligatory breakout courtesy of a certain showy outlaw, the actual tone between Kaito and that cop is just like... mutual understanding and sympathy? It's a weirdly non-stereotypical choice to make, and I feel like I'm only sort of grasping some deeper motivation behind writing it that way, but it fits with the idea that the show has presented here and there that the team are very much popular with the public as like, the Friendly Neighborhood Zenkaigers, and I dig that idea so much.
Great episode all around; I got this far in and only just now remembered I was supposed to mention how insanely adorable the idea of the decor on the robot set joining the fight is! It's at once a very budget-conscious concept and also genuinely a clever twist. And uh, it feels a lot less low-budget once they all start getting violently destroyed by a huge mechanical dinosaur! That's a level of physical, practical destruction I don't think you see too often in Super Sentai, and it made for a heck of a fitting debut for a new big monster of a robot.
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