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Fish Sandwich
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Kakuranger 30-31:
Man, the Kakurangers sure are keeping busy lately. You'd think returning from their epic quests to finally defeat Junior, save a bunch of people who got turned into stone, and prevent an ancient evil from entering our world and laying waste to civilization as we know it would be enough to fill episode 30. But as it turns out, Tsuruhime's allegedly deceased father is now back, apparently working for the bad guys. I still remember when a Youkai wanting to be on TV, or turn everyone's clothes into rags were considered enough to constitute a conflict in this show. Now everything's gotta be all heavy. Not that I'm complaining. This is another great episode, with a lot of tension and intrigue, that also somehow manages to avoid feeling redundant in spite of having the same basic premise as the last two episodes with Jiraiya's master.
Things come to a suitably epic conclusion in episode 31. Well, I
say
conclusion, but the team didn't quite manage the whole "prevent an ancient evil from entering our world" thing in the end. After all, there's still about 20 episodes left to go. I'm actually struggling a bit to say a lot about these ones, probably because they're just as much of a new beginning as they are an ending, but they really are great. This whole arc launched the show to new heights. Capping it off with the Kakurangers having to move on without their mentor was also a great way to symbolize the growth of the team, and another in an increasingly long line of surprisingly solemn moments from this series.
It's not all bad news though! They did get a spiffy new robot out of the deal. Kakure Dai-Shogun's debut really feels like an event in a way that doesn't always happen in Sentai. Granted, the combination itself isn't treated with a whole lot of fanfare, but the context of this being the end of a huge story arc, and the fact that we saw this thing getting assembled bit by bit over the course of said arc, give it a huge impact anyway. It's also just a plain cool robot that seems to have an easier time moving around than Muteki Shogun, supporting a theory that's been rattling around in my brain ever since the Jusho Fighters showed up out of nowhere. I think the original Jusho and Muteki Shogun ended up being
way
too bulky as suits, and the show was kind of desperate to get rid of them. Obviously new mechs = new merch, too, but the Fighters were such a weirdly specific, redundant concept (robot guys but... still just robot guys!) it wouldn't surprise me if part of their creation was the staff on the show wanting something slimmer to work with. It would definitely explain why so many of Muteki Shogun's appearances were almost nothing but stock footage if they straight up didn't want to film new material for him whenever it could be avoided. Even Super Muteki Shogun is largely shown standing in place.
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