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Kakuranger 22-23:
22 is a perfectly okay episode about Seikai's latest (and surprisingly successful!) quest to win a random woman over. Nothing mind-blowing, but, you know, it hits all the basic points. It's playing to the unique aspect of the spotlight character, it's got some fun absurd bits like the monster being defeated by a vacuum cleaner. Still, with Junior nowhere to be seen, it's so disconnected from everything it could just as easily be one of the first dozen episodes, if not for the presence of the Jusho Fighters, of course. They're here to do a giant-sized Kakuranger Ball at the end, which I really
want
to be all over, but, uh, I'm kinda angry at these things all over again. Yeah, I know, but the second I started cutting them some slack, the very next episode just
had
to go and feature Muteki Shogun losing to some random monster of the week like it's nothing to "justify" the Fighters stepping in, even though the show has never been bothered about having a reason before. Did they seriously need to undercut one of the coolest Sentai robots ever in some random filler episode? What about the name?! The name is a lie now! The Youkai even points this out when he beats him! The show knew what it was doing was wrong and it did it anyway! I swear, if they don't do something to make up for this
real
quick...
In 24, the show attempts to make it up to Muteki Shogun by giving him the bird. Not like Junior, I mean. He's busy holding a rock concert to summon forth the ultimate evil (this show, man). I'm talking about Tsubasamaru's debut, which means
Super
Muteki Shogun. I'm honestly not too sure how I feel about this one. It's definitely good, but it feels like it should be
great
, and would be if not for a few problems with context. First of all, it's very, very obvious Muteki Shogun losing a fight and needing an upgrade was supposed to be a big, shocking event, which makes it all the more baffling the previous episode featured him crying (yes, seriously) and losing to random smoke guy. That episode's script wasn't from main series writer Noboru Sugimura, so it's likely something simply got a little mismanaged there. What's less of an issue, but still much weirder, is the Kakurangers' sudden surprise at seeing Muteki Shogun showing up without them combining, even though there have been several prior instances of Muteki Shogun doing so, all of which were in episodes written by Sugimura, including the very recent 20. So to see Sasuke in particular get so confused about the notion of him being alive at this point is an oddity. It feels like I'm missing something. All that being said, this is still a pretty strong start to a massive turning point for the series. It has a sense of finality to it. Especially when it starts with Tsuruhime celebrating her birthday and remarking on how much closer the team has become.
Which leads me to something I've been giving the show until this halfway point to talk about
: the characterization. I don't doubt Tsuruhime's assertion the group has been getting along more over time, but Kakuranger has had a hard time establishing these characters, to say the least. I think part of the issue is that they avoided going for particularly generic archetypes. Nobody is "the smart one", or "the tough one". There's no brooding loner or cool guy. Where that went a bit wrong is that, for the first dozen episodes or so, everybody was basically one interchangeable idiot. If I have an issue with Kakuranger so far, it's definitely that. And yet, I feel the need to turn this back around into more praise, because, all things considered, it's only been a minor issue. Not something that ever truly bothered me. Especially since,
after
those initial episodes, the show
has
been steadily finding a groove for everyone. Tsuruhime is competent. Sasuke's dedicated. Saizou is frivolous. Seikai impulsive. Jiraiya sensitive. We're definitely getting somewhere with these guys, who even to begin with were still likable. I'm excited to see whatever new direction the show is going to move in from here, and how hopefully, it carries the progress it's already been making into something even better.
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