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What are you watching (Sentai edition)
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Kakuranger 6-7:
Episode 6 is another one that really pushes the out-there atmosphere of Kakuranger in a good way, taking a completely absurd plot about a Youkai trying to marry Tsuruhime, and just rolling with it as far as it can go. Even in a show going for wacky comedy, having her and the Youkai arguing about the subject would probably be considered enough, but Kakuranger goes the extra mile by having them end up in Youkai court for a bit to go through divorce proceedings. I can't hate that kind of commitment to being wacky. Although despite the episode being about Tsuruhime, once again, Jiraiya is the guy drawing all my attention. Between being the only one to say hi to the team food truck in the morning (oh, uh, their food truck is also a cat, if you didn't know), being the only one to notice when Tsuruhime mysteriously disappears, and being the only one not to laugh at her dreams here, my assessment that he's the nicest person on the team is quickly proving more and more correct. Sure, he does get in on some mild teasing at the very end, but that's probably just because he didn't want to look like a stick in the mud.
7 is Naruhisa Arakawa's first crack at writing the show, and he immediately reminds me why I like him by having the very first thing that happens be the narrator nearly getting killed by some stray shuriken, which I can't help but interpret as an subtle act of rebellion against the format on his part. It's genuinely a really inspired way to open the story, too, making the narration bit feel less disconnected and getting right to showing the Kakurangers training to do ninja stuff, which, in of itself, is also new and very nice to see. I like the implication these people actually are putting some work in, rather than just randomly gaining all these skills out of nowhere. The plot itself deals with Seikai being unable to control his appetite thanks to a gluttonous Youkai, and again, Kakuranger dares to go places with these concepts other shows wouldn't. Having some cheap gags where a character chows down on so much food there are stacks of empty plates all over the table and they get fat? Yeah, whatever, that's cool. Having that character
also
become a giant, and having the resolution involve Tsuruhime turning herself into an equally huge burger to lure the Youkai out of Seikai's stomach?
That's
something I haven't seen before. And coming from the writer who later went on to make eating tomatoes seem epic in Gingaman, you'd better believe the episode has some of the show's most solid character drama so far in-between all the laughs. Plus, Jiraiya's sole line in the episode is to express sympathy for Seikai's plight, so that's one more shining moment of camaraderie from him. He even said it in Japanese so everyone would get it!
Also, Muteki Shogun is freakin' brutal, man. The mecha fights in both these episodes last like under 30 seconds, and most of that is just the windup to the Youkai getting chopped in half by a flaming sword. They don't stand a chance.
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