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Kakuran
-Hey wait a second did I forget to mention the theme song in my last post? If anything was going to slip my mind, you would think one of the catchiest openings in Sentai history wouldn't be it, but here we are. So yeah, the Kakuranger theme. Good stuff. You can tell it's not messing around because even the usual excited shouting of the title at the start is replaced with more catchy singing. Anyway...
Kakuranger 4-5:
Sure enough, now that the status quo is established, things get a lot easier to digest. The fourth episode keeps things very straightforward, and mostly serves to give an overall feel for how the team are going to bounce off of one another now that they're all together. Spoiler alert: They aren't exactly a well-oiled machine. Which only makes things more entertaining, mind you. This episode had all the fun of the first three, but with the bonus of not making my brain hurt, which made it that much easier to enjoy the absurdity of stuff like the crazy shapeshifting showdown with the monster that ends with him turning into a baseball (for reasons?) and getting smacked around by the Kakurangers. It's a great sequence, and the first moment in the show where the style and tone it was going for really clicked with me. The only point of criticism I have is the weirdly underplayed debut of Muteki Shogun. Granted, it kind of got a cameo in the first two episodes, but this is the first time we see everyone combine, and it's not treated like much of an occasion. The only one trying to build any hype for it is the dang narrator, and you can imagine how much that (doesn't) help.
Episode 5 further settles the show into a nice groove by being the first usual spotlight style episode. I still don't feel like I can actually tell you anything about Saizou's personality, or how it differs compared to his teammates, but hey, once again, the episode is fun, so it's not a huge deal. Nor, apparently, are giant monsters, because for some reason everyone just sits back and lets Ninja Blue try to take care of it all by himself. I guess they're just trying to respect that it's his episode, but geez, guys. You could help him a little. If Muteki Shogun had been there, you might've even actually
beat
the monster. I joke, but of course, I actually
love
when the individual mecha in Sentai exist to do something beyond combining, and the obvious advantage the Jusho (
or Beast Generals or whatever
) have in this department on account of all being dudes in suits makes them huge winners for me.
As for more general observations, first of all, as much I'm ragging on him, the quick rundowns the narrator provides on the Youkai when they show up genuinely are pretty helpful, and would especially be so for anyone who has zero knowledge whatsoever of this kind of thing. It's probably the only useful thing he does? Honestly, if they had they had just went all the way and replaced the parts where he's talking about the show with more assorted trivia, he'd probably be a way more endearing character. Speaking of endearing characters though, I can't help but like Jiraiya. The fact that he doesn't speak Japanese well means a lot of his dialogue so far consists of just shouting his teammates' names in a concerned manner when they're in danger, which has lead to me quickly having the impression he's the only one on the team who's actually glad to be there. All these other guys are always bickering while he stands off to the side, only making the occasional quip, like he's just really happy to be hanging out with everyone and going on adventures. What a guy.
Oh, and that ending theme is also pretty catchy.
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Switchblade
Kakuranger is kind of weird at first. It settles down into something more stable relatively quickly. The narrator is eventually dropped about halfway through the series.
Oh, I didn't really mention it, but I actually figured as much about the show getting more stable. I went through I similar enough experience with Carranger, where the show took a bit to really zone in on what it wanted to do, so it wouldn't surprise me if the same thing happened here.
The bit about the narrator is pretty interesting though. We'll see how I feel when I get there, but right now, I'm
seriously
appreciating how amazing Gekiranger was to have a character like this who was literally a gross fly, and have him be way more charming and likable.
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