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Mashin Sentai Kiramager Episode 40- "An Aching Person!" Discussion
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01-26-2021, 10:14 PM
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Fish Sandwich
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I really enjoyed this one, but that's not too surprising when it revolves around Juuru's passion for art. It could only be more up my alley if it were another Shimo episode, but instead, the writer is... some guy! Who I've never heard of! That, too, is not very surprising, since from what I quickly looked up, it seems Tomihiko Tokunaga is
totally
new to the tokusatsu scene, but has plenty of experience elsewhere.
That sounds about right for this episode's script, which is simultaneously quite competent, and maybe just the tiniest bit out of step with how Kiramager's usual style? Not to any major degree, mind you. Right away, the usual barrage of sight gags and wacky character interactions are all present and accounted for. Not everyone gets the best chance to properly display their personalities, which is maybe one thing that points to this being a new writer, but Shiguru being made to suffer for the viewer's amusement certainly checks out.
Juuru is very much himself too, though it's not like he's a difficult character to get a grasp on. He's super nice, very excitable, appreciates creativity, and loves seeing other people succeed – all of which is right at the center of this episode's sort of weird fairy tale about a nerdy aspiring artist who feels crushed by the world. I'm honestly not sure I understood some of the finer details of what's going on with Hatta in this one? The chain of events at the end, mostly, is either oddly inexplicit for a Sentai episode, or I'm just too dumb for figure out the obvious reason a man's entire house disappeared. This is why I'm saying the script feels different than normal, by the way. The broad strokes of it, though, just everything it was exploring conceptually, I thought that was all great, and super appropriate for Kiramager. People finding joy in expressing themselves and supporting one another in their personal interests gets right to the core of what so much of the series is about, and that's the big victory of the writing for me. Even the way Hatta is characterized as hiding deep feelings of inferiority behind superficial boasts fits in perfectly. It's an impressive first effort, I thought.
What I found even more impressive was the direction, which stood out as unique to me, which, one final time, is not very surprising when the director is
also
some guy! Kouichirou Hayama previously handled a couple random minor LuPat things, like a late series clip show, but obviously it's not exactly a name I took note of with that body of work. Going by this episode, though, I could honestly see that changing. I thought the cinematography here was
super
lively. Stuff like the team all eating in extreme close-up at the start grabbed my attention, but what I ended up finding the most interesting was just the way different scenes have totally different lighting to match the mood. Juuru's side of the plot has a notably
warm
look to a lot of it, especially. But then it'll pull these little tricks like how the colors go cold as Hatta reads nasty online comments, only to gradually rise back to an even more aggressive golden hour orange as he's offered false salvation by the monster. A lot of nice attention to detail in the visuals this week.
So yeah, despite the unfamiliar talent behind it, I thought this ended up being a real solid episode with a bit of a different flavor. Wouldn't mind seeing more from either of these guys!
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