[Paladin]

Hoeru must face FireCandle- and reveal his ultimate wish.

[Dbenavidez]

we will meet again someday.

[Sunred]

Farewell super sentai! Till we meet again!

[Kiwami]

Show was good. Finale was kind of ruined by the Gozyu Unicorn stuff; it was so obvious how she was constantly left out of the group. One could say it was out of respect but I still hate it.

This scene is interesting, on one hand it’s tradition and kind of fun to do despite Sentai ending, on the other to me this looks like they are already preparing to do the “Gavan Infinity was a Super Sentai-show all along”-reveal

[Blade]

i thought this was disappointing. mostly due to the obvious editing around Unicorn. Hoeru fights the Ring War again... and wins again... but we see nothing from that. why not just wish to have his friends brought back to life and call it a day?

[Dbenavidez]

i though this day would never come.

[Grupletruge]

Feeling pretty emotional about the end of both Gozyuger and Sentai as a whole. Whatever anyone says regarding Gavan Infinity and Project RED being the same thing, I don't really agree.

Theres a very distinct formula for Sentai and the rebranding is a sign that they are avoiding that exact mix of ingredients for the foreseeable future. And as silly as it sounds, there really is something to a name, isn't there? I came to Tokusatsu as a whole because I wanted to recapture what I felt watching Power Rangers as a kid, and when I heard that Sentai was in many ways better, and there were ways to watch it, I jumped right in with Gokaiger and learned a ton of the history through that, and just kept eating up shows from there. Before Gokaiger even finished airing I was binging old seasons.

And from there, I fell in love, maybe even more, with Kamen Rider, and ever since then, my way of explaining and getting people to watch tokusatsu was to explain Superhero Time, how Sentai is the source Material for Power Rangers, and the original stuff is even better, and has been running even longer. That story I tell is going to change a bit now...

Gozyuger's ending wasn't perfect, but I think the concept of the show, what it tried to do, and most of its execution, were an amazing note to end on. The show in itself is about accepting life, with all the pain and mistakes and dumb mundane stuff that comes with it...

Maybe one day we'll see another Sentai, and we'll have a new era, like Kamen Rider had. Lets all hope Project RED willsomehow manage to fill as much space in our hearts each week as Super Sentai has for all these decades!

[gashatfreak]

I haven't seen Gozyuger, but it's both sad and beautiful to know that Super Sentai lasted for 50 years. Parting is such sweet sorrow indeed.

I'd love to binge-watch all of Sentai one day.

[Daikaijuman54]

Well, here we are... 50 Years, 49 shows, and a whole lot of toys. And speaking of toys, I got the TegaSword and RyoTegaSword just last week.

But anyway, I've wanted to yap about this show week-to-week like I used to but due to life being busy and whatnot, you'll just have to contend with me dropping a world feast about this show.

To put it simply, I did really enjoy this show. Heck, I'd go as far as to say much like with Zenkaiger I would have loved even more episodes of this, but the main difference is that while the former was because it was just so charming and enjoyable that I just didn't want to say goodbye, this one was more like how I felt with Ultraman Blazar, where I kind of just wanted more to really satisfy me.

This was a show that had a lot of clever wordplay that tied into a variety of different themes that shouldn't have worked together as well as they did but boy did they do it! From the Henshin Shout of "Engage!" being "engage the enemy" and "engage to be married (because rings)" or Wrestling bells and wedding bells, or Hoeru and Kuon's "you are my prey" being a circle (true) and a cross (false) respectively, Ai-ayes ("aye-aye, sir! or "Ai" = Love, or AI), No One/No. 1, or TegaJuune being Juu for Gun and June Bride while also being a finger gun/holding a knife, thinking about how these all fit and corelated made for a fun show.

The Number One Battles being introduced with that group of "hype men" (I don't remember the right term, sorry) was something I enjoyed immensely every episode and was even happier that they never shortened it, and the fighting game style finishers were such a unique and different take than just a big explosion beam attack.

The cast was great, my favorites being Ryugi (The Woz of Super Sentai), Firecandle (took my number one villain spot for last year, which would have been Kuon funny enough), and OrigaRed (I would love to see a TTFC Special starring him and am proud of that kid who designed him). I was a little back and forth with our main man Hoeru, mainly because I thought the whole "howling" thing just looked dumb when he wasn't in suit, but he did grow on me for some of his unique ways of tackling some of the Number One Battles.

The Universe Warriors were a neat idea I kind of wish they did better for, like KuwagataOhger, who I was expecting to be saved for a big episode only to be disappointed that they just said "Nah, he just dropped out" or how I was initially expecting more cameos, but honestly I'm not too let down about that, even though I would have loved to see Kaito Zenkaizer again or one of my other favorite Reds, for what little returning Reds we get for here and the upcoming movie, that's good enough for me.

I'll spare everyone the "drama" we had this season and how it kind of soured my opinion on the show a bit because of the timing with this being the last Sentai show, but aside from that, while there was a lot I enjoyed, I feel like there were some things that prevented this show from being the big finale I wish it was, besides the points I mentioned. Regardless of whether she is at fault or not, I genuinely wish the best to Imamori-San going forward, and if there is ever an opportunity where we get a TTFC Special with a Gozjyu Unicorn Number One Battle between the actresses, that would be neat.

Also, can I just say that I'm surprised I was wrong about BearKuma being a twist villain just because his name sounds like it might have sounded like it was hinting at "Akuma/Demon" just because of how he'd say "Aaaah! Kumakumakumakuma!" Which wouldn't have been nearly as cool (or maybe it would have been, I don't know) as the Calamity (as short lived as it was) or Temu Elon Musk Garyuudo, or if the Knife guy was actually going to cut himself off Cake lady.

Finally, again, even though I haven't watched G-Gundam yet, it's hilarious how many references this show has from it with Tomokazu Seki, the voice of the show's protagonist, Domon, being a Toei Producer AND the Akaranger Universe Warrior (which makes sense since he does voice him in some projects).

Overall, it was another fun entry from Sentai, even if might not be my Number One (which would be Zenkaiger), I still have yet to watch Gokaiger (which I think I will watch later along with Goranger), but I was glad to have been a there with everyone to see Sentai's last big fight for now. Thank you, Super Sentai. Enjoy your break, you've earned it after spending 50 Years without breaks (Unless Hideaki Anno finally decides to make Shin Super Sentai next year). And when you return, I will be waiting for you.

Until then, let us bear witness to the beginning of Project R.E.D. and see if it can become something great!

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

The Number One Battles being introduced with that group of "hype men" (I don't remember the right term, sorry) was something I enjoyed immensely every episode and was even happier that they never shortened it, and the fighting game style finishers were such a unique and different take than just a big explosion beam attack.

If I may assist you on this, the term you're looking for is "ouendan". And here's some fun fact from yours truly.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

The "Masked Ouendan Leader" from Gozyuger.
The fact that it's a legit ouendan doing it is already a win in my book. BTW, for those interested, the entire group, cheerleaders included, seem to be an actual ouendan from Chuo University in Tokyo. Here's a taste of their usual stuff.