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11-12-2019, 03:28 PM | #21 |
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This makes me glad I dropped the show after episode 9. Don't feel like getting pissed off by another show so soon.
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11-12-2019, 04:08 PM | #22 |
Dai Shogun
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In a show like Super Sentai, people are always getting trapped in evil, dangerous pocket dimensions, and they always get free somehow. Nada sacrificing himself so quickly, for stakes we’ve seen beaten like hundreds of times before — multiple times in this very series — did feel a little insane. They needed to build up the new Druidon’s danger levels, and have the team literally on the verge of dying after a prolonged hardcore battle, in order for a sacrifice like that to feel earned. So on that level, it’s definitely flawed.
Bold choices? In Ryusoulger? Can’t say that I’ve seen those. Nada’s death is the about the only time they really did anything noteworthy, for good or bad. Except for the hammer joke in episode 1. That one was awesome. |
11-12-2019, 07:47 PM | #23 |
THE UNSTOPPABLE ONE
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Well I was looking forward to Nada fighting with the team.
I thought they were trying to save Super Sentai not help destroy it. Do they actually believe having little children crying every other episode is going to do the trick? Nada's whole story arc was wasted. And for what? Yet another power up for Koh. This Red has gotten more power ups then the last 5 Reds combined. |
11-12-2019, 07:57 PM | #24 |
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The worst part, they are not even his powerups for the most part, most of them are supposed to be used by other members in the team, but Kou gets first use of them no matter the situation.
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11-12-2019, 10:04 PM | #25 |
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This was a stellar episode taken at face value. The direction was absolutely flawless (of course), the performances were great, the story is tense, and it has so much faith in itself there wasn't a mecha fight, but it really didn't come together for me too well.
Everybody seems to have their own reason why Nada dying sucks, but my biggest gripe is that the show specifically shows Koh about to use his magic healing ability to fix Nada, only for him to insist there's no time, and that Koh needs to go defeat the bad guy... right before he keeps on talking for a full minute. It launched me right out of being invested, and the emotional impact the episode was going for simply didn't land. It honestly would've been easier to suspend my disbelief if they simply ignored the Kagayaki Soul's existence entirely, but the real solution here only needed to be as simple as coming up with some throwaway line of dialogue to explain why that wouldn't work, like they already have before, when Asuna was in trouble a few episodes back. Anyway, I do have to have thank this episode for providing a definitive endpoint to what I'll go ahead and call the Gaisorg Saga. I told myself I was going to wait until the end of it to comment, naively assuming it would be a trilogy at the most, but it turned out to be a sprawling, two-month, epic event debuting several pieces of merch, featuring the talents of Sakomoto's direction for three episodes and Kamihoriuchi's for two, back to back. Overall I think it was a super strong batch of episodes. To the point where I can't even be too upset that the buildup Gaisorg got throughout the show was rather poor. Nada himself turned out to be an extremely fun character, even if I can't understand a word out of his mouth.
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11-13-2019, 01:29 AM | #26 |
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This was a stellar episode taken at face value. The direction was absolutely flawless (of course), the performances were great, the story is tense, and it has so much faith in itself there wasn't a mecha fight, but it really didn't come together for me too well.
Everybody seems to have their own reason why Nada dying sucks, but my biggest gripe is that the show specifically shows Koh about to use his magic healing ability to fix Nada, only for him to insist there's no time, and that Koh needs to go defeat the bad guy... right before he keeps on talking for a full minute. It launched me right out of being invested, and the emotional impact the episode was going for simply didn't land. It honestly would've been easier to suspend my disbelief if they simply ignored the Kagayaki Soul's existence entirely, but the real solution here only needed to be as simple as coming up with some throwaway line of dialogue to explain why that wouldn't work, like they already have before, when Asuna was in trouble a few episodes back. Anyway, I do have to have thank this episode for providing a definitive endpoint to what I'll go ahead and call the Gaisorg Saga. I told myself I was going to wait until the end of it to comment, naively assuming it would be a trilogy at the most, but it turned out to be a sprawling, two-month, epic event debuting several pieces of merch, featuring the talents of Sakomoto's direction for three episodes and Kamihoriuchi's for two, back to back. Overall I think it was a super strong batch of episodes. To the point where I can't even be too upset that the buildup Gaisorg got throughout the show was rather poor. Nada himself turned out to be an extremely fun character, even if I can't understand a word out of his mouth. As for the healing part... maybe they wanted us to realize for ourselves that the healing soul wouldn’t have done anything, just like it didn’t do anything on Asuna, and Koh was just being the naively hopeful puppy dog he always is. Maybe Nada knew it wouldn’t work too and wanted to spare Koh the disappointment. Maybe? That’s how I read it, at least. Whatever the case, Nada’s video message at the end redeemed the questionable emotional impact of the actual death scene. That was really well done. |
11-16-2019, 05:08 AM | #27 |
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I was a bit disappointed mainly because I couldn't see the benefit of killing off Nada. I suppose it did add a bit of impact and maybe they ran out of things to do with his character.
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01-03-2020, 12:42 PM | #28 |
A jump to the sky..
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Playing Sentai catchup. My sentiments echo pretty much the same. Great direction, and an epic moment of sacrifice, cheapened by the lure of a new shiny suit that will have zero effect in 10 episodes.
What is more tragic is the build up for Gaisorg over what, 9 episodes, a full Movie Wars, and etc? I'm gonna keep watching and see if this improves the 'character resolve' of everyone. Last edited by Dormamu; 01-06-2020 at 12:09 PM.. Reason: Adding a little Koh to the mix |
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