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02-04-2017, 08:01 AM | #1 |
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The Zyuohgers make their final stand! Can they stop the Dethgaliens for good?!
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02-05-2017, 06:25 PM | #2 |
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Oh man, what a solid finale. The actual big climactic fight was cool and everything, if a little undercut by the ad breaks (the theme song just stops), but all the wrap-up stuff REALLY shined here. I think I'll try some bullet points about the episode before saying some stuff about the series as a whole, so:
- Man, Naria just can't catch a break - Given how much the series has banged on about how everything is connected, I actually quite like how the team wins the fight because the Earth itself basically wills it to happen. Don't mess with this planet indeed. I guess it's a little deus ex machina, but it's all good. - Love seeing everyone chill out on Wild Tousai Dodeka King's (I think I got the name right?) shoulder and just take in the view. There's just kind of a cool novelty to seeing stuff like that. - I love how Leo shoves everybody into that group hug. Zyuohger was always great about letting the characters show personality in subtle ways like that, and this is no exception. - So, um, this is the big one. I guess the Rangers going back in time to defeat Sledge prevented the extinction of the dinosaurs from ever happening. WHAT!!!? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! What about the canon!? Is Ninja Steel gonna have dinosaurs!? Way to screw up decades of continuity, Saban. Nice going. - I guess that guy who fell off that cliff in Zyuland really DID just die, then? Dang, the one time I took note of something for later in the whole show and it's the one thing that didn't come back up again. - I'm going to miss that ending theme. I've really grown to like it the past couple months. They even named the episode after a line from it, so you know it's awesome. I think that about covers it, but then I always think that with Ex-Aid every week and I always end up forgetting something. I like this show a lot. I was mostly just mildly enjoying it for a lot of its run but now that it's gone, I'm really gonna miss it. I enjoyed these characters, I enjoyed their world, and I enjoyed even the most bland of their weekly adventures. The team especially, for how much I've complained (if you can call it that) that Yamato is the center of the world, had likable personalities and great chemistry that really made you feel like these guys were indeed "a pack of champions". I'm pretty bummed I'm not going to get to see them anymore for a while. Like, can Yamato just be in Kyuranger? I really like Yamato. This Lucky guy has some big shoes to fill. So yeah, I give Zyuohger a very high ちょうかっこイーグル/10. Just a dang good show all around.
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02-05-2017, 08:28 PM | #3 |
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I really enjoyed it! While the fighting was a little lacking (Mostly to blame on the Genis suit being obvious unwieldy to work in), it was still really great to watch. The reveal on what Genis really is was pretty neat, and man...Poor Naria...Is what I would say if I really cared. Metal Alice she was not.
Seeing Yamato using all 3 powers was pretty neat, and the back and forth was alright~ The shot of the Zyuohgers on Wild Tousai Dodeka King was pretty nice, and the overall ending to the fighting was solid, even if Genis had to do it in the borderline immobile default form. Anyway, a couple quick notes from the first half of the episode: I didn't think the reason why Misao specifically was chosen would circle back. Misao may understand Genis, but it certainly doesn't mean they're similar I felt the Earth returning everyone's powers was a bit deus ex machina-y. I'm not really harping on it, since it was basically the Earth giving back to it's protectors. I also liked the Earth denying Genis strength. I was half anticipating Genis to basically shotgun a fistful of the Continues. I'm still kinda curious over what would've happened Anyway, the second half of this episode was great. I actually didn't anticipate the worlds fusing again. Just thought it would be a permanently open portal. Zyuohger is gonna be pretty hard to fit into Gokaiger's shared continuity methods It was great to see the Zyuohgers back with their families (Even though it was painfully obvious that they only had 1 lion/shark/elephant/tiger mask). Bard and Yamato's father holding a light hearted discussion was also nice. Speaking of, I found it a little weird Yamato and his father didn't interact, despite the last 5 or so episodes featuring subplots about them coming together. Oh well. I loved the ending. Seeing everyone happily dancing was great! It brought such a smile across my face! The episode wasn't perfect, but it was certainly satisfying. I really love the Zyuohgers, and I was one of the more negative onlookers when it was first announced. I'mma miss them all. It was cute watching Shishi Red keeping Yamato from flying away in the hand off, though~ Let's hope Kyuranger has enough spirit and character!
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02-05-2017, 09:07 PM | #4 |
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That Zyuohger finale was horrible. It was just one giant rushed mess of plot conveniences after another without any actual consequences or payoff that felt natural. God that sucked!
Also, what was the point of having Naria come back just to be killed by Genis? That was a waste of time this episode didn't have. Last edited by Dr Kain; 02-05-2017 at 09:21 PM.. |
02-05-2017, 09:37 PM | #5 |
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The fight scene was a bit rushed but the episode was great overall. I did not expect them to combine the Earth and Zyuland. That was a surprise. Seeing the human interact with Zyumen was interesting. I loved how Misao and Larri work together and when Misao thinks of the three Zyumen that he got his powers from. The dance at the end was great since they had all ten animals. I say this for all shows, but I will really miss Zyuohger. One week until Kyuranger!
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02-05-2017, 10:05 PM | #6 |
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I guess just to rub in that he's a compassionless jerk who doesn't value his allies, hence why he's a loser and the Zyuohgers are cool guys. I think the weirder thing here is that they made it look like she died last week in the first place. It was a very "oh, okay then" moment when she just sort of showed up again.
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02-05-2017, 10:51 PM | #7 |
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Wait so, the other five Zyuohgers were just sitting right there while the little pig girl was crying, and they just waited until Yamato came around. What the hell, Zyuohgers???
Anyway, more seriously, this was a pretty good finale. I feel like it kinda suffered from having the contractually obligated mecha fight, because it felt mostly superfluous, but as a whole, not bad. I kinda feel like the Genis=Moeba connection could have made a bigger impact though. Like maybe if we just...knew more about them, and why being them is so bad? Like, they're footsoldiers, so I guess they're weak and dumb or whatever, but as a big revelation it just doesn't feel that big. I dunno. |
02-06-2017, 12:23 AM | #8 |
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I guess just to rub in that he's a compassionless jerk who doesn't value his allies, hence why he's a loser and the Zyuohgers are cool guys. I think the weirder thing here is that they made it look like she died last week in the first place. It was a very "oh, okay then" moment when she just sort of showed up again.
In the long run, the series was entertaining, but it's not something I'm going to care if I ever watch again. There really weren't any truly outstanding episodes, but there were fun ones. The ranger cast is really what made this show enjoyable, but I'm glad to see this show done and have high hopes for Kyuuranger. |
02-06-2017, 01:02 AM | #9 |
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I think the revelation about Genis should've come a little sooner. I think if the Azald/Yamato's father episodes happened at the early 40's so that around 43-48 could be dedicated completely to Genis, it would've flowed a lot faster.
As a whole, though, I really enjoyed the series. The villains were a misstep, but they didn't disappoint me as much as most of Gingaman's villains.
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02-06-2017, 06:18 AM | #10 |
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First half of the episode was really lame, mostly because they already had their best fight of the show against Azald shortly before so fighting Genis was kinda meh. Didn't feel like the last boss. Have that combined with the forced mecha fight and you have a boring formula I hate about Sentai.
The revelation about what Genis really is was wasted too. I mean why should I care now? It’s not changing anything. If they used this "weakness" of Genis for character interactions earlier maybe it could’ve worked, like they could’ve had Bunglay found out and used it to try and blackmail Genis or something. I mean giving Misao another bit of development was neat, but he had so much already. And I don’t feel like this is needed or better than explaining it with randomness. Second half was much better though, mostly because the merging of the worlds was really cool and surprised me. It's the ending I needed without even knowing that I wanted it. I love it when shows end with something big instead of playing it safe. So Zyuohger as a show was the first modern Sentai that I generally liked and thus I watched it from start to finish, and enjoyed it a lot. It's easily the best out of the last 4 shows for me. It broke with some tropes while keeping others alive, and really it only worked so well because they kept doing the mediocre stuff right. The show had some great moments and characters without really falling behind do to filler or boring plots. On the flipside I never really looked forward to anything or was hyped for some event, I watched, it enjoyed it but I was never feeling like I couldn’t wait another week to see what happens next. I'm still sad that the show is gone though because I did have fun watching it every week. And I'm rather afraid that Kyuranger won't spark the same feelings for me. Mostly because the Red is already looking like the stupid perfect asshole Sentai loves to put in charge for whatever reason and while the suits are cool I don't feel the cast. I like Green and strangely enough Black with the weird mechanical bull costume but that's about it. Blue looks awful and Pink is an absolute joke. Which hurts double because she's one of two female characters, so we only have one really. I will give Kyuranger the benefit of a doubt, but I think Zyuohger might’ve just hit a weird spot for me that can’t be reproduced. But hey, Sentai is slowly but surely falling behind while Rider keeps selling, so maybe they realized they need to change certain things and Kyuranger does look like a departure from certain tropes. I guess I will find out if I like it or not very soon. Anyways, goodbye Zyuohger, I really liked you. |
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