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10-19-2016, 05:50 PM | #7261 |
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Ninnin Rewatch! 21 + 22
In episode 21, the Ninningers make a mockery of the rules of America's favorite pastime. Oh and Starninger helps a kid out or something. This one's nothing too special, but it's a fun breather and has more talk about ~dreams~, so it's hardly without purpose. Also, starting with this episode, the opening is updated again to reflect Kinji being an official part of the team, changing up the narration and including him in all the group shots. He's even got his own uniform! Episode 22 once again refuses to hand the team a power-up without some character development, this time forcing Yakumo and Kinji to get over some of their problems before the team can use Ha-Oh Shurikenjin. Speaking of which, I like Ha-Oh Shurikenjin. It's a bit of a brick but who needs exciting choreography when you can just watch the Ninningers blast their enemies into the ground with excessive firepower?
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10-20-2016, 03:15 PM | #7262 |
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Ninnin Rewatch! 23 + 24
Episode 23 fleshes out Nagi a bit by having him get into a scenario where has to take on the MotW by himself. Kasumi also shows once again that friend and foe alike are just pawns in her game of chess. She means well though, really. Oh, and the ending mecha fight is awesome, but I don't wanna spoil why. Episode 24 fleshes out Nagi a bit by showing how considerate he is. He's sort of like negative Kasumi, carefully planning everything out so Tsumuji and Fuuka can do some father/daughter bonding. Speaking of which, Tsumuji plays a big role in this one, so naturally I approve greatly of it.
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10-21-2016, 02:52 PM | #7263 |
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Ninnin Rewatch! 25 + 26
In episode 25 the Ninningers take on Dracula! I didn't mention this last time but the show decided to a summer vacation "special" sort of thing that mostly amounts to "It's Summer!" being slapped in front of the episode titles and a loose arc involving the three Western "Youkai". It's kind of a cute touch. Anyway, more musing about dreams this time, since it focuses on Fuuka, the character with the least idea what she wants to do with her life. She even gets some advice from Takaharu, the character with the most idea what he wants to do with his life, showing not only that he's surprisingly insightful again, but also that he's a really caring brother to boot. Episode 26 is a great example of how to make a clip show not suck. It's full of hilarious gags and through the premise of ranking the Ninningers in the race to become the Last Ninja, gives some good insight on everybody's various strengths and weaknesses, like pointing out that Nagi is actually super helpful, despite appearances.
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10-23-2016, 12:34 PM | #7264 |
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Well, holy shit. Gingaman 25.
Where to start? =Spoiling a lot, by the by= So first Black Knight decides to be a complete asshole and decides that blowing up the Earth will be the best option to defeating Barban...Yeah, not the 5 guys who consistently beat Barban, and the Galactic Lights chose to wield it's power. I think he's just a sore loser... Then we find out that the pain in his chest (Which I assumed were old wounds) was actually Hyuuga's conscious, as he basically possessed his body to survive. He would also go on to taunt Ryouma with this fact to basically drag him down into killing Bull Black (He says it's the only way to free Hyuuga, but he just...Let's him go later, so I think he was just trying to goad Ryouma). Anyway, he, as his giant form, BullTaurus starts funneling Earth energy into a crater which is apparently deep enough to actually hit the core of the Earth (Which would cause it to expand and explode), but GouTaurus proves to have a conscious and de-fuses with him, choosing to abandon his quest for revenge. Oh yeah, Iries sends down a monster with a spear that can remove the seal and awaken the Daitanic monster (Christ, this thing better be on par with Daijinryuu with how long it's taking it's fat ass to get up), but he dies and his spear falls into the crater, causing it to pulse with energy, dooming the Earth. A weakened Black Knight has a vision of his younger brother who eventually talks him out of being such a massive dick, and he releases Hyuuga and goes to absorb the energy to prevent the core from being destroyed (Also, I want to say, I love the shot of him stammering towards the core being mixed with a shot of him peacefully walking with his brother, hand in hand). Throwing his sword towards to Gingamen, he falls in, doing just as he intended. Sacrificing his life in the process. It's hard to feel bad for the guy who, just 10 minutes earlier, was dead set on killing everyone, but they managed to do it. Poor dude. Little time is left to grieve, however, as the now conscious Hyuuga appears, leading to a tight embrace. Loved it~
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10-24-2016, 12:14 PM | #7265 |
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Gingaman 26
Now that Hyuuga is back, everyone is afraid that Ryouma is contemplating returning the Star Beast Sword to Hyuuga. I kind of like that they fooled the viewer by having Ryouma tell Hyuuga that he wanted to keep the sword, and continue being Ginga Red. Anyway, Iries's monster captures 4 of the Gingamen in mirrors and tries to use them to revive the Daitanic Monster, but it's foiled by Ryouma and Hyuuga. Moving forward a little, GingaiOh gets trapped in a mirror himself, so Bull Black's sword flies to Hyuuga, and GouTaurus arrives as well, and Hyuuga becomes the new Black Knight. Was cool. I especially love the explosion transformation. Was nice. I also enjoy that Hyuuga's new outfit incorporates Black Knight's hexagon jewel, even before he became the new Black Knight. It's a nice way to commemorate Bull Black. Hyuuga is a pretty charming character. Easy to like, is known at laughing at basically any joke, regardless of how bad it is, and always thinking ahead. Clever dude. Kind of a shame Bull Black is gone, though. He was a total asshole, but his abrasive attitude and anti-hero tendencies made him unpredictable. Oh well. We'll see what Hyuuga brings to the table. Also, I don't know if I commented on it, but I like the different styles of Barba Extract. Sanbash's monsters having a whiskey bottle, Budo's sake bottle, and now Iries's leather pouch, each reflecting on their monster themes (However, Sanbash's didn't have the same kind of unifying theme the other 2 currently have).
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10-24-2016, 04:24 PM | #7266 |
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Ninnin Rewatch! 27 + 28
The appearance of the last Western Youkai reopens old wounds for Starninger in episode 27, bringing the question of whether or not he's fit to be a ninja back up. The great part here is that both sides of the argument have valid points. Yoshitaka is actually pretty dead on in his unflattering assessment of Kinji, but the Ninningers are just as correct in having faith in him. This is as much a turning point for Yoshitaka as it is for Kinji, too, with some choice words from Takaharu (sometimes that loud mouth of his makes a good point) getting him to seriously acknowledge that he's got his own issues. This is another really good episode. I don't know if you could just watch it by itself and be impressed but as part of the larger story of the show it's awesome. In episode 28 the Ninningers embark on their greatest adventure yet: getting a little kid his lunch for school! After last week's much heavier events this is an extremely comedic episode, even by the show's own standards. It works. Of course there's a lot more to it than that synopsis suggests though.
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10-25-2016, 01:55 PM | #7267 |
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Ninnin Rewatch The Movie! (It's barely longer than a normal episode though...)
Huh, this was actually a lot of fun. Sentai summer movies are usually in one ear and out the other for me so I didn't actually remember a thing about this beyond what was in the trailers. I'm a little surprised I enjoyed it so much. There's not too much to say about it but it was action-packed, had a lot of great gags, and felt nicely over budget throughout. Dig the James Bond style cold open, too. All around a solid waste of half an hour. Also I rewatched the Kamen Rider Drive movie while I was at it because why not? Obviously that's not what this thread is about but it was still really good~
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10-26-2016, 02:47 PM | #7268 |
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Ninnin Rewatch! 29 + 30
Episode 29 pulls the most quintessentially Ninninger move possible by taking a silly plot about the team playing the MotW's magic board game and using it as an excuse to tell a dramatic, character-driven story. In this case about ~dreams~, for one, but more importantly it's about Tsumuji and his past. Basically this episode is totally awesome. Episode 30 is maybe the first episode of the entire show solely about Takaharu? Usually he's either paired with someone else, like family stuff with Fuuka, or being used to reflect on the team as a whole, like Lion Ha-Oh's debut. Since this is the back half of the show and Takaharu's characterization (and acting) have come so far, it's a lot of fun too, if not particularly character-building.
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10-27-2016, 03:01 PM | #7269 |
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Gingaman continues.
27 and 28. So, 27, Saya might have a crush on Hyuuga, and gets jelly when a girl clings to Hyuuga after he saves her from a mummy monster (Whose goal was the collect the youth of 80 something girls). Turns out to be a secret plan, since the mummy was possessing the girl. I really liked how this episode went. Saya's jealousy turned out to be a ruse after Hyuuga gave the girl a flower that, in the Ginga Forest, means to protect from evil. In reality, it turned out that it meant fake. Add in earlier that Saya was establishing that she understood what flowers meant, it was a pretty fun one. 28 had one of Iries's monsters shooting arrows at others that absorbed their hearts (And turn them into major assholes) or something, and after collecting 111, they'd use that power to revive the Daitanic monster. Yuuta's dad gets hit, and he abandons Yuuta. Poor kid. It comes at an especially bad time as Yuuta had flaked on his plans to go researching with his dad to help Gouki on his date with Suzu. It was a nice episode. Though this one's monster (Some sort of Valkyrie angel thing) doesn't really fit in with Iries's other shamanism themed monsters. It seems her monsters are kind of split between shamanism and voodoo, as well as the undead...
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10-27-2016, 05:12 PM | #7270 |
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Ninnin Rewatch! 31 + 32
Episode 31 is another one about Nagi, and even though it isn't quite a two-parter, it directly foreshadows the resolution to 32, with the whole lesson Nagi learns here being that, instead of merely keeping up with the other Ninningers by copying them, he needs to do his own thing and stay one step ahead. Speaking of which, I totally adore episode 32. Possibly the best single episode of the whole show? Coming off of last week's cliffhanger there's a very well done sense of this being the darkerst hour for the team. After how badly they got their s*** kicked in even using Ha-Oh Shurikenjin there's basically nothing they can do besides get stronger fast. I may have my gripes with Gekiatsu Dai-Oh for ruining a lot of what I loved about Ninninger's mecha action, but even the first time around I loved its function in the story. The whole premise of the show is that everyone on the team is trying to live up to Yoshitaka's legacy and succeed him as the Last Ninja, and this is the big turning point, where after some accidentally dead on advice from Takaharu (because of course), they all realize the only way they'll ever surpass him is to stop asking What Would Yoshitaka Do? all the time and start doing things their own way, leading them to create a fancy new robot with a fancy new method. This is another time where I pull out the term ~character-driven~ that's inadvertently become my catchphrase with Ninninger. I can't help but feel it actually has a perfectly solid, even quite good, long-term story arc, as long as you can accept that it has little to do with the plot, strange as that sounds.
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