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11-18-2021, 06:07 PM | #8991 |
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Gokaiger... the best thing to come out of the Sentai/Ranger fandom since Forever Red. It was great to see alumnis in both big and small capacities. Personal favorite episodes were the Liveman, Jetman, Megaranger, Timeranger, Dairanger, and Gokai Silver debut two-parters. I love love love Gai for being the geek that got his wish.
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11-18-2021, 09:28 PM | #8992 |
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Finishing Bouken when not watching Doctor Who on DVD. (Netflix)
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11-19-2021, 06:01 PM | #8993 |
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Are you telling me there are shows out there that don't spawn loads of fanfics? ...Wait is Goseiger one of them!?
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Compared to Rider, I haven't seen -as- much Sentai as I'd like to have. There's a lot of great stuff out there lauded by fans, particularly from the 90s and 2000s that many hold up as their favourites or some of the best the franchise has to offer. Hurricanger, Gekiranger, Dairanger, Jetman, Boukenger. And one day I dearly hope to get to those - there's certainly no lack of them that have me excited! - and perhaps they'll supercede my current favourite Sentai as my number 1. I've certainly found a love for that era of Toku in general.
So maybe it just comes off as not having seen the better stuff... but MAN Gokaiger refuses to stop being my favourite Sentai to this day, even with Zenkaiger putting together such a strong case. It was my first Sentai, and first Toku altogether; I had only had any real familiarity at that point with Power Rangers, and was generally interested in that for the aesthetics and type of fighting it had... so eventually I decided to have a shot at a Sentai that a friend recommended, and Gokaiger instantly blew me away! It was, like... everything I wanted, man. Everything I had seen as cool in PR was here tenfold, topped off by perfectly written characters with top tier drama, and just a sheer clear love shining through for what they were doing and the franchise they were paying homage to. Everything Fish says here is, to me, bang-on! It's EXACTLY why I love the show so much and why it remains as something dear and close to my heart years later. Gokaiger led me into, like... everything I wanted from a superhero story, and it really started me off with what I'd still call one of the best. Maybe Zenkaiger will beat it, maybe next year I'll be an unabashed Gekiranger and Zyuranger officiando; but Gokaiger will always remain a huge favourite of mine for everything it does well and how excited it got me to get into this genre. I love this show! Quote:
Gai is fantastic for sure. I didn't make the space to mention him in that post, which is strange, because I've also always thought of Gokaiger as one of those Sentai that's "completed" by its sixth Ranger? It's just so hard to imagine the show without the earnest adoration for heroism that Gokai Silver brings to the group.
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11-19-2021, 07:21 PM | #8994 |
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Gai is fantastic for sure. I didn't make the space to mention him in that post, which is strange, because I've also always thought of Gokaiger as one of those Sentai that's "completed" by its sixth Ranger? It's just so hard to imagine the show without the earnest adoration for heroism that Gokai Silver brings to the group.
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11-20-2021, 07:21 AM | #8995 |
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11-20-2021, 11:11 AM | #8996 |
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I don't think people had issues with the PR version being a straight copy of Shinkenger (as I recall many popular seasons are just like that), but more that it's a very rushed copy; practically a google translated script
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11-20-2021, 12:10 PM | #8997 |
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Either way, Androzani's' point does stand. There's a very clear divide in the fanbase over whether PR seasons should be copypastes of their Sentai counterparts or not.
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11-21-2021, 11:28 AM | #8998 |
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I had seen Shinken ahead of Samurai myself having streamed it on Kiss Asian. I do agree with the copy paste argument. Saban Era II had tried to bring some original stuff in for Samurai. It was a nice attempt. However when I kept seeing Japanese episode by that sort of lost a bit of credibility for me.
There Go The Brides was a gender swap for Em for the Samurai adaption but all plots were the same. Except for He Ain't Heavy Metal He's My Brother. Not sure if Strange Case Of The Munchies was original. Beast Morphers had kept the bit about Massiah being trapped in cyber space so that plot was pulled from Go Busters. The rest of Beast Morphers was original with the the Morph X plot. Another case was the main plot from Operation Overdrive with the hunt for the jewels of the Carona Arora. The relic hunt was carried over from Bouken. Jungle Fury played off Rio and Mele start to finish including Rio's temple. Mega Force part 1 changed out the Angel theme. Ninja Steel had the TV game show tweek. Dino Fury had swapped out the Minisaur created from people aspect of Ryu. So some of it was copy paste.
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11-21-2021, 11:59 AM | #8999 |
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It depends on the show for me. IMO even though Samurai wasn't as good as Shinkenger, it being close to the original was one of the few positives whereas Mystic Force IMO didn't need to copy Magiranger as much as it did!
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11-23-2021, 08:33 AM | #9000 |
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It?s full speed ahead with his instalment of?
Androzani?s Tsukai Detour And this week, we?re covering? Ressha Sentai ToQger vs Kyoryuger: The Movie. But to start off, we?re doing something a little different. Spoilers, obviously. Previously on Kyoryuger: After learning joy and sorrow, Deboss revived himself in a new form suited to destroying humanity (and the Kyoryugers had easily beaten copies of the form he assumed to destroy the Dinosaurs). Dantetsu then seemed to betray them by stripping Torin of his brave, before killing him and stealing his GigaGaburevolver for himself. But it later turned out that this was all a ruse to allow Torin, along with Ramirez and Tessai (who had passed on their powers to new holders), to destroy all the monsters in Debo Hell so they couldn?t be revived again. Deboss still launched his attack, aided by his new warriors Endolf, Killborero and Icerondo, who all fell to an impromptu alliance between the Kyoryugers and the original Knights (though at the cost of the lives of Dogold and Aigaron). At the same time, Daigo faced down Deboss, who was destroyed after revealing that he was an artificial life form, created to study the lifeforms of the universe. Daigo and the others also learned of a greater evil, that would soon come to Earth, and begun preparations for its arrival. An arrival that is now. ?There?s more to this world than what you can see. The power to dream. The power to imagine. There is a world only those with imagination can see. Imagination! It can make the impossible possible. It?s an infinite power that can light up the world. However, where there is light, there is darkness that hates it. A world without imagination will sink into darkness. ? ToQgers: Right Suzuki/ToQIchigou: Right Suzuki is like any other boy, except that he has high levels of imagination. Everyday, he would play with Tokatti, Hikari Nonomura, Mio Natsume, and Kagura Izumi at their secret base, which is a giant tree located in Subarugahama. However one day during a star festival, the Castle Terminal rose upon their city, prompting the Rainbow Line to relocate them onto the Ressha, turning them into adults. Right however, landed in a Kurainer, and was rescued by the other 4, finding that all of them had lost memories of everything but their friendship with each other. He is always facing forward and is trying to seize joy out of life. He is a young man who's spirit is like energy. He is the one usually giving it his all, the type to easily be fired up and go against the odds. Out of the 5 ToQgers, Right's Imagination is the highest, and therefore, so is his fighting power. He often acts before he thinks and hates cramped places. He is also a voracious eater, which sometimes leads to his decisions becoming dominated by his appetite. Haru ?Tokacchi? Tokashiki: Haru Tokashiki was a transfer student who moved to Subarugahama and befriended Right Suzuki, Hikari Nonomura, Mio Natsume and Kagura Izumi. He was soon introduced to their base and made a member of their team. Tokatti also made a superhero of his imagination, Ryo Knight, who was based on his brother, Ryo Tokashiki as he always looked up to him. When Emperor of Darkness Z's darkness as well as the Shadow Line invaded Subarugahama, their home, Tokatti and his friends were spirited by the Rainbow Line light. Nonetheless, he and three other friends were turned into adults by Rainbow Line President's Imagination and hired as ToQgers, rescuing cities that were invaded by the Shadow Line. He is a highly cautious, punctual character. When something happens, Tokatti is the type that wants to investigate and research first but becomes very incessant when regarding the results. He is a specialist at analyzing enemies and making plans, but he's really bad at being on time. Mio Natsume/ToQSangou: Mio was one of the friends, as well as classmates of Right Suzuki, Haru Tokashiki, Kagura Izumi and Hikari Nonomura. She also had an imaginary friend, Mikey, which only Hikari is aware of. When Emperor of Darkness Z's darkness as well as the Shadow Line invaded Subarugahama, their home, Mio and her friends were spirited by the Rainbow Line light. One day, Mio and her friends managed to reunite with Right, their old friend when he was mistakenly kidnapped in one of Bag Shadow's Kurainer. After Right was appointed as ToQIchigou, he accidentally unlocked one of their functions, the Transfer Changes and managed to defeat Bag Shadow. Ever since then, she and her teammates resorted to free towns that were invaded by the Shadow Line while searching for their old hometown. She is a sports-minded woman with a confusing character. Though she is "manly", she is good at housework. Because of this, she is quite popular with the boys; although, she hates the idea of romance. Mio acts as the team's big sister, not having a tolerance for underhanded attacks. Hikari Nonomura/ToQYongou: Hikari was one of the friends, as well as classmates of Right Suzuki, Haru Tokashiki, Kagura Izumi and Mio Natsume. Out of them, Hikari always spied Mio playing with her doll/imagination friend Mikey. He is an unhurried man. Aside from his Imagination, Hikari's natural fighting power is very strong which puts him on even footing with Right. With that being said, he and Right often have opposing views on how to do things. Though quite obedient to Mio, he often teases Kagura. He likes playing on his Kendama, and his favorite genre of literature is detective stories. This at one point led him taking on a persona called "Kendama Deka". Kagura Izumi/ToQGogou: Kagura was one of the friends, as well as classmates of Right Suzuki, Haru Tokashiki, Mio Natsume and Hikari Nonomura. She is a girl whose Imagination is second only to Right but often takes a negative direction. In essence, she tells tall tales and unforeseen events usually take place. Because of this, Kagura's body can't handle fighting too well unless she uses her imagination to will herself into an unbeatable warrior. However, she must be careful, for Kagura's Imagination is so strong, she can lose sight of reality and forget about her body's limitations. Akira Nijino/ToQRokugou: A while back, he was known as Zalam, a shadow monster working for the Shadow Line. General Schwarz thinks highly of him as a valuable ally, as Zalam is the only one who shared his ambition of domination through the trains. Schwarz also knew of Zalam's Drill Liner. His ability was to create rain powerful enough to ruin good days. But one day, after one of his attacks, he saw a rainbow; a rainbow so beautiful he vowed to protect them. So he left the Shadow Line, took on a human form, and surrendered to the Rainbow Line. Although forsaking his name, the other members of the Shadow Line still referred to him as Zalam. He went to work for the Rainbow Line, hoping that it'll make up for the atrocities he committed as a Shadow Kaijin. His past haunts him in the form of his own power, only raining at a certain area around him. His new name, Akira Nijino would be given to him by Hikari, with the help of Tokatti, Mio, and Kagura. Akira is a very no-nonsense, carefree individual and an animal lover. All he cares for are working and his goal to protect the beautiful rainbow. Due to his past as a Shadow, Akira believes he deserves to die and, accepting of his self-imposed "fate," goes into every battle believing it will be his last, much to the slight annoyance of his teammates. He does try to be serious, but in many cases, his stoicism just only goes to generate humor, mainly from him trying to be serious at times that is unneeded, like playing his signature tune on a recorder with complete sincerity when he lost his harmonica one time. The Brave Kyoryugers: Yuko Fukui/KyoryuCyan II: Nobuharu?s sister who is a widowed mother with her daughter Rika. Yuko believed the Kyoryugers and the Deboss Army to be equally dangerous after a previous Deboss attack on the populace left Rika injured. Nobuharu was especially stung by Yuko's assertion, especially since he was at that event as Kyoryu Blue to protect his family. Though she warmed up slightly to Kyoryu Blue after she discovers that he had helped to rescue her from the influence of the Debo Monster Debo Kokodoko, Yuko still thought poorly of him. Yuko finally figured out that Nobuharu is KyoryuBlue when she noticed that KyoryuBlue's mannerisms and motivation are the same as Nobuharu's during the fight against Debo Vacance. Yuko did not initially reveal to Nobuharu that she had figured out his heroic identity, but she has apparently accepted the fact. Ramirez later chose her to be the new living KyoryuCyan, on account of her incredible strength. Shinya Tsukouchi/KyoryuGray II: A direct descendant of Tessai, the original KyoryuGray, who writes the shojo rugby manga Love Touch under the pseudonym Yu Aoyagi, due to being too shy to let his fans know he wasn?t a woman. However, he will not abandon a woman in danger, which caused Tessai to not only regain his Spirit Powers, but to name Shinya as his successor after he passed on. The Rainbow Line: An organisation that is powered by and protects imagination from vanishing. Conductor: An eccentric and enigmatic man who has the knowledge of the ToQgers' past, he refuses to tell them anything about it. He carries around a puppet named Ticket. Despite the fact that he appears to be a simple puppet manipulated by the Conductor, there have been indications that Ticket is something more, such as the fact that Ticket and the Conductor can speak at the same time as well as Ticket once popping out of the funnel on Right 's cockpit controls regardless of the fact that the Conductor, nor anyone, couldn?t possibly fit down there. Although he has a cute appearance, Ticket is actually quite strict with the ToQgers, and acts as a negative contrast to the Conductor's optimism. He disapproved of them using Transfer Changes, until the Conductor pointed out that it was an extension of their imagination which had been encouraged in them. He also makes all the train announcements such as where the Rainbow Line is stopping and if there is a Shadow Line presence nearby. Despite the indications to the contrary, Right is determined to prove that Ticket is merely a puppet and has made attempts to pull him off the Conductor's hand to no avail, as well as trying to catch the Conductor using Ticket's voice to make the announcements which also failed. Though Hikari did see Conductor remove Ticket once, he decided to pretend that never happened. Wagon: A robotic assistant who sells drinks and meals to the team. Though mysterious, she has a way of putting a smile on everyone's faces. Wagon is commonly heard exclaiming Oh, no! (いや Iya) in the face of bad news, she often punctuates her speech by describing things and situations with the adverb intensely (激しく Hageshiku) or by saying the words syllable by syllable. She likes to take selfies a lot. Rainbow Line President: A mystery rabbit-head-hat wearing man that has incredible imagination powers and is the Conductor, Ticket, and Wagon's superior. His true face, as well as the nature of Ticket, are open for the viewer's imagination. The President?s imagination is so strong that he created the ToQgers. Our heroes were never adults, they are still children and the President just imagined them as teenagers/young adults so they can fight as ToQgers. They didn?t lose their teenage memories, they never were teens in the first place. However, the shock of their growth did indeed cause them to lose their childhood memories. Lady: Conductor of the Safari Ressha which rides on the solar system-spanning Galaxy Line. She once crashed to Earth and was menaced by Count Nair and his personal Shadow Kaijin Hound Shadow, but was saved by the ToQgers. Shadow Line: The Rainbow Line?s counterpart, who aim to remove light from the world. Dark Emperor Zed: The master of the Shadow Line. The Shadow Line works to gather the darkness in human hearts to complete the railway so they can grant the Emperor entry into the world and to make the Earth habitable for Zed. Unlike his subordinates, Zed hates living in darkness and wants to live in the light, but unfortunately light is toxic to Zed and he can only survive a few hours before it starts to make him sick. Due to his desire to live in the light, Zed is obsessed with everything that shines, be it literally or figuratively. Baron Nero: Zed?s second in command. Baron Nero disagrees with his fellow commanders? way of doing things, caring the most about resurrecting his lord and infesting the land. He also does not understand his master's fascination with light, considering their weakness to it. Madame Noir: A noblewoman who intended for Zed to marry her daughter Miss Glitter, as part of a ploy to have her daughter absorb her husband-to-be and rule the Shadow Line as a puppet. But this backfired when Zed turned out to be still alive and absorbed Miss. Glitter from within, becoming able to reassume his original form. Since then, Noir has remained an indentured servant. Marchioness Morc: The eldest of the Shadow Line leadership and the one who brought up Zed, who's in charge of overseeing Shadow Towns, a task she delegates to her elite monsters called Keepers. Like Nero, she is completely loyal to Emperor Zed who she raised. Because of her history with the Emperor, she is comfortable with hugging and getting close to him, though she usually ends up knocking him over. She also doesn't hesitate to question Zed about his obsession with light. What do I think of ToQger? To be honest, the series, despite being the last I saw in full (by which I mean, I had seen every episode of every other past series), did nothing for me. The characters come off as incredibly bizarre, even considering they are kids, the plot gets drowned with filler (it should not take eight episodes to introduce everything related to the super mode) and the show?s main gimmick of colour changing is woefully under-utilised (with Akira never using it at all). The villains are pretty much the best thing, but even then I have my issues with them, mostly the overdesigned nature of them and the monsters (how is a creature in a shroud with the faces of comedy and tragedy meant to represent a bag?) and Zed?s lack of acting, which does nothing to endear me to him. Plus their general plot line has been done better in several other series. As for the film, the producer is the same guy as Shinken and Gokai, the writer is Kobayashi, in her final credit for Sentai and the director is Watanabe. So with all of that said, on with the review. We open in space, where Lady reports on something hitting a Galaxy Line station, causing it to crash towards Earth. The ToQgers soon respond, finding the station embedded in a cliff face. But before they can investigate what hit it, they get attacked by a horde of Zorimas (and a few Cambrimas). In the ensuing fight, all of them find their weapons ineffective, until the grunts take damage from a pair of shots launched from behind? by Daigo and Amy (this is definitely the same plot as Shinkenger vs Go-Onger). The other Kyoryugers then show up and begin beating down the enemy army with ease. They then do their (shortened) roll call. Daigo: You?ll be surprised when you hear! All: The strongest braves in history? Daigo: Zyuden Sentai? All: Kyoryuger! Cue the explosion behind them? exactly where the ToQgers are standing. After defeating the enemy grunts, the Kyoryugers then try to enter the crashed station? only to discover that there?s a force field surrounding it. Daigo then decides to introduce himself to the others. (God, he looks so weird with short hair) The ToQgers take Daigo to the Rainbow Liner, and get surprised at how big an imagination a guy like him has (only people with strong imaginations can see and board the train). Once aboard, he explains to everyone why the station crashed to Earth. This causes Conductor to become terrified, as he heard that Devius created a creature of destruction known as Deboss (which, if you can?t tell from the recap I gave, is a retcon). Meanwhile, at Castle Terminal, Zed receives a visit from a newcomer. Back on the Rainbow Liner, Daigo then insists that the Kyoryugers will handle Devius and the ToQger?s should stay out of it, before disembarking the train mid transit. (Now that?s why they call him ?King?), though not before outlining the threat. Back at Castle Terminal, Zed receives a proposition from Salamas. Zed agrees to the proposition, lending Salamas use of his monster Clock Shadow (a name so dull, I hope you won?t mind me referring to him as ?Klokverk?). Elsewhere, Right decides he and the others can?t just wait around while the fate of the world is at stake, wrestling Ticket (and people wonder why he?s not more popular) to force him into compliance (our hero, ladies and gentlemen). Meanwhile, at a station, Utchy is waiting for a train to join the others? Morc: A Shadow Line train is now arriving. Those who value their lives will stand behind the black line. Utchy: I will keep that in mind. Valuing life is an important virtue. Utchy then transforms to fight Klokverk and his Kuros, only to meet with the same results as the ToQgers did against the Deboss grunts. But it?s at this point that Akira shows up, transforming into ToQRokugou and running into the battle? dropping his Guide Breaker for some reason (maybe he really wants to die this time). Utchy takes it up and uses it to actually damage the Kuros. The other ToQgers soon join the battle, but Akira has everyone withdraw after Klokverk starts singing. Klokverk tries to give pursuit, but gets sidetracked by a strange sound, that leads him to a newcomer in the tress. ?: Found you, Yokai. But then his allies, coloured blue, pink, white and yellow, show up and point out that it?s obviously not a Yokai. Klokverk is simply confused by this, so they introduce themselves as ninjas. As Kolokverk doubts this due to them being too gaudy, a fight breaks out. Red: A splendid rampage! AkaNinger! Blue: The Roaring Cloud! AoNinger! Yellow: The Shimmering Calm! KiNinger! White: A Petal Blowing in the Wind! ShiroNinger! Pink: The Wavering Mist! MomoNinger! AkaNinger: We are shinobi, but we do not hide! All: Shuriken Sentai Ninninger! (Aside from the presentation and delivery being different from their main series, the movie broke its rule about how each Sentai?s gear can only affect their intended enemies, since the Ninningers cut through those Kuros like a knife through butter) Klokverk then withdraws, summoning a Kurainer Robo to fight. But AkaNinger isn?t worried. AkaNinger: Shuriken Ninpo: Shukushaku Shukusou no Jutsu! The Kurainer Robo is reduced to human size, allowing the Ninningers to destroy it with Shuriken Ninpo: Yagura Nin Senpuu (they have neither this finisher not this NinShuriken in the show proper. Though that latter fact should be obvious, as it would negate the need for giant battles). Back with the actual protagonists aboard the Build Ressha, the ToQgers find that they?ve been turned into children (or rather, back into children) after listening to Klokverk?s song. And then Akira shows what happens if you listen to it for too long. Back with the Kyoryugers, Nossan tries to break the barrier with Pukuputor, but fails. Daigo?s attempt to use Gabutyra proves fruitless, once the Shadow Line reinforces the barrier using a Kurainer. The two groups then regroup, with the Kyoryugers learning that the ToQgers are actually kids and Nossan coming to the obvious realisation. Then Klokverk arrives, flanked by Kuros and Zorimas. But despite being kids, the ToQgers refuse to sit this out, transforming via the help of the shorter suit actors and good old camera trickery. ToQ Brace: No transforming, please stand behind the white line. ToQgers: ToQ Change! ToQ Brace: ToQIchigou, ToQIchigou! ToQNigou, ToQNigou! Tokacchi: I?m actually a child. ToQ Brace (cont.): ToQSangou, ToQSangou! ToQYongou, ToQYongou! ToQGogou, ToQGogou! Kagura: Alright! All: The imagination of victory! Right: Ressha Sentai? All: ToQger! As everyone has a cuteness overload, Right presents the Diesel Ressha to Daigo. Daigo in turn presents a Zyudenchi to Right, with the others doing likewise. Inserting their new toys into their weapons allows both sides to handle both grunts with ease in the ensuing fight. And Mio calls upon her imaginary friend Mikey (from episode 15) to wreck the grunts. As the grunts are disposed of, Zed starts to get annoyed and decides that Salamas has outlived his usefulness, at which point Salamas has this to say. He then sets fire to Castle Terminal and absconds with a few Kurainers. Back with the heroes, they load the Victory Zyudenchi into the Linkup Bazooka to defeat Klokverk. As he tries to use his gathered darkness to grow (in the only time this gets explained), Salamas shows up to absorb it from him at the moment of death to evolve into his (ridiculous looking) ultimate form. Both Sentai then call upon their mecha, Kyoryuzin and ToQOh. Both robots then go straight into the combo attack, which fails. Akira then shows up with the support mecha for both Sentai, allowing them to form Gigant Kyoryuzin and ToQ RainbOh. Both Robots then defeat Salamas for good by swapping out their gimmick items (which you can?t do with the toys. They?re different sizes) With the last of Klokverk?s darkness vanquished, the ToQgers and Utchy return to normal (glad to see that they wasted that idea). It?s at that point Devius awakens (and he has the voice of Shadow Moon, so you know he?s bad news) and trashes the Ressha, while forcing the Zyudenryu to withdraw. He then states his goal (which again, contradicts the whole ?Deboss was created to study life? thing). As the Kyoryugers recuperate in a hospital, Rainbow Line begins modifying the Ressha to use the power of the Zyudenchi, though neither Wagon nor Ticket want the ToQgers involved. After a lengthy scene where Right and his friends discuss what?s at stake this time (as if that?s not been made clear) and their end goal (as if that isn?t hammered into our heads enough in the show), we cut to the crashed station, where Candelillia and Luckyuro sense that, like a stripper in her routine, something is off. As Candelillia resolves to do something about this, we cut to the next morning, where the Rainbow Line have developed an imagination-powered Zyudenchi to break the barrier. We then reveal that Torin?s ghost has been in touch with the Rainbow Line President, explaining how hey did this so quickly. But as the ToQgers set off to defeat Devius, they get sidetracked (no pun intended) by the Dining Set Brothers (from episodes 32-33), who have been revived by Devius, causing Akira to break off. Then the thing from episode 2 and Hammer Shadow (from episode 15-16) show up in Kurainers, with everyone but Right breaking off to deal with them. As Devius fully revives (and for the guy who created Kyoryuger?s villains, he looks kinda dull), Right penetrates his barrier and confronts him (and apparently, the Galaxy Line station was designed to look like an evil lair long before Devius showed up. Who knew?) And then Daigo shows up to help Right, since he needs a chaperone for his field trip. Akira makes short work of the Dining Set Brothers, but soon falls foul of Coin Shadow (from episode 26). The girls then find themselves surrounded by Hammer Shadow and Chain Shadow (from episode 3. And the reason I?m not nicknaming all of them is because it?s too much work). Hikari then faces a guy I will nickname ?Appliancer Vacuulephant? (I forget his episode). As Daigo and Right begin to lose, the other Kyoryugers appear to help out (with Akira loaning his Drill Ressha to Utchy). (This time, the team up is by colour equivalents, with Ian being matched with Mio. Not romantically, of course, but you?d be forgiven for thinking it was), eventually defeating all of them in a quarry. In the battle with Devius, Daigo loans Right another Gabutyra Zyudenchi, which turns into a Kyoryuger Ressha (like the one from Kamen Rider Taisen, only hand sized). He then loads it into the Daikaiten Cannon and uses it to destroy Devius (when Kamen Rider Taisen used it better, you?re doing something wrong). As the two reds meet up with the others, Devius revives as a giant (good god, this movie won?t end, will it?) And instead of another Mecha battle (preferably one that actually uses that Kyoryuger Ressha for something), we get this. Yuko: The Steel Brave, KyoryuCyan! Shinya: The Crashing Brave, KyoryuGray! Yayoi: The Oceanic Brave, KyoryuViolet! Dantetsu: The Shining Brave, KyoryuSilver! And then the Shadow Line show up. Nero: The pitch black baron, Nero! ? And then Zed sums up my thoughts on this film. Morc explains that they survived by having her spin around to disperse the flames. (Did you really think they were dead?) It?s then revealed that Candelillia called them in. And then the main twelve transform. ToQgers: ToQChange! ToQBrace: ToQIchigou! ToQNigou! Tokacchi: This is a dream team-up. ToQBrace: ToQSangou! ToQYongou! ToQGogou! Kagura: Alright! AppliChanger: ToQRokugou! Daigo: The Fanged Brave, KyoryuRed! Ian: The Bullet Brave, KyoryuBlack! Nossan: The Armoured Brave, KyoryuBlue! Mio: The Slashing Brave, KyoryuGreen! Amy: The Horned Brave, KyoryuPink! Utchy: The Lightning Brave, KyoryuGold? Revealed! Kyoryugers: The strongest braves in history, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger! ToQgers: The Victorious Imagination, Ressha Sentai ToQger! Devius is unimpressed, simply taking to the sky. But then he gets one-shotted by a combination attack from everyone. As he dies, everyone?s allies smile down on them. The movie then ends with everyone taking a photo together before going their separate ways. Final thoughts: Good god, this was terrible. An overly long, soulless retread of a much better offering by the same writer. Barely any of the Kyoryugers got any major focus and the few good ideas it had were executed poorly. Not to mention this has two perfectly good endings that Kobayashi just decides she has to one up somehow. It?s like she learned nothing from Go-Busters. Last edited by Androzani84; 11-23-2021 at 11:17 AM.. |
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