I remember Ramirez being pretty cool with his spirit hammer and slimming transformation. But if he never amounts to anything I don't mind skipping him.

Yeah there hasn't really been a lot of stuff going on in these opening three episodes, but the action has been spectacular so I don't really mind the plot taking a back seat for it.

It always amazes me how they can put so much effort into suits that are only ever on screen for about ten minutes. I really like Chaos and Aigaron suit wise for the generals. Dogold looks awful and although both Lucky and Candi are fine I hate them so much as characters that I can't subtract that and enjoy the suits.

Megaranger 12

It seems to become another trend that after an okay Chisato Episode one of the other Megaranger gets an downright epic Episode.

This one was so awesome and Kouichi is by far one of my favorites together with Shun. I liked that he had to learn not to focus too much on just one mistake but instead work harder to get it right the next time.The Teacher character was really fun and a nice contrast to the uptight Kouichi who takes everything far to seriously sometimes.

The fight scenes were again very awesome and I like Mega Blacks fighting style alot. The way he piloted Galaxy Mega was also really cool and matched up with his personality pretty well.

I don't think he amounts to anything, though he is around for the whole show. If you like Ramirez more than I did, you may enjoy revisiting those episodes -- but I think perhaps a hazy, positive memory of his debut will serve you well going forward.

I skipped them because, 1) I hate Ramirez, 2) ep 5 involves a monster that gives everyone cavities (ugh), and 3) ep 6 has Candelira as the main general, whose goal is to perform an ear-shatteringly annoying concert.

One more note: Ep 8 has the debut of evil Pteragordon, but I skipped that one because I want to spare everyone the pain of Ovirapoo as much as possible (and, it's not super plot relevant -- you'll get what you need from the recap in front of Ep 9). :lol

Watched Carranger 1-3. I know it's not finished yet, but eh, I felt like it. It's alright so far. Not nearly as zany as I was expecting. At least not yet. I like how Dappu had to fake his death to get them to do anything in the first ep though. The joke where they had to check to instruction manual for the weapons was pretty funny too. Still waiting for the team to stand out a bit more aside from Red Racer.

Also, all the commotion around Dino Charge makes me wanna just go and watch Go-Busters and Kyoryuger back to back. Dunno why, but it might be fun.

Oh God it's all coming back. Those episodes were horrible, that was where all the goofy shit that turned me off the series began, and where my hatred for Candi began also.

I remember evil Pteragordon being way more impressive than the good version, but I guess the fact I don't remember Ovirapoo is probably for the best and I wont revisit this episode either.

Brave 8 is actually a pretty good Nossan episode, if I remember.

EDIT: Never mind I'm redundant don't look at me weeeeeeee.

Evil Pteragordon is way more impressive than the good one (DAT CAPE!).

And after scanning the summaries, I realize that Ovirapoo (the... err... flatulent Zyudenchi) is episode 7. So you'd be safe to revisit Ep 8, if you want. It's a nice Nossan character episode, but like I said, it's not strictly necessary.

Dat cape!

Oh that is what the farting power is called *shudder*

Sounds like 8 is worth visiting if it focuses on Nobu and introduces an evil giant robot.

Megaranger 13

A fun Episode that finally unleashed the all new powerfull Yugande on our poor Kenta. Their rivalry is build up pretty good and doesnt feel rushed or too drawn out. There is not much in term of character development in this Episode but alot of good comedy bits with all the male Megaranger trying to impress the new student Teacher.

Except for the little bits with Yugande and Kenta I cant quite figure out how this Episode will affect the show going forward. The whole "ultimate lifeform" business seems important enough that it could come up again in future episodes.


Megaranger 14

So that was pretty much the Super Sentai version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers :lol

Really dug this Episode and I felt soooo bad for the little boy it felt like everything in his life pretty much was going downhill. I liked the interactions bewteen Miku and Kenta and they seem to have good chemistry since both of them are pretty lazy and dont like studying all that much, something I can relate to very well xD Miku being the only one that believed the boys story was pretty fitting for her character as she was up till now presented as someone who doesnt judge people before she gets to know them better.

The Monsters giant form looked really cool and creative being made up of hundreds of smaller Kunekune.

I still don't get the hate on Ovarapoo....

I'm not really a fan of goofy humour anyway, but the goofiness in Kyoryuger was worse for me because they crammed in juvenile gags whether it actually made any sense or worked in the context or not. And that to me is the worst way to do comedy.

I think Ovirappo is massively exaggerated. It was in one episode. Every other time it was used, it was used as a smoke screen.

Yeah, it was pretty juvenile and I could understand if it was a recurring gag, but it wasn't.

But it wasn't just that one gag. You had the bendy sword, the bubblegum blow up, the tickle one the fall in love one. Etc Etc. And I stopped watching at like episode 12, I dread to think what other terrible attempts at humour come out of the woodwork over the series.

I'm not really sure what was so horrible about the blowing up one? Maybe its because I've played Donkey Kong 64 and Super Mario 64 DS to death, but that didn't come across as particularly juvenile. I thought using Nossan as a ball to battle the meteor volleyball attack was kinda funny...

The bendy sword and tickle were meh too, I agree, but they're also not really recurring gags, so I can forgive.

Maybe they weren't recurring but out of the twelve episodes I watched, half of them ended on anti-climactic and stupid gags. That is problematic.

I recall it being in about 3 episodes. And even when they use it as tear gas or a smoke screen later, it still has that damn sound effect... *shudder*

Just because something works in a video game does not mean it translates into live action.

I didn't mean it in that way, obviously, just that I don't think it was particularly juvenile, it seemed a pretty standard visual gag and I thought it worked well and, as I said, I actually found the counter to the meteor volleyball to be pretty funny. Blowing up as a balloon and floating is basically the exact same visual gag, whether its in a comic, video-game, cartoon or live action.

True, but for better or worse, that's pretty much how Kyroyuger is for the rest of the series. However, there at least isn't a repeat of how stupidly anti-climatic the disease villain who took over Ankydon's defeat was.

Oh God yeah that disease Deboss. The way he appeared in a dramatic cliffhanger...only to be defeated in a gag the next episode. What a pile of shit.

He sucked back then, but when the Zetsumates have their reunion later on, Viruson actually does pretty good.

Okay, time for the last Kyoryuger episode before my filler jump. Episode four!

Although plotwise this isn't the best show in the world the action more than makes up for it. From the Kyoryuger fighting unmorphed because they have no choice, to fighting two generals along with the footsoldier, to the Armed On Roll Call, to all the stylish flair in the stunts and choreography to the sheer sense of power from the heroes attacks, it's just awesome. Souji is my favourite Kyoryuger so far.

Hell, even their giant robot and the shitty combination and cockpit, still has pretty great fights because they are mostly CGI fights which give them freedom of movement and avoid flappy cheap costumes.

I also like how the Commander with the best suit, is getting the most focus, it's just a shame that the way Aigaron speaks is SO ANNOYING. I hope they pick someone less annoying for Dino Charge.

*pats you on the shoulder*You have my condolences.

That bad, huh?

Wait, what? Souji is great.

Souji isn't a bad character, he's just criminally underdeveloped IMO. The whole series he just seemed stuck after the first episode we got to know him. All he existed for was "I'm the sword fighting dude" and "I'm a high school student" til 41 when he finally became a full fledged character. Granted this my opinion of how things played out, but I also liked Souji early on and was disappointed on how the show handled him.

Well I'm only four episodes in but as this is the first bunch of episodes, before my first filler skip, I can honestly say the way the characters were handled in these initial episodes was so so.

As much as I like a red who earns their colour, which is a surprisingly rare thing, I find King borderline obnoxious and a bit of a one man team, which distracted a little bit from the fact his entire motivations during these episodes is getting the team together.

Ami, like most pinks, is a casualty of war. The like one scene of focus she had promised something interesting but then every moment since has just involved the cameras creepy infatuation with her and nothing more.

Souji is the straight man, and a total badass, but I do admit outside of Ami and her utter lack of any characterisation at all he is probably the most bland in terms of character since his only purpose seems to be, being cool. I think he's cool enough to pull it off but he isn't the strongest of characters.

Ian is just really really annoying, I hate unnecessarily antagonistic characters like him. I get that he softened at the end of episode four, but then all we were left with was love bullets and engrish and I just found it a bit awful.

Nobu had really fantastic set up, with a clear goal to fight for and an emotional hook for the audience and so on but after that was finished with all he's been is comic relief and it feels like a giant waste.

Kyoryuger's main flaw is how it dedicates a lot of attention to plot at the expense of character. Then, in the last 8 episodes, everyone grows and changes all at once. Of all the characters, I feel like Souji had the most organic growth.

But even so, the cast brings a lot to the table. Their heavy lifting compensates for a lot of the characters being backgrounded in the scripts.

Kyoryuger is a "along for the ride" sentai series. It lacks tremendous depth, but it's bright, energetic, fun, fastpaced, kinetic, and just self-aware enough for the whole experience to be really enjoyable. Perfect for sparking up a fatty and enjoying the pretty images. :lol

Just wait, you're only getting started on King Sentai Daigoranger :lol.


Sadly Souji is the poster child for that.

I'm trying my best to filter out my own prejudices and stuff I've read and I must admit it is kinda hard to believe at this point that a show so flashy and fun can go downhill as much as people claim it does. But we'll see.

I've come to respect this criticism, even if Daigo never actively bothered me. Daigo's actor embodies the show's high energy rhythm, so it felt natural to me that the show would spotlight him.

Man, I feel like such a Kyoryuger apologist. :lol

Keep in mind I say that in jest. I don't think the show revolves atound Daigo as much as the popular opinion would have you think, but there are times when Daigo feels like a shonen anime protagonist.

From these opening four episodes, it is less so the sheer focus on Daigo and more so the lack of focus on anything else.

Like an RPG, we see Daigo gather his team as one by one they reveal their civilian forms but minus the scene where Daigo and Ami speak to Souji's Dad, Daigo has exclusively talked the team round which only further draws attention to the lack of anyone helping him, as the team grows.

What is everyone else doing, while he's forming the team? Facetious perhaps but with the way Daigo makes every character moment about him, I honestly don't feel I know the characters well enough to know why he is doing everything on his own.

And that is in four episodes

I wouldn't be. I felt it revolved around him as much as everyone felt it did :lol
But at this point, I don't really give a fuck anymore.

Just curious, how well do you know children? I ask because children LOVE fart jokes. Ovaripoo is for them, not us adults in our 20s, 30s, 40s, etc.

Children also love juvenile gags, and since this is technically a children's show, those aren't aimed at us. Besides, Kyoryu did a good job of balancing juvenile gags with more mature moments, so it is all good.

Megaranger 15

A solid Episode again. Nothing to mahor plotwise and it didnt really further Shuns character beyond showing his infiltration and tactical skills.
Action was solid too so no complaints there.


Megaranger 16

What a wonderful Episode this was.

Seeing our five Heroes coming to terms with them dying was really touching and made me appreciate all of them alot more then I already did. Especially seeing Shun who up until now was very calm completely losing it was pretty darn impressive. I especially liked that after they made the decision to just make there last hours on earth worthwhile they were faced with the fact that they are not the only ones that got affected by the poison.

The last battle was so incredibly bad ass and showed that when all of them put their hearts in it they will never bow down to Nezirezia.

This was by far my favourite Episode yet and I cant wait to see were the show goes from here.

Megaranger 17 & 18

Those two Episodes make up sort of a mini arc if you so will.

The first Story involves the Megaranger going on a School field trip to a lake, were the Nezirezia try to hatch the eggs of Gama Nezira using a special liquid that enhances ones evolution. During the fight Miku is accidentaly hit and is now granted with enhanced strenght and intelligence.
It was a pretty nice Episode that involved the relationship between Chisato and Miku and it was nice to see Miku behave the exact opposite of her usual personality. The whole story of excepting who you really are is always nice to see and was handled quite well.
The only gripe I have with this Episode is yet again Chisato. She is by no means a bad character in any way she is just not very interesting to watch.

The next Episode is a continuation of the field trip adventure in which we see Kouichiro trying to protect the nearby forest not just against the Nezirezia but also against Inet.

It was a good Episode and up until the end the whole environmental message was pretty well handled. Making the forest a real character personified through a little kid was a good move and you could really feel Kouichiros dilemma.
I enjoyed this one quite a bit especially the Mecha fight was really well done. The only thing that kinda ruined it for me was the really cliched dialogue between Kouichiro and Chisato at the end.
With this it really felt too on the nose what message they tried to convey.


All in all it was a nice change of pace from the usual setting and it seems that next Episode awaits us a major status quo change.

Carranger 4 and 5

I love the Bowzack. They're the least threatening villains ever. And as goofy as this series is, it actually has some interesting twists on the standard Power Rangers/Sentai formula. Like the Bowzack actually having to learn they can grow giant and figure out how.

Also like how the Carrangers are so excited over getting a combining robot that they WANT the Bowzack to attack. Where did the instruction manual for the zord even come from?! I guess it just appeared when their cars did...

The music in this series is pretty awesome too, especially when they first morph and summon their zords/machines-or-whatever they're called here. I don't even know what to say about the monster and his bell button lint problem. Oh the Zord talks. Well, I know that Sentai zords tend to be sentient a lot of the time, but I really wasn't expecting it here. In hindsight, I probably should have though.

RV Robo's finishing pose is pretty badass. Though even when watching turbo, I never thought their spinning move was as ridiculous as it seems here. Then again, I don't remember Turbo havign a scene of them spinning around in the cockpit. Aha, they actually clean their zords after a battle?! That's new. Probably takes a while though.


But man will they even grow giant every episode. They have to buy a specific type of snack from a specific vendor. What happens if that store runs out? Also the family that the Rangers interact with has to have the shittiest luck in the world.

Kyoryuger 8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlatYFKdvig

As we go from the formation of the team, to now providing greater focus on the members in it and also introducing a new Zord and Ranger, it doesn't even feel like I've just skipped three episodes at all. Honestly I can't even imagine what they could have been about to not even notice I skipped them. Also Nobu's sister is a babe.

In terms of the episode, this was surprisingly fucked up. Parading peoples lost loved ones in front of them, which draws them into a labyrinth in another dimension that they can't escape from. Even the ultimate way to escape from the labyrinth was kinda twisted, in that Nobu's sister had to accept her husband was dead. Not exactly the most uplinking or cheerful way to resolve this.

It was a strong episode from Nobu duh it was a focus episode for him - but I loved the line "Probably because I'm a superhero." That is my kind of Ranger. Also, aw, is he wearing Keichi's jacket?

It wasn't flawless though, I'm guessing Rika's explanation for not getting tricked was supposed to be emotional and powerful but I was more distracted by how she sounded like no child ever.

"Are you saying I'm not one of the smart ones?" Ami asks, to which King gives a nod so cocksure, I can't help but wonder if this is allegory for the way sentai treats women.

Oh yeah and the fucking tickle battery, that can get fucked.

Kyoryuger 09.

This show is a lot darker than I remember it being meaning in turn the goofiness is even less fitting than I realised, even if the show itself doesn't seem to realise how dark some of its concepts are. From the Spirit Rangers and the inherent notation that there are those who have died fighting as Kyoryuger, the scenes of Utchy's friends murdered on the battlefield by Deboss and the scenes of Pteragordon rampaging in the city as people scream and run.

This episode also had some great action. They really are a strong, functioning team - King is especially badass, but this episode really did a good job of making each member of the team feel purposeful - at least until Ami and Souji got captured, dammit >.<. Although I love Go-Buster Ace, Evil Pteraidenoh is one of the coolest mechs ever . Also it is awesome is seeing KyoryuGold fight in the past.

About the only downside of the episode, is that Evil Pteraidenoh's time in the sun is so brief, and that the flashback with KyoryuGold is so rushed. The Cambeastian is so goofy looking considering it's meant to be this elite monster. Plus the whole twist with DoGold is super dumb.

Megaranger 19

Such a fantastic Episode that really upped the ante for the five Megaranger.

We get introduced to a new Nezirezia General named Girell who different from Yugande or Shiborena isnt afraid to play dirty. His first action is to overrun the City with an army of KuneKune and tries to kidnapp the children.
During that fight Kenta accidentaly hits one of his friends from the arcade and puts him in the hospital.This puts Kenta into a deep crisis as he begins to question if hes even worthy to fight the Nezirezia if he cant even stop in time before hurting an innocent bystander.

I like when Characters like Kenta have to question how they operate and if there is a middleground between his impulsive and hotheaded nature and a more calm behaviour he obviously is lacking up until now. What I liked the most was seeing all the other Megaranger reacting according to there personality hwen Kenta tried to quit the team with Kouichiro trying to help him to cope with his current situation.
Through Kentas crisis we learn a little more about Dr.Kubotas past and what he did before he joined Inet.

I absolutely loved Girell in this Episode and by that I mean I absolutely hated him :lol He is such an unhonorable bastard that you just love to watch but at the same time you want him to get utterly destroyed by our heroes.
His voice in conjunction with his design just kills it and man that laugh is giving me the creeps.


Megaranger 20

Sadly not as good as last time this one was still alot of fun.

After Girell starts to mess with the Nezirezia Monsters he successfully creates a beast that has the ability to split in two creatures.
At the same time the Megaranger are made aware that Inet has build a new Mecha for them to use but they need the control program frem the chief scientist that works on the project. The only way to get it though is to fire his son that is the chief mechanic on Galaxy Mega and the new robot called the Delta Mega.

It was nice seeing how other people are affected by the war between humanity and the Nezirezia and that Inet doesnt just employ Kubota, that other scientist and a bunch of non-japanese people that neither speak good japanese nor good english :lol
I liked that Kenta starts to dial down his impulsive behaviour and actually apologized after he got into a fight with the Mechanic and actually managed to befriend him. The whole story about the Mechanic and his father was kinda nice but I really would have liked if we had gotte more background on why he didnt want his son involved in the fighting.

The Mecha fight at the end was pretty cool but not as cool as some of the others we saw in this show. One thing I have to ask though is what Idiot decided to put the activation button for Delta Mega right next to the self destruct button and not label the damn thing. Its like they wanted the thing getting blown to bits :lol

Kyoryuger 10. Super sentai, the only place where the giant robots are more convincing than the facial hair.

God the first half of the episode was awful from start to finish. From them trying to give a scientific reason to KyoryuGold's sword skills - only to then directly contradict it in the very same scene, and then again KyoryuGold's introduction and make it worthless that Daigo can block it on the first attempt and it becomes similarly worthless when you actually see it put in practice.

And then there is the long string of goofy practical gags like Amy's footsie skills, to the Violet Beauregard battery, to the fart battery to the infuriating announcer.

Luckily the second half was great minus the three instances I've already listed. I love how active the Commanders are in this show, even if they are mostly pretty rubbish, and it really did capture the chaos of an all out battle really well. This show has fantastic visuals, clearly a big budget and just some really imaginative people behind the camera. It was even better because Souji was an all round badass this episode, he really stood out despite it not being focused on him.

Plus this is our first trip out for Gold, who has one of the most AMAZING introductions I've ever seen. Even the horrendous dancing bends to pure badassery when it's done by him. It made me feel like a child again, the introduction of the sixth was always my favourite part of Power Rangers and KyoryuGold is so COOL.

Megaranger 21

This one showed again how different Girell operates from the other Nezirezia Commanders. Like the last two times his tactic is to try and overcome the Megaranger through sheer numbers. At the same time though his plan has another layer to it that puts the heroes in a real difficult position.
Girells new Monster has the ability to revive old Nezire Monsters and so keeps the Megaranger occupied when one of them turns giant so they cant fight in Galaxy Mega and have to call for Delta Mega. Girell uses this oppurtinity to override the controls for Delta Mega and uses it to destroy the city.

I absolutely loved how the heroes had to think on their feets to regain control over their new robot. I loved that even when it looked like the only way to stop it was to destroy Delta Mega that Kenta just couldnt give up and put his whole heart into it. The fight between Galaxy Mega and Delta Mega was really spectacular and Ithink this was the first time that the show acknowledged that during every fight there are over a hundred people inside of Galaxy Mega.
The Super Galaxy Mega combination was pretty cool but the fight didnt blow me away. Its just moves so slow in comparison to Delta Mega or Galaxy Mega.

Girell is definately shaping up to be one of the harder Villains to beat and I cant wait what his next move is going to be.


Megaranger 22

A nice focus Episode for Miku and Shun that develops their relationship a bit more. This time its Yugande and Shiborenas turn to try and defeat the Megaranger once and for all.

Their plan is to set up invisible portals all over the country that teleport people to different locations seemingly at random. During a fight with the Megaranger Shun and Miku are teleported away through one of the portals and have to find out more about them so they can return to the others before the Nezirezia can create more portals all over the world.

It was one of the typical Sentai crazy labyrinth Episodes that usually uses alot of crazy visuals. In that regard this one was pretty disappointing since the Rangers are just send to different places in Japan and not really other dimensions. Shund and Miku play off one another pretty well with Shun being the one who uses his mind while Miku just does things much like Kenta.

The Action was okay but nothing too spectacular. What I really liked was that the Megaranger finally got a more traditional roll call.

As solid Episode but nothing that really furthered the Story or the Characters except for bringing the Shun X Miku thing up again.