Forgot Bima-X Magnetic debuted this long, dunno if I spoiled you then in said preview picture, which yes, already revealed all Bima-X's 4 main forms. Also, "purple" is the English for "ungu", the name of the band that performs the show's theme songs.

My general thought is that, it's always more important to keep and recycle stuff rather than throwing it away. The remains of a once menacing final threat should be useful for anything they can cook up.

Ungu isn't exclusively a toku singer, they're Indonesian regular band (as usual, most of band's songs are love songs).

This recap's not as interesting as a comedic plot about ghosts and cake or a revision of a character's tragic past, but I totally remember that great Karax moment. He wanted the recap to end as much as the audience did.

Noir is still a cool and wise mentor in his own right, but for sure, a big part of his appeal is Gackt's portrayal, the biggest surprise appearance for anybody watching Bima. Nevertheless, I think this episode does a good job showing his importance, both as the original target of Topeng Besi's ancient revenge and the legacy of his strong spirit of heroism to the modern Satrias.

Yeah, I figured they were too awesome to just be a band made for Tokusatsu.

Yeah, the bit with Ricca looking at her Dimas' thirst traps was pretty great.

Thankfully you didn't.

The episode, and a few other bits of BIMA-X, definitely give you all the context that's necessary. But a big part of Noir's' appeal is not only Gackt, but his whole stint he spends just bullying Ray in BIMA. Stuff like that is why I will never recommend anyone skip BIMA to get to X.

Another episode that's primarily focused on action, but not entirely.

Iron Mask causes the Dark Power Spot to go out of control, and it proves troublesome for our heroes to fight around.

And it definitely makes for some very cool effects work during the entirety of this boss fight. But even more importantly, it allows for some nice character moments between all of the fighting.

The big takeaway is of course the part where Ray and Dimas go Super Saiyan and are willing to sacrifice themselves to save some kids who wandered onto the battlefield, but credit also needs to go to how Reza was still able to help despite still wandering Parallel World.

But actually, I think my personal favorite scene has to be when Ray and Dimas retreat to regroup and think things over, because it means that the rest of the family gets some time to shine, which has been missing for a bit. Randy is the one to put together the connection between the Power Stones and the Spots, and from that give an angle for the Satrias to act.

It really is the little things when it comes to stuff like this, ya know? Solidly fun episode, this one.

Admittedly not much to say on this one, but I did enjoy it.

I do appreciate that it's always a challenge to figure out how to beat Iron Mask/Evil Torga. Like just because they do manage to beat him, doesn't mean the next fight's going to be easy for them.

I do also like the expansion on the cast learning about the Power Spots relation to the Power Stones and them trying to use that for the climax. I also appreciate Reza pitching in once he manages to catch wind of what's going on, even if he's worlds apart.

Maybe this is the determination stuff that if you will something strong enough, you'd be able to do it. The shonen solution for problems...

I do like that the Mikhail identity isn't forgotten here that Reza uses his experience as the antagonistic Azazel (still keeping his dark theme after turning away from VUDO) to explore Dunia Paralel. Reza was only brainwashed, but this'd be the perks of getting a redeemed villain to your side, that they have their experience in a hostile environment that can be useful for info or further developments. Reza exploring Dunia Paralel shouldn't make him gone, or that'd be what I wish, for worldbuilding and likely to also give villains screentime in their home world, while featuring Reza as well.

It is neat to see that as our heroes evolve, so too do our villains.

This was a big piece of what I was hoping for as well. And while they have yet to immediately deliver, there is still time.

Randy and Rena's' parents return, but unfortunately, VUDO never left.

As it turns out, the mom and dad have been doing their best to spy on the Vudo Empire all this time, while also trying to find a way to save Ray's' folks.

And it's when they try to deliver important information to their children that Vudo strikes, preventing some top secret information from getting out and in the end taking Rena hostage.

While the plot of this one is very straight-forward, there is still some decent takeaways here. The bit at the start with Randy was good for a giggle, the drama of Rena not knowing how to handle seeing her parents again was nice, and it's only now that Mossa's' secret identity is revealed to our heroes.

Thinking about it, this is the only tokusatsu that I can immediately remember where the villains are alot better at keeping their secret identities than the heroes are. Well, except Draconer I suppose. Still, it's impressive for just how long they've been holding out on those. Perhaps it helps that they very rarely get directly involved.

Anyway, yeah, that about covers all the big highlights on this one. It's overall just decent, and I suppose it's mainly here to signal how we're officially in the endgame of the show if it weren't obvious already. Which, you know, fair enough.

Dayum, look at them go Kaioken x10. :lolol

We hit Episode 40 and things immediately start going to hell. Ngl I do like it since we are raising the stakes just a bit as we reach the end of Bima-X.

I do like our villains maintaining their secrecy for the most part, and them getting a very clear victory over our heroes this time helps up the drama.

I think my favorite bit though was Bima-X using Atlas to track Rena via scent. I though that was a clever way to use one of the Satria's animal partners ngl.