Yeah I can't wait until we get a full clear version of the song. I realize that Show Era music has really defined the kind of music I like the most- even outside of Toku.

I am back! I am late! But I finally watched the next episode!

A little bit I forgot to mention last episode, I still love how Jyuran did a flying Godzilla move in the first episode.

Anyway, gotta say, much like Saber, it's a little rushed for the start, but maybe a bit better here. I liked how Gaon's first transformation went the same way Jyuran's went, and seeing the villains' reactions to it just gets me every time for some reason. I'm still loving the absurd, over-the-top villains Sentai does, since I simply adore these crazy bad guys, and just now, noticing the 70's esque, boxy look for the Kikanoid's Zenkaiger forms is a really nice detail.

And the Showa style music that was playing for Zenkai-Oh Jyurangaron was simply fantastic, though I kind of wish it wasn't as quiet during the action, since I've been trying to get some focus on the score for this series (since this composer is a legend) and not to denote the action and sound effects, but the music is slightly bogged down by it, not that I have anything against it, since I quite like them, particularly the Geatlinger's standby gig.

Next episode: We meet the Robo-Waifu-Fortune Teller!:lolol

Why are the anniversary seasons for Super Sentai SO GOOD? I hadn't felt this kind of happy over a series since GoKaiger.

I'll just state the same as everyone else. This series is FUN. Visually it has some deep throwbacks to Showa era colors, action sequences are definitely more dynamic, and it's lighthearted enough to give the nods to prior seasons without it being too campy. Even the jokes are just right as is the timing. The Geartlinger having the writing of what it is on the side is such a massive deep cut to the old toys and how they had written on the sides what they were. Even if it's not my thing for a henshin device it's still retro fun.

If anything could be thought as a catch to the series might be that it's almost too overstimulating visually. Trying to catch every animation and nuance takes two watches.

Even the plausibly implausible writing for how the current world was created is not slapped together. And the episodes just feel longer overall because it's just right. I think the phrase is 'story fulfillment'.

So yeah, super pumped about this season and we're 2 episodes in. I expect the formulaic usual of introducing each prior sentai team, but at least it doesn't feel stale and overcompensated.

THIS. So much this.

Also, can I get a shout out for Navi 2.0? I never realized how much I missed a lot of these voice actors.

Wow... uh... this episode was pretty dang extraordinary. I loved it a lot.

Most of my reservations from ep 1 have been obliterated. THIS is EXACTLY what I wanted from a Komura-scripted anniversary series. Can't wait to see this team of freakin' weirdos fully assembled.

A series which keeps on giving.

I feel like Tojitendo is heavily inspired by Go-Onger, right down to Ijirude giving me Kitaneidasu vibes! However, there are moments I don't fully get. Ijirude gives a Kudakk the Mushroom Gear, which turns it first into a Kudaiter, and then into Mushroom World. How does a Kudakk even become a Kudaiter in the first place? Also, what about the rest of the Sentai Multiverse? Go-Onger was predicated on multiple dimensions, and Kyuranger was firmly established to be its own universe. Are all dimensions being turned into gears? Additionally, even if a world is liberated, what's stopping Tojitendo from turning it back into a gear?

I have concerns about Gege, the Tojitendo bird. I feel like that one will be much more dangerous than Bokkowaus! By the same token, I feel as though Seechan will also transition from being a handheld prop into something...MORE!

The idea of a gear which survives a battle feels strangely similar to Sporix in Dino Fury, even if it is unintentional.

I still don't like the Geartlinger! It just doesn't do it for me.

Why is it Zenkaioh JuraGaon instead of "Zenkaioh GaoJuran" given the placement of the two?

Even if Kaito isn't a Kiramager, I feel as though he would fit right at home with them!

I thought that Ep. 1 would leave much of the public with concerns regarding Kikainoids, but those fears were apparently unwarranted as there doesn't seem to be any resentment. Everyone seems to understand right off the bat that the main threat is Tojitendo, and not Kikainoids in general, which is definitely a progressive plus.

How did Seechan actually know what would happen when Kaito flips his gear if the Super Sentai Gears were never field tested? Did Seechan know that Kaito would find Kikainoid allies who would transform and combine long before the series began? If so, how did Kaito's parents learn so much and prepare?

Still interested enough to want to keep going.