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SUPER GEKI RANGEEEER~!...No! Bad Mido, save that for the end! Ahem, my thoughts on this trio of episodes.

So one minor note before I get into the meat and potatoes of 19. Eruka was another user of the Toad style. Keep that in mind for the future that there can be more than one practictioner of a certain style. Also we get to see how the Gekirangers have grown again like their remwatch with Moriya. When they faced Maga he was nearly invincible, while Eruka was a complete joke. Just shows you how far they have come. Now onto the fun stuff, Rio getting serious and trying to wipe the Gekirangers out. I always loved how Butoka and Wagataku had been staring us in the face the whole time and now they are brought to life by the Kenma. So while I mentioned earlier we see how the Gekirangers have grown, we quickly see how much Rio has grown as well, as he hands the Gekirangers their asses. They probably would have been killed if Shafu had not showed up and made a deal with Rio spare them so they can learn Kageki. Also, we learned that Rio might have had something to do with the disapperance of Retsu's brother.

Then we move onto the training episode and we quickly meet the remaining 3 Kensei: Michelle Peng, Gorrie Yen, and Pyon Piao. Their training takes place as a contest between thme and the Master Triangle, which each of them matching up against their weakpoint. Jan understandably loses his contest with Gorrie to raise the stakes on Ran and Retsu, but also due the fact Jan probably could never stack coins like that. I don't think anyone could. It'd drive Two-Face crazy . Next we have Ran vs. Michelle on a half-pipe. To be expected, Michelle gets a perfect score putting pressure on Ran. After a botched first run and some mid second run coaching from Retsu, she manages to tie with Michelle. Then it comes down the match of Pyon Piao and Retsu. Definitely my favorite part becaus Retsu steps the hell up and manges to win after taking a really nasty beating. So the competition ends and the Master Triangle acknowledges the Gekirangers and give them the Super Geki Claws.

Now onto the main event, episode 21. Rio vs. the Gekirangers round 2. Once again Rio shows us how much he has grown, even using some of the Kenma techniques during battle to beat them down. He even brutalizes while they lay on the ground, which leads to Jan discovering the secret of the Kageki, the ability to protect others. SUPER BEAST ON! Now we get to the really good stuff with the debut of the Super Gekirangers. Just moments ago the Gekirangers couldn't really do anything against Rio, Butoka, and Wagataku. Now they effortlesslt defeat them in combat. Defeat them to an awesome insert song and some hella Koichi Sakamoto stunt fighting. Probably the best part of the aftermath of that battle is the look on Rio's face. He's is genuinely surprised and spooked after Jan beat him. Then we meet the new Geki Beasts and GekiFire as they smash the beetle statues for good this time. Not really much to say about them aside from some neat moments like the Gorilla swinging along the Penguin's contrail. Of course, the GekiFire finisher is arm swinging, albeit vertical instead of horizontal this time. And at the end Rio mentions someone called the White Tiger, that should be interesting .

One side note I'll make is that we are now at episode 21. We have the Super Mode and no sign of new teamates. Goes to show again how Gekiranger is not your typical Super Sentai.