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Originally Posted by KRX

I loved the episode for its novelty. Its placement is a bit strange, but Shinkenger's a lot like running the mile—sometimes you just have to stop and catch your breath. Also, the shortage of oxygen and the exhaustion of the body also causes minor delirium.

Also, DaiGoyou is just adorable.

I can't stand filler anyway, but the way Shinkenger just parachutes filler episodes in is somehow worse, it totally breaks up the pace and the tension.

Honestly rewatching this for the third time (shush don't judge me haha) it just makes it noticeable how poorly plotted this show is. You'll get long stretches of nothing, then short bursts of everything. Whenever the show actually gets interesting, it ruins it with a filler episode like it's scared you'll like it and lots of crucial elements of the series just...happen with little establishing it beforehand.

It's a real shame that Samurai just did a straight adaptation, because they could have made like the perfect series if they streamlined Shinkenger better than Shinkenger did themselves.