[Shin Henshin]

The reaction to their grandfather's death was possibly the best acting in the entire season, as sad as that is. One criticism I've read about Ninninger is that for being a Sentai that's also family, they don't even feel like one. And you REALLY feel it during the fallout after the last ninja's death. In any other sentai, I feel like I would have been emotionally invested in this episode, but I didn't. At all. Only when Tsumuji received his final message did I feel anything, and that's cause he's probably the best character in the series.

And he's a side character.

Gabi Raizou was, of course, wasted. Gengetsu's wife whose name I can't even remember because that's how interesting/useful of a character she was is FINALLY gone. One more episode and we can finally move on from this boring mess.

...Also, if their grandfather was alive 400+ years ago, how does that explain Tsumuji's age?...Or Takaharu and Fuuka's?...Or ANYONE'S for that matter?