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Gekiranger Rocks My Socks Off Part 3: Episodes 15-21

So, uh, this show got way better. I'm genuinely surprised by this because because the last batch of episodes I watched wasn't a significant improvement on the first 8, which, given how amazing those first 8 were, wasn't really going to be a problem, and yet, here I am, watching a great show that somehow got even greater.

I mean, it was just awesome episode after awesome episode. I realized how much more I was suddenly enjoying the show midway through the first episode with Sharkie Chan (and wow what a name that is), and just when I was ready for that to be my new level of enjoyment, the AMAZING three-parter that introduces the Super Gekirangers comes along.

What even was all that? No wait, I know what it was. An awesome culmination of all the parallel storytelling that's been going on with Rio and the Gekirangers' training featuring awesome character development for both parties resulting in awesome engaging drama and awesome high energy action involving awesome jet-pack powers(!) for our heroes.

This show is f***ing spectacular. Back in episode 4 where Rio first met the gang it was all like "oh man, this guy's totally invincible", and whereas a lot of inferior shows would probably just feel like the villain gradually became enough of a wimp to be beaten once there were new toys to sell, here they've been constantly making it a point that's he's only been getting stronger since then, but of course, so have the Gekirangers, making their victory feel very well-earned and extremely satisfying.

It's just so well written! I don't care if Ran and Retsu DO get undercut from here on out, they've already got more fleshed out, developed characters in 21 episodes than a lot of Rangers do in 40, so frankly they could just coast by on that alone and I wouldn't care. Not to mention basically everything else that's great about this show.

Can you tell I'm gushing? Is it apparent how much I like this series? I mean, dang, I thought I was praising Carranger...

The worst thing I have to say about Gekiranger so far is that its gorilla dude isn't as cool as Larri from Zyuohger. But then, who could ever be as cool as Larri?