[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Again, it's a very frustrating kind of average for me. I don't think my opinion on Gingaman's quality will ever drastically change or anything, but I do think I could have a lot more fun with it if I wasn't futilely waiting for it to "take off", only to be disappointed when it doesn't.

Ah, I can understand the idea of rewatching it then, at least.

Anyway, Geki 7 and 8.
Dance fighting!
Scorpion x Toad shipping!
Pork Cube Stew!

I love these episodes. Beautifully silly.
I love Mele sympathizing with Maga over his unrequited crush. It's just sublime to watch as they trample over the rangers, but then get caught up in their flirting and literally just walk away from the fight.
Even Mele gets sick of it all. Can't blame her, considering they literally let the rangers survive 3 times.

Anyway, we're introduced to Miki's daughter, Natsume, who is introduced as a bratty kid. When I first saw the show, I figured I wasn't gonna like her. She wants to stand out as the star, so in dance class, she intentionally dances in her own style to stand out.
Jan ain't having that, though. Telling her she's ruining the synchronization for no reason.
Utilizing the power of the dance, our heroes defeat Sorisa, but she's rescued by Maga, the Toad fist fighter and his unbreakable defense.
So now we're introduced to our newest weapon, the Geki Bazooka (That escalated quickly...Tonfa to bo staff to nunchaku, and now a bazooka...). By harnessing Geki energy, it can break Maga's iron defense.
But uh-oh! Our heroes aren't efficient enough to charge it in a timely manner, so they need Jan to stall while Retsu and Ran do the charging.

And in a moment that swiftly made me reconsider my thoughts on Natsume as well as continue to incorporate the "Training in our daily lives" lesson, Jan learns patience through waiting for pork cubes to properly cook with Natsume's help, and Ran and Retsu train dexterity through piano. Yay~

Jan gets beaten the hell up, displaying his unbreakable body, but they overcome and destroy Maga's defense, and GekiTouja destroys Sorisa, with her weak ass secret technique...Methinks she should just stick to kicking really hard...
Oh no, it seems Braco is the one with the Madoku, and he's plotting something. I wonder what...

Super solid, super fun episodes and I love them.
Something that irked me on my first watch was why the 5 Venoms went after the Rangers 1 by 1 after their introduction, thoroughly stomping them when all 5 were present. Hell, even now, Maga and Sorisa together managed to consistently defeat them. I know all 5 were cocky bastards, but it just seemed foolish to go at them one by one afterwards...Oh well.