[GuardianAngel87]

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Episodes like #32 are the reason I absolutely love ToQger. The proper reveal of the ToQger's situation, their resolve to see things through until the end, Akira supporting them all the way, the reveal of everyone's full names.....It's all solid and emotional! That scene of Right encountering his younger self, and running past with a high-five and a smile? It's something I'm sure I'll always remember about ToQger.

.........Alternatively, two episodes later, ToQger #34 is the worst I've ever felt about ToQger, ever? I saw the preview for this episode and felt my eyes roll back into my skull.

Where to start with this one. I'm gonna be blunt with you guys: I depise plots like these. Maybe its a mix of personal bad experiences and the like, but comedy that stems from "guy who's aggressive, creepy, and persisent w/ his romantic advances to a girl clearly not interested" makes my skin crawl more than anything.

The fake dating stuff....yeah no. I don't mind the trope, it can be a fun time when used properly, but it just fell flat for me? And then, we wrap it up this rather poor joke with that kiss. This show aired in 2014, so I dont know if the writer's intent for the joke is "Uh oh! Akira kissed the wrong person!" or "Uh Oh! Akira kissed a MAN, isnt that absurd?", but either way it doesnt work for me.

Man, can't Mio get a decent episode to herself, please? She has good moments scattered across the show, but the moment it's time to give her a focus episode, the show fails to deliver...There are one or two episodes of focusing on her I thought was ok, but a lot of them just feel undercooked in some way, it sucks. Hoping get better for her, as the rest of the show keeps increasing in quality.

Yeah, I really have no idea what the hell the writers were thinking when they made that episode especially considering the revelation involving the main five rangers not long before this. Plus, I can't help but feel like it's supposed/planned to take place much earlier in the series or at the very least shortly after Akira makes his introduction into it but was being put off for some reason. Hell, it could've been made as a nice team-up episode between Mio and Akira that the other ToQgers manage to have. At least Yasuko Kobayashi, the show's head writer, didn't write that one.