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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

TOKUMEI SENTAI GO-BUSTERS MISSION 15 - ?THE GOLDEN BUSTER AND THE SILVER BUDDY?

It?s hard to talk about this episode in ways that aren?t just enjoying the comedic energy of every single Jin/J scene ? J doesn?t know he isn?t the lead character! Jin swaggers like we didn?t all just see him childishly snap at J for talking over him! ? but I will try. (One of my favorite gags in the episode is actually just about Jin, not even featuring him. As the team is trying to discern whether it?s the real Jin or a plot by Enter, Hiromu confidently declares it to be a fake Jin because he?s too goofy, to which Ryuji instantly goes No, That Part?s Correct.) There?s a lesson in here about perfection being boring, which is a subtle way of priming us for a Buster duo that is resolutely not the kind that?s going to slot into the hierarchy of our series to date, while also saying that it?s more fun when something has room to surprise you. Like Jin and J heisting the Enetron for themselves at the end of the episode! (I assume they?re actually using it to steal the Megazord that Messiah?s building, but we?ll likely find out for sure next time.)

The core 3 act like serious professional agents, even Yoko to a lesser extent, so the loud goofy duo of Jin and J dominate the stage with their physical comedy. A neat detail about their suits is how the torso design is mirrored. Asymmetry = Imperfection, so we can see how Jin puts his philosophy in to everything he designs and that despite his narcissism, he's willing to express his flaws in a visual way what can also be considered aesthetically appealing. Whereas J is humorously oblivious to his flaws and thinks of himself as the best thing ever. Yep, this is totally another winning human-Buddyroid partnership. You referred to Nick as "Accel Momotaros" before, but the latter part is actually much more fitting for J.

Fun Fact: This is the first episode of the show that I watched. I was suffering from some kind of Sentai fatigue since Gokaiger ended and the debut of Beetbuster and Stagbuster made me curious to see what Gobusters was about. So I have pretty fond memories of this 2-parter and I love that the Director's Cut gave me a new way to enjoy it the second time.

Fun Fact Part 2: I didn't even realize these guys were officially Sixths until the Twokai Unit from the Twokaizer VS Gokaiger special confirmed it. I mean, the team ratio is pretty weird, right? Jin and J are 2/5 of the whole team!

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

BOOST UP FOR Vacuumroid!

I loved this guy. He?s my favorite Metaroid to date, and he continues a very fun thread that started with Tubaroid last time: he?s just trying to do his job, you guys. Villains who view a run-in with the heroes as something more akin to having to take a phone call in the middle of typing a report? I think that?s the best. It?s the funniest way to approach a rote conflict, to mix it up occasionally with some bored clock-puncher of an evil robot. He?s just here to suck up Enetron, not fight a group of supersoldiers, so just let him wrap this up and he?ll be going. Best Metaroid! Elevated an already terrific episode into the stratosphere!

I remember the first thing Soujikiloid did was politely ask the resident to move from the area he's cleaning.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

(Helps that their Power Rangers equivalents, Nate and Steel, are equally lovely but in a different way. You always win with these suits!)

Personally, I prefer most of the Gobusters characters to their BM counterparts, except I prefer Shaw to Kurorin.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

One of the things I most remember about the experience of watching Go-Busters originally was that it took me quite a bit of time to truly come around to liking Jin and J. I don't think I ever outright disliked them, mind you, but in 14 episodes, I had become so attached to the existing dynamics of the main cast that anybody coming in to shake that up just struck me as unnecessary at best. The sheer glee with which this one emphasizes how different things are with these guys around didn't help me at the time... but then, that's kind of exactly why it's such a strong episode, now isn't it?

I think this Sixth Ranger Anxiety is something people can relate to, regardless of the season. The sudden appearance of a new main character brings chaos (literally Bun Violet's catchphrase) to the narrative and there's no certainty whether the new status quo will be better or worse than the old one. My first Sentai was Go-Onger and I remember being surprised how hostile the Wings were, but eventually they started to respect the Go-Ongers and now I love the style they brought to the show. In Gobusters' case, at least their name makes sense now.