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I did it folks! Fully caught up!

Ryukendo Catch Up Corner Final(hopefully)!

Episode 34: We get an absolutely aesthetic and surreal intro into an absurd plot via an umbrella that makes a Space Odyssey reference for its entrance. Kobashiri was also a fun character to focus on this time around, him being the catalyst behind this event in the first place. Overall this was a good one-off and we get our evolved Fire Ryukendo/Kong finally introduced, Burning Ryukendo and Burning Kong.

Episode 35: This was a fun episode, we get to see the mayor's son again, some bits of Akebono world-building what with their demon safety stage event, and some really fun indoor action featuring a lot of the cast. I was curious why they kept Jack Moon as part of the villain intro in OP2 but it's only upon this episode that I realize the credits/lyric subs are covering him up so well that his portrait's been replaced by Mechani-Moon all this time. I figured Baron Bloody was up to something by taking that broken blade, but damn. To think this comes around something similar happening to another favorite General of mine in Boonboomger.

Episode 36: This was another good episode, though I feel like the messaging was all over the place with this one. But it was still nice to see Komachi again after she's been absent. Also hey we've got Blizzard Ryukendo and Blizzard Shark now! Now to see how long we'll be waiting for Thunder to get upgraded given how long it took for us to get that originally.

Episode 37: We get an Ichiko focused episode and Rock Crimson returns! I was not expecting a love story between the two, but sure, why not? It's an interesting and actual heartfelt episode at points despite the premise being absurd. I'm curious if this will ever be revisited or if it'll just be a one-off plot, but who knows given this is Ryukendo we're talking about.

Episode 38: A standard Jamanga encounter turned into a deadly trap by taking advantage of the fact that our heroes usually always purify and refine the keys they take from the demons they defeat. It's a pretty tense episode with Kenji having to escort Professor Mikurya to the closed off SHOT base that's threatening to blow up at any moment. The fact that Kenji can't transform due to the interference so he has to rely on Ryujinoh is pretty neat, and just adds to the tense nature especially when Mechani-Moon shows up.

Episode 39: Whoa okay, they just went full SA2 Space Colony Ark with the latest Jamanga plot here. If there was ever any way to upgrade Thunder into Lightning, I'm glad this is how we did it. I also like how this implies that God Ryukendo could utilize the old keys before, he just didn't have any reason to until they suddenly upgraded themselves for him to use. That said, we get some fun stuff from our three heroes here having to work together and also get a cool rallying scene of the townspeople towards the very end.

Episode 40: This was a weird one in terms of following up the past several episodes of either unique plot or rather tense/action packed episodes. A failed Jamanga creation pretty much causes chaos, Kenji and Fudo are feuding for some reason, Umi's back for some reason, but we get an interesting fight at the end out of it at the very least.