[Sh Ranger]

The first totally good and enjoyable episode so far! I mean, Episode 3 was still fine, a classic Metal Hero story like I said, but not one I felt was specific to Gavan Infinity in any meaningful way. Episode 4 stands out from the start, taking ad-ant-age of the multiverse story to do something totally unexpected that would be otherwise impossible (ari-enai). Ground Earth is shaped like GoGo Drill, but much bigger as it towers over Cosmo Gavarion! Got to love unique realistic settings like this underground pursuit for the giant battles and the novelty of seeing the normal size ant-agonists getting beaten by an enemy they cannot follow. Everything onscreen is cool, which is exactly the kind of dedication RED needs to distinguish itself.

It's worth noting that this is the first episode written by Yamaguchi, who wrote most of the better episodes of Boonboomger alongside Higuchi and Konuta. Having finished that show, I can say with much more confidence now that Producer Kuji should've appointed one of those 3 guys as head writer, instead of Tomioka.

I do have one complaint after watching this, but it's about a flaw in the merchandise, not the episode. Gekido, Hiso and Kanki are the only Emorgears so far that have the click mechanic, which means you cannot roleplay as any Gavans outside of the main 3, such as Ameise who uses Maikka here.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Personally, I want more previews like Abaranger, where the ED builds suspense for the episode's resolution. I think the dramatic twists hit harder when the cheerful music comes before, instead of after.

Okay, so I was going to complain about the lack of OP, since Zeztz had it by Episode 4 which means Gavan doesn't have one, but I also got what I asked for in the above quote, so that kind of balances, huh. Now we know where the resources for that OP went anyway, to Play Back. Hmm, actually, losing Visions and an OP for Gavan at the same time is probably something I can complain about, but whatever, I can get over it. I imagine the Agi narrations were also done to stall for time. What do people think of these anyway, cute, pointless, both?