[ryan]

Just finished these episodes.

I'm still enjoying the show quite a bit. I don't dislike Jan, but he is kinda irritating at times. I like Ran, and I really like Rio and Mele, which seems to be a fairly common sentiment.

For these particular episodes, I'm saddened by the deaths of the Five Venoms, I liked them. But we did get to see that Mele is really powerful, and I liked that she took on the Gekirangers as training to make sure she could protect Rio from snake-guy.

I liked the Elohan episodes, though Ran should have kicked his ass for trying to molest her.

Okay, so I didn't think much of the original mech, it's goofy, but not super terrible. The addition of Geki Elephant, though, is pretty bad. The way it splits in half and the legs sit on the shoulders? Crazy awkward from a mobility stand point - did you notice that he hit the elephant legs on his left shoulder every time he swung the chain over that shoulder?

The ball and chain is a fun addition to their armament, but the combination looks bad. Really bad.

I enjoy the show, I'd totally buy Figuarts of the Rio, Mele and the Gekiranges, including their non-suited up modes. But the Elephant Touja combo can go f--- off.

Now, episode 12 was awesome. Rio appears to have improved several levels from his training with Kata, and though Jan learned a new skill, he didn't improve in strength. The Gekiranger are very much not a match for Rio.

oh, and one last thing. I really like both the opening and closing themes. Need to rip them for my ipod.

"My despair was delicious."