[Locke]

Dairanger 08.

Minus Iron Face, who is awesome, I find the Gorma really hard to take seriously. I mean the main three look ridiculous enough, without the 'Archbishop' (what?) turning up and looking like Father Christmas and acting like ShinkenBrown. I also love how his monster form has nothing to do with him as he was presented as a character, at all and is included so little it ends up serving no purpose.

Man, I feel like I'm going from one extreme to another here, as I watch the Dairanger's spend the majority of every episode getting kicked around the floor. I know they are all rookies and are still forming friendships but just...wow. I think at this point of the series, I could do a better job. This is all especially true of Ryou, as he is meant to lead the team. His father betrayed the original Dairanger's, he's clearly the most rookie of the group, he constantly gets his ass kicked, he is ridiculously childish. Why is Daigo not red?

I also love how none of this makes sense, so Ryou's dad is 6000 years old? What the actual fuck. I thought it was mean on your kids to have them when you're over forty... Saying he went to Gorma is not an explanation! Although he's dead already so I guess who gives a fuck.

Man the mecha stuff in this show is so fucking good, I love how Unified Lord actually looks awesome, rather than just a mess and I love how his design is vaguely like Ryou's father as well. Its introductory battle was just so epic.

In terms of both action scenes, and story elements, this show really is years ahead of its time, it's just a shame all of the great elements never come together for a great whole. At least not yet.

So Master Kaku wasn't one of the original Dairanger's? I wonder what his deal is, then.