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Episode 9 de gozarimasu desu yo

Well, that sure was an episode of a tv show.

I guess it was kind of cool to see them get MagiKing back, but overall it was pretty meh. Another episode that revolves around five minutes of Kai waving around a toy cell phone and shouting gibberish until it does something. At least we didn't have to sit through a focus episode on Makito and his total inability to act (so not looking forward to episode 10).

It's been a long time since I watched Mystic Force and I'd kind of forgotten how totally impotent Branken/whatever-his-US-name-was is as a villain. Sits there, gets angry, does nothing - its like he modeled his career after Megatron from Transformers RiD. Can't wait for him to get killed off so I can once again forget he ever existed.

Last note for the week: I read somewhere recently that the family part of Magiranger was designed as a response to Japan's declining birth rate. The idea was that kids would see what it's like having a big family and pester mom and dad for siblings, I guess. Personally, after watching nine episodes of these characters I have never been happier to be an only child.