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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

Finished up Go-Busters.

And man. The last stretch of 10 episodes (minus one or two clunkers) is solid gold. Especially the XMas 2-parter and the last 3 episodes. I don't know that I've seen Sentai deal with such heavy themes -- let alone deal with them with such maturity.

It'd be incredibly hard to knock Gokaiger out of the top sentai spot for me, and Gobus doesn't come close as a full series... But the last few episodes of this show are superlative. They might be the best single episodes of Sentai I've ever seen.

And watching the final stretch of episodes makes me question the legitimacy of the retool theory. It's such an organic and natural endpoint for the series that I find it hard to believe it was hastily cobbled together at the midpoint. Sure, the tone of the show changes a bit after episode 28, but I don't know if the direction of the overall plot changed that much.

From what I can tell, the whole idea of this retool was generated by the 4Chan/HJU/GUIS/Twitter toku maven, Lynxara. She's a really smart lady, but she's full of bombast and has an elevated position in fandom that reminds me of a cult leader. I've seen her very convincing arguments busted a few times, and I wouldn't be too surprised if her retool theory is not backed up by any real facts. It may be supposition run amok.

But in the end it doesn't really matter. Retool or no retool, the finale arc reminds me of what Sentai is capable of when it's firing on all cylinders. Impressive stuff.

Yeah the whole retool thing, if it exists, is extremely superficial IMO. Go-Busters from start to finished was Kobayashi's narrative, and never felt like it deviated from her original intents.

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Originally Posted by Locke

Gobus 44. The most epic final showdown between giant robots in the entire franchise? I think so. God when this show is good, it's just PERFECTION.

I don't talk about acting often in my episode reviewy things but I really FELT this episode. From the intense silence, to the huge rejoice in the command centre to the screams from the Busters as they take down Messiah. Just wow. It's funny that I've gotten to know these characters so well, that with all the shit going on, nothing truly punctuates the immediacy of the stakes like Jin cracking bad jokes that everyone ignores.

This show may lack a lot of plot focus, but the character focus in this show really is great. Even characters like Hiromu, who has pretty weak/flat development, has grown into such a no nonsense badass I just love how he's realised even if he is as shallow as a shower.

This probably won't be knocking off Goseiger as my favourite sentai, although Gokaiger is fast catching Goseiger up already, but I think Gobus needs to be recognised by just how much it does well, and how great the characters are.

There are lots of shows out there which are lacking as a whole, but are saved by being full of great moments, however, there are very few lacking shows out there which are so utterly defined by such spectacularly perfect standalone moments that an otherwise meh series is impossible to look upon in any light other than utter adoration. And that is exactly how Gobus is for me.

Damn straight it's the best mecha battle ever.