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Gokaiger 38.

So wait the Gokaiger Ultimate Power is...another piece of Go-Onger merchandise? Why? Is Go-Onger really that huge in Japan? Conceptually Ultimate GokaiOh is actually kinda cool looking, but the the big, clunky, flappy suit leaves a lot to be desired. I'd much rather a much more streamlined final form, that doesn't appear to completely limit the actors movements. That is why I'd much rather the heroes got a mech like Great Walz than the usual stacked mess they get as final upgrades. In some contexts it kinda works, like in Go-Busters as it sort of made the suit feel powerful and heavy to have the actor so limited in his movement but the context isn't really existent here.

Joe and Barizorg's final showdown was great, although I kind of wish they had done more with this story. You think having the heroes established from the start would give them greater freedom to explore what makes each hero tick, but instead pretty much every Gokaiger has a half finished backstory, but some are slightly more barebones than others - like I know next to nothing about Gai or Doc. Joe and Barizorg feel like wasted potential but it especially doesn't help that Marvelous has been reduced to a bad, stock, shounen protagonist.