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Originally Posted by KyoryuGreen

Stronger Episode 28: Damn that was an awesome episode. Staff Officer Steel and Wild Eagle's rivalry was as good as Titan vs Shadow. I think they liked having the bad guys against each other so they decided to expand it even more. Wild Eagle reminded me of Terrorsaur and Starscream from the Transformers Universe so I'm surprised he was defeated this early. Shigeru was great with using his intellect to get past the insulated net and Wild Eagle's electric resistance by throwing him into the river with him. I loved Yuriko's reaction to seeing the Fake Stronger being destroyed because it just shows how much she cares about him. Tobei and Tackle both were doing well and didn't get captured so that was fantastic for them. I love General Shadow's intelligence and how he's fueling the fire of the rivalries to help make them want to defeat Stronger more. I am very intrigued to see where this goes for Stronger and his crew I can't wait for more.

Yeah, the internal power struggles between the various Delza leaders is one of the things that really makes this part of the show so strong. That and the fact that the monsters are much more powerful and pose such a significantly greater threat to Shigeru. Early Stronger is not my favorite Showa series, but I really, really love this later era.