[barnstenchfartface]

Stronger, episode 9.

Man, what an episode.

The plot in this one was as ridiculous as it was horrible. It's not the first time one of these organizations has tried to mind control people into killing children, but still, always a treat when they do. And they even turned it around at the end! And it even featured one of my favorite Showa things. There really isn't anything like a good old fashioned Shocker-style crucifixion. Man it's been a while since I saw one of those. Hilarious.

Speaking of hilarious, can I just say, jeeeesus the mantis kikaijin design in this episode is one of the worst things I've ever seen. "A mantis with SKULLS FOR EYES" sounds like a wet dream considering how much I love ridiculous shit, but seeing it in the suit it's so completely terrible. A+ shitty Showa kaijins in this season. Truly a delight.

And I realize those things I just said sound super sarcastic, but I mean them. Showa crucifixions and crappy costumes are endorsed by the barstench fartface party. Fun stuff.

Anyway, I kind of feel like Mister Titan should have figured out by now that the bike squad is like, literally the most ineffective thing you can throw at Stronger. It's always just five minutes of random bike-fu involving Stronger just crashing the crap out of the mooks, and it's sad. I guess it's good as a distraction/filler, which is ultimately its only purpose, to keep Shigeru out of the action, but still. Learn to spice up your hate life, Mister Titan.

Definitely works though, there really wasn't a whole lot of Shigeru in this one. It really kind of felt like a Yuriko and Tachibana episode, which would be nice, except they don't really do anything more than usual. And speaking of learning, they established a while ago that even people who don't know about Black Satan know that if someone's walking around with a black mark on their ear, they're trouble. You'd think an ear inspection would be the way out heroes introduce themselves by now. But no. Let's just trust that dragonfly eating priest. Seems like a good idea.

Also, I really love how these Showa episodes just refuse to acknowledge that anything bad may have happened by the end. Sure, the mayor of the town died, and I'm like 99% sure in the time it took Yuriko to stop the band at least a handful of children were murdered. But hey. It sure is a peaceful, happy ending!

Man, I really liked this episode. I don't even know.