[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

It was...alright I guess. Certainly didn't have the kind of energy I'd expect from a finale. The Gengetsu fight just played out like a normal MOTW mecha fight and Kyuemon's redemption, while not completely unexpected, certainly didn't have the kind of foreshadowing it deserved. It was just a "oh hey he's not so bad after all" moment and then he was practically good.

The finale reminded me of an 80s show, where beating the bad guy usually just amounted to a MOTW fight. It was disappointing in Maskman, and that was like, 30 years ago. It's pretty unforgivable in 2016.

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Ninninger was a series full of huge potential and interesting dynamics, and it wasted every single one of them. Despite some highs they were very few in a sea of lows, and has consistently felt pretty underwhelming from start to finish.

Yeah, totally agree.

There was so much interesting setup in the middle of the show, with threads (like the various competing ninja schools, the ninja governing body, Kinji's yokai-ism, the Ninningers absent parents, etc) that were just begging to be followed up on... and they just vanished.

It almost feels like there was originally a different plan for this show that was aborted at the last minute. Maybe there was some Bandai-related interference due to Ninninger's historically bad toy sales? I guarantee there will be some interesting conspiracy theories about producer interference that pop up around this series in the near future...