[Phantom Stranger]

So I've not really posted much about Abaranger here, mainly because I've been more concerned with actually enjoying the series rather than review it on an episode by episode basis. With that said, I want to mention that Ep. 29 of Abaranger was really good. I mean 28 was really good too, had a great battle and story development for Asuka. But 29 sort of handles a balancing Serious vs. Humor issue that Abarangers had for me. More precisely what I mean by that is that the series has had this issue of doing something emotional or dramatic, getting me really interested in whats going on....only to pull a joke that ruins the mood. It doesn't do that all the time, and there's plenty of legitimately great humor and drama that I love(why I keep watching). But it was an annoying issue, especially early on.

That's slowly gotten better over time and I think 29 manages to do it great. I was invested in the story when I needed to be, and I was laughing when I needed to be. Hoping this is a sign that the writers learned how to handle it.