[Monsoon]

I finished Zyuranger last night. Here's the short version of my reactions:

- Bandora is a great villain that was consistently entertaining the whole series.
- the fantasy elements of Zyuranger's plot are solid and a net positive.
- rescuing children every week feels retro, but ultimately I don't like it as much as more generalized tokusatsu evil plots.
- the Zyuranger cast are decent actors, but their characters were written too blandly and ultimately are just okay.
- I think the suits and mecha look fabulous, but that might be informed by some of my MMPR nostalgia.
- the opening theme song is pretty great, but the ending theme song is goofy and the video with it doesn't make any goddamn sense.

After this I'm going to watch some more Kamen Rider (finished OOO, around episode 30 in Fourze and episode 15 in Gaim) and maybe pick up Gingaman or Abaranger again (around episode 35 for Gingaman and episode 18-20 in Abaranger). And I need to write some more toku reviews on my blog, which hasn't had an update in almost two months (eep!).