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Matrixbeast
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Gingaman 49 and 50, the last 2 episodes (Sans Megaranger vs Gingaman, which I'll get to later).
So, before a final summary, let's recap, because I know everyone loves me spoiling 15 year old shows!
49: Bookrates is revealed to have survived, though not by much. Gripping onto life, he reveals how to beat Zahab, by destroying the life of his planet (Which he has implanted into himself, by Bookrates 3000 years ago). He doesn't give Hyuuga much time to dwell on it, though, giving him GouTaurus and revealing he has a bomb for when they're found (And, to make sure Hyuuga doesn't stall or anything, it's already lit).
In the meantime, the GingaRed decide to head to Howling Mountain (The place where their braces came from), because apparently there's a secret mechanism that can attract the Earth Monster (Which was last used to attract the Daitanic) while the others move to intercept Batbass, who is out of troops beyond Yatotos and is just kind of destroying the ground.
Things finally start coming to a close from this point on. The monster is attracted to the sound, so Batbass and the other Gingamen dash to that point. Ryouma (Who is on the verge of falling off a mountain due to the sound being so great it's blowing him away) is saved by Hyuuga, who is finally able to properly discuss things and join his friends once more.
Also, on the Gingamen's way to the mountain, GingaGreen encounters Shellinda for one final fight. It's a bit of a let down, to be honest. While it was only built up over the course of about 8 episodes, just the fact that it lasted all of a minute thirty seconds, with about 5 sword swings between the two of them, only for Shellinda to land one final blow on Hayate before falling and dying, I can't say I was particularly impressed (Yes, I know in real life sword fights would generally be resolved in about 3 or 4 blows, but this isn't real life).
The Earth Beast emerges from the ground, and in a surprising turn, eats Batbass (While holding the growth extract). Before letting the extract gain effect, the Gingamen channel their Earth Power together and allows Ryouma to use a super powered fire attack to burn the creature to ash (As destroying it would simply have it imitate the Daitanic, causing it's remains to infect the Earth and create a new monster).
Well, turns out it sucks for them, as the Monster grows giant, and Zahab sets off on his castle (Which can fly, apparently), to merge with it.
Pretty solid set up to the final episode, if I say so myself. The villain's two final generals are dead, leaving the big bad alone, but his main goal has finally been accomplished, so victory is still in his grasp.
50 starts off with a mech fight against the Earth Monster, and everyone getting their asses kicked. Strangely, the Daitanic actually did more damage to the Star Beasts than this thing did, but it's still certainly a force. Guess it's because it's still a baby. Anyway, Zahab's castle merges with it so he gains control and starts wrecking the Star Beasts. However, the Gingamen gain a quick advantage when BullKnight aims for the castle, knocking Zahab out of it (Though BullKnight quickly gets his ass blasted apart for his troubles), and using this advantage, the other Gingamen once again channel their Earth Power into Ryouma, to channel his fire Earth Power into GingaiOh, which is further amplified by Giga Phoenix and Rhinos, using it to finally burn the Earth Monster into ash, killing it.
(Also, as a brief aside, they finally use the Galcon Bowgun while in the Radiant Armored GingaiOh. It didn't work, but still...)
Back on the ground, the Gingamen start their fight against Zahab, but he's basically unstoppable, plowing through them, even destroying the Knight Axe, though not before finding the location of Zahab's planet's life force (As Hyuuga realized that Zahab had moved his planet's life force from his right side to his torso's center). After getting badly injured, Ryouma takes Hyuuga away to help him recover, and after a long talk, Ryouma tells Hyuuga that he still has Earth Power, since he fights to protect the planet. The brothers return (Right in the nick of time, as Zahab was about to kill Yuuta, his father, and Bokk), and they both use the Mane of Fire, confirming that Hyuuga really does still have his Earth Power. They regroup with the others, morph, and finally take out Zahab, ending Barban once and for all.
In the distance, they can see a light coming from where the Galactic Forest would be, to find that it truly has returned. The credits play as they meet up with the elder, Hayate's wife, and all the villagers. They plant Mokk's seed and sprinkle fairy dust on it to bring him back to life, Gouki has a stroll through the forest with Suzuku, Yuuta's father has all the Star Beasts pose for an image (Hey, Giga Bitus...I'm pretty damn sure you would've helped out an hour ago...), and Yuuta starts worrying he won't see Ryouma again (Who quells his fears by telling him he'll always be around).
Was a fun finale, though I can't help but be a little underwhelmed by the climax. The Earth Monster was built up as being stronger than the Daitanic (Who had over 40 fucking episodes worth of build up), but in the end, he did no more damage (The Daitanic ripping pieces off of the Star Beasts as well as blowing GingaiOh apart really outweighed the Earth Beast just kind of chomping on Giga Rhinos's head, shooting BullTaurus apart, then kind of dying). While during the Zahab fight, you could really tell the suit was too intrusive to do anything really dynamic. He just kind of thew insults at the rangers while sometimes swinging his sword or firing his cannon. I'm not lying when I say that 4 of his 5 generals (Sans Shellinda) had a lot more interesting ends than him. I also would've liked to see his torso blown open to reveal the life of his planet when they finally destroyed it, but we couldn't even get that. He really felt too much like a statue for his final showdown...
I'll probably post my thoughts on Gingaman as a whole in a different post (Because this is getting pretty damn long as is, especially for a post no one will read) so this one can be reserved for just the finale.
(And, like I said, I'll get to Megaranger vs Gingaman soon. Won't be too long, as I watched Megaranger last year (Or in 2014) anyway)
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