[Fish Sandwich]

This was another really good one. Zyuohger's been getting my attention a lot easier lately, and I'm really happy about that. Dig how they've made the whole "pack" thing a thematic element throughout the show. Also, were you speaking with confidence at the end there, Micchan? Good on you, showing some growth for once. That's a subtle moment but it was really cool seeing him cheering Yamato up instead of the other way around.

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Originally Posted by KyoryuNerd

Wow. This episode made Zyuohger darker for me. A person actually dies in Zyuland? 0_0

Wait, he did? Am I forgetting something because I was sort of getting the impression they're setting up some reveal where that guy will conveniently turn out to be Yamato's dad or something. Or did they already mention something about him in the past episodes that would contradict that idea?

I mean, one, Yamato lives with his uncle, the implication being that's been the case ever since his mom (and specifically his mom) died, if I'm remembering that episode after Bunglay showed up right. Two, the flashback explicitly takes place at least long enough ago that Tusk wasn't born yet. Three, it fades out before anything "conclusive" happens, which wouldn't be unusual for a kids' show, obviously, but usually you'd see something like a shot of somebody looking over the edge of the cliff or the narrator of the flashback using some euphemism that makes it clear what happened. And four, there's Bard's cryptic line about Yamato "sounding more and more like him" at the end.

Whoever that guy was, I get a feeling he's not quite some one-off character. I don't know, I guess I could just be stupid but I'm not usually one for fan speculation and it seems strangely brutal of Zyuohger to just be like "this guy fell off a cliff and died".