[Fish Sandwich]

So I'm still diligently working my way through Shinkenger, and while I still don't have much to say about the show I haven't already said (it's still great!), I do feel like talking about Shinkenger VS Go-Onger now that I've rewatched it. Especially since it meant taking a trip into Terebi Nihon no sekai.*



*note: Terebi Nihon no sekai = TV Nihon World.

Man their Go-Onger subs are awful da yo. It's like, can you even call this translating no ka? Ah mou, I guess I'll just have to put up with it...

But enough crapping on TV-N. They get enough hate without my help. The movie itself is pretty good.

Now, Sentai movies, VS or otherwise, tend not to be extremely memorable, but this one comes a lot closer to being great than most. It's a very fun, well paced adventure with a lot of good gags and solid action. The interactions between the teams are great, with a lot of focus put on Takeru and Sousuke. What makes it land so well is how the movie takes the inherently clashing tones of each show and makes them a source of drama on top of comedy.

Takeru is something of a brooding loner, constantly burdened by the weight of his duties as a samurai lord, and Sousuke is basically just some loud idiot who was handed a cell phone one day and told to go fight evil. Naturally they don't like each other very much at first. Again, it's nothing truly spectacular, but having a simple character arc like this is further than most of these movies get and it plays nicely off of the characters established personalities. It all feels very genuine.

I don't know, I can't really claim it's some masterpiece, but I like this one a lot. There's just something to it that puts it above the crowd for me. One of the few Sentai movies I ever have a real desire to come back to. It's a shame it doesn't have better subs yo ne...