[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

This could not possibly have been any more up my alley.

What the episode needed to really elevate it was a strong enough script to go along with it. You could make it one huge farce and it'd probably be amazing done right, but I was imagining a heartfelt tale about some sad kid being cheered up by Sentai toys, and I was not disappointed! Can't say I expected Arakawa to bust out the single mother dynamic again, but even 20 years after Kuuga, he hasn't lost that touch! Although this is obviously a bit of a fairly different take from that show. Continuing with the trend of Arakawa's episodes of Kiramager, the moral here kinda throws common consensus to the wind and tells kids they shouldn't be afraid to speak up for their own emotional needs when trying not to be a burden is making them unhappy in life – and that surprising level of sensitivity is exactly the Arakawa I know from Kuuga. I wouldn't have really guessed this specific direction is what the story here would be about going in, but I loved every second of it. It's perfectly in line with what a positive show Kiramager is, and in that spirit, allow to me to just reiterate what I already said: this episode rules, and this show is amazing.

Suddenly getting nostalgic because there you are, putting my thoughts into words!


This was a beautifully Sentai episode, and while I had an issue or two - is the mother maybe flipping out a bit too much by immediately demanding and shouting that her son hand over toys he found? Did that bug anyone else? - the core to all of this was so so nice. These are my favourite parts of moral episodes centered around kids; where it starts with the assumption that the kids are trying to do their best and do what they're told, and the issue is about what troubles that causes them and where their loved ones may be at fault too. I'm very very into talking to people to work out their issues instead of talking down at them and telling them they're selfish!