[Sh Ranger]

My favorite episode of the show so far and you can probably guess my favorite scene.

They took Jetman's iconic bittersweet finale and turned it in to Zenkaiger's most ambitious joke and it's pretty much wasted on the primary demographic. Even without context though, it's still a laugh a second. Seriously, Komura is a crazy genius writer and I'm henceforth proclaiming her the Inoue of Super Sentai. The image of Gai's heroic sacrifice being projected on Renai Wald to defeat him, just wow, that's how you honor the coolest bad*ss Ranger in history. There's even a crossdressing Gaon and Twokaizer playing Ako and the mugged bystander. As a big Jetman fan, I loved all of this so much. It's crazy in the most awesome way. Jetman Gear is the best Gear!

Other than that, there's still a lot to appreciate about this episode. Right from Vroon's bio, you remember how it said he's "a dandy guy who falls in love easily" and my curiosity engine has been in overdrive to see how that would be executed. He is after all, my favorite Zenkaiger tied with Juran, so I definitely want him to find love. Integrating his love of learning with his learning of love, he gets to experience that and how it comes with a lot of euphoria and excitement, followed by a lot of pain and heartbreak. Vroon and Zox are actually the only Zenkaigers whose love persists after the spell is broken. Zox's love is sadly unrequited by Melodia, but Vroon's relationship with Karen (I've heard of Karin, but Karen? Is that really a Japanese name?) is left open-ended. I ship them. I think that's a good ship and I want Vroon to be happy.

Stacey notices something about the picture of Kaito's parents. Could my theory be true? I guess we'll just have to keep watching to find out!

Kokoro wa tamago chiisana tamago
Ashita made atatamerya
Tori ni mo nareru kumo ni mo nareru
Moshika ano ko ga suki naraba!