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After Dramacool decided to take a whole month of Zenkaiger hiatus, I finally caught up!

Halloween Pumpkin Hunt: Love the costumes at the beginning (Tinker Bell Secchan was adorable), Halloween World's design is fantastic, the whole plot was entertaining and briliant, ZenkaijuOh becomes a ghost, and the Hakaiser twist was pretty much what we were expecting, but still left an impact, especially for the Kikainoids who got to take out a boss villain alone. It also set up next week's episode perfectly!

Crazy Diamond: "Daia!" funny how the episode was named after a singer (it was a singer, right?), but the plot worked terrifically, giving us a great Stacaesar/ Hakaiser dynamic, and made a truly wonderful reunion scene abruptly cut off. I also love that the Sentai Gears play such fun roles this late in the show, and the references (though I may not catch them) are still nice additions. The CG fight actually looked pretty good to boot.

And now we have Zox returning to his roots with his somewhat extreme plans, involving an intricate hostage situation complete with spikes, heights, and tickles (I don't know about everyone else, but I loved Ricky and Cuttaner this episode). A fun villain design, more wacky role calls with perfect teamwork foiling the villain's gimmick, the Kikainoids using the Zenryoku Zenkai Cannon (paying respects to Vroon), and a fantastic episode altogether. I don't find those prank videos terribly funny, but here with the giant fight and giant bed for Jack-a-box Kudaitest was absolutely hilarious. Just the whole situation made it way more entertaining than it would on paper. Stacey had some great moments too, and that GoGoV moment with the Kikainoids was amazing!

Next Episode: The radishes are growing out of control! Also, girl power with our favorite heroines.