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DAIKAIJUMAN VS ANIME

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I have returned to hijack this thread once again! Another season, another Toku Anime completed. Spring is the season of romance, and thusly, a romance themed Toku Anime has emerged. "Allow me to explain!"

KOI WA SEKAI SEIFUKU NO ATO DE/LOVE AFTER WORLD DOMINATION

Now you've probably already heard of this one, but we're recapping anyway (what's a good anime without recap?). A hero of justice and an evil organization combatant partake in forbidden love. To be fair, this anime does feel more like a romance anime with Sentai as a setting rather than a Sentai romance anime (but you probably already figured that), but I'll talk more on that later.

Our story follows Aikawa Fudo, leader of Freezing Sentai Gelato Five, who finds himself falling in love with the Reaper Princess of the evil organization Gekko, Magahara Desumi. Knowing that their love cannot be found by their peers, they are confronted with keeping their relationship a secret, however, that is only so simple, as the two must contend with keeping appearances, dealing with romantic rivals, and learning what a normal couple should act like. It's entertaining, wholesome even, and it uses its theme very well, and much like last season's Kuroitsu-San, has lots of parodies of Tokusatsu and workplace relationship shenanigans, even some Tokusatsu voices in the mix (the narrator is the Kamen Rider W Driver voice and narrator).

Again, it's probably something romance anime fans would enjoy more, as the Sentai elements are reserved for the theme, but it works darn well if you ask me. You might also be thinking "that one character in the opening looks yabai," but rest assured, there's rarely any anime fanservice, heck, the beach episode is downright hilarious, and as I said, it's actually pretty wholesome. I'm not a huge romance fan, but I can't deny it was a sweet show that honestly did make me smile (also gave me some good laughs every time I remember they're called Gelato 5 and all the Toku-esque shenanigans), but the thing with me is, I'm fine with whatever so long as I can find enjoyment in it.

There's lots of love in this season (of just about all kinds of love) in this season, even with Kaguya-Sama right next to it (seriously, they're right next to each other whenever I go to watch them), it's a fun watch, definitely something romance fans would enjoy, but I'm sure Toku fans would get a kick out of it (I swear Tomokazu Sugita has the best roles in Toku Anime), be it the ridiculous name of the Sentai, or the crazy shenanigans that take place every episode, I enjoyed it, but, as always, it's up to you whether you want to or not.

See you in August (or was it July?) for Kamen Rider W: Fuuto Tantei Pi. We're finally here, folks. The first real Kamen Rider anime (I know the Den-O, Zero-One, and chibi Rider specials exist).