[Sh Ranger]

Between this and the concurrent episode of Geats, it's a bad day for festivals!

While King-Ohger has moved away from having gears in their equipment, now we have Shugoddam, a whole kingdom that has gears as their main aesthetic. Even Racles' throne has a gear on it.

Sad that's there no ED theme for the third time in the last decade, but I guess Toei had to make some cuts to maintain the budget for a year-long fantasy show set in a partially CGI fantasy world, at the soundtrack's expense. We do have an OP theme though, Zenryoku King, which kind of has a victorious "evil" feeling going for it, like it's the theme to Gira's rise to the King of Evil. Unfortunately, I seriously doubt I'm going to be able to memorize the lyrics for this one!

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Originally Posted by Sunred

That was indeed one of the best 1st ep in a while. Gira FTW.
Two possibilities I can think of as to why Gira was chosen for now is he's either a bastard child or lineage never was a factor and the shugod just liked Gira for being a hero unlike Racles who feels entitled to be Kuwagata Ohger. I hope they go with the latter when it's time to explain.

I think it's the latter. Yanma is the first of a new lineage of kings who worked his way to the top from the slums, similar to what Gira is doing here. Seems like Racles is the only one using his birthright as justification like a self-entitled nepotist, which would explain why Yanma rejects his leadership in the war against Bugnarok, believing a king should do more than sitting on a throne and ordering people around. The Shugods probably place more value on the individual merits of their chosen heroes, or "villain" in Gira's case.

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Originally Posted by Rabbitman

Looking forward to the rest of this show. It?s looking really promising! Also I really liked the writer?s other project - the live action Kakegurui, so I know we could be in store for some wild stuff!

I can already see a lot of similarity between Gira and Takano's previous protagonist, Yumeko. They both appear sweet and innocent until you trigger their dark side, then they'll make you regret ever challenging them!