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Alright so we've reached the end I did plan on covering my brief thoughts on the remaining episodes.

Episode 20: A really nice episode, I'm always a sucker for hero visits the sick kid in the hospital stories. And this one delivered a really nice story and lesson, with both the kid and Bima learning from each other and taking their own steps forward. God Helios is a pretty cool power-up, though I will admit I laughed at mysterious voice taking the form of a PNG of Bima God Helios. Overall, a really fun episode and I wasn't expecting it to be a one-off either, which was a pleasant surprise.

Episode 21-22: Admittedly I don't have much to talk about the main plot here, but it is cool to see a bit more fleshing out of Vudo as a civilization in how Rasputin seems to be the main guy dictating the whole invasion. Our third member of Shadow Crisis doesn't make too big of an impression in these episodes. The main attraction and thing even I didn't know about was Gackt appearing as Bima Legend. I was a bit confused at who I was staring at when the episode first started, as if I knew him from somewhere, then the credits drop and 'Special Guest: Gackt' assaulted my senses and I went crazy. Dude's an absolute treat to watch here, even if he is the personification of 'Bullies Bima, Refuses to Elaborate, Leaves'. It's a mostly solid two-parter though I had a lot of fun purely thanks to Gackt's presence.

Episode 23: The big final battle between Bima and Azazel, its brother vs. brother and it definitely resonates with me a lot more than their constant battles in Episode 17. It's an emotionally powerful episode, with both combatants giving it their all, getting so tired they basically just start slugging each other, with Vudo basically betraying Azazel in the end. The result is Ray protecting Reza as best he can, even at the cost of his own life. This was such an effectively powerful cliffhanger that I basically said screw it and watched the next episode immediately instead of waiting a day like I did prior.

Episode 24: This episode gave me big, SSSS.Gridman Episode 11 Vibes in terms of how the status quo is handled. Because for most of the run time, we've got Reza as Azazel contemplating what to do now that he remembers what happened and is free from Vudo's grip. We also get a major focus on Uncle as well, the two sharing a nice quiet scene together after Uncle hilariously distracts the last member of Shadow Crisis which gives Reza enough time to give them cover to escape. It all caps off with Ray returning as Bima just in time for the two brothers to team up and beat the last member of Shadow Crisis. It's overall a solid episode with both this and 23 taking its spot as my favorite episodes of the show. Also at this point I decided I'd watch the final two episodes since I already was this far in. So I finished up Bima quite a few days ago before the thread.

Episode 25: It's the penultimate episode, and man, this episode along with last made me realize something. We hadn't actually seen everyone ride bikes in a while. That note aside, we get a fun opening battle with Bima and Azazel fighting against a horde of Combatmen set to Seperti Bintang, Rasputin ends up showing up to face them down himself and manages to actually quickly defeat them, before activating Grand Gator. We're very much in the first half of a finale, as despite the destruction going on, Ray, Reza, Randy, and Rena all stand together as a family against Grand Gator. It also helps that God Helios shows up too in the nick of time to get them close to the giant mechanical beast.

Episode 26: What a great finale overall, it's a very action packed one as we see our heroes and their family work together to stop Grand Gator. It all culminates in what I always love, the faith of people powering up the heroes to help them break through and win the day. In which we get a very satisfying beatdown of Rasputin by Bima and Azazel, the two going all out in one of my favorite sequences in the show. The day is saved, the family is all together, and while there are a few lingering questions, it wrapped up fairly alright. Well aside from the cliffhanger which I felt was odd, but not unwelcome. It was mostly surprising in that I assumed they'd close things off as a single series, though I guess they had already gotten to go ahead for X or were just confident they'd get another series. I did not expect Iron Mask to return under the banner of a new evil leader so I'm curious to see how that?ll go over in Bima X.

With all that said, did I enjoy my time with Bima? Yes I'd say I did. It's not the most amazing Tokusatsu I've ever seen but it is very enjoyable to watch, with refreshing locales, really cool suits, and a lot of moments filled with heart. I'm definitely happy I checked Bima out in the end, and I look forward to watching Bima X whenever that eventually happens.