[GoldenXtreme]

Ultraman Dyna is done and dusted!

I'm not sure where to start with this one. It was overall a very lighthearted show, many very cheerful or silly episodes, but at times more serious too. The thing is, I don't think the show was able to make these disparate elements elements mesh very well. To make a comparison, something like Kakuranger is able to be hilarious and serious in the same show because it has such a consistent throughline in terms of characters and setting, while Dyna doesn't manage that and it just feels like a show where the writers were rarely on the same page. Lots of plot elements aren't relevant until they NEED to be and the Super GUTS team don't have their own slowly building character arcs and quirks like Tiga did. I feel like Ryo's spontaneous crush on Asuka near the end felt pretty emblematic of the whole thing. Really the cast was kinda forgettable in general. Not bad, but when you have Kohda suddenly becoming vice-leader siper late in the show on his second character focus episode you know things aren't great. Not that I hated the show. I think the Neo Frontier setting was fun and Asuka was the most rogueish hero yet in the series. And the "Monster Drama" episode? Peak. Glorious. Akio Jissoji does it again. Overall just not something I could get invested in though, probably my least favorite Ultra show so far. I think I would have liked it better if they leaned a little harder into being some sort of hotblooded comedy? Would help distinguish it from just being "worse Tiga" and the show was often the most interesting when being silly.