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Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Volume 13

It really is the little moments that both make and break this thing.

Because when it comes to the overall plot of the Mighty Morphin' side of Necessary Evil, I really didn't like how everything played out.

Not that these last three issues of the arc introduce anything new, per se. It's just more of the same aspects that made me not really jive with the arc in the first place. And it's the final nail in the coffin for the "original" era of the comics.

It's so unevenly handled too. Because you have bits that are genuinely good, like the brief connection that Zack and Adam make, but then you have other nonsense like Ryan Parrott's' waifu Grace Sterling yet again being a get out of jail free card. And it's like, why not just write a scenario our heroes can handle?

Because really, not only does it overall cheapen any sort of drama if Grace is just going to be the one to solve everything regardless, but the specifics of which her involvement plays out makes Billy look way dumber and meeker than he ever has. And that's way out of character especially since we're not firmly in the times of MMPR season 2.

Double not helping things is that the plot comes across as really pretentious too. With stuff like the villains acting as if they're masterminds(they very much aren't), to Trini and Kiya's' final showdown pointing out off brand the entire scenario is, and that bit with Ranger Slayer there: She was never running from anything. She was literally stranded with no way back to her own timeline until now. Did Ryan Parrott have no notes on what was up with her?

Just... yeah. I like the Go Go half of this arc well enough; Sina Grace did a pretty solid job overall there. But when it comes to the MMPR half, I just can't stand by it. And if memory serves right, I'll only have more to complain about in the upcoming "Aftermath" arc.

Seeing the Solar Rangers come back was nice, atleast.