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Originally Posted by GuardianAngel87

I am finally back to watching Flashman and I already powered through episodes 23-30.

It?s a coincidence, but I?m also just watching Flashman and even at the same stage (I watched the 30th episode a couple of minutes ago). What can I say? I absolutely love the aesthetics of this season, with all the colorful splashes. The weapons, with their unusualness, really have a retro-alien vibe, I especially like the individual bladed weapons made of multi-colored glass.
I would say that the main advantage of the show is the attention and importance given to its main distinctive feature. Namely, the fact that the heroes are stolen children who grew up without their families. This is not just indicated at the beginning and then pops up later when the plot needs it. No, in the vast majority of episodes, the fact that our heroes are searching for family directly determines their actions. Because of this, even those episodes that could have happened in any other sentai acquire a specialness that is unique only to Flashman vibe.
At the same time, the show often repeats itself. In particular, the plot, when one hero takes the situation personally and goes to figure it out on his own, and the rest come to his aid at the most necessary moment, turned into a clich? by the tenth episode.
Also fights. They are very bright, dynamic, well staged and very inventive. But the special effects look bad even compared to their closest neighbors.
And I'm not sure that the comedic effect of speeding up fights was intended by the authors to be a laugh-out-loud laugh. But the stars when you hit your head are cool. The ambitions of those working on this show were clearly ahead of their time.
I like all the Flashmen as characters. I especially want to note the fact that the smartest girl on the team here is a girl. My least favorite is probably Jin, who strikes me as a rather unprepossessing leader who does what the plot requires.
But still, this is one of the first Sentai that moved away from the military origin, so the authors were just learning how to write a leader for such teams.
I also like Mag, which combines the characteristics of a mentor and a relief comedian. Plus, he's the obvious inspiration for Alpha 5.
Enemies... ok. There are too many of them, so that some even of the regular ones are perceived as troupers with individual appearance and fighting style.But, at the same time, in other shows there were villains that could not even boast of this.
Also, it seems to me that although at that time Battle Fever J was considered the first Super Sentai, Flashman pays tribute to the work of Ishinomori. The evil aliens must be fought by the children they kidnapped and raised on other planets. There is an entire episode dedicated to bikes.And in another episode, Lee Kefler uses music to force MOTW to transform and commit villainy, which is a clear reference to Kikaider. But at the same time, the aesthetics of Flashman, the prisms that blink when energy is lost, and even the appearance of flashians are reminiscent of Ultraman. So maybe the show was just inspired by earlier tokusatsu.
I?m not sure yet about the final assessment, but I think it will be quite positive.
Despite being repetitive, the show manages to maintain interest without becoming boring. And its unusual design immediately sets it apart from others.
P.S. The episode with Le Gourmess is incredibly funny.