[DreamSword]

Episode 31: The Birth of Super Kranion!!

Episode 32: Clenching onto the Promise of Victory

These episodes felt like a callback to the original BIMA.

The biggest part of it being that for the most part, the tone here is alot more dramatic, with the episodes mostly being about the bond between two people.

It's not just that though. The plot having to due with Shadow Crisis by themselves without Iron Mask, the style of directing being alot more moody, and there's even a callback to my favorite episode of BIMA: Where Uncle helps Reza.

What brings this all about is Zacros' plan to go back to basics during their Vudo days, and possess a human who has great physical strength. Thus we meet Niko, a boxer who looks just like Reza and even acts a bit like how Reza did during his possessed days. And it's in this setup that there's also a problem.

Remember how a big part of episodes 22 and 23 were how Bima-X didn't have an attack that could sever monsters from their human hosts? Well nevermind that I guess because now Bima-X once again has his old Blue Storm attack, which then begs the question: If he could do that the whole time, then why was half the plot such a big deal in those earlier episodes?

That one glaring issue aside, however, I did enjoy these episodes for what they were. The overall mood was nice, no one felt out of character, and the boxing match at the end was alot of fun. And while I'm sure someone out there could point out that logically no human should stand a chance against a member of Shadow Crisis, I felt that emotionally, everything worked in the episode's' favor, and I didn't mind any sort of power discrepancy, really.

And speaking of Reza, he shows up during the stinger at the end, so that's something to look forward to!