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Episode 41: Reza's Fight in the Parallel World

Switchblade is now legally obligated to watch the BIMA franchise.

I recall Switchblade is a fan of Black, so yeah, he'd probably enjoy this cameo more than, uh, somebody who mostly knows about Black from Decade and SHWGP.

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The setup for this episode is that Reza ends up getting himself caught in a trap while raiding a Vudo outpost, and it's here that he meets Kurata and his thief apprentice. One thing leads to another, and soon enough things escalate into an all out war between the Satrias and a miniature army of Vudo's' soldiers. And man of man is the action spectacular in this one.

It's pretty cool that we get a whole episode checking up on Reza's spooky adventure in Parallel World. The staff get to go crazy with the CGI for stuff like big army fights and a dragon. It's exactly the kind of setting and action you'd expect to see in a movie, like, Azazel V-Cinema or something and yet it's just another week for Bima-X.

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Episode 42: The Suspicious Rena

Episode 43: Bringing Back Rena

And if it sounds like I'm about to tear these episodes a new one, I'm really not. Sure, they have flaws, but in the end, Ishibashi had to've done something right, because the emotional climax of it all really did work for me. From Rena's' nearly fatal injuries, to Randy rushing Lady Mossa, I was super into the soap opera aspect of it all(in Mossa's' own words). It helped that the musical score was really good too.

I guess I don't recall too much about the specific dialogue, but I was also impressed with the overall result and I think this is proof of the actors' talents. Stella Cornelia got some great fight scenes here as brainwashed Rena and the climax with the family coming together to bring her back was memorable. Even Lady Mossa seemed kind of sympathetic at the end.

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Episode 44: Vudo's Deadly Assault

It's also great to see Rena take the lead for once. The result was not a only a highlight in Rena's' own unique way of handling things, but some rather unexpected callbacks. There's a brief callback to the crush she had in the original BIMA, and as it turns out, Cinta is actually tied directly to episode 12 and 13 of BIMA too! You know, the two-parter that featured the Gills Monster as well as Bima pulling a Batman on the CEO of a gas company? Yeah, Cinta is the sister of the kid from those episodes.

Poor Rena getting thrown in more danger pretty much immediately after they got her back. She handles the dilemma with courage though and Cinta's backstory is an important reminder that even though a lot of people might be dying outside as Torga fails to reach them, just like Ricca's family during the Grand Gator incident, there are still a lot of people who are grateful to the Satrias for saving them and their loved ones. So Rena will continue to believe strongly in Ray to save people and this is a good source of hope for Cinta.

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Like honestly, the chills I got when the theme started playing as Bima-X Magnetic began to rise with the power stones circling behind him. Him stopping the elevator and reaching out to Rena and Cinta with Torga coming in shortly after? That's real good superhero imagery right there.

For sure, this is what heroes look like! I guess you could say this scene really elevated the episode, haha.