[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

Switchblade, thanks for the Dekaranger recommendation. I'm 2 episodes in, and so far, it's awesome!

No problem. Always happy to rep my favorite Sentai.

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The characters seem cool. Ban is a screaming red, but he's not a 5 year old in a grown man's body, like other screaming reds.

Ban is kind of the prototype screaming red, from what I remember. Dekaranger was a huge hit and that led to several of the following shows trying to replicate it. You see several characters in the later seasons that try to replicate some of the Dekaranger characters (including Kyoryuger - does the badass blue animal dude mentor who eventually gets a morpher remind you of anyone?)

[Sentai]

Shinkenger Act 4

The feels! Is what this episode should've been called. Shinkenger Act 04 "The Feels!". Or I'm just a sentimental Old Man. This episode was handled so much better than Samurai. But I understand why you can't have a kid leap off a roof on American television, cause dumbass American parenting.
And Mako >_< *Just Hugs*
This was a very good episode. Ryuunsuke and Mako, the tender moment beneath the blanket when he woke up (Behave people!), and them both confessing their dreams. Here's hoping the rest of Shinkenger is just this good to.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

You see several characters in the later seasons that try to replicate some of the Dekaranger characters (including Kyoryuger - does the badass blue animal dude mentor who eventually gets a morpher remind you of anyone?)

Yeah, Torin is totally descended from Kruger.

One of the things I love about Kyoryuger is how it appropriates the best elements of past sentai series. It's like a sentai greatest hits.

[Battlizer]

Gokaiger 13

Another filler. One muuuch more tolerable than the card game one too. Not much to say about it other than I was entertained. It does sort of show more of how Ahim can hold her own without the use of weapons, after being trained a bit by Gekired. Best part was how the other Gokaiger's bust in the warehouse to save Ahim, literally guns a'blazin' as they busted in and wildly shot in random directions as they called out Ahim's name. Space pirates are just weird.

EDIT: Gokaiger 14 and 15

14 was...wow. What was that?! I really want to watch Carranger now if this insanity is any indication of what I can expect from it. I'm not even sure if this was real? There was a scene where two monster had a high school flashback complete with uniforms. How do...where do you go off from that.

Also this is the best great Power ever. I'm not even sure what it is. Is it the pose? Bringing joy to safety-challenged children?

Now 15....is where things get interesting. I've heard a lot about this Basco guy before and all of it sounded awesome. This episode didn't disappoint. What a smarmy ass villain, this guy is. It's pretty great. The monkey was weird, but at least it can fight? Kinda.

And man the Gokaiger fight choreography is always fun to watch. But it was kinda painful seeing all those mindless sixth rangers just beat the shit out of 'em.

So should I just go to the next ep...or should I watch 199 Heroes first?

[Suzu]

199 Heroes is placed between ep 16 and 17, but I watched it earlier myself, so it's up to you.

[Starscream Gaga]

Yeah, 199 starts straight after Episode 16, because a plot point of the movie is the Gokaigers not knowing the sixth rangers because they've never used them yet (they got them Episode 16) and the movie ends with Gokai Silver watching them fly off (he introduces himself to them Episode 17).

[Locke]

Epic 36.

One of the biggest disappointments with Goseiger is how little the mythology is explored. What exactly is a Gosei Angel? Agri is described as having super strength, and is constantly training, yet he is so skinny he is basically lank and is able to be outrun by regular humans. He claims at one point that he doen't want to "cheat" by using Tensou Techniques, but surely his implied physiology means he's always cheating?? What exactly sets them apart? Is it because they can use the Tensouder? What is the Tensouder? Where does it come from? How does it work? Why cards? This is episode thirty six, these seem like basic questions that should have been answered in the first episode!

Eh either way it was just a filler episode, and not a particularly good one.

[Sentai]

Samurai Sentai Shinkeger Act 05

Takeru doesn't need to do everything alone, even I can see the disc slots on the back of that bigass sword!

I'd comment more but I couldn't see the whole episode. The Sub I watched broke midway through the Megazord battle -_-

[Scythe]

On ep 24 of Abaranger. My love for Abarepink grows more and more. That plan she hatched to cross-dress Abablue was hilarious.

[Locke]

Epic 37, great more filler... To be fair, it was a little less in your face than the last episode, I mean at least this episode had actual tension, and stakes and drama. Even if none of it was particularly good, although as ever the action was pretty great, even if the budget seems a lot tighter in these later episodes than it did in the earlier ones.

What does Desu Wa mean, and why did no one translate it?