[Kamen Rider Die]

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Hiroya Matsumoto appearing as Jin was quite the surprise back in 2012. It wasn't anything new since the official tsuika senshi of the series, Burai aka Dragonranger (The Tommy/MMPR Green Ranger counterpart of Zyuranger), did it first by having Shiro Izumi who played Yuma/Change Pegasus in the 1985 show Changeman play him, but nonetheless a pleasant surprise.

Hiroya Matsumoto formerly played Tsubasa Ozu/Magi Yellow in the 2005 show Magiranger, the fourth child of the Ozu family and aspiring boxer who wields the power of lightning (the Magirangers were the third team to be a whole team of siblings, the previous teams being 1990's Fiveman and 1999's GogoV).

This is great! I don't know who "Jin" is!

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

This is great! I don't know who "Jin" is!

I am sorry. Please ignore..

[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

I am sorry.

It's fine! I am sure the context will be clear to me soon enough! And I appreciate the trivia!

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

It's fine! I am sure the context will be clear to me soon enough! And I appreciate the trivia!

No, I feel like a total ass and I'm sorry.

[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

No, I feel like a total ass and I'm sorry.

Please don't feel bad! I didn't know what you were talking about, so you haven't ruined anything for me! We're good!

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Please don't feel bad! I didn't know what you were talking about, so you haven't ruined anything for me! We're good!

Okay, I'm good. I thought my mind was playing tricks and thought I spoiled things for you. Sorry about that.

[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Okay, I'm good. I thought my mind was playing tricks and thought I spoiled things for you. Sorry about that.

It's cool! I always love the enthusiasm and participation!

[Kamen Rider Die]

TOKUMEI SENTAI GO-BUSTERS MISSION 15 - “THE GOLDEN BUSTER AND THE SILVER BUDDY”



What a romp these two are. It’s Yuuto and Deneb from Den-O all over again, you know? We’re in a show that’s warm and goofy and occasionally maudlin, and then here comes this wacky double-act to show you how insane things can actually get within this dynamic. These two make our previous cast of uniquely surly superheroes and overly-protective robots seem like stock character types pulled from the shelf. Jin! J! What a goddamn treat!

It’s hard to talk about this episode in ways that aren’t just enjoying the comedic energy of every single Jin/J scene – J doesn’t know he isn’t the lead character! Jin swaggers like we didn’t all just see him childishly snap at J for talking over him! – but I will try. (One of my favorite gags in the episode is actually just about Jin, not even featuring him. As the team is trying to discern whether it’s the real Jin or a plot by Enter, Hiromu confidently declares it to be a fake Jin because he’s too goofy, to which Ryuji instantly goes No, That Part’s Correct.) There’s a lesson in here about perfection being boring, which is a subtle way of priming us for a Buster duo that is resolutely not the kind that’s going to slot into the hierarchy of our series to date, while also saying that it’s more fun when something has room to surprise you. Like Jin and J heisting the Enetron for themselves at the end of the episode! (I assume they’re actually using it to steal the Megazord that Messiah’s building, but we’ll likely find out for sure next time.)

Just the existence of Jin and J makes a huge impact on the rest of the cast, though, as it proves that the scientists who disappeared 13 years ago did survive in hyperspace… maybe including the Busters’ parents? It’s a step towards their goal, regardless of whatever Jin’s up to, and I appreciated that. As much as this episode is THE BEET BUSTER AND STAG BUSTER SHOW (Jin even declares this his show!!! Canonically!!!), there’s still plenty of movement on the core plotline of the series, which is a nice bonus. Ryuji’s looped in on this story through Jin, and the other Busters are looped in through Jin's backstory. It’s not just screwing around!

I mean, it’s mostly screwing around, and I’m not even a little bit mad about that. Jin and J are iconic, just on their first full appearance, and I get why they brought these dudes back in that Taisen scene I half-remember. Jin’s energy is boastful and oblivious, while J’s is theatrically serious and constantly off-center; they are the perfect buddy act. Sorry, Go-Busters! It’s Jin’s show now!



BOOST UP FOR Vacuumroid!

I loved this guy. He’s my favorite Metaroid to date, and he continues a very fun thread that started with Tubaroid last time: he’s just trying to do his job, you guys. Villains who view a run-in with the heroes as something more akin to having to take a phone call in the middle of typing a report… I think that’s the best. It’s the funniest way to approach a rote conflict, to mix it up occasionally with some bored clock-puncher of an evil robot. He’s just here to suck up Enetron, not fight a group of supersoldiers, so just let him wrap this up and he’ll be going. Best Metaroid! Elevated an already terrific episode into the stratosphere!

[AkibaSilver]

I haven't been commenting much because my memories of individual episodes is uhhhhhh a little hazy, but am dropping in to say that Jin and J even all this time later are some of my favourite rangers. The vibe they bring to the show, the energy they bounce off each other, and being gold/silver beetle bros, and being more than just the comedy duo. Love them. (Helps that their Power Rangers equivalents, Nate and Steel, are equally lovely but in a different way. You always win with these suits!)

I have my Beet Buster / Grid Battleforce Gold figure stood alone, because neither Figuarts nor Lightning Collection ever made it to the Silver guy. It's probably what Jin would say he wants, even if secretly he wants his buddy.

[Kamen Rider Die]

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I have my Beet Buster / Grid Battleforce Gold figure stood alone, because neither Figuarts nor Lightning Collection ever made it to the Silver guy. It's probably what Jin would say he wants, even if secretly he wants his buddy.

I cannot imagine having a Beet Buster figure without a Stag Buster figure standing slightly in front of him. Just feels wrong!