[GuardianAngel87]

Kakuranger Episodes 36-38.

Finally caught up on the episodes that are recently subbed. I have somewhat of a huge and unplanned break on watching Super Sentai and now, I'm back.

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger is actually well on its way on being one of my favorite Sentai series thanks to most of the Shinobi Scroll arc, especially the Jiraiya-centric two-parter, which also led to team's final battle against Prince Junior and Ninjaman's intro episode. I've already taking a liking to Ninjaman as a character and I'm probably one of the few people in the world that really likes his Power Rangers counterpart, Ninjor.

[Dr Kain]

Oh sweet, they finally subbed the Ninjaman intro episode? AWESOME!!!!

[Starscream Gaga]

So I've been marathoning Dairanger with my partner lately and I gotta say I really do enjoy it. A lot of the stuff reminds me of Jetman, which is a good thing.

One complaint I have is how disjointed the episodes seems sometimes. Most characters have a "main plot" that their spotlight episodes revolve around, which are completely separate to the main plot and in those episodes, the major events of the previous episodes that the characters should be worrying about are ignored.
Example:
Ep. 37-39. Main Plot. Daijinyu arrives, Kou turns evil and goes missing, Dairanger and Gouma declare a ceasefire.
Ep. 39: Ryou episode. Revolves around Ryou's continuing plot with Jin. Kou and Daijinryu are not even mentioned or alluded to and the Gouma are fighting the Dairanger as usual.
Ep. 40: Shouji episode. Revolves around Shouji's continuing plot with the 3 Stooges. Daijinryu and Kou are once again unmentioned and the Gouma and Dairanger fight as usual.
Ep 41: Daigo Episode. Revolves around Daigo's continuing plot with Kujaku and Gara. No mention of Daijinryu or Kou, fights as per usual however Gara gets seemingly important character development.
Ep. 42: Back to main plot. Suddenly everyone remembers Daijinryu and the fact that their 6th Ranger has been brainwashed and missing for a few episodes and that there was a ceasefire between the two factions. Gara acts as she always has.

I definitely enjoy all the different plots, it just annoys me a little that they're so separate to the main plot and things that should be important are ignored in episodes that aren't main plot episodes.

[Dr Kain]

I don't think it is disjointed, they just have multiple things going on at one time. It's not that they forgot about Dai Jin Ryu, but he was not there to be a threat at that point in time.

And technically, the ceasefire was still there, as in those episodes, Gorma was not attacking civilians, but the rangers themselves. And Jin is not really a Gorma, so his out of control moments were not the problem.

Anyway, if you were a giant ass dragon, just left Earth, got home, sat down to watch some tv and the war started up again, are you going to leave once again for another long journey or relax for a bit? :-p

[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

And technically, the ceasefire was still there, as in those episodes, Gorma was not attacking civilians, but the rangers themselves. And Jin is not really a Gorma, so his out of control moments were not the problem.

In Jin's episode, Zaidos fused him with a Gorma and set him loose murdering civilians, it definitely seemed like a usual Gorma plot to me.

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Anyway, if you were a giant ass dragon, just left Earth, got home, sat down to watch some tv and the war started up again, are you going to leave once again for another long journey or relax for a bit? :-p

lol. But that still doesn't explain why they don't even bother to mention or look for Kou. I mean, they're just leisurely hanging out at diners and stuff despite the fact that their child Ranger has been brainwashed and disappeared.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

So I've been marathoning Dairanger with my partner lately and I gotta say I really do enjoy it. A lot of the stuff reminds me of Jetman, which is a good thing.

One complaint I have is how disjointed the episodes seems sometimes. Most characters have a "main plot" that their spotlight episodes revolve around, which are completely separate to the main plot and in those episodes, the major events of the previous episodes that the characters should be worrying about are ignored.
Example:
Ep. 37-39. Main Plot. Daijinyu arrives, Kou turns evil and goes missing, Dairanger and Gouma declare a ceasefire.
Ep. 39: Ryou episode. Revolves around Ryou's continuing plot with Jin. Kou and Daijinryu are not even mentioned or alluded to and the Gouma are fighting the Dairanger as usual.
Ep. 40: Shouji episode. Revolves around Shouji's continuing plot with the 3 Stooges. Daijinryu and Kou are once again unmentioned and the Gouma and Dairanger fight as usual.
Ep 41: Daigo Episode. Revolves around Daigo's continuing plot with Kujaku and Gara. No mention of Daijinryu or Kou, fights as per usual however Gara gets seemingly important character development.
Ep. 42: Back to main plot. Suddenly everyone remembers Daijinryu and the fact that their 6th Ranger has been brainwashed and missing for a few episodes and that there was a ceasefire between the two factions. Gara acts as she always has.

I definitely enjoy all the different plots, it just annoys me a little that they're so separate to the main plot and things that should be important are ignored in episodes that aren't main plot episodes.

Part of how Dairanger worked was that it actually had several different writers, each of whom handled the different characters' main plots. Noboru Sugimura, as the main writer, did most of the main storyline episodes. Toshiki Inoue handled the Ryou/Jin arc, Kunio Fujii did the Daigo/Kujaku stuff, and Naruhisa Arakawa did most of the comedy episodes.

[Klonoahedgehog]

Gobusters mission 24, this episode actually hit a cord with me because Hiromu's teacher reminds me of the teachers i had in High school.

[Starscream Gaga]

Finished Dairanger last night.

I enjoyed the series a lot, I think it's probably one of my faves up there with Gokaiger, Shinkenger and Jetman but, man, that ending sucked. Like, majorly. Shadam's big plot-twist was pretty bizarre and out of nowhere and the fact that he turned out to be a puppet and we never found out why or anything was just annoying. Not to mention the whole "50 years after" thing wasn't as funny as it wanted to be and they should've left it with the solemn but hopeful scene of the team disbanding. Also, what the hell? Gouma and Dairanger will fight generation after generation forever? Won't this attract Daijinryu again!? That's a pretty important thing not to mention! Also, wtf happened to the Trio's metal forms that appeared in early episodes. They just stopped using them.

So yeah, I loved the series, loved the team, loved the mecha, loved the villains but I really hated the last two episodes. Big disappointment.

Now I'm onto Goseiger! It's OK. Way, way, way better then Megaforce (not hard though), but not really Wowing me yet. We're only on episode 4, so I hope I get gripped into it like I did Dairanger, which I also wasn't a fan of the first few episodes but ended up loving.

[Dr Kain]

DaiRanger is by far my favorite Sentai and nothing has come close to touching it (KakuRanger is halfway to it). However, I do agree that the 50 year jump was awkward, not because of it being 50 years, just because the cast looked so unconvincing in their make up. Daigo was way too over the top. You get used to it after the third viewing of the series though (I've watched DaiRanger as a whole about 13 times over the last 10 years). Nevertheless, when it reaches DaiRanger's 50th anniversary, they need to reshoot the final scenes. :-D

One of the things I love about the final battle though is the out of suit action. Ryo fought Shadam without transforming, which was down right awesome. I don't think any other series has ever done that.

Not sure why you made Goseiger your next series after DaiRanger. I don't like Gosei at all, but watching it after Dai is pretty much just asking for the show to commit suicide.

[Matrixbeast]

Hmm, I'll give Dairanger another chance, why not.
I'm still looking for that series to rival my Gekilove.