[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Deathryuger

The team's origin has me interested and my initial thoughts are that they are actually still kids, but are imagining that they are older. It really feels like an official Akibaranger story. Just replace delusion with imagination.

I dont really think that this is what the show is building up to though. This whole Episode was pretty much dedicated to the fact that the ToQGer are real people fighting real battles in the real world.

[SentaiSan]

Not much new to add. Loved it, and yes, wagon was slightly annoying. Hopefully they keep her in check. I went into the series not liking pink, but now I kinda find her adorable.

Where are the conductor, ticket and wagon when ToQoh forms? The chest?

[HenshinTension]

That was a MUCH better episode than the first one. I really enjoyed it overall though the Pink ToQger still annoys me a little bit. I think it's the pigtails

I liked the suprising darker tone of the episode and the mystery surrounding the ToQgers is definitely intriuging. I'm not looking forward to the next episode too much as it appears to be Pink focused...who knows, maybe she will turn a corner character development wise.

[Battlizer]

This episode was pretty cool. I like the mystery it sets up with the rangers pasts and exactly what happened to him. The Conductor and that puppet are shady as hell...I wonder if the puppet really is alive on his own or if it's just the Conductor being disturbingly weird.

Like I said when I watched the Raw, I like that the green ranger got some focus after getting basically none in the first one. And it's even better with the subs, now that we know he's the most sensible one.

The fourth wall breaking is pretty funny too,. I'm surprised Ticket even had that toy gimmick joke. Nice that the show pokes fun of itself like that. Not a big fan of this monster of the week's design, but his personality was pretty cool.

The train dogfight was a pretty awesome fight, not much else to say on that. Still didn't see much of Shadow Line, but it looks like we're getting to know them more, bit by bit.

[Aoi Kurenai]

On the topic of pink, I don't mind Kagura at all. She doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the team, but she doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. I love watching her in battle - as far as the first two episodes go, she really represents the idea of a kid with imagination a lot better than Right to me.

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Originally Posted by ElConvoy

I dont really think that this is what the show is building up to though. This whole Episode was pretty much dedicated to the fact that the ToQGer are real people fighting real battles in the real world.

It would be an interesting concept to build towards. I like the idea that, whether or not they're alive doesn't matter, as long as they're around and can physically influence change, they'll have some peace of mind. I have to wonder if the series literally begins when they were at the tree. Right fell, so maybe he was whisked away by the Shadow Line while the others were picked up by the Rainbow Line and a short time later, everyone's an adult. Right imagines himself as one so the fall won't hurt as much and the others imagine themselves as adults so they can have the strength to catch him.

[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Aoi Kurenai

It would be an interesting concept to build towards. I like the idea that, whether or not they're alive doesn't matter, as long as they're around and can physically influence change, they'll have some peace of mind. I have to wonder if the series literally begins when they were at the tree. Right fell, so maybe he was whisked away by the Shadow Line while the others were picked up by the Rainbow Line and a short time later, everyone's an adult. Right imagines himself as one so the fall won't hurt as much and the others imagine themselves as adults so they can have the strength to catch him.

That would be a really cool Idea to go towards with the story.

Especially since Conductor and Ticket said that there current situation has something to do with them being influenced by the Shadow Line but not exactly the way they initially thought.

What I am the most interested in at the moment is why they are only able to remember events from the past that they experienced as a group.

[Locke]

Maybe they're all one person, like the reverse Daigo from Kyoryuger

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

"They treat switching like a toy gimmick"

I continue to love this shows humor and ability to reasonably break the 4th wall.

I'm enjoying that as well. It's not so meta that Red knows they're gonna win simply because they're the good guys, so a sense of tension is still held for the battles.

Anyway, I finished episode 2. It was kind of alright. It had it's moments (I loved watching the villain's swords break on the tunnel), but it wasn't anything overtly special. I'm enjoying it more than I anticipated, which is always a good thing,, but I'm just not drawn to any of the toys since it's plainly obvious what makes the in-show version of the toys look nice vs why the actual toys...Don't.

For characters, I'm kind of liking them. I'm rather split. So far, only Pink is the one I don't like (Yes, I get the point of the character. Imagine yourself stronger and you can achieve anything. I'm still not a fan), while the others just don't do much of anything for me, but they're not annoying or angering, so I can watch them just fine.

The mecha fights aren't really drawing me in, though. I guess I'll have to get my weekly mecha fights from Galaxy Mega in Megaranger.

[Locke]

I've gotta say I'm really not a fan of this mecha yet, either.

After Kyoryuger really pushed the quality and engineering of the suits (even as things started to get "stacked" for the most part - at least so far - they've still managed to remain looking sturdy and solid and not like they're gonna imminently fall to bits) but I dunno, it feels like this mech has taken a giant step backwards in terms of quality and engineering.

The ten foot high shoulder pads look flimsy and because of the battle between the proportions of the idea and the proportions of the human body everything about it feels awkward, like a teenager who is starting to grow out into a man but is caught in that awkward between stage.

Whereas - for better or worse - Kyoryuger padded its mech fights with elaborate CG movement, in both of the mech fights so far in ToQ they just kinda stood there...did a special attack...the end. A thirty second sequence which is tacked on and pointless is just the worst for me, they act like sentai is progressive but so far the giant stuff has been 100 percent toy focused and hasn't added to the story in any way.

It's frustrating as well, because when they use individual resha for dog fights and swashbuckling duels it clearly shows they have a big imagination to make them really awesome, so it seems so lame...that it is so lame when they all come together.

[Matrixbeast]

While I wasn't a big fan of Kyoryujin, I do agree that it was more interesting to watch. After the fast paced and energetic train duel, ToQ-Oh's fight was incredibly boring and on the anti-climatic side of things.