[Matrixbeast]

Gai is basically entirely centered on who the episode is actually about. If it's not about him or Ryu, he's basically "A Sentai hero." He's entirely in line, he's cooperative, and he's your typical good guy.
Once it's one of his episodes, his abrasive and brash side comes out, and if it's about Ryo, his competitive and "Too cool" attitude makes a return.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Gai is basically entirely centered on who the episode is actually about. If it's not about him or Ryu, he's basically "A Sentai hero." He's entirely in line, he's cooperative, and he's your typical good guy.
Once it's one of his episodes, his abrasive and brash side comes out, and if it's about Ryo, his competitive and "Too cool" attitude makes a return.

Toshiki Inoue is pretty much the only writer who knew how to handle Gai. Almost every time a secondary writer penned an episode, Gai's character became suuuper flat and generic.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Gai is basically entirely centered on who the episode is actually about. If it's not about him or Ryu, he's basically "A Sentai hero." He's entirely in line, he's cooperative, and he's your typical good guy.
Once it's one of his episodes, his abrasive and brash side comes out, and if it's about Ryo, his competitive and "Too cool" attitude makes a return.

But that doesn't make sense. He shouldn't be fine for 5 episodes and then a nut job the next.

Anyway, I just finished Ohranger. Friday I have the three movies to watch and then I can start working on my review.

[Fish Sandwich]

Ninnin Rewatch! 45 + 46

Oh man this final arc is SOOOOO good. I know I've said that a bunch already but dangit it's true. I've mentioned elsewhere before, but, especially when it comes to Toku, the absolute single greatest thing a show can do to get on my good side is have a great last stretch, or even just a great finale. I basically never drop a show after committing any more than a few episodes, so I love the feeling of being rewarded for my time that a good ending gives me. It makes any low points throughout feel totally worth having gone through. Ninninger gave that to me in spades. It's a well paced last couple of episodes that ramp up the tension, bring a whole bunch of thematic and character stuff to a great closure, and generally tie everything up in a nice bow. A bow with exciting action scenes and explosions.

I'm going a little different with the format here, since a lot of stuff is either A. redundant, or B. a spoiler, but as for what specifics I can give, 45 has a ton of great moments from Starninger, and the big final for real this time last step in the Ninningers' arc as a team, with them actively rejecting the entire existing concept of the Last Ninja in favor of finding their own path. It's super satisfying to see. 46 lets the whole family shine by getting Tsumuji and Yoshitaka in on the action in a big way, and you all know my stance on episodes featuring Tsumuji. Yoshitaka himself gets HIS big moment by giving a big speech showing his approval of the entire team, noting each of their unique strengths and saying he knows they'll become better ninja than he ever was. Again, since he's been so stingy about giving unironic praise throughout the show this is SO awesome to see. Can you tell I like these episodes?

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

But that doesn't make sense. He shouldn't be fine for 5 episodes and then a nut job the next.

Anyway, I just finished Ohranger. Friday I have the three movies to watch and then I can start working on my review.

It's probably just what Lucha said. No one knew how to properly write him but Inoue.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

It's probably just what Lucha said. No one knew how to properly write him but Inoue.

You would think these writers would communicate with each other though.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

You would think these writers would communicate with each other though.

Some writers are better at writing certain types of characters than others.

But also, my feeling is that the other writers didn't fully understand what Inoue was going for/didn't have the skills to pull it off, just cause it's so different from other Sentai.

[Dr Kain]

Meh, that sounds like laziness to me. Would it have been that hard to just watch the episodes Inuoe did in the beginning and go, "Okay, so Gai needs to be an asshole and not work well with the team, got it!"

[Matrixbeast]

Ginga 39 and 40
39 was about Saya putting on a tough face to deal with everything going down with Hyuuga. She meets a martial arts instructor (After twisting her ankle) that tells her that, basically, the more she tries to appear stronger, the weaker she actually gets. She's then forcefully grown giant by Barban (Whose plan this time is to make someone giant to massage the Daitanic). Gingat helps heal her ankle, and she saves the day. All is good.
Glad to see the kaiju form get some new screen time~

40 was a bit more substantial. Businera reveals that there's a comet coming with enough energy to revive the Daitanic, but it needs to be gathered at a certain time, and the gatherer needs to be giant sized to do it (And, as literally every episode is keen to let us know, using Barba Extract to grow giant substantially reduces their lifespan, and the comet's energy uses the giant as a lightning rod, too, so they basically won't survive, one way or the other). So Batbass sends in an expendable soldier.
The solider basically knows he'll die, so he tries to get in one final fight before doing so. After fighting Gingaman, he ends up thrown off a cliff alongside Hikaru. They strike a truce, as Hikaru's leg was injured, and he has poor eyesight in the dark (As they washed up in a cave). After escaping, Batbass comes along to fight, but they manage to run once again. When alone, they discuss a lot of things, and it's revealed that he was once a warrior who (Like Bull Black) lost everything. He eventually said "Fuck it" and joined Barban because he basically stopped caring about everything. Hikaru does his best to convince him to start over, but he denies it and they fight, Hikaru winning.

Rather than killing him, he tries to convince him to start fresh again, but Businera shoots him with a Barba Extract bullet (Like from last episode, which they used to grow Saya giant), and the energy absorption device has a controller built in, which Businera uses to force him to absorb the comet's energy (Despite GingaiOh and Giga Rhinos's attempts to stop him without killing him). In the end, he dies, the energy is transmitted to the Daitanic, and it starts to awaken.

Oh yeah, and Hyuuga gets a super axe that can cut through anything in one blow, but Bookrates is all like "Yeah, the axe is all good, but you still suck. Git gud."

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Meh, that sounds like laziness to me. Would it have been that hard to just watch the episodes Inuoe did in the beginning and go, "Okay, so Gai needs to be an asshole and not work well with the team, got it!"

Yes, for writers not accustomed to the dramatic style he was using, it would have been that hard.