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Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Episode 37- "Grudge Radish, Deep Roots!" Discussion
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Dang it! I was hoping I'd finally get to do that All Magine post, but then Zenkaiger just *has* to go and make her next spotlight episode have a wonderful variety of material for several other characters while it's at it, and now I feel obligated to talk about that stuff too. The
audacity
of this series.
As always, it's even in the littlest things. While this one isn't focused on the ongoing plot at all, I appreciate it making time to check on it through both reminding us that everyone is still looking for Kaito's mom too, and even more than that, I appreciated Stacey's role here. Just that little scene of him proudly proclaiming to Barashitara that him and Hakaiser are buddies only to have Barashitara
immediately
spin that into a cutting remark... like, man, you can really feel there exactly why change doesn't come easy to Stacey. Even when he's trying something new, life at home is still as rough as always.
I also thought Vroom was pretty great here! There's not a ton he gets to do, but his reactions to everything he's being put through are consistently priceless, building up to yet another fantastic spin on the roll call, because Zenkaiger is never out of creative ideas on how to make that part of the fun. For a second I honestly thought it'd just be a four-person job this week! They tricked me real good!
And then of course, there's the actual meat of the plot, an extremely straightforward and heartwarming, really traditional kinda hero toku story, in that it's just about helping out a child with some mundane problem. It's pretty well done in this particular case, I thought. The emotions at the core of it are definitely super relatable, and that's always the make-or-break factor for this sort of episode. It's all about what it feels like to have some silly little thing that genuinely means a lot to you, and that probably is something pretty much anybody can empathize with on some level.
It makes for a great episode for Flint, of course. I forget how much I've mentioned this before, but I've
really
come around to her character over time, and a huge part of that is how the show started putting a lot of focus on her being this almost inexplicably gifted gadgeteer who clearly has a real passion for creating things. As you'd expect then, I found her role in this one to be a natural fit. Again, this is a very feel-good kind of story, so it was nice seeing her bonding with someone over the attachment you feel towards something you make yourself.
It's also a great episode for Magine!!! I'm still kicking myself for taking this long to mention that, but please consider it as me saving the best part of the episode for last. I'm not sure how much I can even put it in words, so hopefully a lot of it goes without saying. I mean, it's her being proactive that makes most of the plot happen, and this isn't even the first time she's spent an episode selflessly looking out for kids in need of help. It's hard to think of an episode where Magine
isn't
great, because those don't exist, but still, this was a great episode for Magine!
(Also, while she's still the best part, I lied about saving Magine for last, because I definitely want to mention how neat I found the Magic Dial Fighter showing up in the robot fight. I always loved the goofy flair a simple snap of the fingers brought to LuPat's mecha scenes once it debuted, and in retrospect, its wacky powers almost seem like Koumura warming up for how she writes Zenkaiger, so outright putting it in this show feels appropriate.)
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