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Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Episode 44- "SD= Small & Deformed!" Discussion
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01-23-2022, 04:32 PM
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Fish Sandwich
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I think it was really clever of the show to have there be a sort of nervous undertone to Zox and his family finally getting what they've been after this whole time. Because, you know, obviously there had to be some sort of twist or catch to it. If SD World just showed up after all this time like any other monster of the week to be blown up in a single episode, that'd be weird, right? But if you make that weirdness all part of someone else's master plan...
It's an approach I really dig. There were plenty of possible options for this plot point that were probably more obvious, like just leaving it until the absolute end of the show, or maybe having SD World be like some kind of recurring rival character for Twokaiser or something, but as usual with the decisions Zenkaiger makes, the option they went with somehow feels the most Zenkaiger-y to me. Which I know is a really tautological way to put it, but still, I'm digging the mystery of Gege right now, and this was a neat way to advance that.
Besides, it's not like making this big event a simple standalone episode is going to be any sort of problem when Zenkaiger knows how to work that format the way it does. I mean, it's got everything that makes one of these good. The monster is menacing the populace with a comical ability. The heroes refuse to be inconvenienced by that and just head into battle anyway doing a weird version of the roll call. (Although I guess at this point it's weirder when it's *not* weird?) Heck, Zox even takes to the field with a straight up gashapon version of his Geardalinger, complete with a squeaky pitched up voice, so this episode is even better than usual when it comes to that sort of joke.
Plus, naturally, it's also telling a proper story, all about the pressure Zox puts on himself as the head of his family, and more importantly, how nobody around him is actually
asking
him to carry all that weight alone. It makes for a nice moment with Kaito that calls way back to Twokaiser's introductory episodes in a way that makes this climactic resolution feel that much more full circle, and nice moments for all of Zox's siblings, who get in on the action in the ways that work best for them. Last week I praised the Zenkaigers for their ability to think their way of any situation so quickly, but I have to say, it's every bit as impressive how quickly Flint can
invent
a solution to a given problem. Small Gears! It's so simple it couldn't fail, and it didn't!
A lot of the extra dramatic staging with the rain and all that was fantastic visually, too. Even a pirate who mostly sails between worlds is still a pirate at the end of the day, so the emphasis on water felt super appropriate. Really added a lot of flair to the episode.
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