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05-07-2021, 06:38 AM
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Androzani84
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I tend to generally think so too.
On decades I do also find some of the 00s shows really memorable likely because that's when it was all new to me but yeah.
Any chance of tempting you to click the link in my signature?
Well even if the answer is ‘no’, here’s the second of the two “re-reviews” I promised last week.
Scroll 8: Hayate and Ikazuchi
Last time, our heroes got beaten down by a mysterious duo identifying as the Gouraigers, the Ikazuchi Way’s legendary champions.
They then left after the beatdown, but not before unmasking themselves as these guys: Ikazuchi Way’s KabutoRaiger, Ikkou Kasumi and Ikazuchi Way’s KuwagaRaiger, Isshu Kasumi.
Back to the present, where our heroes are discussing where they go next… though they quickly get distracted by the Kuroko playing kendama (a Japanese educational game involving a ball attached by a strong to a hammer, both made of wood).
Oboro isn’t able to give them much to go on, due to how little is known about the Ikazuchi Way. But she does know this.
It’s also pointed out that the Kasumi Bros are two of the strongest and dangerous Ninjas in recent times. Our trio come to the conclusion that their new foes merely want to settle their 500-year rivalry, since the scheduled rematch didn’t take place. So they figure by telling the two about the threat, they’ll team up with them to take down Jakanja (Ah, the folly of youth). Speaking of the Jakanja, they’re positively gushing over the new guys. (And despite it being disproven in the last episode, the Floaty-Head still thinks they’re the remaining two Spears. Blind faith, much?)
Well, almost all of them
Tau Zant then bids Sargain begin his next plan to corrupt the planet with a new puppet: Water-Absorbing Ninja Gamajakushi (Who I will refer to as “Tad” from now on).
Tad then throws his tadpoles into the water, using them to activate his Uchuu Ninpo: Mizu Kui (Water Absorb)
Within a small amount of time, Oboro has recovered one of the tadpoles, courtesy of the kuroko and manages to find out a lot from dumping it in a green liquid (Japanese cream soda?).
The Hurricanegers then set off for the sea, reasoning that he’ll be going there next, if his plan is to suck up the waters of Earth. And at the sea, the Gouraigers give their reviews of Jakanja’s plans.
The Hurricanegers then run into them on the way, making their pitch. Ikkou calls them naive, before they get interrupted by Tad appearing to kill them all (I guess Sargain decided he wanted the Gouraigers out of the picture). The Hurricanegers transform and fight, but prove woefully ineffective against Tad and his Uchuu Ninpo: Gama Kudaki (Toad Crush).
After watching their ancient enemies get beaten up, the Kasumi Bros decide to step in and join the fight.
As I said in
my previous review
, what really adds to the creepy factor, besides the fact these obvious anti-heroes are using the same transformation phrase as the heroes, is the music playing in the background (skip to 1:41).
They then proceed to do their (much more understated) role call.
With this done, the two then pull out their weapons.
But what happens next surprises everyone (including, presumably, the audience)
Tad’s attacks are unable to do much of anything, since the Gouraigers are prepared for it.
And that’s not all the DX Ikazuchimaru can do(Buy it in 2002, for the price of slightly more than a DX Rider belt).
After dominating the fight with their Ikazuchimarus up until now, the Gouraigers use their individual weapons, the Horn Breaker (a gun, and incidentally, the only actual weapon among the “gadgets”) and the Stag Breaker (a claw that discharges electricity).
After softening Tad up a bit, they then pull out their Two-way Union Double Gadget.
Ikkou: Set, Thunder!
As Tad is destroyed, the two Ikazuchi Ninjas then take their leave. As Tad gets revived as a Copy Giant, the Hurricanegers form Senpuujin, which is just as helpless against the barrage of tadpoles… that is, until Oboro sees the Kendama game from earlier and gets an idea. (There’s very little in this series that’s pointless)
One reprogramming of the two later, they can combine.
And thus, Goat Crusher and Tortoise Hammer are combined into Karakuri Combo: Goat Hammer.
With their new weapon, the Hurricanegers knock the tadpoles away, before destroying Tad for good with the Finish Trick: Hurricane Suisei. When the battle is done, our trio reunite with the Gouraigers… only for the two to say this.
Yosuke asks why they helped them out, to which the two have this to say. (And as episode 50 shows, they’re right)
This is overheard by Tau Zant in the Centipede.
The Hurricanegers have one question.
A question that impresses neither of their rivals. (To be fair, they do have something of a point)
Isshu states that it’s something that will allow the Ikazuchi Way to reinvent itself as the strongest in the world… and idea that he didn’t submit to Ikkou for approval.
Ikkou states that “that” will allow the Gouraigers to become the strongest Uchuu Ninjas, stating they’d rather die trying to get it than let Jakanja or the Hurricanegers obtain it (I doubt the Hurricanegers would want it, given that I’m at the point where I know what “that” is). Tau Zant then broadcasts a message to the Kasumi Bros.
He then sends them a sphere to board, which they do as the episode ends with it taking off.
Final thoughts: Once again, my thoughts on the episode are the same as
last time
. But once again, it’s been fun to go back and rewatch this episode, in light of later developments (such as Floaty Head’s blind faith in the Gouraigers contrasting with his later attempts to ruin KabutoRaiger’s life). Well, I’ve enjoyed these two re-reviews, an I hope you enjoyed reading them just as much.
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