A compilation of tweets regarding my fist watch of Dekaranger:
Nov 26:
So I'm watching Dekaranger with a friend and so far i love them all? I forgot where we stopped, but friend knows. Anyway, some thoughts so far:
I watched Magi vs Deka first, so i got a strong whiplash with Ban (lol) -- especially his hair style. He's more loud in Deka.
Houji seems like the hard-boiled dude at first, but he's a walking mess and i love him. Also random English words because "Perfect".
Sen-chan is so adorable and smart, and funny. I didn't know he was the same person who sang Savers' 1st ED (which i love so much??)
I love Jasmine a lot, her comments and her funny nicknames and her special ability. She got the best comments ever in-series imo.
Umeko is so relatable, and cute and tiny... But strong, i want to be like her!!
Tetsu felt like a very cocky and serious dude in his debut episode, but turns out he's the junior-est of the juniors? I want to know more about him.
Boss (Kruger) is so cool, and a very dad-like alien. Swan is the biggest mom friend ever. I want Boss and Swan to smooch 😙
Speaking of Ban… I'm always concerned with him because he yells a lot ;o; Like, are you okay… Doesn't your throat hurt from yelling that much?
But then in the Magi-Deka movie rewatch i was like "… he's not loud anymore…"
Sainei is so cool… 😮🥰
Still, i like Ban a lot for obvious reasons (lol) -- first it's the hair (really, if you saw the majority of characters i like who got that haircut...), and his personality is very *ahem* similar to most of my favorites. And he sounds a lot similar to Kizuna's Daisuke...
Nov 29:
Ban's getting less and less louder… He has a cool and pretty voice when he's not yelling… Now he only gets loud moderately.
Character development?
Character development!!
(as this point, you can guess who's my favorite.)
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Some of my favourite/recommended dekaranger episodes
I’d recommend that you watch the show in entirety to better understand the overarching story and general character development, but these were the episodes that stood out for me.
(spoiler alert so if you wanna avoid just read the episodes and skip my blurbs)
Episode 17: Twin Cam Angels
It's an all-out goofy episode but that's why I love it; everything from the weird Alienizer to the whole premise to Umeko getting drunk was a riot.
Episode 26: Cool Passion
A great Hoji character focus episode within the "Tetsu gets to know everyone better" arc. Instead of just being a one-dimensional "cool Blue" kinda character, we see that his professionalism stems from his sheer grit and stubbornness in the face of adversity. (Deka's character development episodes are excellent man.)
Episode 27: Funky Prisoner
I kinda liked the little twist halfway, it's also a great episode showcasing Jasmine's character - cool and composed but also filled with passion for justice.
Episode 28: Alienizers Returns & Episode 29: Mirror Revenger
Basically Tetsu's backstory arc. That scene where Genio manipulated the whole situation to escape prison was amazing, and also Genio's character and voice was so sinister and villain-like in a brilliant way.
Episode 34: Celeb Game
I found the premise pretty refreshing in the context of the series at that point - the Alienizers (rich young men) weren't committing murder for financial gain per se, but because they were so up in their ivory towers that they completely lacked empathy or even cared that they were taking lives. Senchan was pretty badass in this episode as well.
Episode 37: Hardboiled License
I basically wrote an entire post waxing lyrical about how this episode stood out from the rest in an excellent way, basically turning many dekaranger tropes on its head and just focusing on the story, drama and filmmaking.
Episode 39: Requiem World
The dream world premise was quite interesting and so was the camerawork for the episode. One of the rare episodes where Umeko was a focus character that was on the darker side, but she shone in this episode (and a great episode about Jasmine and Umeko's relationship in general).
Episode 41: Trick Room
One of the most brilliant "mystery" type episodes in Dekaranger in my opinion. The Alienizer was also unnervingly sinister, and the scenes of Senchan facing his claustrophobia were great too.
Episode 43: Meteor Catastrophe
It's one of those episodes that defies the rules of science and physics but it explores how Ban and Hoji's partnership/friendship has developed since the beginning and towards the tail end of the series.
Episode 46: Proposal Panic
The premise and set up of the Alienizer's crime is kinda mediocre but it's The Sen/Umeko episode and they're everyone's favourite Dekaranger couple. The action kinda takes the backseat in this episode (like ep 37) and focuses more on the story, which I really like.
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