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Ryusoulger Subs Post #1…

… There never was a #2! What a shock. Not really.

God, now I have to get through the week again.

In no order:

Yes, I remember what happened last time.

Remembered to check the chibi Ryusoulger this time. It’s Red. So I guess this is a Kou ep? Or they’re just going in order, and the chibis are in no way related to the focus.

I’m now wondering if Banba folding his arms is his anxious tell? Like, it’s a defensive body posture. I’m too tired to make much sense of my own explanation rn, but it fits his issues, I think.

Also his hand is so tense, oh, honey… DX

I’m also trying to figure out exactly what he was doing w/ his hand… Like, maybe it was just a nervous fidget, but also kinda like he was picking at his nails somehow? For lack of a better description?

Why is Melto the only one who knows how to check a pulse?

I want to hug Banba so badly right now… This boys’ facial expressions are amazing. Like, you can tell he’s in agony over the fact that, as far as he knows, he, personally, destroyed the only way to save his brother.

Poor Kou having to chase Banba again. XD

Crayon trying to start his own YouTube channel… I like this guy. He’s both creepy and entertaining.

Also I would die for any of the mook suit actors in an instant.

Big Brother Mode is still ACTIVATED. ^^

Crayon uses Microphone! It’s not super effective!

I still love how Kou was like ‘It’s probably best if I transform even before I find him just in case.’ Esp since, in the end, that actually wasn’t necessary.

I would kind of love to have had more to this scene. Like, how long do you think Banba spent trying to go after Crayon/walk on his own before Kou was able to get him back? I’d write it, but I just can’t seem to find the inspiration rn… DX

How often are they changing these cloths? Kou and Banba don’t seem to have been gone, like, ten minutes.

So… What, does it reproduce through spores?

Accidentally paused on very distressed Kou right before he called for the others. Poor baby.

I know it’s in character for him to refuse to sit, but I still think they could’ve offered Banba a chair.

I still want to pinch surprised Kou’s cheeks. DX

No, really. Why are there two? Did it divide or something? Or was she just really mad about people abandoning animals?

HOW IS HE ABLE TO STILL LOOK SO AMAZING IN THAT AWFUL MAKEUP???

Melto gets upgraded to being directly addressed. ^^

Banba really didn’t need to come off the wall for this, really. I love him, but the way he kinda lurches toward Melto there seems a little bit out of a horror film…

Honestly, I’m gonna miss Crayon and Tankjoh’s relationship. ‘You don’t get to laugh.’ (and just the deadpan way he says it) ‘Why be strict about that?’ XD I’m rather fond of their dynamic.

Crayon being unable to completely control the Minusaurs is so bloody hilarious to me. ^^

I guess Kou and Melto just have stronger immune systems?

Banba and Kou and their ‘don’t underestimate Kata Soul.’

…

… Okay, it’s probably not connected at all, and/or it’s just a recurring joke w/ this Minusaur, but… We know that the most recent (at least) traumatic event that happened to Kou involved Kata Soul… What if that Soul was also involved in some traumatic event that happened to Banba? Hell, maybe that’d be why he favours it. I dunno, I’m probably just spinning. But it came into my head when Kou essentially did the same thing Banba did against the other Cerberus Minusaur.

Well, DON’T TURN YOUR BACK ON IT, EITHER!

Oh, sweetie, no. I know you’re a mess right now, but no.

I feel so bad for him, though. Like, he blames himself for letting this happen in the first place (for failing to protect his brother/destroy Crayon before, etc.), and he’s probably blaming himself for delaying their chance at getting an antidote by destroying the first Minusaur. Now he’s dying, other people are dying, and most importantly to him, Touwa is dying. This has gotta be some of the most scared and desperate he’s ever been.

Like, the way he hobbles over to look at Touwa before he does it… TT_TT

WHERE WAS HE KEEPING THE SWORD??? HIS SLEEVE??

Does he have Zuuban in there, too?

Sorry. DX I have an incurable condition called thinking I’m hilarious.

But looks aren’t everything.

… Okay, who let my grandfather in here.

No, honey. No. This is not your fault. I promise you, no one here blames you but you. I don’t know if someone once told you you were at fault for something(s), or if you’ve just been internalising blame your whole life or something. But. I promise. No one blames you. </3

I mean, it both is and isn’t selfish. He’s got a point that if they die there will be no one to fight the Druidon. But I think the main driving force behind his desperation right now is to save his brother, and the former reason is more secondary.

He really has no right to look so good in this awful makeup, and yet… I saw a man so beautiful I started crying.

I am rather disappointed that Banba and Asuna didn’t go out there, but I guess their conditions had deteriorated more than the other two’s had, bc they got infected first.

Okay. This looks like a renaissance painting.

Oh, gods… Banba’s reaction to the whole ‘trust’ thing… TT^TT Who did this to you? Please tell me so I can find and assassinate them? DX

Hm… Maybe Touwa does know something, bc he got really soft over the ‘let’s trust them’ line.

Also just the word ‘trust’ seems to be borderline trigger for Banba… I really wish we had some flashbacks for the brothers, too… Though there is still plenty of time.

I still want child¡Banba holding baby¡Touwa.

But, to do some random spitball theorising… Could there have been a situation where Banba felt like he screwed up, and then when he trusted someone to help they betrayed him in some way? No grounding for this, just musing.

But god, his reaction there makes me want to know more so badly…

I always wonder how much they tell the actors? Like, is it like Game of Thrones where they only tell them things that the characters would know? By that logic, Tatsuya may know what Banba’s side of the story is… Though I seem to remember that Keisuke said something that implied he didn’t know all of Kuro Woz’s backstory… Though maybe he was deflecting a question. I dunno.

Okay, it’s not actually that similar, but that cut from the dramatic scene of the others declaring they trust Melto and Kou/resigning to giving them a chance while also having some sort of secret trauma flashback or something over the concept of ‘trust’ (in Banba’s case) to Kou being yeeted into a pile of barrels made me think of that scene in Kyuranger where Lucky gives a speech about how much faith they have in Shou and what a great leader he is––and then it cuts to Shou screaming hysterically about how they’re all going to crash into the sun and die.

Kou is a very reckless oaf, and I love him to bits.

How did he even… I guess sheer force of will.

Honestly, Hayate is kind of rocking the awful ‘poisoned’ makeup, too.

Actually, to be honest, they all are.

Or maybe someone made the smart decision to tone down the makeup.

I’d call Master Red ‘Master Dad,’ but then what would I call Master Blue? Master Other Dad? Master Melto’s Dad? *insert shrug emoji here*

When you pass out from poison, and have a dream about that time your parental substitute father figure gave you a piggyback ride––only it was actually your sentient dinosaur mecha carrying you and your friend on its back.

So. Who summoned Tyramigo? XD

…

… You know what. That’s it. I have nothing to say about the kebabs anymore.

Wait. So apparently the village was destroyed? So… What happened to all the other people we saw? Did they die? Evacuate to somewhere? But the Elder says he has nowhere else to go… O_o

In case you were wondering, the sixth is going to be Gold. Here presented as… Saffron yellow? Bc gold was probably too over the top for a kebab menu.

I love how Melto went from so frightened of the Elder that he hid a banana behind his back to interrupting the guy when he’s talking. XD

Wait, so… Like. Was he the one they were originally meant to bring it to? Are he and Naohisa in cahoots? Did I accidentally skip a line? That’s actually very possible.

… Why. Why was I expecting science. Why did I actually think… Oh, forget it.

Okay, but did they have to make it yellow? There are plenty of juices. You could have made it any other colour.

Kinda wish we got to see them bring it back to the house. But I can understand the ‘dramatic reveal’ of them showing up to fight Tankjoh.

But you know Banba made sure Touwa was cured even before he was. XD

*UGLY SOBBING COMMENCES*

I’M SO PROUD.

I still love MirNeedle and his honking sound.

The RyuSouls still want hugs.

The fact that Tankjoh has legit hands is hilarious to me.

Banba saying the dramatic lines, for some reason. XD

God, even w/ that wording… Banba’s still blaming himself. A) In apologising, and B) w/ the ‘I made you etc.’ It’s basically ‘I failed so you had to do it.’

Touwa calling him on makes me wonder if he does that a lot… Oh my gosh, is Banba also a compulsive apologiser? MY BABY! DX

Aaaaaaw. He gets so awkward and embarrassed. He’s so cute. XD <3

I’m still trying to parse out the look he gives Kou. It’s, like… Bemused? I guess? Like ‘you’re still saying that?’ Maybe? Though given the quick deep breath and how fast he rejects, maybe he was starting to have a ‘maybe we can trust him/them’ thought and felt like he needed to quickly shut it down.

All I could think of was the ‘I’m sorry, you must be a level 4 friend to unlock my tragic backstory’ tweet…

I love Kou’s expression and body language, bc it’s somewhere between becoming fondly amused and Banba’s grumpy tsundere nature, being like ‘Oooo! New friend project!’, and ‘Oh? That is that a challenge?’

To quite the King of Friendship himself: ‘I’m gonna become friends with you just to spite you.’ XD

Kou and Melto are less teasing Asuna, and more that they don’t want to look at the Elder in that outfit again. XD

I guess he wasn’t prophesying, and he has seen the trio more recently… But I’m still petty and will be sour if the brothers get excluded from whatever prophecies etc. there do end up being…

Like, they can do an ‘it’s all up to the original three’ in the end like Go-Onger, but only if they have the brothers pull a Hanto and Gunpei/Go-O Wings.

Preview: Don’t trust the sisters, and I suspect they have vocal powers, perhaps to control others. I do wonder if this is going t reveal more about the brother’s past at all as a parallel? Or we could be taking a break from that for now, which is also fine. I just request that they reveal it steadily as the team grows closer, and don’t just dump it all at the end or something.

That’s all, folks! Virtual jellybeans for anyone who read all that. XD

I am excited for the brother’s backstory, and what happened to Banba, but I’d also be fine w/ taking a break from that as we move on to introduce the next General, who will likely hang around a bit longer than Tankjoh to show off the upped ante. Music is apparently going to be important, since we’ve got several former idol group members here. Also it said so on the official website, so I’m not blowing steam. I’m sure if we’ve got a cast member who can sing, there will be an ep where they sing (Asuna’s most likely, since she’s apparently a former idol?). Anyway, excited for this to continue, and anxious for the week to be over.

[garrettsthings]

Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger Episode 4 Review

I’d just like to preface this review by thanking Over-Time for their excellent and speedy subs. You guys sure know how to make the start of my week busier. And speaking of Over-Time, I’m going to start calling Dorado Yellow Spada now that they’ve started using that name. I do like the way Sparda sounds better, but Spada actually does make sense since it’s Italian for sword, which suits the character on multiple levels. And so without further ado, let’s begin my review, where I promise not to use the word “treat” to describe the fight scenes. I’m going to use a thesaurus to look up some even more annoying words to use.

So let’s start this episode review off with a spoiler: this is by far my favorite episode of the bunch. I absolutely loved it! While it took a few episodes longer than Zyuohger (which is probably my second-favorite series right behind Magiranger) Kyuranger has at last clicked with me as a great Sentai series. Now let’s explore how this happened.

Our episode starts off with what I am forced to admit is the biggest negative of the episode, and potentially the series if things don’t go the way I want: the Kyurangers have now arrived on Earth. After three episodes of a promising space opera with exotic locations and set designs (I don’t care if they were usual Sentai haunts shot through a filter or with some weird props! They still looked cool!) we have returned to our boring old planet. And from what Xiao tells us, there are multiple Jark Matter ships parked here, each one housing a Menaster (yes I’m using that term. It’s perfectly Power Rangery and I love it) which means our Uchuu Sentai will potentially be remaining here for quite a bit. Instead of being out there. Exploring the Uchuu.

You promised me Uchuu, Toei!! I want my Uchuu!!!

*ahem* Anyway, even though the Kyurangers seem to think of Earth as being a backwater, Don Armage (remember him? The final boss who we have currently seen for a grand total of probably less than a minute out of four episodes?) shows up at the end to confirm that Earth is holding a secret. A secret he wants Eridron and Stinger to prevent the Kyurangers from discovering by any means necessary. Now I’m torn, because on one hand, this promises a new overarching plot aside from wandering the cosmos and encountering random episodic adventures. But on the other, I like wandering the cosmos! Can’t we get one space show where Earth is not the most important planet in the universe?

And back on the subject of Jark Matter, the first episode showed us that they rule their planets with an iron fist. But this is the second episode where the Kyurangers, members of an organization specifically created to fight against Jark Matter, an organization that has jackets, have walked around completely unharassed on a planet Jark Matter supposedly controls. They even go eat in a public restaurant! Raptor goes out and buys PEACHES!! What is security doing!? No wonder Don Armage always seems to be in a bad mood. Eridron is his only subordinate who seems to know how to do his job! But he’s effectively ruined that working relationship by mind-blasting him via hologram and so: Don Armage is the saddest villain in Sentai history.

Okay, that’s enough of eating our vegetables. Now let’s dig in to the nice juicy steak: what’s good?

Literally everything else!

Okay, okay, you came here for tl;dr. Let’s get verbose.

First off: Raptor. Oh my goodness gracious Raptor! In the first episode I liked her, in the second episode I could see her potentially rising to be near the top of my favorite Kyuranger list, in the third episode I loved her, and today it looks like Makito, Ryuuji, and Hyde are going to have company at the top of my favorite Sentai heroes of all-time list. This week we saw a new adorable side to Raptor, having her be a dreamer, a self-insert fanfic writer, and a squealing closet fangirl of the Kyurangers. Those three alone were enough to make me love her. But noooo, Toei just had to make her a stone cold badass! To those of you who were like me and worried that Raptor was getting the shaft in having her weapon just be the handle that everyone else got, I am pleased to inform you that the Kyu Shot is amazing and Raptor uses it to great effect, firmly cementing herself as the team’s sniper.

In her debut fight she shows off exceptional courage, excellent aim, and blinding speed. And that’s before she quite literally spreads her wings and takes off. One of the best parts of Zyuohger was the amazing flight scenes done for Yamato. Well it looks like the excellence of those scenes has now been surpassed by the amazing choreography and special effects of Aquila Pink, who moves with speed and maneuverability that Yamato never showed. It’s one of many things that made her debut fight a true delicacy for the senses. The best part of all this? She’s still an amazing fighter who no one should ever mess with, but she never once stops being adorable or funny. Whether she’s squealing with excitement that her attack actually hit, or trying to do a dramatic pose in her Voyager’s cockpit and accidentally smacking her head, Raptor definitely kept me entertained. I don’t for one second question that she deserves to be on the team, but she still makes me laugh, which makes her seem very human.

And to the surprise of who I hope is no one, Xiao continues to be the best Sentai mentor ever. From his explanation of only sending a five-man team being because of “the budget”, to his wacky dancing (with Raptor just barely humoring him through it all), Xiao continues to entertain. Not only that, but my biggest concern from last week was that his being aloof in the face of crisis ran the risk of getting old. The show surprised me by addressing this concern early on by making his goofy attitude a mask for actual brilliance. Because of a silly decision he made at the beginning of the episode, the Kyurangers ended up with their eighth member. And as Naga suspects, this probably isn’t the happy accident everyone assumes, proving that there’s a lot more going on in Xiao’s head than we assume. Unfortunately, it does lend some credibility to the current fan theory that Xiao might actually be Don Armage. I have mixed feelings about this theory. On one hand, I would love for it to not be true because I love Xiao and want him to stay as a hero. On the other hand, if Xiao does turn out to be Armage, then he would have shattered my expectations and become one of the most interesting and unique Sentai villains ever.

And now let’s move on to Lucky, who I am now willing to say is someone who I no longer hate.

Gaaaaaaah, that hurt to say. But it’s true.

Ever since last week, Lucky has really been coming into his own as a leader. From the way he stood up to what has to be the stupidest parents I have ever seen in a Toku series (probably right behind that lady from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue who said that there was no such thing as monsters), to the way he supported Raptor when no one else would, Lucky has become a character worth liking. I especially find his motivation of wanting to save the universe very refreshing. I find that certain Sentai and Rider series (Lookin’ at you Go-Busters, even though I love you) and a great deal of Japanese entertainment in general have a bad habit of treating the motivation of wanting to save the world just because it’s the right thing to do as not being good enough. This is a sentiment I vehemently and angrily disagree with. Call me crazy, but I don’t want the people protecting me from evil monster/aliens/robots every week to be saving my life just because it happens to coincide with their larger goals.

If I had to nitpick one bad thing about Lucky, it was about how he decided to help Raptor’s dream come true. All four of his teammates told him that Raptor fighting was a bad idea for, and I hate to admit it, reasons that were perfectly logical. Lucky’s response to this was to say “this is going nowhere”, leave the conversation, grab Raptor and do what he wanted anyway. That’s not called being a team player, that’s called being a jerk. Yes he was right, but what if he wasn’t? What if Raptor got destroyed?

I dunno, it wasn’t enough to ruin Lucky or the episode for me, but it still bugged me. And so did Spada’s jerkish attitude in this episode. Don’t get me wrong, Spada is still one of my favorite characters in this show, and I do think he was being harsh to Raptor for the right reasons (she’s his friend and he doesn’t want to see her get hurt in a fight she was literally not created for), but I think those reasons could have been expressed better and Spada ran the risk of becoming a strawman. Still, he was saved by immediately supporting Raptor the second he realized how harsh he was being, and having her back once she transformed. So yes, I still love Spada, and I still ship him with Raptor far more than I probably should.

All in all, aside from the minor nitpicks at the start of this review, this was an excellent episode with what I feel was the least amount of pacing issues. All characters got what I felt was equal screentime, even Balance and Naga who were not selected to be part of the away team. My only complaint in that regard is that Garu has yet to have much of a focus outside of some great one-off lines (his line about not wanting to see a crewmember get hurt was, again, barely a sentence and still one of my favorite parts of the episode) and it looks like that won’t be fixed next week. Because next week is a Stinger episode and I am praying to whoever will listen that I start to like him. And as a bonus, it looks like Kamen Rider Zangetsu will be guest starring as Stinger’s older brother Scorpio. Eesh, good luck with the inevitable comments about that, Over-Time.