#kyuranger spoilers//

[t-u-i-t-c]

reminder that bundorio and byun d are not robots

[stickers-on-a-laptop]

if jeremy thinks the kingohgers are stupid he should meet the zenkaigers and the kyoryugers but truly mostly the go-ongers

[kimberlyannharts]

LAST TIME ON POWER RANGERS: Ranger Slayer got herself captured by Dark Specter's forces while saving Drakkon's ass. BUT Drakkon makes up for it by saving HER ass from Dark Specter's corruption. BUT, he died in the process. So that means Slayer now has to save everyone's ass. Again. Seriously, this is like the third event where Slayer has to save everyone.

it's Power Rangers Unlimited: The Morphin Masters!

= so Drakkon and Slayer training together is canon, okay cool, book over, I got what I need

= But moving on from that these panels specifically make me crazyyyyy because what do you mean Tommy and Kim together means "happy ending"? What do you mean referring to Kim as Tommy's guardian angel? What do you MEAN redrawing Drakkon's death scene as more intimate than it was in 116????????

= MY STUPID EX-HUSBAND DIED ON ME SO I HAVE TO GO ON THIS STUPID QUEST

= So something cool about these energy beasts - they're all tied to ranger powers! A yellow bear, a red lion and ape, a gold praying mantis, a white rhino, and an orange scorpion. Sure, the latter wasn't TECHNICALLY a ranger power, just a zord, but there's a point to the "the PR universe did have Kyurangers at some point" theorists

= I just like this panel because it's silly. she's got the zoomies

= Slayer continuing to win the idgaf war against literal deities

= and then they founded an animation studio that gave us the Minions. so unfortunately they gotta go

= but in seriousness, I guess this is how we're going to rationalize how the MMs were portrayed in Beyond the Grid versus how they were portrayed in Power Rangers Universe - the BtG guys were a couple specific higher-power ones. It's fine, I guess. I'm still not a fan of the idea of an entire civilization just calling themselves Morphin Masters, though. Just make.....THESE GUYS the Morphin Masters. Why are they ALL the Morphin Masters??????? Now we have to establish a SUB-SECTION of the Morphin Masters!!!!!!!!!

= Slayer holding Drakkon and his death in high regard like this.......god. god.

= oh hi Blue really cool to see you again hope you don't die in the next few pages

= oh well never mind. Guess we're never going to find out why they came back to life, which was their reason for going into the Grid in the first place, huh

= I do like how we're going back to referring to Blue with they/them pronouns. I guess in hindsight we really were just misgendering them for years. awesome

= I'm glad we're fully acknowledging all the shit Slayer has gone through but I will admit my immediate reaction to the "it was fire" line was "she would not fucking say that". Maybe as a teen, sure. But NOW?

Pink: follow me to the orifice

Slayer: .....the ORIFICE?

= oh hey guys, how have you been since you got retconned into existence and therefore have accomplished nothing in the main series

= I know this is supposed to be a whole thing of "ohhhh these guys think they're free but they're still being controlled yada yada" but at the same time as someone who hated the Emissary retcon and wishes that we could have gotten more from the characters as they were before........them being angry over losing what they had is very very good and I wish it wasn't done through "evil corruption magic." It was good with corrupted Slayer because they dedicated an entire issue to it and FREED HER at the end, allowing more time and space for development; here it's just a quick fight scene and in the case of Blue, followed up with death. And slight spoilers here, even if they don't die here, the way the Emissaries have been dropping like flies doesn't give me much hope for their survival if they show up in the main series

= I wonder if this is a reference to how in an early draft for the Ranger Slayer one-shot, the Bow of Darkness was going to be broken in half by Zombie Rita and Slayer would have used it as dual swords. Either way it's fucking cool

= also while the inclusion of Dino Thunder as one of Pink's forms is a simple mistake, it takes me back to those old DT AU fics where Kim became DT Pink. They're canon now guys, no takebacks!

= So turns out the "Illumination" are just a bunch of senile grandpas. Yeah, that's.............the big revelation for where the Morphin Masters have been. ok

= Now let me just say for this story, the Morphin Masters being useless is a fine decision, for the same reason why the Morphin Masters were useless in Dino/Cosmic Fury - you can't have these overpowered god figures show up and fix everything with a wave of their hand. This applies to every story ever - the god-like figure is captured, or dead, or simply doesn't care enough to interfere. It's a very basic and logical choice for a narrative in order for our actual grounded protagonists to be the heroes.

HOWEVER. It's another instance of Boom hyping up these kinds of storylines as groundbreaking revelations of PR's mythos for years just for the actual reveal to be kind of a letdown. Phantom Ranger's identity. Dark Specter being a major villain. The Squadron Rangers. And now the Morphin Masters' current status. All hyped-up concepts that either get rushed or end up secondary to other concepts, and in the end, don't feel like they matter. It's getting to be a bit tiresome, and I'm saying that as someone who doesn't hold PR lore high on her list of reasons I enjoy the franchise in the first place. And it doesn't help here that, as I've said before, it just feels more like a way to stretch out this event to fill its year-long timeframe. By the end of this book, nothing was accomplished except two more Emissaries are dead (not that they did anything before this) and I guess Green and Black will eventually join the fight, so what was the point of it all. Slayer never really believed the Morphin Masters would help them anyway, so it's not like she changed by the end either - Pink was the only one who really developed as a character, and, well......

= Pink quick eat an imaginary Snickers you're not you when you're hungry

= this is the third person Slayer has killed in two books. she's so good at her job

= also you may have noticed that we've killed two Emissaries and they're not turning to stone nor having a giant spider boi burst out of their bodies. It's soooooooooooo cool how that entire story arc meant nothing in the long run

= ugh yes queen swear off religion just like that

= also at this point Drakkon has wielded the power of a Morphin Master and Slayer was offered the position of one. What I'm getting at here is Tomberly are indeed divine figures

[himitsusentaiblog]

FINALLY getting around to watching Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger.

THIS SHOW IS AMAZING!

It is only the second series I can think of NOT set on Earth (the other being Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger) so they can go wild with the World-Building.

Yeah, it's kinda-sorta based on Earth in a vague sense geographically and the name sounds a like like the Japanese word for Earth but this is clearly another planet. And hey, if Star Trek can have a planet that's just a copy of Earth (from the episode Miri), then Super Sentai can have this place.

I love the Five Kingdoms and there super specialized development. I love their Rulers and their weird quirks. I love the bug-themed mecha and the political machinations of the Kingdoms.

And I adore the Royal Rainment Suits!

But above all else, OMG do I love Rita/Papillon-Ohger!

OUR FIRST NON-BINARY SUPER SENTAI HERO!

(image stolen from the thumbnail for the Youtube video by Lumia)

This series is giving us so much good stuff and I am only up to episode 7. I know some spoilers from later but please, don't give me more. This is the kind of inventive series that plays with the tropes of Sentai, mixes them up and gives us something fresh and fun without deconstructing the genre. It's just good, wonderful fun and I need that right now!

[techgirltourney]

Welcome to the Tech Girl Tourney!

With a whopping 64 gals who are cyborgs, robots, programs, and more this is shaping up to be a fierce and fun competition!

Here are some rules and such before I give you a written list of contenders and their schedules.

RULES.

Play nice with each other. No harassment or bullying of any kind will be tolerated. It’s a silly little competition! Stay silly! Stay kind!

Think to yourself: "is what I'm about to type about my opponent something I'd like to hear about my favorite blorbo or fandom?" If the answer is "no" don't type it. Hype up your blorbo rather than trash-talk the other gal.

Propaganda is welcome and encouraged (so long as you're following rules 1 & 2). If I miss your propaganda don't hesitate to hop in my inbox and point it out to me. I don't always get notifications on this tumblr account for some reason.

HERE BE SPOILERS (potentially). I don't know every fandom in this tournament but given the nature of these sort of characters, spoilers are highly likely for character reveals! By continuing to follow this blog and participate in this tournament you're consenting to seeing spoilers. I would tag them but I genuinely don't know which characters are spoilers and which aren't.

Play nice with me, your friendly neighborhood tournament runner. I am not a professional tournament runner. I am just another person on the internet with feelings. Don't come flying into my inbox to yell at me about things like seeding, or that your specific blorbo didn't get in, or that you think a certain character doesn't count. I will just delete and block messages that I feel are too hostile toward me. I've seen the kinda stuff other poll runners have had to put up with and I don't want to deal with it here. I just want to have fun!

All polls will go up at 12 pm EST and be up for 1 day each except the final poll which will be up for a week.

With that out of the way! Onto the contenders and schedule!

Side A - Group 1 - Round 1 [May 25th]

Motherboard (Cyberchase) vs Synergy (Jem and the Holograms)

Robot Candace (Phineas and Ferb) vs Tima (Metropolis)

Uran (Astro Boy) vs Ohno (Mighty Orbots)

Roll (MegaMan) vs Penny Polendina (RWBY)

Viv Vision (Marvel) vs Jenny Wakeman (MLAATR)

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) vs Orianna (League of Legends)

Teto Kasane (SynthV) vs Arcee (Transformers)

Robot Girl (Robot Boy) vs Bee (Bee and Puppycat)

Side A - Group 2 - Round 1 [May 27th]

Small Foot (Challenge of the GoBots) vs R. Dorothy Waynewright (The Big O)

Miri (Jetter Mars) vs Accord (Drakengard 3)

Ruru Amour (Hugtto Precure) vs Aigis (Persona 3)

Pixal (Ninjago) vs Ritsu (Assassination Classroom)

Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain) vs Sage (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell) vs Falulu (Pripara)

Cutie Honey (Cutie Honey) vs Renais Shishioh (The King of Braves GaoGaiGar)

Jinmay (SRMTHFG) vs Mimi (Super Paper Mario)

Side B - Group 1 - Round 1 [May 29th]

SHODAN (System Shock) vs Drossel von Flugel (Fireball)

GLaDOS (Portal) vs Aradiabot (Homestuck)

Karen Plankton (Spongebob Squarepants) vs Tex (RvB)

Striker (Suisei no Gargantia) vs Miss Monochrome (Miss Monochrome the Animation)

Naomi Armitage (Arimitage the Third) vs Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa)

Toa Nokama (Bionicle) vs Poppy Pipopapo (Kamen Rider Ex Aid)

Raptor 283 (Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger) vs Cindi Mayweather (Janelle Monae's Metropolis)

Alpha Hatsuseno (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou) vs Magine (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)

Side B - Group 2 - Round 1 [May 31st]

Lal (Star Trek TNG) vs .GIFfany (Gravity Falls)

Megagirl (Starship) vs Hera (Wolf 359)

Monika (DDLC) vs Aelita (Code Lyoko)

Arale Norimaki (Dr. Slump) vs Piper (Robots)

Robecca Steam (Monster High) vs Sari Sumdac (Transformers Animated)

Aya (GLTAS) vs Fey (Welcome to Night Vale)

Orisa (Overwatch) vs Rebecca (Cyberpunk Edgerunners)

Chii (Chobits) vs KOS-MOS (Xenosaga)

Side A - Group 1 - Round 2 [June 2nd]

Motherboard (Cyberchase) vs Robot Candace (Phineas and Ferb)

Uran (Astro Boy) vs Roll (MegaMan)

Jenny Wakeman (MLAATR) vs Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

Arcee (Transformers) vs Bee (Bee and Puppycat)

Side A - Group 2 - Round 2 [June 4th]

R. Dorothy Waynewright (The Big O) vs Accord (Drakengard 3)

Aigis (Persona 3) vs Ritsu (Assassination Classroom)

Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain) vs Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)

Cutie Honey (Cutie Honey) vs Jinmay (SRMTHFG)

Side B - Group 1 - Round 2 [June 6th]

SHODAN (System Shock) vs GLaDOS (Portal)

Tex (RvB) vs Striker (Suisei no Gargantia)

Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa) vs Toa Nokama (Bionicle)

Raptor 283 (Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger) vs Magine (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)

Side B - Group 2 - Round 2 [June 8th]

.GIFfany (Gravity Falls) vs Hera (Wolf 359)

Aelita (Code Lyoko) vs Piper (Robots)

Robecca Steam (Monster High) vs Fey (Welcome to Night Vale)

Orisa (Overwatch) vs Chii (Chobits)

Side A - Group 1 - Round 3 [June 10th]

Motherboard (Cyberchase) vs Uran (Astro Boy)

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) vs Bee (Bee and Puppycat)

Side A - Group 2 - Round 3 [June 12th]

R. Dorothy Waynewright (The Big O) vs Aigis (Persona 3)

Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain) vs Cutie Honey (Cutie Honey) Side B - Group 1 - Round 3 [June 14th]

GLaDOS (Portal) vs Tex (RvB)

Toa Nokama (Bionicle) vs Magine (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)

Side B - Group 2 - Round 3 [June 16th]

.GIFfany (Gravity Falls) vs Aelita (Code Lyoko)

Robecca Steam (Monster High) vs Orisa (Overwatch)

Side A - Group 1 - Quarterfinals [June 18th]

Motherboard (Cyberchase) vs Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

Side A - Group 2 - Quarterfinals [June 20th]

Aigis (Persona 3) vs Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)

Side B - Group 1 - Quarterfinals [June 22nd]

GLaDOS (Portal) vs Toa Nokama (Bionicle)

Side B - Group 2 - Quarterfinals [June 24th]

.GIFfany (Gravity Falls) vs Robecca Steam (Monster High)

Side A - Semifinals [June 26th]

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) vs Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)

Side B - Semifinals [June 28th]

GLaDOS (Portal) vs .GIFfany (Gravity Falls) Finals [June 30th]

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) vs GLaDOS (Portal)

WINNER

GLaDOS (Portal)

[mofffun]

hi my name is yuki, unwavering rita's age. main over at (= replies/likes from) @meandmyechoes. inbox/dm always open.

Nitiasa live crowd. knows enough japanese plus hardwired kanji to understand 60-70% raw. all #kingohger spoilers. I stan the whole team but Rita/Yuzuki the most. i eat any ship but not enthusiastically. Am watching Boonboom weekly but lazy to post.

Directory:

gifs

translation for Kingoh extras / youtube @/moffuns

rita manga

my thoughts / headcanons / meta

weekly liveblog

trips to japan

kingohger movie (summary)

kingohger: cast / merch / reference / bts

Posts:

Kingohger:

Blu-ray 1 bonus: Prelude to Chikyuu Dance Party: [Gokkan][Shugoddom] [Bugnarok]

ep28 Body Swap ep cast commentary (King Chan #8)

Racules and Suzume's post-wedding dialogue (official snippet by Takano Minato)

Kings' ringtones

Moffun's Song

Rita OP dance solo ver.

Chikyu Language Guide/alphabet table

Yuzuki:

Yuzuki Hirakawa filmography

Debut audition clip

king chan sp: yuzuki vs ace geats

Yuzuki doing the Moffun voice onscreen

other toku stuff:

toku filming location tour (2019)

G-rosso guide

Watch list:

First toku was Ryuki at 8. relapses every 3 to 5 years since then. Now prefers Sentai to Rider.

Fave Rider seasons: OOO, Ryuki, W, Blade, Ex-Aid

Fave Sentai seasons: King-Oh, Zenkai, Kyuranger, Shinken, Time, LuPat, Gokai

Toku blorbos: Kido Shinji, Ankh, Hino Eiji, Rita King-Ohger, Stinger Kyuranger, Stacey Zenkaiger

OTP: AnkhEiji, KenHaji, RenShinji, PhilipSho, KairiKei, KaitoStacey

My first contact with Ultras was as a crying baby 😭 remembered at 7 really loving the humor in Max and running home to see it every day after school. For modern ultras I've only seen Geed and R/B plus a lil bit of Mebius and X. Want to get into Blazar this year. Minatures rule.

Another fond childhood toku is Gransazar!

[toqchange]

major cosmic fury spoiler from trailer + my thoughts (and a rant)

are y'all seeing this shit!

now, i have no problem with (assumedly) heckyl returning, i love dino charge, but (and i hate to harp on this), how tf is the producer going to say "we can't adapt kyuranger, there are too many rangers" when they have affectively already added 3 "new" rangers to the cosmic fury roster.

at that point, they'd be putting the "kyu" in kyuranger more than the original series did!

and yes, kyuranger did have some interesting design choices for some suits. however, that was never the main point (or any afaik) in any discussion surrounding a kyuranger adaptation, it was really only the two many members thing.

and while i do agree with the sentiment (because i think kyuranger struggled with giving some of it's characters the time of day), it seems at least a bit "hypocritical." like clearly the number of rangers didn't matter if cosmic fury, a 10 episode series, can have 9 active rangers.

i understand things can change, and to be fair, these "new" rangers are characters we already know. it's just a very strange situation i feel like. they're already using the mechs, might as well use the suits? maybe it would've been too expensive, i don't know.

[ginnyn]

Going back to your scheduled Kyuranger watch-a-ton (I will still tag this as spoiler until the new Donbrothers get fansubtitled)

So, Stinger brother is an idiot. I don't like the guy.

Since I already seen a post about unhinged threads of replies galore from the same person, I'm gonna do that with my thread on the other site about what I'm watching about Super Sentai.

Right now I'm:

Watching Shinkenger for the 2nd time after 10+ years at Ep 31

Started Kyuranger because I was in too much pain looking at those adorable samurais when I know the plot twist, at Ep. 4.

Ryusoulger on hold because, and I'm sorry, I just can't continue, at Ep I think 15.

Donbrothers up to date, at Ep 38

Finished Gekiranger, Go-Onger, Lupinranger vs Patranger and Zenkaiger

The only method to this madness is if I want to watch a crossover or not.

Soooo....

Watching Kyuranger and I'm like, wait, Champ is a robot, Balance is a "mechanical lifeform" and Raptor is an android. What's the difference between all those three? Is it there a functional one? Then why Balance is the one with the paint job?

[biomic]

HHGFGFH BYE

[doggendoodle]

do you think Shou ever second guessed himself when he had to stay behind and spread the legend? do you think he ever went to proclaim the good name of the twelve Kyurangers before he had to stop and remind himself that he was never supposed to fight alongside the nine.

Kotaro was chosen by Big Bear, the man he looked up to more than anyone else, while Tsurugi was the very first Kyuranger far before his time, and had slain Don Armage once before. but Shou was only a Kyuranger because he forced his way into it, at the cost of the man he respected and the people he fought beside.

do you think he ever bonds with Garu about it? about how they both lost so much because they fought back. about how they were both so terrified to ever make that same mistake again. but where Garu dealt with it by giving up, with no hope that things could ever change for the better, Shou dealt with it by putting on a silly face, trying to uplift the spirits of the Kyurangers and make life that little bit more bearable.

for sure, part of why he’s so eager to sacrifice himself - to save Spada from Ikagen and Madako, to protect the whole team from Don Tsurugi’s attack - is to protect the hope that Big Bear entrusted him. but do you ever think that, maybe, Shou doesn’t feel like he deserved that trust?

[laser-z-beam]

A legendary disaster.

[t-u-i-t-c]

tsurugi // ohsama sentai king-ohger: in space

[lasoonaofthefireembull]

Kamen rider and sentai + screenshotsofdespair part 1/?

[kimberlyannharts]

I know the theme song probably just has Fern with pink colors to not spoil anything, and she doesn’t really seem like the type to wear pink anyways, but i can’t help but think how funny it would be if Power Rangers’ first and last romances involve green/pink rangers

it's interesting because Fern typically wore purple in Dino Fury, her screen in the opening is pink/purple, but we know there's an orange ranger with the Insta leaks and morpher toy (and just common sense with them using Kyuranger footage). So idk! Either she's orange and the screen is edited to avoid spoilers or she's purple and someone else is going to be orange

I don't think she's pink since Amelia still seems to claim that but yeah it would have been really cute if PR began and ended with a pink/green romance

[atsutajuru]

oh my gods someone actually said it alskjfla

[bonneblog]

Here, have a Stinger edit I did