Jumping in Headfirst

Our heroes go up against the head of Jark Matter himself, Don Armage.  Let's see how they do!

Just in time for the upcoming episodes~   Finally all caught up, and Naga's a dick. 1.) I realize I'm harping on it for like the third episode, but I can't help it.  They keep bringing it up so I have to keep poking fun at it.  Kyuutamajin has all the stability of a robot from a parody of giant robots.  Just last week, the group used it to take out a Vice Shogun with ease, now suddenly if just one member (of twelve!) is asleep at the wheel, they can't even handle some giant-sized mooks?  This makes me think Kyuutamajin is more difficult to pilot than that Steel Battalion on Xbox. 2.)  I'm going to go more in depth with this later, but I feel like from the very beginning the way this "Naga seeks to attain emotions" thing has played out has been wrong.  In numerous occasions he's expressed emotions, they've just been on the darker end of the spectrum--sadness, anger, etc.  But just wanting emotions in itself was already feeling som...

We're half-way through the series!  It's been a mostly easy ride for the Kyuuranger, but I have a feeling that's going to change soon!   The battle to bring down the first Vice-Shogun continues~ 1.) Coming from the Horologium System, it seems only fitting that Planet Tocky (Tick-Tock) is set up much like a clock, right down to having clockwork innards.  2.) As part of their quest to obtain the Horologium Kyu Globe, this episode makes the team face off against memories from their past, and invokes Sentai Rule #1 : Whenever a team runs into enemy's they've already faced, no matter how much trouble they had winning the fight the first time around, it's an easy fight the second.  See: Scorpio going down in all of three hits, and Lucky finishing off his opponent in a single one.  3.) Madaako makes a come back for the...fourth (?) time?  I'm losing track, because at this point she's been taken out more times than Team Rocket.   They ...

More of the saga of the immortal Ohtori Tsurugi!

I didn't realize just how much happened in this episode until I tied to condense it all into just seven thoughts.  With the exception of a handful of episodes, Kyuuranger has kept its foot on the gas almost since episode one--with a perfect mix of plot and character development to keep me drawn in.  It's almost like an apology for all the series between it and Kyoryuger.

That wait was legen-wait for it...

The eleventh Kyuuranger arrives!  1.)  The biggest problem I have with this episode is that there's so much about it that expressly goes against the stuff that was just set up last week.   The whole "there are only nine Kyurangers" was enough, but that's thrown out the window now that Kotaro has a Kyu Blaster--if there can be only nine, what's the point of having a tenth Blaster?   Well, maybe they just keep spares. But then: nevermind being "chosen" by a Kyu Globe, Xiao said that there are "Skill Globes" and "Change Globes".  No matter how many times Kotaro tries with all these Skill Globes, none of them were going to let him transform regardless.   You'd think someone would've told him that instead of watching him try Globe after Globe and look like a goof.   I mean, for Draco Commander to happen the spirit of that constellation itself had to come down and grant Xiao his powers, and that's just not going to ...

The tenth Kyuuranger arrives!

Sorry about this week's episode being a bit late.  I had to do some...things to acquire a subbed version.

The nine heroes are finally gathered together~!

The "final" Kyuuranger takes the stage!   Before things started would anyone else have believed it was going to be Pink?    That's...kinda awesome, right?

I'm super late with this, and I'm so sorry! 

Back this week with episode two!

It’s been nearly three years since I enjoyed a Sentai Sentai series.  Not since 2013’s excellent Kyoryuger.  I gave ToQger, Ninninger, and even Zyuohger all their own chances, but ultimately none of them could keep my interest, as I dropped all of them at various points before their finale.  I had even basically given up on the franchise before this series popped up—immediately it’s cool outfits and unique line-up that felt like a genuine change to the static Sentai formula caught my attention, and I resigned myself to giving this series a chance, waiting intently on the first episode.  Well, it’s finally arrived—so let’s dive in!