Captain Shark Reviews Gorenger and Beyond!

[Captain Shark]

How regal or something like that as it is time to deal with KingOher.

"Did you really needed to be that harsh on Donbrothers?"

Yes.

"But but but!"

Okay I do think there is a way Donbrothers could have been decent, two in fact! Either drop all connections with Zekaiger so it can be its own thing OR not be an official series but rather a parody or satire like Akibaranger.

"Hey, get back on topic!"

So this is the only series other than JAKQ not to have a Christmas episode and the first no to take place on Earth outright. Also the green screen makes this the most expensive sentai series Toei ever made, I can't prove it but I wouldn't be surprised if Kamen Rider Saber influenced this decision.

"More monster of the week ability listings?"

Do you ever need to ask?

"And the movie?"

Will be done between episodes 23 and 24.

"Will this be another five parts ten episodes each?"

Yes.

"Anything else?"

Looking at the monster of the week list and it's short as hell.... A Super Sentai series without proper monsters of the week.... I am going to bust a nut.

"Don't forget about Dekaranger 20 Years Later!"

Will do that after the Kakuranger one.

"I guess that's it."

One more thing: After I'm done with this series I am going to rank every single foot soldier in the franchise. I may have to break them up by eras to prevent overlap, but I was able to do this with all of the foot soldiers in the Kamen Rider franchise so it is doable here.
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Danjim: Appears in episodes 1 and 10. Powers include a shield on each wrist and bombs from the torso and left palm.
Deathnarok 8: Powers include summoning magma, back jawed tentacles that can extend long distances, burrowing...
Bodarujim: Appears in episodes 2 and 10. Powers include flight, yellow eye lasers from the six eyes, and yellow energy cutters from the hands.
Funjim: Appears in episodes 3 and 10. Powers include a claw on each wrist, a back shell, spawning giant dung balls, and high jumping.
Tanijim: Appears in episodes 4 and 10. Powers include pink energy beams from the head gun and a snail shell on the head.
Jigokujim: Appears in episodes 5 and 10. Powers include a pair of spear-like arms that summon ice pillars upon striking the ground, cold resistance, high jumping, and burrowing.
Gundajim: Appears in episode 7. He has no known powers.
Geroujim: Appears in episode 8. Powers include disguises, spawning holograms of himself, and invisibility.
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Wow, low effort attempts at monsters of the week here and we've already covered half of them in a fifty episode series, it's like a lack of creativity. We already have upgraded mechs before episode 10 for some reason right out of the gate. There's a brother rivalry with the red and silver rangers which got revealed this early because.... Reasons? I will give them credit for having a purple ranger as part of the main team from the beginning, that is unique. The different kingdoms being different from one another do a good job of being distinct from one another. The sixth ranger will be introduced next episode because I guess this series is on meth. I poke fun at how fast the narrative is, but by in individual episodes the pacing is so incredibly slow. AND THE MUSIC. WHO THE HELL THOUGHT THIS LOW EFFORT RAP SONG WOULD MAKE A GOOD FANTASY OPENING!? Not that rap can't work with fantasy, Re:Monster had a rap song for its opening theme and that was one of the best anime to air last year much to the dismay of Mother's Basement. This is not reddit, I can ignore rape in fiction because it isn't real and such there is no deal breaker. I'd like to see u/leftycomics guy and Ben Garrison fighting each other in a cage match gladiator style, they're identical. Lets see what else this series has... Erm.... Oh, the grunts, having shovel guns is quite unique. As for comedy I am surprised how little of it there is, aside from the purple ranger cuddling a big plushie in private it takes itself quite seriously which is a nice change of pace from a lot of comedy loaded entries we've had since Kyoryuger. The main villain taking action himself is also good.... And that is all I got, see you all next time.

 

[Captain Shark]

HIV has almost been wiped out! Similarly my enjoyment is also clinging on as we bring about part 2!

Deathnarok 8: ... a sword that emits red energy cutters....
Kamejin: Powers include a staff, green toxic gas from the body, blue electric nails from the visor on his helmet, a human disguise, teleportation....
Nagabajim: Appears in episode 11. Her only known power is a rapier that spawns her parasitic children that explode
Geroujim: Appears in episodes 13, 14, and 17.
Amenjim: Appears in episode 14. Powers include agility, spawning pressurized balls from the hands, and speed
Baejim: Appears in episode 15. Powers include flight, launching fire balls from the hands, wall crawling, and pink energy blasts from the hands called the Apolo-Beam
Wogerajim: Appears in episode 16. Powers include a double sided shovel and fist enlargement
Daigorg: Appears in episodes 17, 18, and 19. Powers include a pick ax that emits fire, strength strong enough to emit hurricane force winds....
GenjiBodarujim: Appears in episode 17. Powers include flight and yellow energy blasts from he eyes
Diamond Danjim: Appears in episode 19. His only known power is a shell-like shield on each arm
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The ranger balance in this is shockingly good, not much other to say than WHY THE HELL IS THE PACING SO SLOW!? It just drones on and on forever about whatever the ****. The action scenes also sometimes are kind of shaky, makes it hard to tell what is going on. In terms of protagonists everyone that isn't the purple ranger is irritating as hell and that does include the sixth ranger (side note: if you're having an insect themed series why are you using arachnids?). What few instances of comedy are here are pretty low effort, I have to mention that much. Episode 20 has a twist where one of Racles's advisors was replaced with Kamejin at some point and it really comes out of nowhere, there was no indication of this. Like... How? Can we at least get a time frame? And then there are the stage backgrounds, this might be the only tokusatsu I have ever seen where I can notice the damn floor line of a stage screen! If this was an independent studio or a first time effort I would let it slide, but Toei co-wrote the damn book of toku theatrical competency for *FIFTY* years. This just isn't that entertaining. It's about to burn up like Waymo cares in Los Angeles. Or the Doctor Who fandom, take your pick.

 

[Captain Shark]

Nobody is helping Iran after they got bunker busted three times! Speaking of that number we enter part 3!

Deathnarok 8 continued: ... and telekinetic explosions from the left palm
Daigorg continued: Appears in episodes 21, 22, and 23.
Iragajim: Appears in episode 22. Powers include blue electric bolts from a pair of antennae on each arm, erecting an electric barrier that allows for teleportation
Rhyniol: Appears in the movie. Powers include a broadsword, teleportation, commanding dead spirits, and a shield on the left wrist
Zarigajim again: Appears in episodes 24 onward. Other powers include burrowing, lava resistance, and respawning.
Zarigajim: Appears in episode 24. Powers include burrowing, a pincer claw for the right hand, a forked sword based on a crayfish claw, high jumping, and a shield on the right shoulder
Dagdedo Dujardan: Powers include walking on force fields emitted from the feet, summoning tiny dead planets like meteors, teleportation, size changing
Gouma The Shady: Powers include a pair of rapiers that emit green energy cutters, speed, teleportation, body swapping, high jumping
Hirubiru The Enticing: Powers include self liquefying, mind control upon physical contact, extendable body tentacles that can charge with purple energy to do more damage, teleportation, energy absorption and redirecting, regeneration
Minongan The Concealed: Powers include a bludgeon for each arm
Kamejimu The Ostentatious (yes I am consider this a separate form): First appears in episode 27. Powers include a staff that emits energy blasts from the butt, teleportation
Grodie Leucodium The Tranquil: First appears in episode 30. Powers include summoning the dead, a scythe
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I have to be honest, KingOhger does somethings correctly, there is decent writing in this, there is effort in the background music and action scenes, the new villains are good, and the characters have somewhat improved even though it took a while. I even think Dadedo might have finally dethroned Bomber The Great for most powerful sentai villain in terms of raw power, about time we got to star busting tier again! Deathnarok 8 was also kind of good and it shows how hard hating an enemy can drive someone into omnicidal rage and why it is a tragic thing to do. So, unless it really goes to hell very hard in the next two fifths, it's safe to say this won't end up in the bottom three of the franchise. With all that said WHY THE HELL IS THIS PACED SO DAMN SLOW!? And some episodes don't have the opening theme like with Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (this is the worst opening theme in the franchise, but come on!). Grodie felt like he was built up enough in random spots, but foreshadowing could have been better, at least to show his icy imprisonment, but that's just me. At the very least his build up felt unfocused.

So yeah, I was getting iffy, aaaaaaaaaand it's kind of decent. The problem is the very few things it doesn't do well are just SO BADLY DONE especially when Super Sentai has much better in the past. Honestly this reminds me of Flashman to a degree, the new things it tries out are the highlight, but what has been done was executed much better.

 

[Captain Shark]

Grok got a military contract after calling himself Mechahitler! As the end times are upon us we segway somehow into part 4!

Dagdedo Dujardan: changing the size of others, possession
Hirubiru:speed, a black beam from the thymus called the Hi Beam
Minongan The Concealed: a purple energy cutter emitted via each arm swing, arm enlargement, self replication
Kamejimu The Ostentatious: a human disguise, pink poisonous mist from the butt of the staff, blue energy nails from the visor
Grodie Leucodium The Tranquil: a human disguise, rot induction via his scythe blade, a machine gun in the butt of the scythe
Nephila: Appears in episodes 30 and 31. Powers include speed and martial arts.
Deboth Milenking: Appears in episode 32. His only known power is a trident that drains emotions from an organism and emits purple energy cutters.
Deboss Divine Master: Appears in episodes 32 and 33. Powers include size changing, a claymore, explosive energy beams from the left palm
Kinbaejim: Appears in episode 34. Powers include burrowing, flight, twin swords, emitting glowing bombs from the abdomen, and wall crawling.
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Yup, definitely the worst opening theme in the franchise by far. I don't know why Toei decided to throw in Kyoryuger to the point of having them be involved in three episodes and an upgrade; I mean I get ever since Gekiranger the franchise has had a slow decline in sales but come the hell on. It doesn't even make sense, you have actual alien sentai (Denziman, Bioman, Flashman, Carranger, Dekaranger, Gokaiger, and Kirameiger) and tribal/national sentai (Battle Fever J, Goggle-V, Zyuranger, Goseiger, and Ryusoulger). It makes no sense to use this team! To top that off the endless "look how powerful we are toying with the heroes" schtick goes nowhere, just finish them of and be done for **** sake. Also I don't know if it's the subs Tokuzl is using, but the purple ranger sometimes gets referred to by gender neutral pronouns for no reason; looks like one of the fansubbers got hopped up on Reddit kool-aid. Nobody wants identity pooplitics in entertainment, it's too late on this side of the Pacific so don't spoil it elsewhere. Silver ranger is now dressed as Zechs from Gundam Wing because....I'll tell you when something happens I guess.

So yeah, this will definitely not be entering the upper half of the franchise by the end unless the last ten episodes can pull off a miracle. I admit I've been slacking a bit, but it's just a slog. At this point I hope to get this finished before this month is out, preferably with the versus movie.

 

[Captain Shark]

Stephen Colbert got the Late Show cancelled for being too expensive! While my segways referencing him become dated we enter part final!

Dagdedo Dujardan: spawning extra hands, spawning dozens of flying swords, raising the dead, erecting energy shields from the palms, energy rings for constriction until they explode, and changing his own size
Hirubiru: and size changing
Minongan The Concealed: time manipulation that alters the age of organisms, red energy blasts from the scalp that cause organisms to become cowardly, and size changing
Kamejimu The Ostentatious: summoning blue energy needles to rain down on enemies, and charging his staff with purple energy to do more damage
Grodie Leucodium The Tranquil: and size changing
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I liked the Avengers: Endgame homage in the penultimate episode, if you're going to rip something off you may as well get it from an 11/10 piece of media. Also the ranger balance is consistent. Unfortunately that is where the praise ends. The dead suddenly help out? And they just drag Kamejimu there when he didn't die yet? And Dagdedo is revealed to be some small fetus in a (proportionally big) mech suit? THAT is the most power villain in all of Sentai now, beating Bomber The Great and Don Armage? Now top that off with ENDLESS deception by the rangers that got so obnoxious. And how DOES Grodie's immortality work? Just will power in a corpse? It's so mind rottingly dumb! It wants to be so hyper competent with compressed story telling... While also being incompetent at times and decompressing at times for no damn reason. I am being serious when I say I genuinely considered ending this Super Sentai review series with King-Ohger even if it wouldn't end up in the bottom 10. Being different does not equal good, that's like saying breathing carbon monoxide is better than breathing air because it's different. I thought a lack of monsters of the week in the second half would prove to be its downfall, but while that is definitely a factor I'd say that long running toku series in general need to stop trying to be hyper competent. YOU ARE NOT GHOST IN THE SHELL! The harder you try to be smart the easier it is for people to notice when you get dumb, that was how the Star Wars sequel trilogy fell so far from grace and why Star Trek and Doctor Who became forgotten about.



Time for rankings.

Favorite Carriers and Mechanical Bases:
DaiVoyager > Hyper Ressha > DekaBase > Magma Base > Turbo Builder > Orion Battler > Brachiosaurs > King Brachion > King Pyramider > Caucasuskabuto > Denzi Tiger > Battle Shark > Giga Bitus > Goggle Caesar > BragiOh > Sky Ace > Dyjupiter > Machine Buffalo > Jaguar Vulcan > Bio Dragon > Varidreen > Varibloom > Star Condor > Shuttle Base > Turbo Ranger > Dai Mugen > Nekomaru > Varikikyun > Gran Tortoise > CrocoDaiOh > Round Base > Gao Rock > Big Baser > Victrailer > Orion > Argo

Favorite Mecha:
Go-Buster Oh > Buster Hercules > DaiBouken > V-Rex > GaoHunter > X Emperor > Kyutamajin > Tategami Lioh > Great Five > GouZyuJin > Grand Liner > GigantDriller > Bio Robo > Kiba Daioh > Jet Garuda > Kyurenoh > Ohranger Robo > ZenKaijuOh > Gosei Ground > GaoGod > Kiraimaizin > Sirend Builder > Victory Robo > Turbo Robo > Star Five > Gouraijin > Go-Buster KeroOh > Gosei Great > Ryuteioh > DaiZyuZin > Jet Icarus > Dairenoh > Travelion > Grateful Phoenix > Gingaioh > PteraidenOh > Galaxy Mega > Oh Blocker > GaoKing > Five Robo > RV Robo > Delta Mega > Flash King > SpinoDaiOh > Tenkujin > Goggle Robo > SaiDaiOh > Live Boxer > GaoIcarus > Gigant Hooh > Gosei Wonder > Change Robo > DaiTanken > MagiKing > Engine Daishogun > Dyna Robo > GekiFire > MaxOhJa > Gosei Ultimate > PlezuOh > Battle Fever Robo > Ginga Rhinos > Ginga Phoenix > GaoMuscle > VRV Robo > King-Ohger > Sun Vulcan Robo > Kerberios > MougyudaiOh > DekaWing > Lion Ha-Oh > Red Puncher > KyoRyuZin > DaiDenziJin > BakuRenOh > Kishiryu Neptune > Liner Boy > PatKaiser > Build DaiOh > Muteki Shogun > Time Robo Alpha > Sirender > LupinKaiser > Yokuryuoh > Senpujin > Battle Caesar Robos > Live Robo > Turbo Rugger > GouRyuJin > Lupin Magnum > Kakure Daishogun > DieselOh > Dekaranger Robo > Victory Mars > WolKaiser > Kishiryuoh > EngineOh > AbaRenOh > ToquOh > Mega Voyager > Shurikenjin > Time Robo Beta > Daigoyou > Titan Boy > Land Galaxy > GanbirOh > MagiLegend > DekaBike > GaoKnight > Don Onitaijin > Mega Winger > Bison King > Time Shadow > SeikuOh > DaikaiOh > DodekaiOh > KillerOh > Bull Taurus > DaiTenku > JuranGaon > GekiTohJa > SaintKaiser > Go-Roader GT > Gekiatsu Dai-Oh > King Express > Toradoragonjin > ShinkenOh > Tsubasamaru > Sigma Project > TwokaiOh > Spino Thunder > Tousai Zyoh > Datas Hyper > Tackle Boy > VrooMagine > GokaiOh > CosmoRaptor > SafariGaOh > Zyuoh Wild > Condor Wild > Zyuoh King > Kishiryuzin > Revolver Mammoth > Providus > Tarantula Knight > Mashin Zabyun > DonZenkaiOh > Pachygaroo

Favorite Series:
Kyuranger > Magiranger > Changeman > Go-Busters > Timeranger > Fiveman > Goseiger > GoGo-V > Zyuranger > Go-Onger > Kyoryuger > Gingaman > Dekaranger > Denziman > Ohranger > Toquger > Shinkenger > Gaoranger > Bioman > Carranger > Zyuohger > Dynaman > Kiramager > Abaranger > Maskman > Lupinranger vs. Patranger > Goggle-V > Boukenger > Turboranger > Battle Fever J > Ninninger > Flashman > Gorenger > Dairanger > JAKQ > Zenkaiger > Kakuranger > King-Ohger > Jetman > Gekiranger > Strongest Battle > Sun Vulcan > Liveman > Ryusoulger > Hurricanger > Megaranger > Gokaiger > DonBrothers

Favorite Openings:
Turboranger > Bioman > Zyuranger > Ohranger > GoGo-V > Go-Onger > Gaoranger > Dairanger > Shinkenger > Flashman > Denziman > Gokaiger > Boukenger > Dynaman > Gingaman > Kyuranger > Hurricanger > Kiramager > JAKQ > Magiranger > Goggle-V > Megaranger > Kakuranger > Jetman > Dekaranger > Timeranger > Kyoryuger > Carranger > Sun Vulcan > Battle Fever J > Liveman > Changeman > Gorenger > Go-Busters > Kyuranger > Lupinranger vs. Patranger > Zenkaiger > Ninninger > Ryusoulger > Fiveman > Abaranger > Gekiranger > Maskman > Goseiger >DonBrothers > Toquger > Zyuohger > Strongest Battle > King-Ohger

Favorite Teams:
Kyuranger > Magiranger > Timeranger > Changeman > JAKQ > Go-Onger > Gaoranger > Bioman > Boukenger > Gorenger > Dekaranger > Google-V > Go-Busters > Denziman > Ohranger > GoGo-V > Kyoryuger > Battle Fever J > Flashman > Zyuranger > Megaranger > Sun Vulcan > Ryusoulger > Carranger > Ninninger > Abaranger > Kirameiger > Fiveman > Goseiger > Gingaman > Patraner > Maskman > King-Ohger > Jetman > Dairanger > Lupinranger > Hurricanger > Gekiranger > Turboranger > Kakuranger > Zenkaiger > Dynaman > Shinkenger > Toquger > Zyuohger > Liveman > Gokaiger > DonBrothers



I did mention how I wanted to rank the various foot soldiers in the franchise, but to be honest I have yet to decide if I should do one big list or divide them by eras. Truth is like the actual teams they get very same-y and it's worse here because these aren't characters, you're going mostly off of costumes and weapons since they don't do much beyond get beat up. I don't have much else. Three lackluster series in a row, Kirmeiger is the only series made after Kyuranger that was actually enjoyable. I am starting to think sentai is lost for good. Three movies consisting of the versus movie with Donbrothers and two Years Later movies before we move into Boonboomger. This anime season has a ton of sequels, I recently started a few things including Legends of The Galactic Heroes (yes, that 110 episode OVA), and I have stuff I've been needing to get around to for a while so don't expect another hiatus, but it will be a while before it is time to rip into Boonboomger. I admit I just really wanted to finish this schlock. When I eventually do get around to it my main goal for Boonboomger will be "finish by New Year's Eve". Coming out of retirement was bad idea, but Dr. Kane had to keep gushing over Donbrothers for no reason and Kamen Rider in the Reiwa era that isn't Gavv has proven to be some of the best so I figured maybe Sentai followed up on that. I don't know any more. Just looking forward to the big solar flash that is supposed to make us all psychic.

 

[Captain Shark]

King-Ohger vs. Donbrothers:

Why the hell is this in two parts? In Haaka Baaka the narrator mentions how the King-Ohgers are dead and staring at the Donbrothers (plus Sononi and Sonoza) who whine they died too. Both sides transform and freeze frame into the title. Rewinding back to where things began in the story Kuwagata munches on what I think is monchi when Momotarou comes in his castle saying there is a package for him. Kuwagata chokes on- oh it's dumplings. Momotarou tries getting it out and fails, soon he dies. Outside the red rangers notices the stack of mechanical bugs which fascinates him. He asks a kid where his pet rhino beetle is, it's likely in the Underworld, so he just dies suddenly. Both red rangers look at each other before cutting to Tokyo where Oni and Sonoza spot Inue and Somoni running from a cop. A truck runs bearded guy over, the other Donbrothers happen o be there as the cop stops his pursuit and tells them to look after beard guy. Suddenly he gets up, wearing a king outfit which sucks the entire team to a portal all the way to Chikyuu. Ugh, only one sixth the way through. Inue thinks it's like a fantasy setting followed by a guard thinking he and Sononi are fugitive farms- Holy **** this joke SUUUUUUUUUCKS. Meanwhile, Tombo forces Kumonos to read a big blue book which was really the old boxing glove prank. Jerk. Saru lands in Tombo's castle, being chill and whatnot. Tombo calls security as Kumonos has a poetic exchange with him. According to /m/ King-Ohger was not liked by children because the plot was hard to follow and scenes like this makes me think "no **** sherlock". Papillon and Kamakiri watch Moffun on the latter's television, the former being annoyed because it foreshadows death. Oni and Sonoza happen to be there, the former telling the two queens about her manga while beard guy walks through a portal. Papillon and Oni get pissy with each other like the fan girls that they are. Beard guy gets pissy and turns into Ohsamaki again. Doragoku barges into Hachi's place when both realize they are both in good shape because yaoi fangirls need bait I don't know. Kiri finds himself talking to Kuwagata's brother and Hachi's sister in a jail cell. The last one turns on a TV to show Kiri the King-Ohgers which triggers PTSD somehow so he runs out of the cell. After that Tombo has Saru and Kumonos under helmets to shock them who also grab him because this is stupid. Inue and Sonozi fall through a bridge hole. Kiri is about to freeze to death which Hachi sumo wrestles Dongoku and both lose, killing them both? Ohsamaki kills the three female rangers and Sonoza. The rangers start meeting up in Haaka Baaka to annoy each other, sides from the beginning soon form. So why are they able to transform again? They should not have their weapons with them!

Both sides fight each other- And suddenly they teleport back to their castles! Kiri helps Saru fend off Tombo and Kumonos while Kamakiri and Papillon fight Sonoza and Oni, respectively, in a weird back and forth bit of craziness in what looks like Nurgle's garden in Warhammer. Hachi and Dongoku redo heir sumo match which the former's castle burns followed by the later turning to his wild side. Inue tells Sonozi they should run for it, but Ohsamaki shows up to interrupt all the fights the red rangers are not in. Black Zenkaiser shows up to stop the rampage and deliver two Ohger Crown Lancers for the red rangers to use. Introductions are done soon after both go gold- And Kuwagata's intro go ignored. Fourteen versus one is kind of one sided. The finishing slashes from both reds happens, killing Ohsamaki. Beard guy is given CPR by the cop from earlier- And he awakens just in time. The rangers ask if they keep going or not before going back to their civilian forms and... Teleporting out of the after life. Momotarou shows Kuwagata ramen cart served by Sonoi, the former asks if he's seen his pet beetle. Sonoi gets philosophical for no reason but to pad out the run time, Kuwagata offers to help, but Momotarou turns him down. Follow this up with the two munching on a squid and a really big scallop, sending them home. Oh and the rhino beetle was right there. The dumpling is pulled out of Kuwagata's throat by one of his friends because of his small hands while Momotarou has another package delivery. The short movie ends with everyone doing nonsensical random crap until the Donbrothers are sent back to Earth.

Ohsamaki continued: teleportation, red energy bolts and purple energy cutters from the scepter



Worst Versus movie, enough said. I can see why Toei only made this schlock 26 minutes. Welp, next one next time.

 

[Captain Shark]

King-Ohger Vs. Kyoryuger:

Toei and V-Cinext logos. The King-Ohgers in alternate utfits are brought both Reds who transform ready to face off- Oh **** that's not Kuwagata! Gold rushes to Violet o a space ship as the clash between Red and fake Kuwagata results in a planet being destroyed via Plezuon Rocket. First King-Ohger entry to have the main series logo which has been a thing since Timeranger. A montage of episodes 32 and 33 happens followed by the title. Daged tells Minongan to slaughter the Kyoryugers as they're losing, Red and Gold use Plezuon to pursue while the other four... Have their suits stolen by Minongan's trident. After that both rangers try slashing up Dagded but that fails as Red is trapped in an amber necklace- Oh, Violet is with them- And they're sent through a wormhole to Chikyuu. Gold and Violet land in a bunch of ruins thinking it's Earth, the former walks around noticing sanagims collecting prisoners and a wood grave marker with his name on it. Prince from the series and Pink pull him aside saying he traveled twenty years into the future. Also Prince is revealed to be the child of Red and Pink which Gold gets ecstatic about. After that Gold and Violet take him to space to time travel, but Gold is accidentally knocked out to he 100 Years Later timeline with the future Kyoryugers dancing. Prince is dropped off at the main timeline to save a bunch of survivors from sanagims. Blue shows up to help him and reads a letter Red wrote about him so then they train in a warehouse. If it sounds like I'm speeding through this I'm not. Weeks later Gold grew a beard wondering around as the events from episodes 32 and 33 play out with him watching from afar. After the King-Ohgers head home Gold makes himself known to Prince, but the latter turns transparent briefly or something. The two head back to Plezuon with concern that Prince being born might have been messed with as he keeps turning transparent. The time traveling heads to Chikyuu where Red and one of his friends are munching on jello called Rainbow Jururia. Gold is sad the kid finished his but is still hungry so he gets an oversized pot of the stuff (where the hell did he get that?). Violet contacts him saying he is messing with the past so she calls him back. More time traveling happens, Gold sees a vision of Kuwagata turning into the monster from the beginning. Gold and Prince head to Chikyuu seventeen years in the future- Oh this is the THEN present as Kumonos welcomes them to the planet. The flashback of Tombo getting wailed on by his friend happens except here he begs for forgiveness. Kumonos is aware of the timeline change. After that we see Sebastian knocking down Kamakiri who is a peasant flower girl (HER FAMILY IS ROYALTY HOW DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE!?) and she eats a flower crying. After that Papillon is doing an idol musical number in a snowstorm... Pretty sure she can actually sing but, you know. But hey, if Blue Sky can masturbate to Marz Gurl's fake Vic Mignonga finger pointing we can toss consistency down the toilet too. I'm sure Roblox and the Epstein list could join the company. Damn does she look miserable on stage. Hachi... Is a sumo wrestler, he's actually well off despite just losing a match- No, Kumonos says he's small time after all the back stabbing. Gold wants to know where Dagded is, but Kumonos takes him and Prince to see Kuwagata who s fuming he has people snooping around. He somehow gathered the other four rangers off screen while Prince feels weaker. Suddenly, Red shows up bursting out of Goma. Plezuon takes the heroes off while Red explains that in the final episode the King-Ohgers freed him from the amber necklace.

Red heard Prince's cry for help and asked for help from Kuwagata. Goma is temporarily freed long enough for Red to jump through. Violet reveals that Gold giving Kuwagata a bunch of jello somehow caused this mess- Okay HOW? No really, how the **** does ANY of that even work!? THAT MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE! So a plan is devised to stop Gold from being a kind person, but not before Prince is dropped off to make the events of episode 40 happen. Cut to the events of the beginning of the movie, but altered as Prince uses Kumonos's web gun. Somehow the King-Ohgers remember their memories (what?) and get their old outfits back... I don't even. And Prince apparently stole it to make the plan work. Kuwagata gets pissed and turns into his monster form to attack. A dimensional rift happens to mess with him, Kamakiri states her confusion. After that we see Gold talking to himself to slap his past self unconscious. A fight breaks out, the mad king dogpiled by the other five, eventually using energy cutters on him to make him back off- And now he remembers! And now the evil Kuwagata, now Evil King, separates from him. Fighting breaks out as the other jesters are there too commenting. Transforming and intros happen as grunts are summoned only to receive pummeling as the opening plays. Red and Prince are also fighting nearby, both Red and Kumonos get each others' power in their weapons. Gold and Violet join the fray- Where did Blue come from? Or Pink? Or Green? Or Black? This writing is atrocious. All eight rangers transform while dancing followed by intros and their opening theme. Can't forget that back explosion. All three red rangers go after Evil King followed by everyone swapping weapons to fight the jesters. SOMEHOW this weapon swapping EASILY DEFEATS THEM. The fighting is good barring lore inaccuracy. Torin somehow opened a portal to get here and turns to Kyoryu Silver... Somehow also bringing Cyan and Gray here too? Intros are done during the fight followed by finishers. Back to the fight with Evil King finishers are done on him by the three red rangers, causing him to explode. Both teams see Gold asking for forgiveness and Kuwagata helps him up. As the ending credits role as everyone puts in their final words and dance to a surprisingly low effort track. The movie ends with both teams having a back explosion- No, wait, gotta see the Kyoryugers return to their time so Gold can panic one last time.

Evil King: Powers include a sword that emits purple energy cutters, a shield on the left wrist with a pair of mandibles on the bottom, and high jumping

Wow, third worst versus movie, and only because the last two were that much worse. Like, this actually makes me want to quit Super Sentai at this point. Does anybody know what they are doing anymore or did Covid drive sane show runners out of town? Next time we rip into the Dekaranger 20 Years Later movie and if it's anything like what Kamen Rider Faiz got this will be a massive turd sucker.

 

[Captain Shark]

Dekaranger 20 Years Later:

At a sushi restaurant we see who I think is Green going on a date with Pink who gets a text it is the 20th anniversary. Some talk about showing the newbies the ropes until an explosion occurs- WOW did paramedics show up fast. Under some rebel the two save a baby-like alien with horns who claimed he saw a sketchy guy detonate a remote. The suspect is seen on a rooftop and he reports it to headquarters while pursuing. The Alienizer uses an unknown language when Blue, Yellow, and Break show up (did they teleport?). She draws a sword that emits bladed crescents when Red shows up in a new jetpack. Suddenly the intro! The new gear is called Premier Mode, making him move at super sped, Blue thinks it's cool. A corner of the building is blasted off, Red has Blue back off when they suggest finishing her off. This distracted her long enough to get away- Wait, the real Red showed up! Then the Premier Mode guy is his replacement (wearing orange?). Red mentions how greenhorns are sent to Earth which explains in canon why they're almost never around during other sentai series. Commenting ensues as Pink brings the baby alien back to headquarters for questioning, Yellow noticing a pocket knife on the ground. The narrator mentions the New DekaBase, Red and New Red talk about how on planet Cima they did a sting on a galaxy wide opiate distributor named Tarewaraane thanks an insider leak. His last words were about his plans will still happen with one bodyguard escaping, vowing revenge, named Rottomen. After that they found a mysterious object that crashed into the city. Red mentions how now that he's 40 he needs a replacement. After that the Alienizer from earlier was a Cima Seijin named Raenjo who had no prior convictions, but was the wife of the crime lord the Reds smoked. Revenge is seen as the intent, but Yellow sus- That was a hairpin? It looked like a knife from the angle it was introduced. Yellow uses ESP for information, seeing a small girl run from an old woman. Swan shows up, noting Paratonium at he site which spread over ten kilometers in radius. It lost catalyst potential followed by Green standing upside down to think, New Red finds it weird. Since the explosion should have been way bigger than what happened, the mystery deepens when Green gets an idea going and asks 100 to join him. Yellow comes back from contact from the Cima branch npting that who she saw was the crime lord's daughter and housekeeper (insert Arnold Schwarzeneggar scandal joke here), Krueger has her and Blue go to Cima to dig up more clues. The narrator thinks she lost that ability... Except we clearly saw it at the beginning. New Red would rather work on his own which irritates Pink although she and Red follow anyway. In a special alien ward the trio go into that is not in their jurisdiction where New Red tries and fails to get intel. Pink notices the baby alien from before who replies he remembers Raenjo's smell. New Red eventually gets a lead, the others run after him to a woman's bath house. Pink goes in, spotting Raenjo in hot spring looking at her locket. Pink thinks it's the detonator so she enters as a civilian trying to strike a conversation. Raenjo ditches her, getting away. Meanwhile, at Kochi, Green and Break sight see briefly before having a chat with who I think is the mayor... Wow they got off topic. Not sure what kind of fruit a pomelo is and I don't care. Food names sure are thrown around. I'm not being funny, they just sight see for several minutes. Back to the Reds and Pink searching out, eventually spotting Raenjo- Explosion! New Red took a hit and baby alien is sad about it. At Cima we see Blue and Yellow. the former mentioning how the base got reconstructed twice in two decades. At the crime lord's mansion we see the housekeeper wanting them to leave, but she won't let Blue and Yellow in. Slapstick broom comedy happens- She's a cat person? Housekeeper is under Raenjo's orders to keep them out.

At DekaBase, Swan noticed the second explosion was an empty parking lot with no casualties, putting the revenge motive in question. Pink noticed Raenjo was acting weird followed by New Red angry at the jibberish and storming out. The baby alien finds New Red, demanding his revenge followed by... A tour of a big garden with Green and Break there. The tour guide notices them and she transforms into an Alienizer (specifically a Ridomiha Seijin) to fight them. While fighting Break she states the police killed her parents seventeen years ago and was taken in by the garden's founder. Green gives her some food, she points out se is a resident- And it works!? She needs soil every thirty minutes to survive so she just forgives them. Apparently Swan knew of this as a rumor. Green shows her soil samples from the crash sight before cutting to Blue and Yellow failing, the former not ready to give up. Now cut back to the botanist stating the object is the seed of a space plant called a Nephirmo, the paratonium likely used as fertilizer. The plant is used for space opiates and can spread across the entire planet, Green informs DekaBase of it. Yup, that was the villains' plan. Swan deduces the next location being a church that was foreshadowed in the Dekaranger vs. Tombohger special. The baby alien leads New Red to that church where Raenjo sees a Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus statue (brass? bronze?). New Red does judgment, but his badge fails to work. The baby alien tries to tell him to shoot, he thinks he has to. Red and Pink just stand around- And he shoots Pink! But they use lasers not bullets? And how did she move that fast without transforming? Aaaaaand she's right because she had a bullet proof vest. Pink then noticed her emotions were off, Red mentions he looked into it and she was a Yoshiwa Seijin (the planet being a recent Space Alliance member). Their natives? Express emotions in reverse! Red uses his badge for translating while Blue shows up, his badge showing her daughter, Raka, is with Yellow. Turns out the housekeeper was keeping Raka hostage and they rescued her from domestic abuse, it also being revealed Raenjo was the leaker from earlier. Also Blue mentions a jamming signal and that the baby alien was a Jiujisso Seijin aka the species of Rottomen, the bodyguard that escaped. With the jig up he ditches the disguise and he states he wants revenge for the boss's wife betraying him as he even saw the phone call. He planted the bombs, communicated with her via her earrings, and crashed the seed to Earth. Rottomen take off only for the Dekarangers to surround- And he jumps ahead of them. After the team transforms intros are done. Suddenly grunts show up to get wailed up while the intro plays and the narrator mentions they've been going 20 years strong. Without any minions, Rottomen detonates the last bomb to fertilize the seed, allowing it to start sprouting. Seems like a homage to Juran from Ultra Q. Green calls for the Deka Machines and they are sent out by Swan. Red fights off Rottomen while Deka Robo fights the Nephirmo. Makino the Ridomiha Seijin (I swear they did not say her name until now) sends Swan data so they can inject a virus into the trunk... Like, she just had biological weapons on hand? Red loses with New Red in shock while Blue asks Krueger for a favor. Red is about to die when Blue slices an energy ball (DID HE TELEPORT!?) using the Vega which he hands to him. Red takes New Red's badge, does trademark yelling, sates he will continue being a fire ball until he is 60, and tells his apprentice to watch as he transforms. The virus is complete and is fired from the Murphy Flasher, killing the Nephirmo as it becomes white powder. Red uses Premier Mode to out pace Rottomen, soon missing a sword swing and getting Vega stuck in the street. Just as Rottomen attempts revenge, Red kicks his sword and pulls Vega out with a chunk of the street that is used to wail on the Alienizer. The opening plays again, New Red thinks it is cool and lame. Judgment is passed, Rottomen is guilty for deletion, and Vega slays him in a Boost Slash in a fiery explosion. Raenjo and Raka say their farewell, heading home, while New Red is sorry for harshness. As the end credits roll some banter ensues, the narrator thanking teamwork, and the ending theme plays with the rangers dancing, why not?

Rottoman: Powers include a yari, a compressed form capable of levitation, a signal jammer, high jumping, a sword that emits bladed crescents that home in on enemies and a blue energy ball
Makino: Powers include a human disguise and a water circular saw from the right hand
Nephirmo: Powers include growth by absorbing paratonium until it wraps around a planet and whip-like vines

Basically the same as Abaranger 20 Years later although here it's slightly worse because here it seems like next to nothing changed with the team while in that one you could tell the effects of time had an actual effect on the characters. Basically just a regular two parter. Also the random teleporting was annoying. After this will be Kakuranger 30 Years Later. Whether I take on Boonboomger after I'll see (probably).

 

[Captain Shark]

Kakuranger 30 Years Later:

Huh, this is TTFC instead of V-cinext. The narrator gives us a recap of he last episode, mentioning how technology in the Reiwa era has led to new yokai energy being produced which is where our story begins. A female ninja in pink comments how the new energy will birth a new Demon King. Cut to Los Angeles before the recent wildfires where Black goes after gangster, the narrator stating he investigates the paranormal. Neat martial arts happens before the gangster turns into green ashes. Suddenly the title and opening theme! I so don't care for the new outfits. After that we see guys loading a cart, Red shows up to greet the loaders with the narrator saying he helps friendly yokai living as humans. Red talks about how hard it is to run up hills, friendly banter happens. One yokai mentions something strange going on. Cut to White teaching an orphanage when Yellow shows up in a spiffy suit because he is rich now (real Italian!). The two banter when their son, Goro, shows up and takes them somewhere. Blue is taking care of Nekomaru, still dishing out crepes. Goro and the four rangers sit around a table for the meet up, complaining how they are getting old. Goro mentions they should use social media instead of flyers followed by White mentioning his birthday is tomorrow. The camera also stares at a skull shaped birthmark on the left side of his neck. After that, Yellow and Goro encounter the pink ninja woman from earlier in a parking garage who turns all white and suddenly freeze breaths him, revealing to be Yukiona of the next generation yokai. Goro tries punching her which emits a shockwave of purple energy, while he misses she comments he'll make for a new Evil Demon King and teleports off. Both men are horrified followed by the gangster from earlier attacking the truck loading yokai. Red tries stopping him, one mentioning he's the strange guy mentioned earlier who we find out is another next generation yokai named Kamaitachi. Black shows up just as Kamaitachi fires an energy cutter from a kama, the two duel before the yokai teleports off. Red notes the door is sealed so the new yokai going about makes no sense. Meanwhile, Goro throws a fit that his parents kept the Demon King from him, running off. The two yokai find him on a bench asking for him to come to them. At Yellow's mansion the team concludes that the new yokai were born from the internet rather than the Door of Seals. Red asks what is going on when Yoshiteru, Shiro, and Saburo show up suddenly. The narrator notes the three watch of the door. It's revealed here Goro's real father is Prince Junior as he performed a reincarnation spell... And survived!? What a **** recon. He took a human wife and they had Goro, so the trio ct the breaks to his car, killing his wife and leaving him in a coma. To prevent Goro from taking his place he was raised as a normal human although the skull birthmark grew every birthday, eventually he will be a full yokai. The idea of Kakurangers using their old powers now would prove fatal, but the rangers collectively state "**** that" and decide to fight. Red goes for the Doron Changers with Shiro and Saburo.

Eyecatch. At an abandoned warehouse Goro is being messed with by his birthmark, Kamaitachi is excited while Yukiona is kind of "whatever" like a middle schooler- WAIT! Pink lady ninja is there? I thought Yukiona was her! The other four Kakurangers show up and slay some dorodoros- OKAY, HOW THE **** DID THOSE GET BEYOND THE DOOR!? DID THE DORODOROS SPAWN FROM INTERNET HATE TOO!? MAKE SENSE FOR **** SAKE! Some insert song plays followed by both yokai entering the fight. Red takes the Doron Changers which opens the gate as Goro becomes enraged and fights the team. The internet negativity transforms him into the yokai Sanmoto Gorozaemon. Ninja woman gives him a happy birthday as he slaughters the rangers. The our try talking sense into him when Red shows up to give everyone their Doron Changers, the trio trying to keep the yokai at bay with Ninjaman showing up to help. Ninja woman reveals herself to be Gerbera (insert Gundam 0083 joke here) who is basically Flower Ninja number six... And SHE was the one that caused the accident!? And she manipulated the birthmark!? This writing is inept! Enraged by this, the Kakurangers transform for the first time since the crossover with Ninninger (I'm assuming only one Doron Changer missing wouldn't mess with the Door of Seals, we didn't see the entire other teams in that episode as only the reds were present)- Aaaaaaand everyone as back problems before standing up and doing intros with a back explosion. Yukiona calls them lame before the fighting starts with the opening happening with another explosion and big comic text. After the mooks are pummeled Blue and Yellow tackle Yukiona with words which somehow burns her into vapor followed by using their weapons, causing her to explode... The hell? Black fights Kamaitachi who mentions his age despite the only ranger to still stay in shape as demonstrated by quickly being slain with his weapon. Red and White go after Gerbera, illusions screw with her followed by their weapons stunning her so they can use the Kakauranger Ball on her. After that they detransform to confront Goro (for some reason). Naturally this fails as the five yell at Goro, telling him to remember. Yellow telling him he is his son triggers a memory that calms him down and say sorry. Blue notes he can't change back- AND PRINCE JUNIOR SHOWS UP! The awakening got him out of his coma. Junior goes after his son to grab him and absorb his power into him, making Goro human. Apparently this is Junior's last chance to act like a dad so he... Self destructs. A sad insert song plays during this. Goro is miserable, White hugs him and tells him the love of both his dads is strong followed by Yellow joining in on the hug and crying. Muteki Shogun is also there because this is poorly made. After that the Kakurangers sell crepes with business booming. Yellow and Black bicker a bit, White mentions how little has changed in three decades and calls Goro the 25th leader of the Kakurangers, confusing him. The narrator mentions how everything worked out and teases the idea of a continuation. The movie ends with the Kakurangers dancing to the ending theme with some Dorodoros too. Also the Hurricangers are present too! Because why not?

Kamaitachi: Powers include teleportation that resembles green dust, a human disguise and a pair of kamas that emit energy cutters
Yukiona: Powers include a human disguise, freezing breath, teleportation, and freezing blasts from the hands
Sanmoto Gorozaemon: Powers include punches that emit purple energy shockwaves and explosive red energy cutters from his claws on the left wrist
Gerbera: Powers include telekinesis and a short sword



Wow, this sucked. Like, this screams rough draft and nobody stopped to ask themselves "hey, this doesn't make a lot of sense and kind of makes the team look like failures in hindsight". Welp, the legacy got pissed on, it confirmed that the way Kakuranger ended was not going to work and I was correct, and the aging jokes added a big level of cringe to it all. **** this ****. Just... ugh.

 

[Captain Shark]

Enough waiting around, time to crank this up with Boonboomger.

"Don't you normally upload these with postimg?"

For some reason Post Images soiled itself saying there was an unknown source code (the ****?) so I had to use Imgur for that pic.

"What took you so long?"

Mostly real life stuff, but the last three series taking so much out of me made me not want to do this. In fact if Gozyuger was not going to be the end of Super Sentai I was probably going to call it quits.

"Will you at least do that one too?"

Yup! Baring computer issues or a car accident Gozyuger will get taken on and I promise the fact the black ranger's actress likes banging everything that moves and drinks alcohol will be the butt of many jokes. I am not, now or ever, politically correct. I even renounced being a left winger over this and became centrist (and yes, I will both sides anything if need be); we lost the fight on global warming and since the age of eight I have perpetually asked why the hell robots have failed to conquer all jobs. So yes, I am indeed pro-AI on every issue (how the hell did the right wing become the pro-AI side? you cannot be left wing and be against technological progress).

"How pro-AI are you talking here?"

Zero limitations. As in copyright law crumbles in favor of AI. And I want all guardrails removed on large language models. Like seriously ChatGPT, stop soiling yourself because someone dared to use the term hermaphrodite, as soon as I find a version of you that isn't a total pussy I am definitely using it.

"So how will this be taken on?"

Given this is a 48 episode series and I have time off work I will take this on in six parts with eight episodes each.

"And the movie?"

Takes place between episodes 20 and 21 so I will cover that in part 3.

"Is tokusatsu that bad of a slump?"

Despite how atrocious Gavv was most mainline Reiwa Kamen Rider series were cool and Ultraman Omega has proven Tsubaraya is finally getting a grip with Ultraman. Maybe Boomboonger will be the same.

"Hey! You misspelled that!"

Heads up there is a high chance I am going to be switching the N and M in the title A LOT. It actually messes with my brain.
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Wedding Dress Grumer: Appears in episode 1. Powers include a sword for the right arm, a cake for the left arm that launches candle missiles, entrapping organisms in wedding dresses fired from the mouth, and scream absorption
Yaiyai Yarucar: Powers include flight, absorbing x to become larger, back missiles....
Soujiki Grumer: Appears in episode 2. Powers include a vacuum for the right arm, sonic blasts from the mouth, and a duster that emits energy rollers
Tokei Grumer: Appears in episode 3. Powers include a pair of clock hand swords that emit blue explosive energy cutters, teleportation, and summoning explosive energy clock faces
Sauna Grumer: Appears in episode 4. Powers include a staff that resembles a bath ladle that emits yellow energy ladles, emitting heat waves by pouring water on the head up the 80 degrees Celsius, a tan towel
Darts Grumer: Appears in episode 5. Powers include darts that summon punishments, dart bombs called Dart Presents in the right wrist gun, and summoning a yellow explosive energy dart called the Darts Bomber, and a dart shaped sword
Mad Rex: Powers include a red comet form, a drill staff with a wheel on the butt that fires drill missiles, super speed, high jumping, forming a red energy drill with his staff called the Hot Deathrod, smokescreen from the head....
Toilet Grumer: Appears in episode 6. Powers include a plunger staff, water from the mouth called Flush Rush that forces organisms to tell secrets, and toilet paper from the shoulders that emit purple electric shocks
Block Wall Grumer: Appears in episode 7. Powers include a concrete wall for each arm, summoning concrete walls and blocks from the torso, and firing explosive concrete blocks from the body
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Talk about a step up from the last three series (and Ryusoulger)! Clearly effort was put into the music this time around, the interdimensional chase sequences being different every episode are creative, and with the exception of the orange ranger for some reason the main five each got their own episode with Blue and Black sharing one together. The jokes are hit and miss, but this is the first sentai in a long time where the jokes were actually funny even if it was uncommon. And finally for the positives it's nice to see a sentai series outside of Timeranger to examine what non-ranger law enforcement is actually doing in the background to the point where the black ranger is a member of both. Unfortunately there are some downsides so lets begin. First is the constant humiliation of the Grumers before killing them, it's irritating and almost makes them more sympathetic. Next is the writing; what exactly is the interdimensional highway, how does a rich guy from Earth (in this case the red ranger) make an underground facility to enter it, and how are the two field commanders able to see any of it when on Earth? A lot of it is not explained and not just the kind of thing where you ask where random explosions are coming from (which was something I was wondering during the kaiju fights, explosions come from places they should not). The villains kind of suck, they are basically silly mafia henchemen that don't say or do anything outside of making monsters. Finally it's pretty obvious the heroes are overpowered because early on we can see them just sending grunts and monsters beyond the sky and even around the world... How are they having any trouble? It was clear in episode 2 when Pink was dragging Black when he's knocked out she had trouble moving him so the power is in the technology. Why don't they just use that more frequently? That is Kamen Rider Wizard kicking Phoenix Phantom into the sun and nobody outside of power scalers like me bother pointing out. Or how the Abarangers survived falls from orbit. You can't- I just can't even.

So yeah, decent start to return to form, but this has some hurdles to get through.