So this was a Kasumi episode...told from the perspective of Yakumo... and Kasumi doesn't get to do anything cooler than transform into a mailbox and telegraphing the monster. Thanks Sentai... She's still the best charcter in the show though.
That's exactly what I felt. In the end, what Kasumi has gone through is just seen in flashbacks. I'm really tired of this male-centrism but I'll agree that the effect given at the end was interesting. But why not center the episode around Fuuka who apparently has no depth and was just here to ask Yakumo what his dream was "A dream ? I don't have no such thing. But let me hear about your dream" "Yeah sure, anyway, that's where I wanted this conversation to head to in the first place. I wanted to play soccer, an element that was not talked about before and that add a third layer to my character who apparently had no interest in going to England and study magic in the first place".
If the episode had been about Fuuka, who could have thought about her dream, and in the end admired Kasumi for being really competitive, that would have been great. Or use Nagi since he barely got any screentime even though I heard he was the main protagonist of episode 3.
And Takaharu got to control the UFO configuration >< a configuration that felt a little cheap compared to Shurikenjin Paon. These sitting mecha swap already feel repetitive and uninteresting and we're just on the second one!
Yeah, why wasn't Kasumi sitting in the center *sigh*.
For the mecha, well it's this year thing, but in the end, we all know that since Goonger a new formation just means that the way they'll shoot whatever beam they have will change. I miss Gaoranger or Hurricaneger, when the new mechas meant something...
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