Wow, that was spectacular. I only say that because this final brave was extremely visually appealing - fantastically shot, excellent action and some pretty good special effects.
I loved the epilogue at the end, it was well-done and well paced. It was cool to see each Kyoryuger go back to their normal life, and how they helped repair the city after the battle. Dantetsu and his talk with Dr. Ulshade was pretty nice, I feel like they should have used Torin's spirit instead though. Loved the opening narration at the end one last time and the ending theme that incorporated a lot of the staff - including the writer himself, the suit actors and the voice actors. Really fun.
The bulk of the episode though... I just couldn't get into it. The penultimate episode was so fantastic, ramping up the tension and I couldn't stop thinking about how it would all get solved. But all that tension was resolved in the first 2 minutes of the episode. Souji and Ian say their "last words" but they literally beat the Debo-monsters without breaking a sweat. Dantetsu kicks Chaos' ass with one punch (I know why this happened, but still). And I don't even know what happened with Nossan. Don't get me started with Yayoi vs. Killborero.
The stuff in the Spirit base was an awesome set piece but sooooo unnecessary. We could have given more screen-time to the pretty awesome fight between Daigo and Deboss himself, which ended up feeling extremely rushed (cool straight-to-Carnival henshin though).
Ami and Daigo was cute but done in a way that made it seem like a crucial part to Kyoryuger's story, which is simply not true and I felt like it detracted from episode. The only indicators of this romance were back like 30 episodes ago and an exchange in episode 46. I'm sure if someone were to watch only the first and last episode of this series they would be wondering how it got to that point, only to be disappointed when they watch the rest of it that it basically came out of nowhere. Not to mention Ami feels very out-of-character here.
The melody of the Earth is such deus ex machina. The true melody of the Earth being the theme song was pretty ridiculous - I kinda liked it but it did feel overly meta. But seriously, giving King the ability to defeat Deboss immediately, plus reviving Utchy? Get real... Why kill him in the first place?
I LOVED the extra hero (including Canderilla and Luckyuro) final finisher but it was still pretty anticlimactic. Too bad Torin died.
He seriously needed a better farewell scene, along with Ramirez and Tessai.
The last scene with King, again, was suitably cool but for some reason this episode feels like every Rider ever done by Koichi Sakamoto.
I love Kyoryuger and this episode was a treat to watch but as far as finales go, this ranks pretty low.
Overall, fun characters, fun story, excellent action equalled a fantastic year. Will be interesting to see how this translates into Dino Charge. :thumbs: