Mama Igarashi materializing out of thin air was both funny and a sad acknowledgement that she is a forgettable character. George breaking the fourth wall to say that the Igarashi's will make a miracle happen was both funny and a sad acknowledgement of their plot armor. Hana reprimanding Sakura was a...

I get it, surfing and MegaRanger It's surprising how much they leaned into Megaranger on this one. Normally the connections to the MOTW are far weaker (such as OhRanger). Whereas this episode practically rubs your nose in it. It's nice not to have to guess what series this is related to, for one. T...

How can Don Murasame perform Avatar changes? Doesn't one need Avatar gears for that, usually? And yet he did that without relying on gears. What's the explanation for that? I'm still baffled by the system for assembling the team when a Hitotsuki appears. Sometimes they are warped to the location. S...

Hiromi consoling Tamaki was a nice moment. There was a lot of fighting this episode, but my attention started to wander since a lot of it wasn't important. Seeing the Riders take down Gifterians only to have more respawn got old. Giff's motivations are very unclear. Why does such a powerful lifeform...

I hope Haruka was going to pay for that copy of the photo book. She tore off plastic and threw the plastic on the ground. The power of imagination stuff was problematic for me. Shinichi must have an eating disorder if he can confidently say that imaginary ramen can fill him up. It also implies that ...

They changed the opening credits to put Hiromi in and take Akaishi out. Mama Igarashi is so calm. She seems to be in complete denial about the world shattering events taking place. I wouldn't be surprised if she is secretly taking anti-depressants to cope with the reckless behavior of her husband an...

I have to say, I'm starting to miss more strongly episodic Sentai episodes. With Inoue's draw-out plots, it's making it very hard for me to nitpick things to death! :lol: I wouldn't mind the serialized storytelling if they were written with story arcs in mind. Instead, the various plot threads keep...

The fake out with Daiji this episode was awful and unnecessary. We finally shut the door on that mess last episode. Nobody wanted to see more of it. The big reveal about George is insane and needs multiple episodes to fully unpack. Are there even enough episodes left to do it justice? Giff is such a...

Hearing Haruka's aunt talk about the "good old days" made me so happy to have a smart phone. I do not miss having only one phone and my mother tying up the line for 3 hours at a time talking to her sisters. This reminds me of my own mother spending hours gossiping with friends and relativ...

Skipping both the previous episode recap and opening sequence cause ain't nobody got time for that. This episode feels like something out of a mecha anime. The chest spike on Destream reminds me of some variable fighters from Macross. The sad music with vocals during an intense fight is typical of t...

In the conversation about Jirou, it is weird how they never discuss the process that selected all of them to be Tarou's companions. There is a reason behind Jirou gaining powers that goes beyond coincidence or random chance.

Seeing Sonoi defending his fashion sense was a cute moment.

I'm always surprised by the size of Ikki's Happy Spa shirt collection. Has anyone actually counted the number of unique designs there are? I found Akaishi's doting father persona quite funny. Daiji's must be internally screaming at this unexpected development. Papa Genta finally getting upset at thi...

Are we going to see what happened to make Tsubasa think that he has to be on the run a year? If not, that's pretty bad storytelling It seemed to imply that he became a suspect because Natsumi is missing and the rest of the acting troupe are still unconscious due to the origami cranes. It was a litt...

XY Axis: Tarou / Shinichi / Haruka / Tsubasa / Tsuyoshi / Jirou / Sonoi / Sononi / Sonoza https://www.toei.co.jp/tv/donbrothers/story/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2022/06/17/10.jpg Source: https://www.toei.co.jp/tv/donbrothers/story/1229313_3246.html The Inu type seems quite defensive. It is resistant to ...

While the drawings are crude, the composition for the individual panels and the panel layout for each page aren't too shabby.