Whaaat? They're actually acting like ninjas and hiding and stuff?
I don't know why it didn't dawn on me sooner, but Uncle Tsumuji has 3 siblings, hence the 3 cousins. It makes me wonder if we're going to meet all of them (and see why a whole generation skipped out on the whole ninja thing their dad had going on)
I liked this episode for the most part. Yakumo's mom is just how I imagined her. And I kind of like haughty, ego-centric characters like Yakumo and his mom, since those types tend to be full of personality. It's also fun to see how they butt heads at times and how Kasumi makes fun of Yakumo.
I'm also tempted to cut all the Takaharu lines out of an episode just to see if it makes the show better. The audience can basically adlib 90% of his dialogue, so why does the guy bother to say anything? He has only has one reaction to anything.
Funny how another Yakumo episode ends with Kasumi saving the day. But I can get behind that. Kasumi is a great character. I almost feel like an in depth episode about her would ruin her mystique. Still, Yakumo using the clone thing to fool the monster was pretty sweet.
Funny how they're doing their roll call in front of a dim stage projection of their usual background.
Annnnnd, then the episode ends and nothing else happens. No wait, I liked the way Starninger looked like he was killing Grandpa. That was cool.
But that's the thing. We already have Go from Drive being the bombastic American new character. That sort of works, since Tomari is ponderous and reserved. In Shinkenger, Genta works because of his unlikely friendship with the serious Takeru. Is Starninger and Takaharu going to base their rivalry on who can be the most obnoxious and loud? I dunno, but I have my reserves about this new guy.
