Misao reads this and flops down in a corner to mope.Go-On Macaroni wrote:I really dislike Misao now. Like, it's one thing to do your moping shtick when it's just for the lolz at their base or on errands or whatever but, when your team's in trouble? No, screw off, you're a terrible hero.
What if it wasn't the Gokaiger? What if they were fighting an actual serious opponent at the start of that episode there and Misao pulled that junk? Welp, I guess the team'd be dead and it'd be his fault, wouldn't it?
I know it sounds silly, but something about Aka's suit redesign always bugs me when I see it. Still, always good to see him in action. It would've been more entertaining if he used Birdie to have an aerial whip battle, though.
Hopefully they'll repair the moon. If not, I demand lunar continuity like they did in The Tick! I did love how all the destructive power bled out by the time the beam reached its target... and then Bang Rey simply sidesteps.
The end scenes were also quite funny, with them forgetting Navi (again) and Misao dicovering he'd been pickpocketed. Poor Navi, though! I hope this means he'll hang around for an episode or two.
I also enjoyed Marvelous poking fun at their silly mech setup... "Just spin this, right?". Then Takashi retorts "We're not just spinning it!"... and just spins it anyway. That whole scene was great due to the interactions. The finisher was a bit disappointing, though. Unfortunately, using a phrase like "All Super Sentai Finisher!" instead of something stupid like "Jyuoh 40th Anniversary!" just isn't Toei's style.
The gags in this ep including that bit where Ahim and Doc were casually cleaning their weapons mid-battle really made me miss the days of professional writers working on the shows.
As for why we saw a villain from ToQger, but not Ninninger, I like xiiliea's answer, but it comes down to two things:
1. They never said Gai collected the Ninninger keys. Since the keys hold knowledge of a Ranger's entire skillset, mannerisms, etc. we can conclude it also contains that Ranger's memories. Thus they had the memories of a ToQger boss but no memories of Ninninger's bosses.
2. ToQger was an amazingly good series (even got my SO addicted to Super Sentai), and the writers wanted to cash in on that. Since we're just coming out of Ninninger, however, bringing back a boss from that series wouldn't have appealed to older fans and younger fans are fascinated by these older bosses. It's a family moment where the elder sibling or parent can tell the younger child aboout the sental and their villains. A child will often get excited when they see a grownup getting excited, so it just made too much sense from a strategic standpoint to add ToQger and replace Ninninger with a boss from an older series.
...We all know they didn't return the keys. Nor do they believe this planet lacks treasures. Typical Gokaiger misdirection, though, so it made me smile.