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Post by takenoko »

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Last week's rating: 3 / 5 (7 votes)

Pretty good fight sequence this week. It's nice to see everyone get involved. I liked the old men ShurikenJin, and seeing Kasumi want to hang out on that side. She's just an old man at heart.

Grandpa's still fading away Back to the Future style. It's kind of nice to have him listen to his grandchildren. Sure, he's the master Last Ninja and all that, but that doesn't mean he's perfect or infallible. Everyone's always learning, right?

I was a little less excited about all the mecha showing up. It was just better done in the Kasumi episode where she does it.

Annnnnd, for everyone who guessed that Kyuuemon is Kibaoni's son, you got it. I can see why he'd lie to the Ninninger's about being Kibaoni's page... but why lie about it within the army itself?

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Oh yeah, it's pretty funny to be tricked into thinking that they were reusing Nekomata again. Or is it Mataneko? I thought it was weird that his voice was different in the preview last week.
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Re: Ninninger 42 sanjou!

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Seeing Shurikenger reminds me of Hurricaneger's story. We already have so many references (or copycats) from it: Mechas hiding and appearing from rotating buildings, "karakuri" mechas, guitar boy extra ranger who speaks lots of English.

Remember Gozen-sama from Hurricaneger? She was protecting something (forgot the name) in her body that gave her eternal life. When that was taken from her, she died, and it was used to summon the ultimate monster. What if it was the same in Ninninger? Grandpa's Finishing Shuriken is actually giving him eternal life, and he will later be defeated by Kyuuemon, who takes it to revive Kibaoni Gengetsu.

Also, Shurikenger is supposed to be dead...
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I was actually enjoying this episode quite a bit - the ninjas using a Youkai that popped up repeatedly to infiltrate the captured ShurikenJin, all while making a pun out of the name by having it distinguish itself from the other Nekomatas by giving it the dad’s glasses...but the Finishing Shuriken (or whatever that thing is officially called) popping up onto Takaharu’s blade for absolutely no reason soured the whole final fight sequence for me.

Hopefully the fallout from Kyuuemon revealing his true identity to heroes and villains alike will be interesting. I’m not holding my breath, because if the prophecy is true, I have the feeling that Kyuuemon may end up dying to trigger Gengetsu’s revival. I’d much rather keep the interesting villain we’ve watched all season than a faceless all-powerful villain who appears at the last minute.
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I'm happy that we guessed right about Kyuuemon is a guy and not a girl.

Annnnnd...
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Omg the real Shurikenger, not the one from the 1o years after movie
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I'd guess the Q.E. Man was keeping his identity secret because he's been disowned or banished or something. I don't know if I like this new backstory of him being Kibaoni's son. I thought him being Yoshitaka's former student who went bad was more compelling. I'll watch to see where they go with it before making any judgments about that though.
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That mecha fight was awesome. Taking back Shurikenjin, gramps taking to the field on its throne, dad standing his ground despite not being able to consciously use any ninja techniques, and Shishio using his booze bottle in lieu of a Katana. Then the full firework of all the Haohs and a triple-armed Shurikenjin. The best fight since Kyoryu Samurai Ha-Oh vs. Akumaro.
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The second half of the episode was epic. Roll calls like this to the end please!!

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Shurikenger? Cool! I'm guessing he'll stay in-suit the ent--Lawnmower? I'm out. I'll just read the episode synopsis next week.
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Wow, with Star Wars released they decided to use the reverse-reveal instead. With Darth Vader revealing himself to be Luke's father, and the reveal in The Force Awakens, they got Kyuuemon to reveal himself as Kibaoni's son. Truly a revealing week.

I think the quality check must have overlooked this, but is Takaharu supposed to be in Chouzetsu Mode when Lion Ha-Oh is literally handling the Shurikenjin? The Chouzetsu mode is supposed to be Lion Ha-Oh's power imbued on a Ninninger if I'm not mistaken, so it's rather confusing. Not to mention that in the last episode they've shown that Takaharu can't go into Chouzetsu mode because Lion Ha-Oh is 'drunk'.....

It's weird that Kasumi is the one that wanted to join the Shurikenjin, I always thought it would be Takaharu instead that wanted to join the old man group.... :lol: :lol:
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toni2212 wrote:Wow, with Star Wars released they decided to use the reverse-reveal instead. With Darth Vader revealing himself to be Luke's father, and the reveal in The Force Awakens, they got Kyuuemon to reveal himself as Kibaoni's son. Truly a revealing week.

I think the quality check must have overlooked this, but is Takaharu supposed to be in Chouzetsu Mode when Lion Ha-Oh is literally handling the Shurikenjin? The Chouzetsu mode is supposed to be Lion Ha-Oh's power imbued on a Ninninger if I'm not mistaken, so it's rather confusing. Not to mention that in the last episode they've shown that Takaharu can't go into Chouzetsu mode because Lion Ha-Oh is 'drunk'.....

It's weird that Kasumi is the one that wanted to join the Shurikenjin, I always thought it would be Takaharu instead that wanted to join the old man group.... :lol: :lol:
Well, Shishio could summon Lion Haoh without becoming part of it, so he probably just sent some energy Takaharu's way. I guess it is a bit like using Bunshin no Jutsu to control Shurikenjin, you are operating at reduced efficiency, but the benefit of being able to do multiple things outweighs the cost of having to split yourself.
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Post by midorininger »

okay i'll admit it i was wrong about kyuuemon. there i said it.

i think kasumi wanted to be with trollpa was because it was such a weird set of pilots and her curiosity made her want to be on the wildcard team. plus trollpa used all the special armaments while shinobimaru was still on the crown.

yes lionhaoh using his booze instead of katana was interesting to say the least.
and the various waza used this week was something truly great as well!

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yeah continuity error next week! so much for 10 years after!
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I dont think that a shuriken appearing on taka like that took from the fight... It reinforced my belief on where the shuriken of the end is...
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that is.. Grandpa really did die and fused with the shuriken of the end... So that now he IS the shuriken on the end.


It has been a pretty clear thing they have been showing in the past few episodes starting with the episode where kin got his red katana.

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It also explains the firt episode where the guys think he was dead on episode 1
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So does Kyuuemon saying he's the son finally quash all the 'She's a girl' theories?
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No, theories will never die! There are as many truths and worlds as there are people.
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