The interactions between the characters were the usual
things, but the comedy helped out with this. First I liked to see some of the
happier sides of the teammate’s sure Hiro still acted the same, but Gori,
Usada, Nick, and Ryuji were more cheerful. Then there was some comedy like with
Nick getting lost even at an amusement park even though he had a map. With
Usada he wanted to go on some rides, but instead Yoko fused fun and work
together. She makes Usada go on rides to search for the enemy. Hiro even gave
some criticism to the metaroid about his music. Along with that Hiro’s usual
attitude does put down Yoko a little because he is putting working before fun
and thinks the day off is over which saddens Yoko.
For the villains we see Messiah in a different way this
time. He wants more enertron for the build of the new megazord and what I found
surprising is that he seemed more calm than usual. He goes basaltic whenever he
tells Enter what to do, but this time he just told him to “Shut up and work.” I
liked this because Messiah for a while always acted like a baby, yes he is
still complaining about getting things, but his attitude in this episode helps
make his image look a little better. Of course when Enter makes his move with
the Tubaroid it goes to where the Busters are. The metaroid for this episode is
odd; he is made from a musical horn and leads a marching band of grunts. For
some reason this makes me think of Ohranger since the series and it’s movie
were strange at times. The oddest part of the monster is that his main weapon
the tuba doesn’t seem to do anything and the same for the megazord, but just
wait because Enter uses his tricky once more. Enter actually summons two
metaroids this episode and thanks to his strategy he makes the first one hit
the team with a sound wave and I guess the second one will probably do
something with that.
Something new is that the commander isn’t around for some
reason and we see him looking into the hyperspace. This could be a time where
the plot can begin to move a little as I wonder what is exactly in there that
interests him. The action was good it felt different thanks to some of the
camera angles and how the enemy attacked was more intelligent. We still got the
same things though like with Ryuji using his close combat and Yoko hopping
around, but Hiro didn’t do his super speed for this episode. The megazord fight
was very quick, but it was like that for a reason. This actually happens even
before the half time mark of the episode. This is one thing that is very
different, a mecha battle can begin before the halftime mark, but ending in it
as well is new. A sentai mecha battle can also happen in the beginning of the
episode, but this was unique.
Overall the episode is good, but this episode does end with
a cliff hanger when the second roid appears before the team. My only problem
with this is how this episode was paced. I mean it felt like the writers didn’t
even try to make it a one parter. By that I mean things just go by too fast and
any odd moment is just going left to be explained in the next episode which is not
well. Kamen Rider series have been doing the two arc style for a while and
things are mostly explained in the first part. The second part is meant to be
the conclusion. So I give it a C+ it had some unique moments, but the pacing
just kills it for me and I bet the second part will be much better (just like
recent Fourze episodes).
Next Time: They're here!
I thought the pacing of this particular two part episode was fine, and the episode was enjoyable. Where the pacing has really been a drag is with the storyline. I mean, how many episodes does it take before Enter finally creates his own Busters Machine?
ReplyDeleteFor me the scenes just go to quickly and then some scenes just pad things out. It was a really uneven pace for this episode. Like how quickly some of the little interactions went like Ryuji and Gori's scene was short compared to some of the others. Then there was the scene with Yoko and Hiro where she starts to think. It was nice to see her sadden by Hiro's words, but her silence was just used to drag some time.
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