Today, I finally found a version of Gokaiger's first episode with English subtitles (needed as my Japanese is as good as my sense of direction: non-existant), and I fecking loved it.
The story was amazingly well-written. There was cheese, but not so much I couldn't overlook it. It also really gets into the legacy of Sentai, and as I have previously stated, I love legacy. The Gokaigers transformed into 3 teams besides their, for lack of a better term, 'true form' and it rocked. The fighting was great, the music was great and the characters...wow. Whoever came up with the season premise is brilliant. All previous Sentai teams are now powerless, their powers in the hands of space pirate anti-hero's who care nothing about justice, only a legendary tresure, led by a hot-headed (and plain hot), curious, impusive money-seeker. Yeah, this rocks. Marvelous is my new favorite character, and the rest of the cast, save one, is pretty kick-ass, too.
There's only one thing I dislike so far, and another that isn't a dislike as much as a head-scratcher. How the hell did the Gokaigers get their hands on so many ranger keys? They've never been to Earth, it's said to be a rural planet, and it just doesn't make sense! I can only hope it will be adressed in a future episode. The thing I hated was Ahim. Shallow, sheltered, 'I want to help everyone', I hated her before I saw it. And if she wants to help people, why is she a pirate? By their own admission, they take what they want and smash whoever gets in their way. It doen't seem like a logical life choice for miss goody-two shoes.
So yeah. Gokaiger episode 1 was wicked awesome and I will be watching the season eagerly as long as I find eps with subtitles.
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