Thoughts on Goseiger
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sentaiThis post doesn't mean I'm trying to debunk that blog post about why Goseiger failed. I personally believe Goseiger did a terrific job as a sentai.
An easy way to talk about Goseiger, at least in terms of story telling, is going by villain group.
Of course, this does mean I will talk about Bladerun, or, as I like to call him... VB. But more on him later.
The first group we meet is Warstar, lead by Mons Drake-sama. Off the bat, it seems like this is a well thought out villain group. They want to take out the Goseigers, they want to take over Earth. Okay. But about ten episodes in, everyone begins to get bored with the Warstar. And out of the core three "villains" in this group, Mons Drake-sama already mentioned, we have Dereputa and Bladerun. Dereputa, by his own right, is pretty awesome. Even after his leader was destroyed, he kept on fighting.
Bladerun just stood in the corner. When he DID do something, it was never by Mons Drake-sama's demand. In fact, I believe it was mentioned early on that he was a rogue that Mons Drake-sama picked up.
Through the first half of this series, it's painfully obvious that the Warstar were around just to be around. We didn't know much about Bladerun, and we were mostly getting focus on the Goseigers.
By the real pick up in Tensou Sentai Goseiger was during the second arc, when the next villain group was introduced.
Again, Bladerun makes his appearance, this time as a Yuuma Beast. At this time, I called him Chewie. He was so insignificant back in the first arc that I didn't even bother to remember his name.
But, instead of standing around doing nothing, like when he was with the Warstar, suddenly, Bladerun was... active. He was scheming behind Makuin and Kinguon's backs, trying to get the two to split up, and even attempted at getting a weapon that the Goseigers could only use.
Of course, by that time, Makuin and Kinguon were dead certain something was up. Not that Makuin didn't know beforehand. It was determined early on that all the Yuuma Beasts knew of each other. So, suddenly after 10,000 years, there's a brand new Yuuma Beast that Makuin didn't know of? Obviously something is amiss. And I believe that Bladerun getting the Miracle Headders was the thing that confirmed what Makuin was wondering. I mean, who else would know about the Miracle Headders?
Who else would have had the power to seal up the Yuuma Beasts?
Makuin wasn't stupid. Kinguon, maybe yeah. But that's alright. And it's my belief, while Bladerun was sentenced to being imprisoned in a cage, that Makuin and Kinguon were scheming on their own. The Yuuma Beasts lived in a cave. They could have hid anywhere in there, plotting against Bladerun, finding a way to get back at him for what he did to them 10,000 years ago.
Another thing about this arc, besides all this betrayal going on, was that it was essentially telling us who Bladerun was. During the Warstar, we were told nothing about him, suddenly, when the Yuuma Beasts appeared, and we got the addition of GoseiKnight, we learned of a being from 10,000 years ago.
By the time the Yuuma Beast arc was complete, we knew how Bladerun functioned.
So it was no surprise when he showed up again, when the Matrintis took over as the next villain group. But by this time, there was no point in liking any of the villains. Even though Bladerun had his memory erased and he was now a cyborg, that didn't stop how he worked. Even if his memory was gone, Robogog miscalculated one thing.
Bladerun was always calculating everything he saw to use to his advantage later on. That's why he managed to earn Metal Alice's trust. That's why he managed to trick her into getting his memory back. I knew, the second he found out his memory was erased, that he would get it back via Metal Alice. What possibly made this worse was that the show made it seem like something romantic was going on with Bladerun and Metal Alice.
Except for one thing.
By this time, we knew that Bladerun was going to betray the Matrintis eventually.
And he did.
Now, when Robogog mentioned he could live forever and all he needed to do was press a button, I seriously thought that he was a force to be reckoned with. Until he called Bladerun over. And then I sighed. Any respect for Robogog vanished once he called Bladerun's name. Because five minutes later? Robogog was a blown up head. And Metal Alice was also blown up.
Nice job, Robogog. You destroyed your empire. Because you believed in Bladerun.
Of course, by this time, we learned that Bladerun was, in fact, a fallen Gosei Angel. And it makes sense. Bladerun followed a simple concept that even the Goseigers themselves followed, and made sure every single monster they fought knew it.
They never gave up.
Bladerun never gave up. Whenever he was doing something, even when it looked like Alata and the others were going to win, Bladerun pressed forward. He would rather do a suicide attack just so he would get his Nega End.
Sure, the actual Goseigers were no one's cup of tea, but the villains, I think, is what really made Goseiger something special. Each villain group had a purpose, and they acted it out well enough.
An easy way to talk about Goseiger, at least in terms of story telling, is going by villain group.
Of course, this does mean I will talk about Bladerun, or, as I like to call him... VB. But more on him later.
The first group we meet is Warstar, lead by Mons Drake-sama. Off the bat, it seems like this is a well thought out villain group. They want to take out the Goseigers, they want to take over Earth. Okay. But about ten episodes in, everyone begins to get bored with the Warstar. And out of the core three "villains" in this group, Mons Drake-sama already mentioned, we have Dereputa and Bladerun. Dereputa, by his own right, is pretty awesome. Even after his leader was destroyed, he kept on fighting.
Bladerun just stood in the corner. When he DID do something, it was never by Mons Drake-sama's demand. In fact, I believe it was mentioned early on that he was a rogue that Mons Drake-sama picked up.
Through the first half of this series, it's painfully obvious that the Warstar were around just to be around. We didn't know much about Bladerun, and we were mostly getting focus on the Goseigers.
By the real pick up in Tensou Sentai Goseiger was during the second arc, when the next villain group was introduced.
Again, Bladerun makes his appearance, this time as a Yuuma Beast. At this time, I called him Chewie. He was so insignificant back in the first arc that I didn't even bother to remember his name.
But, instead of standing around doing nothing, like when he was with the Warstar, suddenly, Bladerun was... active. He was scheming behind Makuin and Kinguon's backs, trying to get the two to split up, and even attempted at getting a weapon that the Goseigers could only use.
Of course, by that time, Makuin and Kinguon were dead certain something was up. Not that Makuin didn't know beforehand. It was determined early on that all the Yuuma Beasts knew of each other. So, suddenly after 10,000 years, there's a brand new Yuuma Beast that Makuin didn't know of? Obviously something is amiss. And I believe that Bladerun getting the Miracle Headders was the thing that confirmed what Makuin was wondering. I mean, who else would know about the Miracle Headders?
Who else would have had the power to seal up the Yuuma Beasts?
Makuin wasn't stupid. Kinguon, maybe yeah. But that's alright. And it's my belief, while Bladerun was sentenced to being imprisoned in a cage, that Makuin and Kinguon were scheming on their own. The Yuuma Beasts lived in a cave. They could have hid anywhere in there, plotting against Bladerun, finding a way to get back at him for what he did to them 10,000 years ago.
Another thing about this arc, besides all this betrayal going on, was that it was essentially telling us who Bladerun was. During the Warstar, we were told nothing about him, suddenly, when the Yuuma Beasts appeared, and we got the addition of GoseiKnight, we learned of a being from 10,000 years ago.
By the time the Yuuma Beast arc was complete, we knew how Bladerun functioned.
So it was no surprise when he showed up again, when the Matrintis took over as the next villain group. But by this time, there was no point in liking any of the villains. Even though Bladerun had his memory erased and he was now a cyborg, that didn't stop how he worked. Even if his memory was gone, Robogog miscalculated one thing.
Bladerun was always calculating everything he saw to use to his advantage later on. That's why he managed to earn Metal Alice's trust. That's why he managed to trick her into getting his memory back. I knew, the second he found out his memory was erased, that he would get it back via Metal Alice. What possibly made this worse was that the show made it seem like something romantic was going on with Bladerun and Metal Alice.
Except for one thing.
By this time, we knew that Bladerun was going to betray the Matrintis eventually.
And he did.
Now, when Robogog mentioned he could live forever and all he needed to do was press a button, I seriously thought that he was a force to be reckoned with. Until he called Bladerun over. And then I sighed. Any respect for Robogog vanished once he called Bladerun's name. Because five minutes later? Robogog was a blown up head. And Metal Alice was also blown up.
Nice job, Robogog. You destroyed your empire. Because you believed in Bladerun.
Of course, by this time, we learned that Bladerun was, in fact, a fallen Gosei Angel. And it makes sense. Bladerun followed a simple concept that even the Goseigers themselves followed, and made sure every single monster they fought knew it.
They never gave up.
Bladerun never gave up. Whenever he was doing something, even when it looked like Alata and the others were going to win, Bladerun pressed forward. He would rather do a suicide attack just so he would get his Nega End.
Sure, the actual Goseigers were no one's cup of tea, but the villains, I think, is what really made Goseiger something special. Each villain group had a purpose, and they acted it out well enough.
