Given this is now a three-year long franchise, it’s nice to see everyone here just playing. The jump from campy political satire with a sexual undercurrent to action thriller flirting with ideas of tactical warfare and domestic terrorism also ensures that this entry isn’t just a retread.
If I have one gripe, it’s that the battles aren’t quite as cerebral as its predecessors. However, if you imagine them as parallels for post-Bourne action set pieces then the dumbing down feels deliberate.
That the film does all of this and still feels like it hasn’t completely jumped the shark (though a brief respite where it turns into an ALW musical (!!!) had me questioning so) is honestly a miracle. Maybe it's just that lucky.
When I thought I couldnt love this series more, Week 16 hit like a ton of bricks. The dialogue scene in episode 78, in particular, was powerful. Adachi Naoko knocked it out of the park.
One of the best dramas of the year. Certainly one of the best final episodes I've seen ever. There was so much care put into every aspect—from the story, the acting, the direction. It imparts a lot on its audience even in its silence.
Been a while since I've seen a tokusatsu and this was good fun! The integration of Daishi's disability into the story and action sequences was, for the most part, well done. I'm interested to see more since it looks like they were aiming for this to be a test pilot for a full series.
Looking back at the series, the 1st and 8th episodes were especially strong. They both interrogated their issues with open discussions, considered multiple perspectives and, by the end, really got to the human heart of things. The character centric episodes are great too—I like that they threw the ball in the audience's court and left the conclusions to us—but 1 & 8's scripts shined because they felt like debates in a way.
I really would love more of this. There will always be 5-meter radius stories to tell after all, so maybe someday down the line...
Not a bad way to spend the weekend. It's a zany and sentimental ride—you can see where it's all going but they imbue it with personality. Plus, the music really captures the sound of bands during that era, which is always a sticking point for me when it comes to music-themed dramas set in a prior time.
Such a sweet ending. It was an unusual but succinct way to tie everything up.
My biggest takeaway: for as much as kids have a lot to learn from adults, adults also have a lot to learn from children. They are strong in their own ways. Oh, and family is what you make it!
A surprisingly emotional first episode. I'm interested to see how this goes.
If anyone's curious, the song that Yohei and Nana bond over is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZwjbGDQadE As a fan myself, my familiarity with the track really enhanced the scene.
A perfect spring drama all the way through! Just pure pleasure seeing these characters start over, begin anew, move forward... the finale was the parting gift that we deserved (though hopefully we'll see them all again someday), you really couldn't have asked for a better series to spend the season with.
I submitted a new description for the drama. The original was not doing it any favors. It's such a gem of the season and I'm glad I found out about it!
I hope the Yoneyama (& Kishimoto?) vs Sakuragi plot starts late in the drama, the first half doesn't need that…
Yeah, it seems like they dropped that plot point with Seto entirely, so in my head I've just pinned it as him being wary of Sakuragi exposing Kaede. Maybe they were trying to push that image so the audience would be fooled into thinking he started the fire in Episode 2 but if that was the intention then I honestly think they went a bit overboard lol.
If I have one gripe, it’s that the battles aren’t quite as cerebral as its predecessors. However, if you imagine them as parallels for post-Bourne action set pieces then the dumbing down feels deliberate.
That the film does all of this and still feels like it hasn’t completely jumped the shark (though a brief respite where it turns into an ALW musical (!!!) had me questioning so) is honestly a miracle. Maybe it's just that lucky.
I was in no way, shape or form ready for what goes down in the third episode anyway, so now I can prepare for it lol.
I really would love more of this. There will always be 5-meter radius stories to tell after all, so maybe someday down the line...
My biggest takeaway: for as much as kids have a lot to learn from adults, adults also have a lot to learn from children. They are strong in their own ways. Oh, and family is what you make it!
If anyone's curious, the song that Yohei and Nana bond over is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZwjbGDQadE As a fan myself, my familiarity with the track really enhanced the scene.