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| With all that action thrown into this season finale, the stakes definitely felt higher. Blue Keeper had a point to prove and faced off against D in one of the more climatic battles this season. Can't say I'm surprised that he got beat. Episode also gave Yumeko some screen time although I feel like her character wasn't highlighted enough. A mixed feelings on this season imo. They skipped around a lot although it fundamentally retains the show's main themes. ...To be continued season season. (Season 2 airing 2025) https://twitter.com/anime_sentai/status/1807323189028295101 |
Stark700Jun 30, 1:01 AM
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| Blue Keeper vs. D! As D confront Blue Keeper, despite his overwhelming disadvantage, he reveals himself not to be Hibiki Sakurama, but to be Footsoldier D, his enemy. Blue Keeper says that he knew that he was still alive because D's the one who he failed to kill back at the Red Garrison. He's had a hunch for a while now that something was. The thought that D might've still been alive just wouldn't stop jabbing him and that he's over the moon that he's shown up right in front of him once more because now he has the chance to defeat him once and for all. To which D says that today will be the dau he kills him. Thus begins the clash between D and Blue Keeper. Finally after almost ten episodes or we get to see D in his actual form again and not in Hibiki's. But yeah, this is the best animated episode in a while. I mean it makes sense, this is what this entire first season has been building up to, finally taking down a Dragon Keeper. And that did happen, but thanks to XX and Peltrola... sigh. Like finally after so long D gets his chance to be the villain he was created to be against the big hero, but his kill gets stolen. Then this bitch takes XX or whatever. Man fuck Peltrola. All my homies HATE Peltrola. Then you have Red Keeper.. well being Red Kepper and destroying the shit out of someone. Marking the end of this arc, finally. A good conclusion all things considered though. With one Dragon Keeper finally down, that leaves only four more. Will the REAL Hibiki help out this time? To be continued in season two. Really my only problem with this show is it's many pacing issues, mainly on the fast side. To which I hope that season two will fix. |
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| The final fight of Fighter D vs. Blue Keeper...it all started 13 years ago when the former and his minions were first created as shields for their Executive bosses, only to be thwarted by the Dragon Keepers with their Divine Artifacts that can stop the regeneration of the Fighters and used as the Sunday showdown enemies for the exchange of keeping them alive. And D has enough of running away, facing Blue Ranger like he truly means to topple the Dragon Keepers down. Starting with Blue Keeper, Fighter D does his best to throw him out of whack with his skills, though the latter does also have his Divine Artifact to back him up, which D does not have the same level of capability to evade his Dragon God attacks. The rather devastating part is when Peltrola's interference helps D lands a hit on Blue Keeper, and Aoshima feeling like this is his retribution for fighting for things that he has lost. As much as D feels underwhelmed that his fight with Aoshima wasn't as real as it could get, XX devouring Peltrola's bird for him to take on her form, things could not have been this bad as he expected. And this is definitely NOT good news to the Dragon Keepers, which they need to make haste to promote their training Cadets as fast as possible. With Ishikawa and Koguma killed, the Cadets can't afford to keep mum around, and must declare war against evil, Suzukiri still holds her own. And with 1 Keeper down and 4 to go, Fighter D is only getting started. Season 2 is coming...and the fight against justice continues. |
KANLen09Jun 30, 7:18 AM
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| Yostar THANK YOU. This was beyond what I could’ve asked for, did this story justice is an understatement and I can’t wait to see how they handle some of the crazier stuff coming in the next cour! We won’t have to wait too long thankfully. This and Yatagarasu were the under appreciated gems of the season. This finale was wild! D vs Blue Keeper was tense, but holy shit that was abruptly cut short by a laser to the dome. RIP. Blue Keeper had just started showing signs that he was a decent person who was just a victim of circumstance in life, maybe even could’ve been redeemed but instead he’s just gone like that. And notice D doesn’t take any pride or happiness in it, instead he’s angry. My guy’s come a long way since the start of the season. Peltrola is one resilient bastard, and it doesn’t look like XX will be breaking free of his grip anytime soon. Craziest thing is, after recruiting him years ago and getting him to be a dragon keeper, red keeper first reaction when Blue dies isn’t to mourn his death, but complain because without Blue the group pictures won’t look right 💀 this sick fuck has to be taken down. This level of insanity isn’t seen often in anime. Pure irredeemable. The shot of him covered in blood at the meeting announcing there’s a traitor in the rangers was fire. Things are about to get much more difficult for D and even Suzukiri.. can’t wait to see what Yostar cook up in cour 2, but this was amazing from start to finish. I’d say it was more on the nose with the horror and sense of dread than most supernatural anime. The odds were stacked against D constantly and it’ll be even worse going forward. |
Marinate1016Jun 30, 2:35 AM
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| Final episode was fine but felt like this show lost steam for me quickly after the premise and start. Some of the action scenes looked good, some were more of a mixed bag to put it politely. Pacing wasn't the best either overall. Season 2 announcement wasn't a surprise for this. |
| I know it was handed to him but it's poetic how finally slaying one of those accursed Dragon Keepers barely had any glory to it. D's massive growth is truly something to behold. Wish they did one last plushie preview but the soft(?) confirmation of a Season 2 has me hyped. Love this show's worldbuilding. |
| Honestly this series started with a lot of promise but it slowly lost its way. This episode is a testament to that and the entire arc feels roughly put together. Still a decent premise and characters when compared to the other series of this season. |
| All I'm gonna say is, do yourself a favor and go read the manga. The anime adaptation was decent I guess, but the manga is definitely a lot better. At the very least you can use the anime as supplementary material for the manga. Honestly, the first 3 episodes was fine, but they really messed up the pacing with the Bailong's Nest arc. I mean I think it's fine to cut stuff, but at least make the necessary changes to make it flow better. The last few minutes of the last episode was good though, brought me back to the first 3 episodes vibes. I hope the next arc gets better treatment, cause what's coming next is great and I think it sets the tone for the rest of the series. 7/10. For reference, the manga is currently a 9/10 for me. |
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| One of my favorites of the season. I can't deny it was pretty messy. Like it's hard to explain D choosing that moment to attack after he'd shown the capacity for strategy. In terms of character motivations and the world, though, it's really got me hooked seeing where this will go. |
Before anything else... Uhh why is the one guy blurry?I swear the production is a mixed bag.Can sometimes be really good and other times this lmao. Even when production quality had obvious mistakes like missing frames,overall its still more animated than most and some creative shots and such.Had more problems with the plothole/convinience on how no one caught on obvious evidence of D disguise.Otherwise its been an enjoyable series,giving it a Flat 8/10 |
| The fight between D and Blue Keeper was pretty cool, until Peltrola intervened. Overall, it's pretty good; though the exam arc made me a bit disinterested, the finale made up for it. |
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| I want to see more so I'll be careful rating this. I like t show but the writing and narrative decisions made by our main character is becoming overbearing at this point. This person is legit a short sighted idiot that is so full of himself just for him to play himself. Bro legit betrayed his own people for his own ideologies just for it to horribly backfire on him with the guy he thought he killed still alive. I have called him a jobber in the past but this guy is so fucking stupid ti is like the plot is just trying to see how dumb they can make him. Just how deep are moles in this Rangers organization run I guess. It seems Akiome figured out the obvious villains is a villain. Good for him...it's not like Suzukiri was doing a good job of hiding it. Also, I really hope D isn't really going to take credit for a win he clearly didn't want? God this fucking show man I want to live it, but similar to Kaiju No.8 the writing holds it back from being great. Also points for starting another war D, I bet the plan is going smoothly. 7 out of 10 Let's hope season 2 can be better. |
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It's criminal how this didn't get any popularity at all, I thought the ED would do it's job and to top it off Disney doesn't even market any of their Anime's. Like do people know there's a new Code Geass anime that released recently?
| @Ronninn I do but I don't think it is that deserving due to a lot of poor writing choices in it. I'll be checking out that Code Geass anime. |
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| Short recap backstory to kick off D vs Blue. D was doing well but in the end Peltrola interfered and killed him. D sure wasn't happy about that. XX still chained by the executives and her beliefs. Hope D will help her break free someday. Nice to see Koguma's still alive. Hisui really ain't built for interviews lol. Suzukiri upto her usual stuff, just love watching her. Cool adaptation overall with good animation/visuals. They did the waifus justice. Also things are just getting started as there's so much good stuff to come. Looking forward to seeing those animated. |
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| I had high hopes for this show, but I feel it's not focused enough. it should be more about hiding his identity, and amazing fight scenes where he outwits people. the fight in the forest was a good example. |
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| D sure doesnt know what he's doing does he. Damn cant it already be at second season by now. |
| Kinda an anticlimactic fight with Blue, even D not happy with his victory cause Petrola doing shit business on the back. Smh you XXX. Poor Aizome tho. Her hero died. No face of her reaction after the death scene kinda confuse me here. She's the best girl for this whole exam arc. Hopefully the announcement of the second season giving a good hope, the continuation have a better direction to the whole story. Since i feel like this first season quite lacking to those aspect, idek how to interpret it anymore... Overall this is still a refreshing show. Pov of the monster when fighting against your beloved power rangers. Oped are banger and the visual so far isn't dissapointing like what most people thinking. Its still good. Looking forward to the second season. |
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| So, Blue Keeper is dead. He had it coming for not being able to put 2 and 2 together and figuring out that Sakurama was Fighter D sooner. Sucks that Peltrola had to aid D to kill him tho. But Ig at this point he's still too weak to actually beat a Dragon Keeper in a fight. Idk what the implication is tho. Shouldn't there be another Blue now since the previous one is dead? Then D will have to fight another Blue. Tho getting another guy of the same caliber might not be easy. Koguma isn't dead yet? That's crazy. I thought he was gotten rid of. Too bad Ishikawa died tho. Wtf happened to Sakurama's face in the end? That was him, right? This anime was interesting. But some things like the animation and especially the music could've been better. And Idk what it is with the fight scenes but they're hard to follow sometimes and I think the subs also make it difficult to understand what's going on in the story. I'm still excited for Season 2 tho. Hopefully, it'll be better than Season 1. |
| interesting premise and had a strong start but fell off for me halfway through, just like the manga did. adaptation was pretty decent, was definitely better visually right at the start though. we will still be watching s2. |
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| Enjoyed it a lot. Love the character designs of this anime! RIP Blue Dragon Keeper, atleast not all the Rangers were nuts like the Red one. |
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| They died before Red Keeper could get info out...sometimes human can be more fanatic than monsters. |
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rip aoshima, kinda saw it coming but still kinda sad. def one of the gems of the season. hope yostar still cook for season 2! |
she's always so hot bruh | Back when the fighters were first created as the boss monster's army. In a few months, the Dragon Keepers killed the all boss monsters with the divine artefacts (or so they thought). Some like XX (at the time unnamed) went off, but the D stayed behind and the other lettered fighters kept up the charade Pretending to be boss monsters, attacking civilians and being defeated by Dragon Keepers. Blue Keeper has a feeling D will be even more troublesome than the boss monsters. D almost landed a hit, but Aoshima had the same type of shield Suzukiri had in the exam. Peltrola sniped Fighter D's With a boss monster found outside the Sunday shows and Aoshima dead, the Dragon Keepers know they have been proven wrong but their officers assure the public they can get it under control. (Red Keeper has to find someone else tall for their team pose lol Watching the barely recovering Koguma with the other cadets, D as Sakurama sees his true self in the reflection. Hisui be sweatin' They died before Red Keeper could get info out about the "organization"...sometimes human can be more fanatic than monsters. "Since I already got a new on" mm hmmm, one Dragon Keeper down, four more left. Hibiki still bears scars from the solvent attack. |
Fortress_MaximusJun 30, 2:03 PM
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| I mean it was all right, I guess. Unlike Kaiju this doesn't intrigue me enough to check the source but gonna check S2 anyways when it comes out. Wish this was as intriguing or gory/violent as The Boys, but even Red keeper seems boring to me. Oh well... |
| How far have the giants fallen. For me this show was easily the best show this season before it reached the half time in the season. After the break the show became a shadow of itself introducing characters that have no charm nor a true role in D's main purpouse. Tha backstories of the Dragon Keepers although relatively important they feel more like worthless data on the back of a collectors card. This finale was easily the most boring finale I watched this season. Repeating passages the audience already know with little bits of new but worthless information. Not to mention D's foolish plans and indecision to pick a side even in battle. He talks so big but he's completely worthless without an ace uinder his sleeve. After all that shit talking of him beating the rangers Peltrola was the one that was able to do that kind of job. There's other story snipets left in this episode that are just cheap or nonsensical. Red ranger chasing a traitor in alleyways as if he's Batman. Koguma surviving because some miracle nobody that didn't even have a name managed to carry him to safety. Tokita finding Yumeko had the Dragon Keepers battery but not doing anything about it because reasons... This show was an easy 8.5 to a solid 9.0 for me in the early stages. Now it's just barely a 5.0 and I feel grateful generous just because the moderately decent action animation carried it in it's last quarter. Not looking forward to season 2, I'll just cut my losses here. |
KimurahJun 30, 1:22 PM
| The "Shounen" tag should be changed to "Bi-shounen" 😂😂😂😂 |
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| Rip Blue, I knew one of D or Blue won't come unscathed because it was such an all out battle for their respective morals. Kinda disappointing way to end the fight but on par with the show. Last episode was alright teased 2nd szn a bit. Again shown how stuck & brutal Red is. Sakamura finally shown. Suzukiri & D fight got harder. I enjoyed it throughout and it was never predictable and had good enough story and action. Better than Kaiju for me which had way better animation but way too predictable story. 8/10 |
| Very good final episode for the first season. And poor Sakurama, I am very glad that he is alive but what happened to him... Waiting for the second season! |
MemoreJun 30, 8:22 AM
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| One of the Dragon Keepers dies and D can't even enjoy the moment because of how anticlimactic it was. Bro's kill got 3rd partied 💀 This show was one of the surprises of the Spring season for me and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'll probably check out the manga while we wait for season 2. |
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One of the Dragon Keepers dies and D can't even enjoy the moment because of how anticlimactic it was. Bro's kill got 3rd partied 💀
This show was one of the surprises of the Spring season for me and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'll probably check out the manga while we wait for season 2.
This show was one of the surprises of the Spring season for me and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'll probably check out the manga while we wait for season 2.
| @thebrentinator24, don't, you spoil yourself all the anticipation and enjoyment. |
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| This anime gives me The boys vibes mixed with power ranger. I still think it could have been done better and the animation quality isn't consistent. 7/10 with a big potential to be better as the story goes on. |
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| So why was Ubuyashiki hearing a hood at the end of the episode? 🤣 |
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| Despite some of the pacing and production issues I thought this was a pretty exciting anime to watch. I hear that this season adapted the worst part of the story, which I thought was good as an anime-only, so I can't wait to see the story get better in S2. I hope to see more of the Dragon Keepers. It'll be hard to top the OP and ED of this season for me though. |
yagakimiloverJun 30, 12:35 PM
| i did enjoy the anime but i had mixed feelings, there were lots of moments that made me confused about what was actually happening, the pacing is really weird in this anime but i enjoyed watching it so yeah... at least it got season 2 officially lol, really not surprised at all.  |
| This episode was a pretty good synopsis for the series the more I think about it. We have the most existential fighter trying to figure out who he is, what does he want and why is he doing what he does. Alas it seems like D just wants to be an enemy and fight the dragon keepers one on one hoping that the fight will go on, being in the moment. But that didn't end up happening thanks to XX and Petrola having a clear goal in motion which conflicted with his confusing to grasp vision. So now he's one step closer to defeating them, much to the pleasure of Suzukiri but not so much for the twisted Red keeper nor the people still chasing after him. I wonder, since the keepers can get eventually replaced by rangers, did he really kill the idea of the Blue Keeper? Also, there seems to be a different organization behind the scenes trying to rebel as well as what in that last scene looks to be a secluded Hibiki... or maybe another fighter in disguise? That's the thing, the story could go in many directions from here on and I don't think I fully grasped D's ambitions since he's on his own side that meddles with the rest. As a result there were some episodes that got me at a loss but with a second season matters should be clearer... right? |
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| Ranger Reject for real lol! So now angsty red boy has joined our rag tag anti-Dragon Keeper force 😁🤷♂️ Let's see how D deals with all of it in S2 |
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Before anything else...
Uhh why is the one guy blurry?I swear the production is a mixed bag.Can sometimes be really good and other times this lmao.
Even when production quality had obvious mistakes like missing frames,overall its still more animated than most and some creative shots and such.Had more problems with the plothole/convinience on how no one caught on obvious evidence of D disguise.Otherwise its been an enjoyable series,giving it a
Flat 8/10
Uhh why is the one guy blurry?I swear the production is a mixed bag.Can sometimes be really good and other times this lmao.
Even when production quality had obvious mistakes like missing frames,overall its still more animated than most and some creative shots and such.Had more problems with the plothole/convinience on how no one caught on obvious evidence of D disguise.Otherwise its been an enjoyable series,giving it a
Flat 8/10
| @Builder45 The one guy is blurry because he gave up his spot on the team to Yukino. Only characters that passed the exam are in focus here. That shot is even accompanied by lines "I'm leaving things to you for now, official rangers. I'm sure you'll all be fine.". Not saying this was a good decision though, but at least i'm pretty sure it was one of such "creative shots" rather than a mistake. |
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