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Hello there, my crowd! Welcome to my Weekly Musings: Orange Edition. 

[I ❤ JAPAN] -- [I ❤ THE COLOR RED] -- [I ❤ CELESTIA]

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 In little ways that add up, I was busy this week. I was making a meme comic that I shared on this forum. I welcomed a new Mod to the team, though I've been seeing them learn the ropes this whole time. I almost lost a friend, but thankfully things changed for the better quickly. And my mother needed some help setting up a new cell phone because her old one died.  Would have preferred to go shopping on a happier note, but shopping is shopping.

 The Live Action One Piece series on Netflix dropped. I'll have to see it eventually, but I have heard some positive things.  Also, I ran out of time to watch any of the movies I intended to watch this week. So I'll be reviewing something else instead~

 King-Ohger 25: Gather The Willpower!  What a wonderful, powerful episode. Each of the main characters learned to gain conviction and new levels of trust that they never knew they had. Kumonos had the idealism but never the will to seize power. The rest are learning to swallow their pride and allow their closest citizens to join them in battle, a risk they never wanted to make before. This episode was short on story, but it had an amazing amount of character growth, making the victory at the end all the more sweeter.

 King-Ohger 26: History Rewritten!  I am not sure if trying to redeem Deathnarok near the end worked out as well as they were hoping, but I understand what they were going for. The Bugnarok and Humans were once very similar creatures, but countless ages of separation caused them to evolve and seek power in different ways. The ruler of the Bugnarok gave into despair and became vengeful, but with hope of doing the right thing. Instead, he was crushed by his second in command Kamejim, a manipulating Bugnarok that has been orchestrating this whole war behind the scenes, playing both sides for fools. Even with him gone and the war over, something still feels incomplete. And yet the preview excites me for a completely different reason~!

 KING-OHGER 26 SUPPLEMENTAL: For a long time now, I've wanted to do something like this; give supplemental thoughts to the tokusatsu I am watching.  The reason I've avoided this up until now is because most of my thoughts were either minor things, or thoughts I should've expanded on sooner rather than later. But right now seems like the perfect time, because history really is being made here. King-Ohger is about to have a time skip, an unofficial Season 2. We've seen Power Rangers dividing their shows in half thanks to Nickelodeon (Samurai/Super Samurai, Dino Charge/Dino Super Charge, etc.), but Super Sentai has never really done such a thing. Time skips are usually saved for when a show is over. And what I want to say is... I have no idea if Kamejim is truly gone. It feels too good to be true, his defeat feels too easy. I don't know if Racles will return or not; it feels like he might not have room for more story in the upcoming episodes. I really wanted to know what caused him to become so corrupt. However, I stand by what I said before. There is no way Racles could have lead the charge to this victory. Even if he had won the war, he would have just sewn the seeds for history to repeat itself someday. In the end, Racles's ambition was no better or worse than Deathnarok's ambition. And while the direction for Part II seems random, it's giving me Gurren Lagann vibes, so I am all for it!

 Yodonna: Redefining Sentai?!  The three-part Yodonna special really was something else. I am glad it was relatively easy to pick up from where Kiramager left off, even if I am coming in late to the party. There are parts of this special that stretched the believability super thin. There are moments that were great to see that broke away from what you normally expect in Sentai. In fact, that is the greatest strength of this entire run. This miniseries tackles mature moments that you'd normally only see in Kamen Rider, thus showing that Super Sentai doesn't always have to be super family-friendly all the time. In fact, if it wasn't for the use of the Kiramager ED theme, you'd almost forget this was part of Super Sentai. Sadly, those hopping for shipping between Kiramei Yellow and Yodonna will find nothing but a complete tease here. However, this special might be setting up for a future title down the road~ This special might not be perfect, but the ends definitely justified the means.

 NO GOTCHARD THIS WEEK! Gotta give the fansub at least a little time to see if they are really dedicated to subbing the show.

That's all for now, my crowd.  Take care, and hold true to those close to you!

Coincidences definitely happen, but some things feel too good to be just that. My friend @Ocean Aura shared this video with me when I needed it most. It lifted me up and gave me things to think about. Hopefully, it will give you some introspection as well. I don't have the link to the original video, but I found this reupload by simply typing "Never Blame Anyone In Your Life".