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Seiki Ninja Jiraiya: It's One Strange, Action-Oriented Series (Some Spoilers)

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I've finally finished Seiki Ninja Jiraiya which translates into World Ninja War Jiraiya . I'd like to say it's one weird series because Japanese is hardly spoken. It's full of strange executions such as when non-Japanese characters are played by JAPANESE actors. I can easily accept the Yamaji family (and Takumi Hashimoto was there as Manabu). Takumi was only 16 years old when he played Boi in Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger   - making him only 12 years old when he played Manabu.  It can explain why some people never got unmasked at all! It would be awkward especially since some of the ninjas are descendants of Western characters such as Billy the Kid or a descendant of the Crusaders. There's also Turkish ninjas and it's one strange series. Sure, I'm already used to defying logic in Tokusatsu such as dealing with Super Sentai having giant Megazord battles every week, how often the MOTWs explode in the city (and Dimensional Warrior Spielban introduced the one-shot won...

I Gave "Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya" A Shot And It's Getting Strangely Enjoyable

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Back in 2015 - we had that DUMPSTER FIRE of a show known as Shuriken Sentai Ninninger . I even laughed while I watched Doubotsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Shuriken Sentai Ninninger when a child said, "The history of Super Sentai, is over!" It's because Super Sentai started to have lower ratings. Sure, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger and Ressha Sentai ToQGer got vindicated. Ninninger ? It's probably not because it's only SLIGHTLY BETTER than Power Rangers Ninja Steel . I still think Ninninger deserves to be bashed. My eyes even popped out when it introduced Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya into the series. That series is just so plain 1980s!  Watching the show reminds me of how mature Metal Hero can get. Chojinki Metalder was so mature that was forcibly rushed to just 39 episodes . After watching Tokkei Winspector - I dare state that it's better written than Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive . I don't think  Super Sentai ever achieved that level of maturity - not even the overly serious  Mir...