![]() Making movie director Kuroiwa the Hitotsuki works perfectly for the story, having his desire to create the perfect finale the ideal set up for the film's climax. Like most Donbrothers episodes the focus is largely on setting and comedy rather than in-suit action, but that doesn't mean New First Love Hero doesn't have plenty of that on offer too. With so much else going on in the film, he could have easily been left out and there'd still be enough character moments to go around. ![]() ![]() While Don Doragoku's fight scene does have a whiff of Inoue not quite nailing down Jiro's character quite yet, at the very least it's nice to see that he wasn't completely forgotten. Donbrothers has already established itself as a series where members of the main cast can pretty much come and go as they please, so when Jiro shows up only for a few minutes and then later appears to complain that they went and made a movie without him, it feels like business as usual. But on top of all that the film is full of little background moments that provide just as many laughs, such as the Noto practicing their best zombie faces whilst Haruka is addressing the audience in one of the film's many moments of fourth wall breaking brilliance.Įven other aspects that usually feel like they hinder Super Sentai Summer movies, such as the obvious absence of the sixth ranger from the main story, don't feel like they hinder this one. The film-within-a-film's final scenes where each one is trying to take over as the hero is of course the highlight, showcasing each character's different personalities and how they bounce off of each other when it comes to comedy perfectly. But even though the biggest laughs definitely go to them, nearly every member of the Donbrothers cast gets one big laugh here. Undoubtedly the true stars of the film are Kouhei Higuchi and Kohaku Shida as Taro and Haruka respectively, who really go the extra mile with their stints of bad acting whilst the camera is rolling. This ridiculous premise is a chance for the cast to be at their most absurd, and that is exactly what they do. In true Donbrothers fashion despite its silliness it still has some relevance to the overarching story too, marking the first time Haruka meets the mysterious Naoki Shiina – the manga artist who accused her of plagiarism and set effectively set the whole course of events into motion. ![]() While it might not seem too far removed from the kind of absurd plotlines the show deals with on a weekly basis anyway, there's something about the knowledge that this played out on the big screen that makes it all the more satisfying. ![]() As it transpires the whole setup is just one big play on the fact Battle Familia would be starting up shortly after the credits, as the "New First Love Hero" film-within-a-film is supposed to be feature preceding it rather than a Donbrothers movie as such. From the very beginning New First Love Hero strives to be an exercise in demolishing the fourth wall as spectacularly as possible, with film producer Reiko explaining to our heroes that they can give up the hero gig for a little while because "that Kamen Rider will take care of it" in their absence. The premise of the cast getting involved in making a movie is something all too familiar to Super Sentai, but arguably none of them have ever gone about it the way Donbrothers does. ![]()
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