Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-44384985-20191122052854

Just to avoid getting labeled as a "bandwagon person"... I started watching Ninjago a year ago, after my little brother got "The Official Visual Dictionary". I was genuinely intrigued by it, but I thought I'd watch one episode or two of the first season, decide it was dumb, and leave, considering it looked like a show for five-year-olds.

Next thing I know I'm on here fangirling with all the other fangirls about Lloyd and getting emotional over plastic brick ninjas.

I've watched all the episodes so far, in order, except for season 11, which I'm still chipping through, since I personally think it's trash, and I know a ton of people will disagree with me on this, but I think that Season 8 and 9 were Ninjago's glory days.

I'm gonna rank the seasons in MY OPINION, from best to worst.

1: Seasons 8 and 9: I couldn't decide which one was better so I put them both here. Why? I am lost for words about how amazing these seasons were! I felt like the brothers were making up for the trashiness of the previous season by making these seasons extra awesome. Sons of Garmadon had this aura of eeriness about it, (Harumi, FHIPOGTWUPOQJITPWH) and didn't need ghosts to be creepy. They were dark, and honestly, I've never cried for this show, until Garmadon came back and chucked Lloyd through a wall. Hunted was dark dark dark dark... Lloyd was depressed, that shouldn't be in a show for five-year-olds past me!

2: Season 5: This one was great. As an explanation, I'm attracted to whatever is dark and scary, therefore Lloyd getting possessed was the material for me. The whole Cursed Realm thing, them finally giving Nya a point in the series, Morro's backstory, and above all, Lloyd's possession... this really got me fangirling.

3: The Pilot: In the future, instead of our grandparents and parents and aunts and uncles saying that the Beatles, A Day off for Ferris Bueler, and Grease were classics, we'll be saying to our grandchildren and our sons and daughters and our nieces and nephews: "The Pilot season of Ninjago is a classic." Enough said.

4: Seasons 1 and 2: These were both, if possible, even more classical than the Pilot. The one point that I do want to make about them, however, is that they're terrible. They're cheesy, they're stereotypical, and they're absolutely glorious. I put them beneath the Pilot because (1 The Final Battle is mostly filler, and (2 Rise of the Snakes kinda plagiarised Star Wars, with the whole daddy issues thing. These seasons deserve to be at fourth place, definitely.

5: Seasons 6 and 3: These seasons were a mess... but an appreciated mess. Skybound was good, the whole Djinn thing was kinda dark, (so I liked it) and the feminism thing with Nya, and the Jaya... (gulp) I'm a Coya fan. I definitely liked Rebooted, (P.I.X.A.L, and Zane's death, arghghhghwhHYUGQAIOW) and I liked the bonding time Lloyd had with his father. This season also just... looked really cool, so... yeah.

6: Season 10: Oof. Now we get into the bad seasons. March of the Oni had a TON of potential, but they wasted it all by cramming it into four little twenty-two minute long episodes. I definitely think Cole should have died, (I don't hate him, he's my little cinnamon roll, I just think it would have been better for the plot) and the Oni were... the literal worst villains I've ever seen. Nya marrying Jay was interesting, but extremely rushed, and THEY NEVER MENTIONED IT IN THE LATER SEASON. Also again... (gulp) I'm a Coya fan. I blame Tommy Andreasen for this, because he was hyping people up for it, and OH MY GOSH... This gets placed above Hands of Time, because it was remotely interesting, and the dialogue wasn't crap.

7: Day of the Departed: This... wasn't that bad. Sure, it was terrible... but it was... better than the Hands of Time...? The only real thing that I can say about this special was that I'm glad Ninjago at least TRIED to give Cole development, instead of completely ignoring the Fandom. (Ahem, TOMMY ANDREASEN)

8: Season 7: Yeet, I HATED THIS SEASON. The dialouge was trashy, it was a season for five-year-olds. (No wonder my little brother liked it) All of the characters were snotty and whiny and uninteresting, and I blame the Hageman Brothers for leaving.

9: Season 11: At the bottom, we have Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu. I guess the Ice Chapter had a small shred of potential around it, but the new animation ruined it. All of the ninja were extremely out of character in this season, and instead of giving us a Kai and Zane battle like we wanted, they ruined it by giving the spotlight to Lloyd again. (I love Lloyd, but this is really getting annoying) I guess the one thing I was interested in was Akita, 'cause I ship Lloita like crazy.

There we have it. And I have to say one thing: All of the bad seasons weren't written by the Hagemans. Season 7 and Day of the Departed were by those other writers who I don't know the names of, seasons 10 and 11 were by Bragi S. Schut. (The imposter) Season 10 was extremely disappointing. They should have given it the full length it deserved, and THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED NINJAGO. I love Ninjago so much, but now... the Hagemans have left for good. Now what will we do? 