🌱Humbugz🐞

2025

First of all, I love how Jillian Micheals came back to play young Lloyd. Even with the short amount of time we got to see her play him on screen it was worth the wait. I like how they made Lloyd bicker with his younger self. It clearly shows us Ninjago is willing to let Lloyd have back that old personality. On that note, His overall development this season was on point. I liked how they were able to communicate his doubts as a person and leader. When he was fighting with himself, I LOVED how they made little references to the earlier seasons mentioning Garmadon and Gene. I kind of wish his darker version had mentioned the serpentine and Harumi, as those two also cause him to feel guilt about his past. I also like how the gave meaning to the title of the green ninja. I get that before it was mainly about fighting the darkness but with the addition the show, it feels complete. The overall theme of connection reminds me of Lloyd’s role in the LNM.

With Jay’s development in the season I’m glad they didn’t just give him his memories and call it a day. I think it was a refresher for his character to have amnesia because usually he would be the joke out of the OG group and wouldn’t be taken seriously as character. When he was taken seriously it would be downplayed just like in Skybound or nothing additional would happen like in prime empire. I like how Kai and Nya’s role so far has been to help Jay get his memories. Nya was very understanding of how Jay was feeling ESPECIALLY since she too lost her memories when merging with the sea. I think through Kai’s pov you could say he did have character development in the long run. From the very beginning of the show he had somewhat downplay Jay, and even though it was supposed to be brotherly, he still said some hurtful stuff. So for him to support Jay getting his memories the entire time was meaningful. I also like how Kai was not characterized to be an idiot this season. Last season some moments made him seem a bit crazy, so it was refreshing to see him present some good Ideas.

Zane role this season reminds me of how the ninja were helping train Lloyd. Even though he’s a nindroid for the past few seasons he’s acted more and more robotic, so for Ninjago to actually fix this is good. COLE on the other hand has some ups and downs this season. First, I like how he got more screen time. Secondly, I like how they made him clarify on his mistake last season. It doesn’t develop his character but it shows how he is willing to take responsibility for his actions. HOWEVER, why did he stayed trapped in a cage for 2 episodes. I know Cole is stronger than that. Another thing is how he DIDNT get a dragon form unlike everyone else. He is a fundamental part of the team yet he never got a dragon form? Overall on this note Ninjago could’ve done a little better with him so far.

Doc Wyatt said that the younger ninja were going to have good screen time and the show delivered. I like how they dove deeper into each character’s emotions this season, especially Frak and Arin. I like how Arin gained perspective from Lloyd’s side of view and understood the weight of what he was doing. They didn’t push it or emphasize it but they said it well enough that it made me like Arin a little more. The sheer IRONY if he and Euphraisa got together. I liked how the built Fraks character this season and explained why for the majority he seemed stuck up. I wished though that the show really have him confront his father.