It's been ages since I've posted in here.
Today I am giving a short review on one of my favorite shows as a kid, Xiaolin Showdown.
Summary: Long ago, Grandmaster Dashi and Heylin witch Wuya fought a long, hard battle. Dashi, with the use of shen gong wu, objects that give the user mystical powers, that he had created, was able to defeat Wuya and place her spirit inside a puzzle box. He then hid these shen gong wu, never to be found for many years to come.
Now, 1500 years later, the shen gong wu are becoming active once more, and Wuya has reawoken in the form of a spirit. Four monks, Omi, Kimiko, Raiumundo, and Clay must all fight Wuya and her new parter, "Evil Boy Genious" Jack Spicer in order to save the world from danger.
The show starts off simple, which works well enough. The jokes are funny, the action is decently cool, and the characters are fun. The first season completes itself with a pretty decently dramatic season finale, and that is that.
In the second season, things get a little more intense, which is fine. There is some good character development, there is an introduction of a new antagonist, which brings some well-written seriousness to most of it. It soon creates a new high...
However, it starts to take a dive during the season finale of the second season. This only worsens in the third season, with the introduction of another, poorly-designed new antagonist. The rest of the show feels lacking and somewhat sloppy, shoving old, better characters aside for this new one. It ultimately ends with a rushed, lazy finale.
In the end, Xiaolin Showdown has a lot of fun moments and fun characters. However, some of the playfulness is placed aside for a seriousness that at first works, but ultimately failed. The first two seasons are worth watching, but don't expect much from it's third.
7.6/10
As for the question as to whether I'm going to watch Xiaolin Chronicles... maybe. If I get desperate enough.
