Why Crystalized is the WORST Season of Ninjago

Ninjago Crystalized was very bad. Let's talk about it.

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[ridi_]

The biggest problem in Harumi's "redemption" is that it wasn't a redemption at all. She didn't "become good". She didn't see the error of her ways, she didn't let go of all the hate and resentment she harbored. She kinda just realized she's been fighting the wrong guy...

[Bullet]

Felt the writing was odd in Part 2. Lloyd says to Harumi that he’d rather see the good in people. He wants to forgive Harumi, despite her manipulating him multiple times.

Yet he didn’t seem to want to see the good in Garmadon, the one who helped the team defeat the Oni the last time they saw each other, and was also helping with saving Ninjago from the Overlord.

[TruelyGumdrop]

One of my main problems is how they made it so easy to defeat the vengestone warriors. How do you die to stacks of newspapers?!

[Regeor]

I was hoping for a “The benefit of grief” like episode for Kai and/or Jay, so they could really express how Seabound affected them

[ninjatiger]

I couldn't help but agree with literally every point made in this video. I really was not looking forward to that Harumi "redemption" arc and was seriously hoping that Lloyd would learn to overcome what she put him through. The writers even elaborated in season 13 that he was still dealing with trust issues after what she's done to him and not even three seasons later he's like "Oh, I kNoW yOu HuRt Me bUt ThErE's GoOd iN eVeRyBoDy!" Like, where is that willingness to forgive when he's face to face with his father whO LITERALLY HELPED HIM FIGHT THE ONI AND SAVE NINJAGO???

Okay, I'm done but lemme just say... I personally loved when Lloyd was jealous of a PLANT! A LITERAL PLANT! That was just plain funny.

There is a reason you're one of my favorite Ninjago Youtubers.

[NintendoLover]

I have a weird relationship with this season. The first 2/3 of this season was great. However, it falls off after that. While there were still some things I liked such as the "jump up kick back whip around and spin" and seeing everyone rebuild the monastery, there are several missed opportunities, the Garmadon and Lloyd stuff felt like a rehash of season 10 until the very end, and the way it feels like they didn't finish watching MotM is pathetic.

[someoneatsomewhere]

Personally my biggest problem was how much they teased lloyd’s golden power coming back and then just didn’t

[foxywoxyw]

Honestly in my opinion, Crystalized is one of those seasons with a great beginning, decent middle and a horrendous ending, it was definitely great right up until Episode 18-19 where it started going downhill severely. The season definitely has it good parts such as:
- How Harumi came back
- The Overlord returning and the reveal that he was responsible for Garmadon turning evil (that part I didn't expect at all).
- The entirety of Part 1
- Connecting the previous seasons to The Council of the Crystal King
- Pythor in general

However it did have a lot of bad parts:
- Lloyd acting like a dick to Garmadon yet straight up forgiving Harumi immediately (when previously we've seen him having trust issues as a result of her), which ends up giving a wrong message.
- The Mechanic and Nya scene, wtf were they thinking with this scene? That should not have been a thing.
- Nostalgia bait with the scenes being similar to previous parts of the show (i.e. The Ninja getting arrested is similar to Skybound, Overlord VS Lloyd being the end of Season 2)
- Harumi's Redemption as a whole.
- Lack of consequences for anyone (I know its a kids show but that doesn't excuse having zero consequences, even the previous seasons had consequences to them).
- Lack of foreshadowing on the Overlords return
- Lloyds Oni Arc
- LEGO's awful scheduling which I don't think helped at all

Personally, I think Crystalized should have been saved later down the line instead of being the immediate season after Seabound. Season 15 could instead be focused on the Ninja recovering from Nya's sacrifice, how they're grieving in their own ways, the conflict between them and eventually them choosing to move on with the message being "Bad things will happen, but don't let it overshadow the good".

The whole season could be a Kai and Jay season with conflict being the major theme between them, kind of like a Civil war sort of thing. Heck, this could be taken advantage of with the introduction of a new villain created entirely on the collective grief of the Ninja, maybe forming a physical form like a Shadow Nya of sorts that could manipulate them. Perhaps bringing back Nadakhan as he's been hinted at multiple times now and is the most connected to Jay and Nya as a whole. Alternatively, there could be no main villain at all.
How the season will end could be that on the happy side, the Ninja slowly realise what their grief is doing to them and decide not to let it take over them as Nya wouldn't want that and instead would want them to move on. On the opposite spectrum, the ending could an unhappy one with the Ninja unable to accept their grief and because of the conflict between them outright fracturing their friendship, they instead go their separate ways leading to the events of the beginning of Crystalized (still set one year after the season).

The season overall can be a great way to really inflict dark stuff into it whilst also giving out a positive message, especially to those who also sadly lost loved ones as well.

[atanor]

Crystallized somehow inserted like 10 completely different storylines for the series finale and didn't do anything with it.

Jay did not mature or learn something after the selfishness he displayed at the beginning of the season. Lloyd learned nothing even though he risked everyone's life out of unwarranted fear. Nya had no relevance to the end. Kai did not have any of the exciting scenes as we had anticipated.
There's more but basically it doesn't feel like a conclusion.

[personnsl]

My biggest fear with Crystalized came true in part 2.
It tried multiple plot points and charackter arcs and in the end,
it gave us nothing.

[jaymarah]

It sucks that none of the returned characters said anything. Like Vania, Benthomaar etc.

[villager_]

I just realized, in season 9 Garmadon said to Lloyd "people don't change, they only reveal who they truly are".
That could explain why he doesn't believe Garmadon can change, but Harumi can, because he believes that she is truly good in her heart

[bedrock_breaker]

Thank you for not making this just a rant full of screaming but an actual review that highlights the many problems with this season.
Shows again that you are a great youtuber.
I hope/believe you will have sucess on crustbound.

[YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

The thing is that Harumi made me mad with her actions. She created genuine anger and disgust with her words and crimes, that’s what made her a good villain to me. This season I wasn’t feeling it from her, she was just kinda boring and it felt like she was just falling for the same bs that she did with garmadon except they tried to force a redemption.

I don’t dislike this part, it was emotional and I almost cried multiple times but it wasn’t AS good as part 1

Edit: also, I don’t like how the council and the crystal enemies got bodied so easily. I would’ve liked to see them stick it out and go out in an epic way (and I don’t mean kill the council members, just make them lose cooler). I’m also not satisfied with just seeing my boy pythor just unconscious and that being the last scene with him, I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. I wanna see the council members being locked up, maybe a funny scene with their cells being next to each other and them quarreling, idk SOMETHING

[xuliaiguess]

this season for me is the definition of "I'm not sad, just disappointed"

[lemerbrix]

My only problem

Garmadon should have said: ITS GARM’IN TIME

[Sword_Man_YT]

In my opinion here’s how things should’ve went…

1. Wu dies fighting the Overlord.
2. Garmadon dies fighting the Overlord.
3. Either the Ninjago Fuse with the Golden Weapons to become the Golden Ultra Dragon and die fighting the Overlord. Then Lloyd, after losing everything, becomes the Golden Oni and defeats the Overlord.
4. Or the Ninja Fuse with the Golden Weapons and their powers go back into Lloyd, and he becomes the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master again.

[Experiment-]

They completely butchered Harumi this season and am so upset about it. You outlined all the problems I had with her in this season, so well and perfectly! Great video!👍

[goldarts]

The sad thing about all of these points is that its not like the things that took place in the season COULDN'T happen, but the way they were excecuted made it look like the writers had *no time* (that or chose not to prioritize the important things, making their debut feel off)

A prime example of this would be Harumi's "redemption" arc. I'd believe her having so called "feelings" for Lloyd if she actually showed it instead of the writers telling us randomly (isn't show don't tell like, the #1 rule in writing?) I'd believe her wanting to change her ways if she showed conviction instead of smiling proudly when the Crystal King's plans are in motion. It's like the writers were simply using her as a means of conflict ONLY, then at the last minute to build up as much drama as possible for the last episode they go "hey, what if Harumi fought with the good guys?" And they didn't think of how that would look on her overall development :/

it's a kiDs ShOw tho, so no one is actually paying attention to that stuff, right? 🤦

[GreyTheGamer]

I think a lot of the biggest problems and missed opportunities with Crystalized could have been relieved if this weren’t marketed as the final season of Ninjago.