@@carbonator17 WTF? It isn't Crusty? HE LIED? Childhood ruined I'm unsubbing (already doing that because there is no Mr. E mention in this video so far🤬)
Don’t sleep on Rebooted! I know people hate on the love triangle… but that took up MAYBE 5 minutes of the entire season. And it led to a cool Jay/Cole confrontation in TotE. There’s so much other good. Pythor’s return, Garmadon and Lloyd moments, Pixal’s introduction, the Golden Master prophesy. As well as the ninja gaining the ability to channel their powers from their hands… I think people forget that they couldn’t do that until Rebooted. There’s a lot of lore added. Sure, the space plot was a little silly, but the ninja kind of acknowledge that they don’t belong in space. It was a very clever way for the Overlord to get what he wanted. And don’t get me started on Zane’s sacrifice. Easily one of the best moments in Ninjago EVER. The music, line delivery, and visuals all combine to really show the development that Zane has gone through. Going against what is logical, going against the “numbers”. Gives me chills every time. Visually, the season is a step up from the ones before. The animation is more refined. The music is stunning, remixing some old tracks with more digital sounds for a new feel, while retaining that old feel. I love Rebooted!
Me too! The Garmadon and Lloyd scenes were so powerful as well. And no one ever gives the s3 premiere episode (the Surge) enough credit for its visual presentation. The action and cinematography was truly legendary
I don't know if this is just a nostalgia thing but I absolutely loved Legacy of the Green Ninja. It truly feels like the imposing threat of Garmadon that has been lurking the entire show is finally coming out of the woodworks for his final battle. The tension is high, I loved all the character interactions leading up to it, and the final battle will always mark my childhood. It really just felt like the perfect pay off for what we had of the series at the time. I felt content with it ending there as I watched it. Obviously I'm happy it didn't but yeah.
@@Crusty783 Yeah, but it was in a big dramatic fight and without the punchline. That’s great and all, but due to her lack of motivation other than hurting Wu in ANY WAY, Asphera works infinitely better as a side villain. Obviously, the ending of season 11 works as it is, but I preferred the way they fought her in crystalized
@@Crusty783 Hey Crusty you forgot to mention that seabound was the only wild brain season to have a kill count because of King Trimaar's, Kalmaar's and Wojira's deaths
My personal favorite is tournament of elements. It was a very entertaining season with only few flaws. Chen was such a great villain and it had such an awesome story!
I agree it's such an amazing season, but honestly I still can't get over the fact that SENSEI Garmadon is gone 💔 my fav character I hope they bring him back
My personal favorite season is Posession! I think they did an amazing job at writing Morro, and it showed exactly what Kai would’ve been if he hadn’t accepted that he wasn’t meant to be the green ninja. He’s my favorite villain apart from Garmadon. And besides, it added the concept of the 16 realms, which is really cool!
Yeah it’s almost my favorite. Although I feel like if they did a bit more with Kai and coles arc it would be a literal perfect season. Sure Kai has the most amount of screentime and lines, but his arc still feels it short. He feels like he was supposed to have an epic final battle with morro but he just doesn’t. And for Cole his ghost thing only was an issue for like an episode then he was back to being in the background. Ronin and nya were great, Jay and Zane whilst not really having their own arcs outside of the shared “brother sharpens brother arc amongst all 4 ninja”, were also great and hilarious just as Kai and Cole were as well. (For some reason basically everyone is funny af this season.) I’m sorry but Lloyd was wasted. I can not agree when people say this is a Lloyd season, he does nothing, he gets captured for 8 episodes and then sort of gets to have a final battle, but then it ends up being nya who saves the day. I wouldn’t really change anything with him tho, I mean they did the best with the amount of screentime he had. But literally everything else besides Kai and coles arc is a 10/10 for me. I think this is my second favorite season
@@SkyLord1846 actually it’s my first favorite prolly. Idk why I said second. Idk i go back and fourth between season 4 and 5 second and first place, but rn I’ll say season 5 first.
Possession is the best. It’s short in the sense it doesn’t over stay it’s welcome with filler. tonally consistent. An intimidating villain. Shakes up the ninjas dynamic by not having Lloyd around and left changes that will last past season 5 with the likes of Cole and Nia. It’s our first proper introduction to Ronin and the story is just simply tight. It’s not perfect, but again, the season is short, so we don’t spend too much time with weaker aspects of the story. (Like cloud kingdom)
Personally my favorite season is Skybound. I know Skybound is a relatively controversial season. Some people love it and others hate it. Well I love Skybound! You wouldn’t think Jay wouldn’t work as the main character of a season since he’s usually just the comic relief but they managed to pull it off. Jay still feels like Jay even when he’s more than just a comic relief and he’s a great main character. We even learn in Skybound that the only reason he makes so many jokes is because it’s his coping mechanism (something I very much relate to). Also I know a lot of people don’t like the jail stuff but it only lasts one episode and the ninja learn stuff they need to in order to stop Nadakhan (also it’s 1000 times better than the jail stuff in crystallized). I love how they explored Jay and Nyas relationship. Skybound has some of the most heart wrenching moments of the entire series. Nadakhan is one of the best villains the show has ever had. The show has been teasing him returning for like five seasons now. I’m not sure if I want him to return or not but if they could pull it off I would be all for him returning but after the mess that was crystallized I’m not sure if they could pull it off or not😂. Anyway The last thing I want to mention about Skybound is the ending. I know a lot of people don’t like the ending but I absolutely love it. People don’t like the ending because it makes the whole season “it was just a dream” type of thing but a “it was just a dream” ending isn’t always a bad thing. Everything that happened in Skybound still happened it’s just that no one remembers it outside of Jay and Nya and that’s fine. Jay and Nya are the only one’s that need to remember it because the entire season revolved around them. They still have all the character development they got in the season (even if some of the seasons after Skybound just throws all there character development away but that’s a different conversation). Also if Jay hadn’t made his last wish Nadakhan would have won. Every time I rewatch the ending of Skybound it makes me cry a little bit. Nya saying “I guess all the greatest love stories do end in tragedy” and then dying makes me cry every time. I remember Jay’s last wish caught me so offguard the first time I watched Skybound but I loved it even when I first watched it. All of this is why Skybound is my favorite season and it always will be
Maybe I'm blinded by nostalgia but season 2 is definetley B tier, seeing Garmadon get possessed by the Overlord was one of the darkest moments in the season and the final battle was fun too. Lloyd becoming the ultimate spinjitzu master will forever be one of the most iconic moments in the history of the entire series. The stone army were cool too
I sorta agree. I think this season displayed the progress of Lloyds journey to becoming the green ninja really nicely. I think the plot is pretty solid. The filler episodes are a bit dumb but if they do anything, they definite don’t hurt the plot and they do push it forward. I do think there were things that could’ve been done better. They dumb down Garmadon a bit to make him goofier.
Personally my favourite was Master of The Mountain -Cole had so much character development throughout the season and quickly became my favourite Ninja -There was a mystery element to Lily which was very intriguing -The animation in Master of The Mountain was the best the series has ever had -Cole's arc I can personally relate to -Wu's arc was also very compelling
Don't forget how great of a villain The Skull Sorcerer is and how the Uply are great characters too. I like how the writers made fun of how they keep inventing new villains each season by making the Sorcerer seem as "Just another generic villain" And even that they did really well.
Hot take : I really liked season 5 probably because Moro is my favorite villan but when I was younger the weapons intrigued me the sword of sanctuary was awesome and the deep stone blade things were also interesting and gave the ninja a good edge in fights with the ghosts kai took charge in that season aswell and he was amazing at that role every episode I was getting excited to see a Moro vs Kai rematch absolutely amazing the childhood memories this season gave me will always be with me
My personal favourite season of Ninjago is Sons Of Garmadon. The season is just so well written and I feel like every character had something to do especially Lloyd, Zane, and Cole. The fight scenes are also top notch as the fight with Lloyd and Garmadon has so much emotion and is extremely well choreographed. The animation had a massive boost compared to Hands Of Time and the soundtrack is really good as always. The Sons Of Garmadon themselves are very fun to watch and Harumi has one of the most tragic and interesting backstories as it made the season one finale have more consequences and casualties which was lacking during that battle. So overall, I love Sons Of Garmadon. As for my least favourite season, probably Crystalized. Pretty self explanatory.
@@ishashifar he doesn't need to be exactly like the older seasons. Kai was very good in the first half of crystallized despite not being like his older self
I mean, season 2 has so many issues of garmadon being dumb with megaweapon and no real character development, and the overlord is bland and has a lot of wasted potentials.
season 2. it's brings back nostalgia, and ends on an upbeat note, Ninjago could have just ended there, and I would have just been sad that it ended, of course I love seasons 3-7, zane's sacrifice was the first time I ever cried because of a TV show, I have nostalgia for seasons 1-7 and even kinda season 8 (I'm fine with 9 through 11, but at 12 it felt like they were just milking the series) but if it had ended at season 2, I would have been satisfied, it had a happy ending, and we got to see all of the main characters at their best, they did the final battle, and now we're done. But then we had 3-7, which were absolute joys, but then at 8-11, the redesigns didn't do much for me, and then after season 12 it felt so unnecessary.
@@skylandersfan6954 again, I’m not saying that I have a problem with seasons 3-7, they’re great and I have a lot of nostalgia for them. I’m just saying that if we had left it at season 2 it wouldn’t have ended on a cliffhanger or anything.
Just judging the show, my favorite will have to be Skybound. It's dark and brilliant. However, a big part of my perception of the seasons are the sets, and Skybound was honestly one of if not the worst season when it comes to that. Looking at both the show and the sets it's 100% Possession for me. Everything about it just works for me.
honestly my favorite character is Cole. he’s a good parent, he’s funny, he loves cake, but most importantly his character development. it’s want makes him my favorite. after that is Lloyd for the same reasons the video lol
@@contayjuslovesonedirection1817 Yeah Crystallized isn’t as terrible as many say it is. Sure it has flaws and things I wished they done differently, but it is still a good season and a good conclusion to the storyline they were telling.
Nya coming back to save her friends had much more sense that returning cause she was lonely after a few months. Plus it would have make many characters interesting again
@@M.W.2 I think for Jay's character better that Nya is staying in water goddess form. I don't like his obsession for Nya and this ruins him for me. And it's also disappoint that all his development relates to his relationship with Nya. Give him more interesting stories
Here me out rebooted is an amazing season think about it it flows perfectly imbetween the final battle and chens island plus’s we got the best sets (in my humble opinion) they introduced new characters such as pixel and Cyrus borg and come on I know for a fact that you loved the Digiverse and that first battle against the overlord in the digiverse was crazy cool and the brought back old characters like scales and pythor! The final fight in this season was a little wacky (with the golden strings) but had real stakes and the sacrifice by Zane let him become even more cool. I know that the elephant in the room is the space episodes but I think that they are pretty bad but every thing else was crazy good plus we got the ninja’a hair in the sets. The Techno blades were such a cool gimmick.
Ah yes. The ranking is here. Ok heres mine. S teir. 1. Tournament of elements (only one can remain) 2. Skybound (be careful what you wish for) 3. Possesion (as iron sharpens iron, brother sharpens brother) A teir 4. Hunted (the resistance never quits) 5. Crystalized (yup) (to the end) 6. Sons of garmadon (the greatest villain is the one you never knew was there) 7. Master of the mountain (Upply! Upply!) B teir 8. Rise of the snakes (ninja never quit) 9. Seabound (that's how the cookie crumbles) 10. Legacy of the green ninja (this ends now) C tier 11. Hands of time (control time, control everything) 12. Prime empire (would you like to enter prime empire?) 13. Rebooted (you are vital to me) D teir 14. Secrets of forbidden spinjitzu (revenge!) 15. March of the oni (thank you) F teir 16. Pilots (ninja go!) 17. Day of the departed (forgotten)
My favorite is, “Season 3,” because I love, “Zane,” as a character, and the final battle against, “The Overlord,” is just beautifully stunning and I will never forget, “Zane’s,” last words, before his death..☠️ ☠️ “ I am a, “Nindroid,” and, “ninja,” never quit..”
Always an absolute pleasure hearing you talk about things you’re so passionate about. Totally agree on season 11, but I just can’t get behind what you’re saying about Hands of Time. It’s not that bad.!
@@Crusty783 I think the visuals, when they’re good, are some of the best the show’s had, and the first and last two episodes are overall fantastically done
Possession was my favorite season, favorite villain and the most consistently amazing season out there. Morro had quite a lot of depth for being a Tai Lung clone without feeling like a Tai Lung clone at all. The season has a really great overarching message of regret, something I only saw Skybound do originally with their theme of greed and lust with pirates being the main antagonists. Morro and Wu's backstory was the main exacerbation of this, showing how both of them regretted their actions, Wu with how he handled Morro and feeling responsible for his death while Morro his actions and how he acted out in his youth. Morro's death scene was perfect with this, Morro hands Wu the realm crystal and Wu stares at it while Morro disappears into the water, leaving Wu to continue regretting his actions with Morro(as he should imo) and making this season actually IMPACT Wu. DOTD followed up on this with Morro regretting his actions and trying to make amends(being the only villain to actually try and reconcile with the protags). Nya, Lloyd, and Wu all had great character dev from this season and that was great. Having Lloyd and Nya on their own as well, gave the original four some much needed screen time so everyone felt really focused on. The pacing was great throughout and the only cons for me was Lloyd never really connecting with Morro over the Green Ninja title except for the ending(maybe an inner dialogue with Lloyd fighting Morro), and Cole's ghost thing rarely being touched on(no good ghost powers) although that was kinda a multi season issue. Overall Possession(5) Skybound(6) Tournament of Elements(4) SOG(8) SOFS(11) Hunted(9) MOTM(13) MOTO(10) Prime Empire(12) ROTS(1) Rebooted(3) Seabound(The Island as well)(14) Pilots(0?) Hands of Time(7) LOTGN(2) Crystallized(15)
My favorite season is skybound, even though it didnt happen, i liked the fact that the ninja kept getting tricked into being alone so nadakhan could trick them, and it was down to jay to save almost everybody by the end of the season, jay saving his last wish just for the perfect time, as nadakhan was slowed down by the tiger widows poison, as nya was dying from it as well, nobody remembered skybound except for jay and nya, im glad that their relationship was more than dates and just showing they love eachother, skybound was a good season.
Basic pic, but Sons of Garmadon is my favorite for sure. All six of the ninja just feel so in character, and they all get something to do at some point in the season. Obviously Lloyd acts as the main character, but Zane's Snake Jaguar story is cool, Cole with the baby is amazing, this season makes me like Nya a lot more than most of the other seasons do, and Jay and Kai, while they aren't focused on as much, still get some good characterization. I love the dynamics in this season, it's just so fun to watch. The ninja bounce off of each other perfectly, and I don't think any other Ninjago season has topped SoG in terms of dialogue. Harumi is a dope villain with a brilliant connection to Garmadon and the Great Deavourer, and bringing back Garmadon worked surprisingly well. I love a good story that ends on a cliffhanger, and the ending of SoG is amazing, so cool to watch when it first came out. Although I love Hunted and Master of the Mountain almost as much and Tournament of Elements has a special place in my heart, SoG will always be the best one. I wish the rest of the show was this good.
Really awesome vid, love the love for the post movie era, the timer was very well appreciated 😤 Now for the superior rankings: 1. Master of the Mountain 2. Rise of the Snakes 3. Prime Empire 4. Hunted 5. Tournament of Elements 6. Sons of Garmadon 7. Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu 8. Possession 9. Skybound 10. Seabound 11. Hands of Time 12. March of the Oni 13. Legacy of the Green Ninja 14. Rebooted 15. Vengebound
@@Crusty783 S10 is definitely better written but I've been scarred from anything to do with oni so s7 doesn't have that issue. But these can go either way for me.
The thing I love most about this channel is that there are so many opinions that ho against the general Ninjago consensus. Even when I disagree with you (and there are quite a few disagreements here), the arguments for your points are really good, Crusty. I guess you could say… They make your views… CRYSTAL-CLEAR!
Couldn’t agree more with season 11. It’s probably the only season I enjoyed more then Tournament Of Elements, Akita is an excellent character and the artistic choices and aesthetics are beautiful.
The Tournament of Elements established many elemental masters and the lore of the Serpentine War! And shows how powerful the Anacondrais were in the war from then. While S11, there were several filler that are really pointless to the plot. The Fire chapter was so bad for my liking. Unpopular opinion, but the Ice chapter was no exception, but okay in some parts. And the animation was so noticeably unfinished in my eyes
I don't hate season 8 but I do think it's a little overrated because it feels like the only reason they brought Garmadon back just to tie into the movie
It definitely does. Me and my friend started watching SoG right after we finished Crystalized (as a palette cleanser) and it just didnt hit the same knowing how badly these plotpoints would be mishandled
the first half of season 2 is awful, but I adore the second half so so much. the development it gave to lloyd with those moments against garmadon were really cool to see, plus i liked seeing more information on zane. Also im definitly speaking from bias cause Zane is my favorite character but I think (aside form the stupid ass love triangle) season 3 is one of my all time favorite seasons
4:45 i actualy i think that crystalized is the most devisive of them all, i think a lot of people are devided on skybound because of the ending and people get devided on crystalized and sofs as a whole. Great video tho, continue the great work
@@ggguys8827 i agree don't get me wrong, skybound os one of my favourites, but i've seen a lot of people who don't like this season because of the ending
I say people are allowed to love or hate Skybound as they wish I still stay by my take that it’s my personal favorite season of the entire series. I can see why some people take issues but either most of those problems don’t bother me, or I just don’t even see them as problems
Cool ranking!! Sons of Garmadon is my fav too! I don’t think crystallized is the worst season ever however I do think it was massively disappointing. I actually think rebooted is the worst season for a variety of reasons. One being the obvious: the love triangle but I also hate how the overarching plot ties into the episode Wrong Place Wrong Time from season 2 because that episode is incredibly illogical when you think about it. EDIT: I’ve changed my mind. Rebooted is a good season and Crystallized IS the worst season
season 7 is overhated, I enjoyed it. The storyline is incredible and seeing Kai and Nya finally bond together being the main characters working together was important. I also was surprised when we come to find out Kai and Nya's parents were alive the whole time. The animation is a bit crappy sure, but Hands of time made Wu an amazing character, the moment Krux and Acronix went back in time to alter a battle and it was all up to Kai to save Ninjago had my heart beating with tension. When the dragon disappeared and I thought that he had failed, I dropped down to my knees... I thought he didn't succeed until Nya came in clutch with that reversal blade. Wu's sacrifice was also brave
Season 2 is so underrated how in the world is day of the departed above it and have sky bound in c tier is wild it’s b+ and island in B tier is also wild actually is criminal
My rankings jump around quite a lot. I'm lucky in that I like every season to some extent (except maybe HOT and DOTD) S Tier: Hunted, Skybound, Seabound, Prime Empire, Master of the Mountain A Tier: Sons of Garmadon, Rise of the Snakes, Tournament of Elements, Crystallized, Possession B Tier: Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu, March of the Oni, the Pilots C Tier: Legacy of the Green Ninja, Rebooted, The Island, Hands of Time (this one is *almost* in D tier) D Tier: Day of the Departed
THANK YOU SO MUCH for saying Hands of Time is an "F"! It actually made me happy because my whole family jokes about how bad that season is! I love you so much!
When do you think Crystallized went from really good to mid, and then to bad/awful? I still think Episode 1-22 is peak Ninjago, it's stuff after that which I take issue with
My opinion on every season: Pilots - Haven't watched. S1 - Very good, still holds up. Good character moments. One of the better season 1's - 8/10 S2 - Criminally underrated. The first half is better though - 7/10 S3 - There's a few gems, but it's just OK. The love triangle even was egrigious as a kid. - 5/10 S4 - Pretty good, although very overrated. The final episodes are much better and less stale. (not saying the season's stale) - 6/10 S5 - It takes a few episodes to get good, but when it does... It's just so diverse. - 9/10 (does a lot of worldbuilding and got me really hooked) S6 - Perfect. Still holds up extremely well. - 20/10 (random piece of trivia, i got a wierd book about some stuff with this one, but i lost it a few years ago) DotD - Haven't watched, but seems OK. S7 - Bland and repetitive, one of the few bad seasons. Not utter shit, but very close. - 2/10 Currently on my rewatch, haven't watched the rest yet, so can't really give an honest opinion yet. If I feel like it, I'll update the comment.
"And next up on the tier list is master of the mountain! And this is an instant A tier!" I paused the video and subscribed when I heard that. Master of the mountain is AMAZING and I do not wanna hear any slander for it
My List: 1)Tournament Of Elements 2)Hands Of Time 3)Rebooted 4)Possession 5)Hunted 6)Sons Of Garmadon 7)Master Of The Mountain 8)Crystalized 9)March Of The Oni 10)Way Of The Ninja 11)Seabound 12)Rise Of The Serpentine 13)Day Of The Departed 14)Secrets Of Forbidden Spinjitzu 15)Legacy Of The Green Ninja 16)Skybound 17)Prime Empire 18)The Island
Someday I'll know why some people hate skybound. One day, someday, sooner, or later, but I will know eventually, and I don't know when eventually will be.
@@adnanaboukewik4950 Well,what I disliked about Skybound was that they basically killed off some ninja in the middle of the season and we never saw some of them again until last episode (Kai and Zane).One last thing is that the ending was disappointing.I didn't say it was a bad ending because I think the combat was really good and it got very dark but people like me did not like the fact that they erased the timeline.
@@Kingstuds It was all intended on one wish, which was jays, and it was the only way. If jay didn't wish for it, and the timeline was not erased, All of ninjago will be crushed. Nya will die, Pixal will still be already dead, everyone In Ninjago(Which is the continent along with it) will die and get crushed by the parts of djinjago(Just like Wu said. If nadakhan's defeated, ninjago will be crushed) But overall, This season was completely about Jay and Nya being back together as lovers once again but better than before S3, and the season succeeded in doing so, which is why I loved the scene. I also wasn't a fan of all the ninja being inside the djin blade, but it completely had a purpose thanks to Ep 8 where with all these Nya and jay only moments all end in a confession and a promise to save Nya.
Fun fact: if zane found a way to defeat the overlord without sacroficing himself season 4 would have never existed and then sensei garmadon would stay and morro wouldnt escape the cursed realm so no possesion and since it was ghost clause who unleashed nadakhan season 6 wouldnt have happened i dont think sons of garmadon and hunted would happen and im not sure how march of the oni happened so zanes sacrofice in rebooted has affected ninjago greatly
1. Day of the departed 2. Hands of time 3. Rebooted 4. The island 5. Crystalized 6. Secrets of the forbidden Spinjitzu 7. March of the oni 8. Legacy of the green ninja 9. The pilots 10. Skybound 11. Rise of the snakes 12. Seabound 13. Possession 14. Tournament of elements 15. Master of the mountain 16. Hunted 17. Sons of Garmadon
I was watching this video on tv and had to grab my phone to make this comment: do NOT rank again, s2 in d tier is the definition of diabolical, hands of time in F is a federal crime, and s11 has got to be the worst season of all Ninjago. It is absolutely horrible in terms of enjoyability, overall villains, heck, even the main reason aspheera was a villain doesn't make sense.
01) Master of the mountain 02) Sons of Garmadon 03) Hunted 04) Seabound 05) Tournament of elements 06) Skybound 07) Crystalized 08) Legacy of the Green ninja 09) Prime Empire 10) Secrets of the forbitten spinjiztu 11) Possesion 12) Pilots 13) Rise of the snakes 14) The island 15) Hands of time 16) Rebooted I haven't watched day of the departed in years sooo... Anyway, this ismy order from best season to worst
If u would all be honest youd say tournament of elements. It had a good storytelling, worldbuilding, history, plots but most importantly the pacing was just PERFECT
S: Skybound, Possession, Rise of the Snakes B: Hands of Time, Master of the Mountain, Seabound C: Dragons Rising, Season 11, Tournament of Elements, Rebooted, Season 2 (Got lazy so didn’t finish)
10. Skybound 9. Hands of time 8. March of the oni 7. Legacy of the green ninja 6. rise of the serpentine 5. possession 4. Rebooted 3. Sons of garmadon 2. Hunted 1. The tornement of elements
awesome video crusty, enjoyed it (and the roasts lol). here is my lost; 1. seabound 2. sons of garmadon 3. possession 4. hunted 5. master of the mountain 6. tournament of elements 7. march of the oni 8. rise of the snakes 9. rebooted 10. the island 11. secrets of forbidden spinjitzu 12. legacy of the green ninja 13. hands of time 14. skybound 15. prime empire 16. pilots 17. crystalized yes ik some might be controversial. fight me.
Bro with crystallised, it would make sense for a more dark ending, more deaths. They just kept all the characters alive, realistically speaking, here’s a list of who should’ve died: Nya, Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane, Wu, the police guy who hunted the ninja down, and possibly Garmadon. The Lloyd having trust issues plotline was thrown out the window, along with Lloyds oni side plotline. They absolutely wasted the potential with the main police guy and the crystal council, and the overlords return feels so forced, with the finale having no buildup with little to no payoff. The characters have not grown or developed this season. I’m not even going to talk about the cliche last second arrival of all allies. There should’ve definitely been a benefit of grief episode for Kai and Jay following Nyas death, but instead Jay and Kai get over it in 2 seconds. Nyas parents should’ve had more interaction with her after her revival at the end of the season, they just showed up in the background of the final stand and then were never mentioned again. Crystalized also ruined the whole payoff of Seabound, and the creators of the show just need to stop the idea of overpowered survivalist teenage paper deliverers. There is no way that like a 13 year old can navigate a whole city striving with danger and infection, save an old man from drowning and then massively assisting to kill an all powerful overlord. Overall this season was too happy and not realistic at all.
you're just trying to massacre the show at this point, if they can drive home a good plot that doesn't necessarily need deaths, it can be appealing enough. But killing 80% of the character in one season is hella fucked up and is a massacre to the show.
4:17 And She shall alway remain 16 till this day despite the fact they were all teachers way back in Rebooted, got other jobs in the beginning of Tournament Elementals, and then Crystilized had them all get jobs again. All of these had massive time jumps but then Haunted Kai confirms: we’re still teenagers dude Because I guess they live in the day and age where minors are allowed to join under ground fighting arenas
I cant wait to get bombarded with hate for this but i kinda like crystalized. Okay, let me explain So some of the things didn’t make sense like why they would make the overlord’s looks how they are and the rest of the army etc, but still. Personally i do like it because it just feels good to watch. It does have some good and bad writing moments. The vengestone buyer should of been different thats for sure but it did somewhat of a good job. The battles are well played and look visually approving and it overall for me is pretty nice. I mean it could be better but i still enjoyed it alot Also you dont need to over-think it
Ok I personally don’t think that Crystilized is as bad as most people are saying it is. Yes it obviously had some issues. But I was able to look past them and even with those problems in mind. I had a great time I know the ending felt a bit rushed and could have been a bit more stretched out. But non the less what we had, I enjoyed
@@Crusty783 Thank you. And I can also respect your opinion and I see/understand how you feel towards this and why it made you feel disappointed And I know you just over exaggerated your reaction/feelings towards that season for comedic purposes toward the camera and audience. I know the feeling and I understand the joke
Hot take: season 11 is an amazing season, the only problem are episodes 3,4 and 19 because they are useless and the Akita backstory could've been a normal lego backstory like with Morro and Harumi's backstory animation. The villains are amazing, the ice Emperor could've had more screentime but is still good, Aspheera and Vex are amazing underrated villains
Holy crap, we almost have the same opinions. I fully agree with you, except the island could've been done a bit better and a few other things but nevertheless good video.
the thing i like about skybound is how up to that point, nadakan was the most brutal and dark villain the ninja faced with the fact if jay stuck with his original plan of making nadakan not a djinn would basically kill the other ninja, on top of how brutal he was with jay as his prisoner
I always thought with season 6 it was Nadikhans hubris which made the ninja wish themselves away. He relished in the manipulation and prided himself In outsmarting his opponents. That’s why he got so angry when he needed to get Clancy to wish them away before gaining his composure again. Then when the final battle came about basically all the ninja had their wished gone and he needed to deal with them here and now because he got infinite wishes. That’s my take at least.
@@7enz67 season 5 has a really really good intro and it's my favorite season but I think it's still only 3rd, 2nd is skybound intro. Possessions intro is still heat tho
Me personally season 2 legacy of the green ninja is THE GOAT most climatic season really building up the power of the golden ninja and gave us a HUGE amount of backstories this season made overlord look like he is HIM
This is my official Ranking the Seasons/Specials 1 Sons of Garmadon) Season 8 2 Seabound) Season 14 3 Master of The Mountain) Season 13 4 Hunted) Season 9 5 Crystalized) Season 15 6 March of The Oni) Season 10 7 Skybound) Season 6 8 Possession) Season 5 9 The Island) Special 10 Prime Empire) Season 12 11 Tournament of Elements) Season 4 12 Hands of The Time) Season 7 13 The Pilots) Beginning of Ninjago 14 Rebooted) Season 3 15 Day of The Departed) Special 16 The Forbidden Spinjitzu Power) Season 11 17 Rise of The Snakes) Season 1 18 Legacy of The Green Ninja) Season 2
Among all seasons, what fascinates me most is the serpentines. They nearly appears in every season, though in different forms. So adorable. Ugly but cute, with smooth shiny texture like rubber. Can't wait to have dolls of them.
I don't like season 11, some of that has to do with how various arcs were (or rather weren't) followed up on, but apart from that, having the ninja realease the villian is a really odd choice. And then they don't really take anyting away from it either. There's no moment where they go "hey, we really screwed up here". And I didn't like Clutch powers here either, he had a strong case of Jake Skywalker syndrome if you'll pardon the term.
I personally liked Ninjago crystallized. However, the two problems I have with it are the fact that it completely undid Nya’s sacrifice from Seabound, and the fact that the finale was underwhelming specifically, the fact that Lloyd just shot creation powers at the overlord and I’m like “that’s it?” “You couldn’t have more of a final battle from season two?” I mean seriously call me crazy, but in terms of final battles, season two was perfect in my opinion, and it felt like it was earned.
What is your REAL name
Your name IS NOT Crusty
ANSWER IT "Crusty"
@@carbonator17 WTF? It isn't Crusty? HE LIED? Childhood ruined I'm unsubbing (already doing that because there is no Mr. E mention in this video so far🤬)
@@carbonator17 My name is "SHAUN"
You guys do know that Crusty isn’t going to Reveal his Real Name
@@Crusty783 wow I genuinely didn't expect to respond to a comment like this one, but pretty cool name Shaun 🙌
Crusty: hates Season 15
Crusty: starts to like season 15
Crusty: hates Season 15 again
One can only enjoy S15 when they turn their brains off
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Weeeelllllllllllll.................
@@卡卡d I enjoy it and I don’t turn my brain off💀
@@JDxY-2 how could enjoy that ending 🗿
@@卡卡d That's like saying someone can't have an opinion cause of what the fanbase says and thinks💀. Just like AOT, I didn't think the ending was bad.
Don’t sleep on Rebooted! I know people hate on the love triangle… but that took up MAYBE 5 minutes of the entire season. And it led to a cool Jay/Cole confrontation in TotE. There’s so much other good. Pythor’s return, Garmadon and Lloyd moments, Pixal’s introduction, the Golden Master prophesy. As well as the ninja gaining the ability to channel their powers from their hands… I think people forget that they couldn’t do that until Rebooted. There’s a lot of lore added. Sure, the space plot was a little silly, but the ninja kind of acknowledge that they don’t belong in space. It was a very clever way for the Overlord to get what he wanted. And don’t get me started on Zane’s sacrifice. Easily one of the best moments in Ninjago EVER. The music, line delivery, and visuals all combine to really show the development that Zane has gone through. Going against what is logical, going against the “numbers”. Gives me chills every time. Visually, the season is a step up from the ones before. The animation is more refined. The music is stunning, remixing some old tracks with more digital sounds for a new feel, while retaining that old feel. I love Rebooted!
Me too! The Garmadon and Lloyd scenes were so powerful as well. And no one ever gives the s3 premiere episode (the Surge) enough credit for its visual presentation. The action and cinematography was truly legendary
I don't know if this is just a nostalgia thing but I absolutely loved Legacy of the Green Ninja. It truly feels like the imposing threat of Garmadon that has been lurking the entire show is finally coming out of the woodworks for his final battle. The tension is high, I loved all the character interactions leading up to it, and the final battle will always mark my childhood. It really just felt like the perfect pay off for what we had of the series at the time. I felt content with it ending there as I watched it. Obviously I'm happy it didn't but yeah.
i also agree
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The crystalized finale has a bright side, they literally froze Aspheera's mouth shut, to quote Kai, "If I have to hear that one more time".
they do that in the fire chapter as well
@@Crusty783 Yeah, but it was in a big dramatic fight and without the punchline. That’s great and all, but due to her lack of motivation other than hurting Wu in ANY WAY, Asphera works infinitely better as a side villain. Obviously, the ending of season 11 works as it is, but I preferred the way they fought her in crystalized
@@Crusty783 Hey Crusty you forgot to mention that seabound was the only wild brain season to have a kill count because of King Trimaar's, Kalmaar's and Wojira's deaths
@@SamsungJprime-gi3jwdoes the skull of haza due count?
@SamsungJprime-gi3jw Does NYA killing all the ghosts count?
My personal favorite is tournament of elements. It was a very entertaining season with only few flaws. Chen was such a great villain and it had such an awesome story!
Me too 👍🏾
I agree it's such an amazing season, but honestly I still can't get over the fact that SENSEI Garmadon is gone 💔 my fav character I hope they bring him back
I'm just sad it didn't really delve into the "tournament" aspect.
Me too
Same
My personal favorite season is Posession! I think they did an amazing job at writing Morro, and it showed exactly what Kai would’ve been if he hadn’t accepted that he wasn’t meant to be the green ninja. He’s my favorite villain apart from Garmadon. And besides, it added the concept of the 16 realms, which is really cool!
Yeah! It a pretty good season! Better then Hunted anyway!
Yeah it’s almost my favorite. Although I feel like if they did a bit more with Kai and coles arc it would be a literal perfect season. Sure Kai has the most amount of screentime and lines, but his arc still feels it short. He feels like he was supposed to have an epic final battle with morro but he just doesn’t. And for Cole his ghost thing only was an issue for like an episode then he was back to being in the background.
Ronin and nya were great, Jay and Zane whilst not really having their own arcs outside of the shared “brother sharpens brother arc amongst all 4 ninja”, were also great and hilarious just as Kai and Cole were as well. (For some reason basically everyone is funny af this season.)
I’m sorry but Lloyd was wasted. I can not agree when people say this is a Lloyd season, he does nothing, he gets captured for 8 episodes and then sort of gets to have a final battle, but then it ends up being nya who saves the day. I wouldn’t really change anything with him tho, I mean they did the best with the amount of screentime he had.
But literally everything else besides Kai and coles arc is a 10/10 for me. I think this is my second favorite season
@@iswiftyfox8997 If it’s your second favorite season, then what’s your first favorite season?
@@SkyLord1846 actually it’s my first favorite prolly. Idk why I said second. Idk i go back and fourth between season 4 and 5 second and first place, but rn I’ll say season 5 first.
@@iswiftyfox8997 Makes sense.
Possession is the best. It’s short in the sense it doesn’t over stay it’s welcome with filler. tonally consistent. An intimidating villain. Shakes up the ninjas dynamic by not having Lloyd around and left changes that will last past season 5 with the likes of Cole and Nia.
It’s our first proper introduction to Ronin and the story is just simply tight.
It’s not perfect, but again, the season is short, so we don’t spend too much time with weaker aspects of the story. (Like cloud kingdom)
The season is pretty average length
@@skylandersfan6954 i mean yeah i guess. But the season is not the longest and it’s the only season in my opinion, that goes by super quickly.
I TOTALLY agree
@@jeeyonchowdhury8880 what do you mean?
@@thefilmrookie3099Rebooted goes a lot quicker, it has only 8 episodes :/
Personally my favorite season is Skybound. I know Skybound is a relatively controversial season. Some people love it and others hate it. Well I love Skybound! You wouldn’t think Jay wouldn’t work as the main character of a season since he’s usually just the comic relief but they managed to pull it off. Jay still feels like Jay even when he’s more than just a comic relief and he’s a great main character. We even learn in Skybound that the only reason he makes so many jokes is because it’s his coping mechanism (something I very much relate to). Also I know a lot of people don’t like the jail stuff but it only lasts one episode and the ninja learn stuff they need to in order to stop Nadakhan (also it’s 1000 times better than the jail stuff in crystallized).
I love how they explored Jay and Nyas relationship. Skybound has some of the most heart wrenching moments of the entire series. Nadakhan is one of the best villains the show has ever had. The show has been teasing him returning for like five seasons now. I’m not sure if I want him to return or not but if they could pull it off I would be all for him returning but after the mess that was crystallized I’m not sure if they could pull it off or not😂.
Anyway The last thing I want to mention about Skybound is the ending. I know a lot of people don’t like the ending but I absolutely love it. People don’t like the ending because it makes the whole season “it was just a dream” type of thing but a “it was just a dream” ending isn’t always a bad thing. Everything that happened in Skybound still happened it’s just that no one remembers it outside of Jay and Nya and that’s fine. Jay and Nya are the only one’s that need to remember it because the entire season revolved around them. They still have all the character development they got in the season (even if some of the seasons after Skybound just throws all there character development away but that’s a different conversation). Also if Jay hadn’t made his last wish Nadakhan would have won.
Every time I rewatch the ending of Skybound it makes me cry a little bit. Nya saying “I guess all the greatest love stories do end in tragedy” and then dying makes me cry every time. I remember Jay’s last wish caught me so offguard the first time I watched Skybound but I loved it even when I first watched it. All of this is why Skybound is my favorite season and it always will be
Agreed 100%
Skybound’s my favourite season
But I don’t think it is the most well written season tho
I don’t really like sky bound not because of the ending but because of the first 4 episodes. But to each their own
@@iswiftyfox8997 yea especially the celebrity and prison arca,I just skip them on every skybound rewatch
@@iswiftyfox8997 what did you Dislike ab.the first 4 eps?
@@MrChampion2024 so so so so so so boring
Maybe I'm blinded by nostalgia but season 2 is definetley B tier, seeing Garmadon get possessed by the Overlord was one of the darkest moments in the season and the final battle was fun too. Lloyd becoming the ultimate spinjitzu master will forever be one of the most iconic moments in the history of the entire series. The stone army were cool too
I aM tHe ULtaImATe sPiNjitsU mASteR!!11!!
I sorta agree. I think this season displayed the progress of Lloyds journey to becoming the green ninja really nicely. I think the plot is pretty solid. The filler episodes are a bit dumb but if they do anything, they definite don’t hurt the plot and they do push it forward. I do think there were things that could’ve been done better. They dumb down Garmadon a bit to make him goofier.
Personally my favourite was Master of The Mountain
-Cole had so much character development throughout the season and quickly became my favourite Ninja
-There was a mystery element to Lily which was very intriguing
-The animation in Master of The Mountain was the best the series has ever had
-Cole's arc I can personally relate to
-Wu's arc was also very compelling
Don't forget how great of a villain The Skull Sorcerer is and how the Uply are great characters too. I like how the writers made fun of how they keep inventing new villains each season by making the Sorcerer seem as "Just another generic villain" And even that they did really well.
@batmanwayneenterprises4975 who DARE disturb the work of the skull Sorcerer?!
I love motm! So glad skull Sorcerer was in the council of the crystal king
I agree + Skull Sorcerer was the best villain since Morro. Such a breath of fresh air, insane plot twist and awesome and intimidating presence.
Hot take : I really liked season 5 probably because Moro is my favorite villan but when I was younger the weapons intrigued me the sword of sanctuary was awesome and the deep stone blade things were also interesting and gave the ninja a good edge in fights with the ghosts kai took charge in that season aswell and he was amazing at that role every episode I was getting excited to see a Moro vs Kai rematch absolutely amazing the childhood memories this season gave me will always be with me
Hunted is the best season but Possession will always and forever be my favorite.
@@thezombiestudio2175 VALID TAKE
If you don’t like Crystalized so much. Do you think you could do a video where you talk about how you’d change or rewrite/restructuring of the season?
I think he already did that
@@Rexyboi17 I did a video about how to minimize the damages but not a flat out rewrite of the season. may be worth looking into though!
@@Crusty783 Man a rewrite would be dope.
For me part 1 was good but part 2 was a downgrade
My personal favourite season of Ninjago is Sons Of Garmadon. The season is just so well written and I feel like every character had something to do especially Lloyd, Zane, and Cole. The fight scenes are also top notch as the fight with Lloyd and Garmadon has so much emotion and is extremely well choreographed. The animation had a massive boost compared to Hands Of Time and the soundtrack is really good as always. The Sons Of Garmadon themselves are very fun to watch and Harumi has one of the most tragic and interesting backstories as it made the season one finale have more consequences and casualties which was lacking during that battle. So overall, I love Sons Of Garmadon. As for my least favourite season, probably Crystalized. Pretty self explanatory.
Yeah Sons of Garmadon was good
The only bad thing in son's of garmadon is Kai's character. It's like the writers were trying to ruin him as much as they can
@@zarkahmed3199 kai definitely got ruined sadly my favorite Character
@@zarkahmed3199 yeah it's almost as if recently the new writers just don't know how to write kai's charecter the way it used to be which is sad
@@ishashifar he doesn't need to be exactly like the older seasons. Kai was very good in the first half of crystallized despite not being like his older self
0:07 The car represents what happened to Nya's 10 years of character development in Crystalized
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Not accurate, it wasn't disintegrated into ashes and thrown into a pit of lava.
Never let bro cook again if he says season 2 is D tier
Fr fr
Season 2 was so good
He said seasok 11>>>>season 2 😵💫
I mean, season 2 has so many issues of garmadon being dumb with megaweapon and no real character development, and the overlord is bland and has a lot of wasted potentials.
The first part of season 2 was pretty weak tbh
Putting day of the departed above season two is a war crime
season 2. it's brings back nostalgia, and ends on an upbeat note, Ninjago could have just ended there, and I would have just been sad that it ended, of course I love seasons 3-7, zane's sacrifice was the first time I ever cried because of a TV show, I have nostalgia for seasons 1-7 and even kinda season 8 (I'm fine with 9 through 11, but at 12 it felt like they were just milking the series) but if it had ended at season 2, I would have been satisfied, it had a happy ending, and we got to see all of the main characters at their best, they did the final battle, and now we're done. But then we had 3-7, which were absolute joys, but then at 8-11, the redesigns didn't do much for me, and then after season 12 it felt so unnecessary.
So it was unnecessary to resolve Cole and Nya's story's throughout the series?
@@skylandersfan6954 again, I’m not saying that I have a problem with seasons 3-7, they’re great and I have a lot of nostalgia for them. I’m just saying that if we had left it at season 2 it wouldn’t have ended on a cliffhanger or anything.
@@DRofUA-cam S10 & s15 dont end on a cliffhanger
Just judging the show, my favorite will have to be Skybound. It's dark and brilliant. However, a big part of my perception of the seasons are the sets, and Skybound was honestly one of if not the worst season when it comes to that. Looking at both the show and the sets it's 100% Possession for me. Everything about it just works for me.
honestly my favorite character is Cole. he’s a good parent, he’s funny, he loves cake, but most importantly his character development. it’s want makes him my favorite.
after that is Lloyd for the same reasons the video lol
Crusty about to change his mind on Crystallized next week be like 🚶
@@contayjuslovesonedirection1817 Yeah Crystallized isn’t as terrible as many say it is. Sure it has flaws and things I wished they done differently, but it is still a good season and a good conclusion to the storyline they were telling.
Season 4 was always my favorite, the SOG and Hunted seasons are also great
Only if we got "the the alternative ending" with Oni Lloyd vs Ocean Nya... Or at least Wu and Garmadon actual death
Nya coming back to save her friends had much more sense that returning cause she was lonely after a few months. Plus it would have make many characters interesting again
@@M.W.2 I think for Jay's character better that Nya is staying in water goddess form. I don't like his obsession for Nya and this ruins him for me. And it's also disappoint that all his development relates to his relationship with Nya. Give him more interesting stories
Season 5 is my favourite by far my opinion might change but Moro is a perfect villain and his end scene just magnificent.
Bro FINALLY some else who likes s11
But the season 2 one man. My nostalgia could never
Here me out rebooted is an amazing season think about it it flows perfectly imbetween the final battle and chens island plus’s we got the best sets (in my humble opinion) they introduced new characters such as pixel and Cyrus borg and come on I know for a fact that you loved the Digiverse and that first battle against the overlord in the digiverse was crazy cool and the brought back old characters like scales and pythor! The final fight in this season was a little wacky (with the golden strings) but had real stakes and the sacrifice by Zane let him become even more cool. I know that the elephant in the room is the space episodes but I think that they are pretty bad but every thing else was crazy good plus we got the ninja’a hair in the sets. The Techno blades were such a cool gimmick.
Ah yes. The ranking is here. Ok heres mine.
S teir.
1. Tournament of elements (only one can remain)
2. Skybound (be careful what you wish for)
3. Possesion (as iron sharpens iron, brother sharpens brother)
A teir
4. Hunted (the resistance never quits)
5. Crystalized (yup) (to the end)
6. Sons of garmadon (the greatest villain is the one you never knew was there)
7. Master of the mountain (Upply! Upply!)
B teir
8. Rise of the snakes (ninja never quit)
9. Seabound (that's how the cookie crumbles)
10. Legacy of the green ninja (this ends now)
C tier
11. Hands of time (control time, control everything)
12. Prime empire (would you like to enter prime empire?)
13. Rebooted (you are vital to me)
D teir
14. Secrets of forbidden spinjitzu (revenge!)
15. March of the oni (thank you)
F teir
16. Pilots (ninja go!)
17. Day of the departed (forgotten)
I think all of this good, however placing the pilots in F is crazy.
I agree with It all but wow pilots should be AT LEAST an a D tier not the F
curious as to why you put march of the oni in d tier lol
My favorite is, “Season 3,” because I love, “Zane,” as a character, and the final battle against, “The Overlord,” is just beautifully stunning
and I will never forget, “Zane’s,” last words, before his death..☠️ ☠️
“ I am a, “Nindroid,” and, “ninja,” never quit..”
Always an absolute pleasure hearing you talk about things you’re so passionate about. Totally agree on season 11, but I just can’t get behind what you’re saying about Hands of Time. It’s not that bad.!
Right!? Season 7 is so reliable! I love it! ❤️🥰
That's valid! What about it worked for you?
@@Crusty783 I think the visuals, when they’re good, are some of the best the show’s had, and the first and last two episodes are overall fantastically done
@@Crusty783 middle incredibly stinky poo though
i really dont know if 2/10 episodes is enough to justify a season's quality - although you're missing the finale! that one is also great.
Possession was my favorite season, favorite villain and the most consistently amazing season out there. Morro had quite a lot of depth for being a Tai Lung clone without feeling like a Tai Lung clone at all. The season has a really great overarching message of regret, something I only saw Skybound do originally with their theme of greed and lust with pirates being the main antagonists. Morro and Wu's backstory was the main exacerbation of this, showing how both of them regretted their actions, Wu with how he handled Morro and feeling responsible for his death while Morro his actions and how he acted out in his youth. Morro's death scene was perfect with this, Morro hands Wu the realm crystal and Wu stares at it while Morro disappears into the water, leaving Wu to continue regretting his actions with Morro(as he should imo) and making this season actually IMPACT Wu. DOTD followed up on this with Morro regretting his actions and trying to make amends(being the only villain to actually try and reconcile with the protags). Nya, Lloyd, and Wu all had great character dev from this season and that was great. Having Lloyd and Nya on their own as well, gave the original four some much needed screen time so everyone felt really focused on. The pacing was great throughout and the only cons for me was Lloyd never really connecting with Morro over the Green Ninja title except for the ending(maybe an inner dialogue with Lloyd fighting Morro), and Cole's ghost thing rarely being touched on(no good ghost powers) although that was kinda a multi season issue.
Overall
Possession(5)
Skybound(6)
Tournament of Elements(4)
SOG(8)
SOFS(11)
Hunted(9)
MOTM(13)
MOTO(10)
Prime Empire(12)
ROTS(1)
Rebooted(3)
Seabound(The Island as well)(14)
Pilots(0?)
Hands of Time(7)
LOTGN(2)
Crystallized(15)
My favorite season is skybound, even though it didnt happen, i liked the fact that the ninja kept getting tricked into being alone so nadakhan could trick them, and it was down to jay to save almost everybody by the end of the season, jay saving his last wish just for the perfect time, as nadakhan was slowed down by the tiger widows poison, as nya was dying from it as well, nobody remembered skybound except for jay and nya, im glad that their relationship was more than dates and just showing they love eachother, skybound was a good season.
Personally I quite like the tournament of elements season, I loved the introductions, the drama and more. And you can’t forget pythor!
Not sure if someone's interesting, but here is Ninjago Season ranking based on imdb:
19. DotD (6,9)
18. SotFS (7,19)
17. Island (7,525)
16. RotS (7,76)
15. LotGN (7,77)
14. HoT (7,82)
13. Pilots (8,0)
12. Prime Empire (8,006)
11. Crystalized (8,0467)
10. Skybound (8,07)
9. Dragons Rising s1 (8,11)
8. Rebooted (8,1125)
7. ToE (8,3)
6. MotM (8,325)
5. Possession (8,33)
4. Seabound (8,4875)
3. MotO (8,675)
2. SoG (8,68)
1. Hunted (8,74)
Basic pic, but Sons of Garmadon is my favorite for sure. All six of the ninja just feel so in character, and they all get something to do at some point in the season. Obviously Lloyd acts as the main character, but Zane's Snake Jaguar story is cool, Cole with the baby is amazing, this season makes me like Nya a lot more than most of the other seasons do, and Jay and Kai, while they aren't focused on as much, still get some good characterization. I love the dynamics in this season, it's just so fun to watch. The ninja bounce off of each other perfectly, and I don't think any other Ninjago season has topped SoG in terms of dialogue. Harumi is a dope villain with a brilliant connection to Garmadon and the Great Deavourer, and bringing back Garmadon worked surprisingly well. I love a good story that ends on a cliffhanger, and the ending of SoG is amazing, so cool to watch when it first came out. Although I love Hunted and Master of the Mountain almost as much and Tournament of Elements has a special place in my heart, SoG will always be the best one. I wish the rest of the show was this good.
Not even gonna lie, Master of the Mountain is my favorite season. I love that one so much
Season 2 and 3 my favorite, because golden ninja era quite good and Zane’s sacrifice, much better than Nya’s sacrifice.
Really awesome vid, love the love for the post movie era, the timer was very well appreciated 😤
Now for the superior rankings:
1. Master of the Mountain
2. Rise of the Snakes
3. Prime Empire
4. Hunted
5. Tournament of Elements
6. Sons of Garmadon
7. Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu
8. Possession
9. Skybound
10. Seabound
11. Hands of Time
12. March of the Oni
13. Legacy of the Green Ninja
14. Rebooted
15. Vengebound
Ty for the kind words Cube! That being said, what on earth is S10 doing below Hands of Time?
Woah you also put Legacy Of The Green Ninja low like I would
@@Crusty783 S10 is definitely better written but I've been scarred from anything to do with oni so s7 doesn't have that issue. But these can go either way for me.
@@LeafCube don't let crystalized ruin a great season for you bro
vengebound?
Haven't seen the vid yet, but I can at least agree with the thumbnail, so that's a good start.
The thing I love most about this channel is that there are so many opinions that ho against the general Ninjago consensus. Even when I disagree with you (and there are quite a few disagreements here), the arguments for your points are really good, Crusty.
I guess you could say…
They make your views…
CRYSTAL-CLEAR!
tysm for the kind words :) i know some of my takes are a bit, unconventional, but im glad my arguments are clear :D
Couldn’t agree more with season 11. It’s probably the only season I enjoyed more then Tournament Of Elements, Akita is an excellent character and the artistic choices and aesthetics are beautiful.
The Ice Chapter is good, but the Fire Chapter is really boring and badly written imo.
The Tournament of Elements established many elemental masters and the lore of the Serpentine War! And shows how powerful the Anacondrais were in the war from then. While S11, there were several filler that are really pointless to the plot. The Fire chapter was so bad for my liking. Unpopular opinion, but the Ice chapter was no exception, but okay in some parts. And the animation was so noticeably unfinished in my eyes
@@brickbanditstudios6037 Yeah the fire chapter had a lot of filler episodes and Aspheera isn’t that Well written
Yeah Season 11 was ok but not great
I don't hate season 8 but I do think it's a little overrated because it feels like the only reason they brought Garmadon back just to tie into the movie
8 is my favorite, I loved the redesigns, new story, great villains, and it was a great start to the Oni Trilogy
Also tbh I liked season 11 specifically specifically the ice chapter, I really miss Akita
I wonder if rewatching Ninjago leaves a bitter taste in people's mouths knowing Crystalized is a thing.
It does for me. I haven't touched the show since Crystalized aired. Although, I did rewatch Crystalized about a month ago
Kinda. I don't wanted to rewatch whole show just because I knew that in the end everything I get is disappointment
Not me. I love Crystalized! My new favorite season.
It definitely does. Me and my friend started watching SoG right after we finished Crystalized (as a palette cleanser) and it just didnt hit the same knowing how badly these plotpoints would be mishandled
Yeah it just didn't feel as good or right
the first half of season 2 is awful, but I adore the second half so so much. the development it gave to lloyd with those moments against garmadon were really cool to see, plus i liked seeing more information on zane. Also im definitly speaking from bias cause Zane is my favorite character but I think (aside form the stupid ass love triangle) season 3 is one of my all time favorite seasons
ikr i laughed in that scene where dogshank was just standing in the room and heard everything
The opening scene of wasted true potential is so incredible, hands down
so true. that scene is amazing and does such a god job of setting everything up
4:45 i actualy i think that crystalized is the most devisive of them all, i think a lot of people are devided on skybound because of the ending and people get devided on crystalized and sofs as a whole. Great video tho, continue the great work
What you mean skybound finale was so good and unexpected
@@ggguys8827 i agree don't get me wrong, skybound os one of my favourites, but i've seen a lot of people who don't like this season because of the ending
@@Garmatronic there will always be someone that hates some season. Skybound was my favorite since it came out
@@ggguys8827 exactly, but i genuinely think crystalized is the most devisive of them all
@@Garmatronic i liked crystalized at first but later kinda meh
I love all the seasons equally.
Don't tell the other seasons. Tournament of elements is my favorite
I say people are allowed to love or hate Skybound as they wish
I still stay by my take that it’s my personal favorite season of the entire series. I can see why some people take issues but either most of those problems don’t bother me, or I just don’t even see them as problems
I loved season 2! It had some of the best visuals in all of Ninjago (the final battle, the temple of light), the story was great etc.
If MotM isn't above seabound we're gonna have issues
I am very conflicted but awesome vid
Yeah I agree
It isn’t for me
@@aksator3814 I personally would put Motm above Seabound bec.Seabound was unoriginal,it copied a lot of aspects from Rise of the snakes and Aquaman
Seabound is above MotM
Cool ranking!! Sons of Garmadon is my fav too! I don’t think crystallized is the worst season ever however I do think it was massively disappointing. I actually think rebooted is the worst season for a variety of reasons. One being the obvious: the love triangle but I also hate how the overarching plot ties into the episode Wrong Place Wrong Time from season 2 because that episode is incredibly illogical when you think about it.
EDIT: I’ve changed my mind. Rebooted is a good season and Crystallized IS the worst season
@@contayjuslovesonedirection1817 I disagree but cool opinions (:
@@contayjuslovesonedirection1817 I agree with you
Someone that appreciates day of the departed.. never thought I would see the day
2:17 I respectfully diss agree but I see your point
This is my top 5. You will probably kill me for it:
1. Possession
2. Master of the mountain
3. Sons of Garmadon
4. Hunted
5. Hands of time.
nah this is a good ranking!
season 7 is overhated, I enjoyed it. The storyline is incredible and seeing Kai and Nya finally bond together being the main characters working together was important. I also was surprised when we come to find out Kai and Nya's parents were alive the whole time. The animation is a bit crappy sure, but Hands of time made Wu an amazing character, the moment Krux and Acronix went back in time to alter a battle and it was all up to Kai to save Ninjago had my heart beating with tension. When the dragon disappeared and I thought that he had failed, I dropped down to my knees... I thought he didn't succeed until Nya came in clutch with that reversal blade. Wu's sacrifice was also brave
Solid ranking absolutely valid
I can understand why some people don't enjoy S2, but personally it's one of my faves (other than the filler episodes).
Season 2 is so underrated how in the world is day of the departed above it and have sky bound in c tier is wild it’s b+ and island in B tier is also wild actually is criminal
My rankings jump around quite a lot. I'm lucky in that I like every season to some extent (except maybe HOT and DOTD)
S Tier: Hunted, Skybound, Seabound, Prime Empire, Master of the Mountain
A Tier: Sons of Garmadon, Rise of the Snakes, Tournament of Elements, Crystallized, Possession
B Tier: Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu, March of the Oni, the Pilots
C Tier: Legacy of the Green Ninja, Rebooted, The Island, Hands of Time (this one is *almost* in D tier)
D Tier: Day of the Departed
Season 7 is underrated
2:15 got me effing laughing hard when that thing started jumping hell nahaha
i love the reference to scott the woz with the timer to complain like how scott complained about mario kart 8’s battle mode.
I think the ice chapter is really solid but fire chapters just brings it down from c to d
THANK YOU SO MUCH for saying Hands of Time is an "F"! It actually made me happy because my whole family jokes about how bad that season is! I love you so much!
When do you think Crystallized went from really good to mid, and then to bad/awful?
I still think Episode 1-22 is peak Ninjago, it's stuff after that which I take issue with
episode 17 is the exact moment where things went downhill but in hindsight all of it was pretty wack
My opinion on every season:
Pilots - Haven't watched.
S1 - Very good, still holds up. Good character moments. One of the better season 1's - 8/10
S2 - Criminally underrated. The first half is better though - 7/10
S3 - There's a few gems, but it's just OK. The love triangle even was egrigious as a kid. - 5/10
S4 - Pretty good, although very overrated. The final episodes are much better and less stale. (not saying the season's stale) - 6/10
S5 - It takes a few episodes to get good, but when it does... It's just so diverse. - 9/10 (does a lot of worldbuilding and got me really hooked)
S6 - Perfect. Still holds up extremely well. - 20/10 (random piece of trivia, i got a wierd book about some stuff with this one, but i lost it a few years ago)
DotD - Haven't watched, but seems OK.
S7 - Bland and repetitive, one of the few bad seasons. Not utter shit, but very close. - 2/10
Currently on my rewatch, haven't watched the rest yet, so can't really give an honest opinion yet. If I feel like it, I'll update the comment.
"And next up on the tier list is master of the mountain! And this is an instant A tier!"
I paused the video and subscribed when I heard that. Master of the mountain is AMAZING and I do not wanna hear any slander for it
My List:
1)Tournament Of Elements
2)Hands Of Time
3)Rebooted
4)Possession
5)Hunted
6)Sons Of Garmadon
7)Master Of The Mountain
8)Crystalized
9)March Of The Oni
10)Way Of The Ninja
11)Seabound
12)Rise Of The Serpentine
13)Day Of The Departed
14)Secrets Of Forbidden Spinjitzu
15)Legacy Of The Green Ninja
16)Skybound
17)Prime Empire
18)The Island
Someday I'll know why some people hate skybound.
One day, someday, sooner, or later, but I will know eventually, and I don't know when eventually will be.
@@adnanaboukewik4950 Well,what I disliked about Skybound was that they basically killed off some ninja in the middle of the season and we never saw some of them again until last episode (Kai and Zane).One last thing is that the ending was disappointing.I didn't say it was a bad ending because I think the combat was really good and it got very dark but people like me did not like the fact that they erased the timeline.
@@Kingstuds It was all intended on one wish, which was jays, and it was the only way.
If jay didn't wish for it, and the timeline was not erased, All of ninjago will be crushed. Nya will die, Pixal will still be already dead, everyone In Ninjago(Which is the continent along with it) will die and get crushed by the parts of djinjago(Just like Wu said. If nadakhan's defeated, ninjago will be crushed)
But overall, This season was completely about Jay and Nya being back together as lovers once again but better than before S3, and the season succeeded in doing so, which is why I loved the scene.
I also wasn't a fan of all the ninja being inside the djin blade, but it completely had a purpose thanks to Ep 8 where with all these Nya and jay only moments all end in a confession and a promise to save Nya.
@@adnanaboukewik4950 Ok Thank You For respecting my opinion and Thanks for the feedback.
@@Kingstuds ur opinion is fine man. We all have different views. I just bring mine out
Fun fact: if zane found a way to defeat the overlord without sacroficing himself season 4 would have never existed and then sensei garmadon would stay and morro wouldnt escape the cursed realm so no possesion and since it was ghost clause who unleashed nadakhan season 6 wouldnt have happened i dont think sons of garmadon and hunted would happen and im not sure how march of the oni happened so zanes sacrofice in rebooted has affected ninjago greatly
8:40 you have to admit the villains are amazing the time twins are fantastic in my opinion
Putting day of the departed and skybound at the same tier is just disrespectful.
I personally love the season of the Skymount due to the story put behind Jay and how there was a new ninja team. It also starts to show us more realms
1. Day of the departed
2. Hands of time
3. Rebooted
4. The island
5. Crystalized
6. Secrets of the forbidden Spinjitzu
7. March of the oni
8. Legacy of the green ninja
9. The pilots
10. Skybound
11. Rise of the snakes
12. Seabound
13. Possession
14. Tournament of elements
15. Master of the mountain
16. Hunted
17. Sons of Garmadon
What is this list man
@@lanrumi3495 pretty sure it’s his reversed list
@@butlered4350 maybe but it feels so weird
Daily RoLord video spoiler??? 😮😮
@@aguy3728 oh yeah
I was watching this video on tv and had to grab my phone to make this comment: do NOT rank again, s2 in d tier is the definition of diabolical, hands of time in F is a federal crime, and s11 has got to be the worst season of all Ninjago. It is absolutely horrible in terms of enjoyability, overall villains, heck, even the main reason aspheera was a villain doesn't make sense.
01) Master of the mountain
02) Sons of Garmadon
03) Hunted
04) Seabound
05) Tournament of elements
06) Skybound
07) Crystalized
08) Legacy of the Green ninja
09) Prime Empire
10) Secrets of the forbitten spinjiztu
11) Possesion
12) Pilots
13) Rise of the snakes
14) The island
15) Hands of time
16) Rebooted
I haven't watched day of the departed in years sooo...
Anyway, this ismy order from best season to worst
If u would all be honest youd say tournament of elements.
It had a good storytelling, worldbuilding, history, plots but most importantly the pacing was just PERFECT
s8 better i fear 🤷♂️
@@Crusty783 disagree, season 8 is not perfect
@@denysvisionwhat’s wrong with season 8?
14:00 Oh hey so both of the Jay seasons make you feel the same way
coincidence… I think NOT
S: Skybound, Possession, Rise of the Snakes
B: Hands of Time, Master of the Mountain, Seabound
C: Dragons Rising, Season 11, Tournament of Elements, Rebooted, Season 2
(Got lazy so didn’t finish)
10. Skybound
9. Hands of time
8. March of the oni
7. Legacy of the green ninja
6. rise of the serpentine
5. possession
4. Rebooted
3. Sons of garmadon
2. Hunted
1. The tornement of elements
Tournament is S legit lead yo basically everything in later seasons and is constantly hinted at and is by far the most thrilling season
awesome video crusty, enjoyed it (and the roasts lol).
here is my lost;
1. seabound
2. sons of garmadon
3. possession
4. hunted
5. master of the mountain
6. tournament of elements
7. march of the oni
8. rise of the snakes
9. rebooted
10. the island
11. secrets of forbidden spinjitzu
12. legacy of the green ninja
13. hands of time
14. skybound
15. prime empire
16. pilots
17. crystalized
yes ik some might be controversial. fight me.
Bro with crystallised, it would make sense for a more dark ending, more deaths. They just kept all the characters alive, realistically speaking, here’s a list of who should’ve died: Nya, Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane, Wu, the police guy who hunted the ninja down, and possibly Garmadon. The Lloyd having trust issues plotline was thrown out the window, along with Lloyds oni side plotline. They absolutely wasted the potential with the main police guy and the crystal council, and the overlords return feels so forced, with the finale having no buildup with little to no payoff. The characters have not grown or developed this season. I’m not even going to talk about the cliche last second arrival of all allies. There should’ve definitely been a benefit of grief episode for Kai and Jay following Nyas death, but instead Jay and Kai get over it in 2 seconds. Nyas parents should’ve had more interaction with her after her revival at the end of the season, they just showed up in the background of the final stand and then were never mentioned again. Crystalized also ruined the whole payoff of Seabound, and the creators of the show just need to stop the idea of overpowered survivalist teenage paper deliverers. There is no way that like a 13 year old can navigate a whole city striving with danger and infection, save an old man from drowning and then massively assisting to kill an all powerful overlord. Overall this season was too happy and not realistic at all.
you're just trying to massacre the show at this point, if they can drive home a good plot that doesn't necessarily need deaths, it can be appealing enough. But killing 80% of the character in one season is hella fucked up and is a massacre to the show.
4:17 And She shall alway remain 16 till this day despite the fact they were all teachers way back in Rebooted, got other jobs in the beginning of Tournament Elementals, and then Crystilized had them all get jobs again. All of these had massive time jumps but then Haunted Kai confirms: we’re still teenagers dude
Because I guess they live in the day and age where minors are allowed to join under ground fighting arenas
I cant wait to get bombarded with hate for this but i kinda like crystalized. Okay, let me explain
So some of the things didn’t make sense like why they would make the overlord’s looks how they are and the rest of the army etc, but still. Personally i do like it because it just feels good to watch. It does have some good and bad writing moments. The vengestone buyer should of been different thats for sure but it did somewhat of a good job. The battles are well played and look visually approving and it overall for me is pretty nice. I mean it could be better but i still enjoyed it alot
Also you dont need to over-think it
Imo, every installment goes in A except for Crystalized. That goes in S for me
“Your beloved green ninja”
Moro, 2015
And he says it too many times but it’s still entertaining to see
Ok I personally don’t think that Crystilized is as bad as most people are saying it is. Yes it obviously had some issues. But I was able to look past them and even with those problems in mind. I had a great time
I know the ending felt a bit rushed and could have been a bit more stretched out. But non the less what we had, I enjoyed
that's valid! im glad it worked for you :)
@@Crusty783 Thank you. And I can also respect your opinion and I see/understand how you feel towards this and why it made you feel disappointed
And I know you just over exaggerated your reaction/feelings towards that season for comedic purposes toward the camera and audience. I know the feeling and I understand the joke
@@contayjuslovesonedirection1817 Thank you
@@Crusty783I think part 1 did a good job for the introduction but part 2 is where it downgrades .
@@Crusty783I would really love you to rank the ninjago villains ( not tier list)
Hot take: season 11 is an amazing season, the only problem are episodes 3,4 and 19 because they are useless and the Akita backstory could've been a normal lego backstory like with Morro and Harumi's backstory animation. The villains are amazing, the ice Emperor could've had more screentime but is still good, Aspheera and Vex are amazing underrated villains
Holy crap, we almost have the same opinions. I fully agree with you, except the island could've been done a bit better and a few other things but nevertheless good video.
Crystallized is where many old allies team up against the villains and there was also a wild prison break
What I find weird is that in March of the oni everyone forgets that garmadon killed mystake they don't even care
i mean everybody there does hate him (minus wu ig)
the thing i like about skybound is how up to that point, nadakan was the most brutal and dark villain the ninja faced with the fact if jay stuck with his original plan of making nadakan not a djinn would basically kill the other ninja, on top of how brutal he was with jay as his prisoner
I always thought with season 6 it was Nadikhans hubris which made the ninja wish themselves away. He relished in the manipulation and prided himself In outsmarting his opponents. That’s why he got so angry when he needed to get Clancy to wish them away before gaining his composure again. Then when the final battle came about basically all the ninja had their wished gone and he needed to deal with them here and now because he got infinite wishes. That’s my take at least.
Hot take: Hands of time has the best intro
under morro intro
@@7enz67 season 5 has a really really good intro and it's my favorite season but I think it's still only 3rd, 2nd is skybound intro. Possessions intro is still heat tho
My favourite intro is the Skybound one
Yep.
Me personally season 2 legacy of the green ninja is THE GOAT most climatic season really building up the power of the golden ninja and gave us a HUGE amount of backstories this season made overlord look like he is HIM
Nothing can top the oni trilogy for me
The oni trilogy was peak ninjago
This is my official Ranking the Seasons/Specials
1 Sons of Garmadon) Season 8
2 Seabound) Season 14
3 Master of The Mountain) Season 13
4 Hunted) Season 9
5 Crystalized) Season 15
6 March of The Oni) Season 10
7 Skybound) Season 6
8 Possession) Season 5
9 The Island) Special
10 Prime Empire) Season 12
11 Tournament of Elements) Season 4
12 Hands of The Time) Season 7
13 The Pilots) Beginning of Ninjago
14 Rebooted) Season 3
15 Day of The Departed) Special
16 The Forbidden Spinjitzu Power) Season 11
17 Rise of The Snakes) Season 1
18 Legacy of The Green Ninja) Season 2
This guy 😂😂
Among all seasons, what fascinates me most is the serpentines. They nearly appears in every season, though in different forms. So adorable. Ugly but cute, with smooth shiny texture like rubber. Can't wait to have dolls of them.
I don't like season 11, some of that has to do with how various arcs were (or rather weren't) followed up on, but apart from that, having the ninja realease the villian is a really odd choice. And then they don't really take anyting away from it either. There's no moment where they go "hey, we really screwed up here". And I didn't like Clutch powers here either, he had a strong case of Jake Skywalker syndrome if you'll pardon the term.
In my opinion Ninjago crystalized was great up to episode coming of the king
I personally liked Ninjago crystallized. However, the two problems I have with it are the fact that it completely undid Nya’s sacrifice from Seabound, and the fact that the finale was underwhelming specifically, the fact that Lloyd just shot creation powers at the overlord and I’m like “that’s it?” “You couldn’t have more of a final battle from season two?” I mean seriously call me crazy, but in terms of final battles, season two was perfect in my opinion, and it felt like it was earned.