My computer died last Thursday, so rather than watching more Shinkenger, which I was in the middle of, I started Boukenger, because I had that downloaded to an external hard drive that I can use on my wife's computer.

I've seen three episodes, and so far, I think it's pretty great. I find I'm enjoying it about as much as I have been Shinkenger. I like the vehicles and combined form, I'm starting to really like the uniforms, and i like the characters, none of them are annoying or stupid.

Really? I'm having the hardest time getting into Boukenger. Even harder than I did getting into Goseiger...

Yeah, really. I wonder how much of it is that I WANT to like Boukenger. I watched maybe half of Gokaiger, and a third of Dekaranger, but I was just watching to see how they were, I had nothing invested in the shows, and I didn't enjoy them all that much.

With Boukenger, I'm planning on getting SHF Bouken Red, and I already own Black & Gold Ultimate Daibouken, so i wonder if I'm in anyway sub-consciously convincing myself I need to like it, because I've already spent money on the property.

Or maybe it's just the right blend of fun for me.

Half the time I watched Boukenger I found myself just bored. The characters are bland with hints of "We'll explain things later," the fights are standard Sentai fare with nothing to set it apart from other series, the villains, while interesting in the fact that there are 3 groups of them, are bland because I don't find any of them to be interesting to watch.
And I've noticed that all (Not some. Not most. Literally all) of Boukenger's praise comes from it's designs, which is something I hate, because looking good isn't a good exchange for a boring story.

I still contest that it's a fun story that truly picks up with the Ashu/Questers/Bouken Silver arc. The designs are rock solid but it has a good story as well.

Shinkenger on the other hand.... I had to force that one down. It took me well over a year and a half to finish it. It was just so bad, so slow, so boring. Flat characters, ridiculous mecha combos (this coming from someone who LOVES G12). Shinkenger did nothing for me. Aside from Jiya. HE fucking rocked that entire show.

The mecha combos in Shinkenger are silly, but for some reason, I kinda like them. I liked that the characters themselves came up with the way for the Tiger, Beetle and Swordfish combine with Shinkenoh, almost like that explains why it's goofy.
It is kinda slow, but I haven't found it boring yet.

I do find the pre-fight posing in Boukenger to be utterly ridiculous, and lame looking. But I like the way the combining of the vehicles is made to look possible rather than just magically floating together and combining. I guess Dekaranger also did that, and I appreciated it then too.

I like you :D

Words I never thought I'd see on this board :lol

Don't worry, I still think you're human garbage. :D

But yeah, 27 episodes into Zyuranger and I'm starting to like Mei the most. She's surprisingly badass.

I haven't really watched anything in a while. Still waiting on my Gokaiger DVD set to arrive so I can tear into that.