The stars must be in perfect alignment because 100% agree with you.

Just powered through the last four episodes of Zyuranger. Man, that was a good conclusion. There were some really good mech battles, some cool story developments, and several good emotional beats (the last scene with Bandora and her crew is both hilarious and kind of adorable). I think we could have done without the little boy in the hospital, but I suppose it's not Zyuranger if there isn't a child awkwardly shoved into the center of the plot somewhere. Still, it was a great finale (and it was a nice touch that the GUIS sub of the last episode ends with a trailer for Dairanger, including a snippet of its vastly superior ending theme).

Overall, I can't say that Zyuranger is going down as my favorite Sentai, but it is a really great show nonetheless. The fantasy theme is a lot of fun and leads to some cool story moments, the mech designs are fantastic (especially when compared to Jetman), and the villains are really enjoyable. The biggest downside is that the Zyurangers themselves are all really flat characters with few noticeable personality traits beyond just being generally heroic. I think a more dynamic cast like Jetman or Dairanger's - and maybe an occasional episode with no guest child actor - could elevate this to one of the best Sentais ever. As it stands, though, it's still a great show and I think it gets unfairly overlooked in favor of the two shows that surround it.

Dekaranger 37, goddamn. That is one of the single most emotionally powerful episodes of a sentai that I've seen. It definitely adds a ton of depth to Hoji that I was not expecting.

What episode are you watching?! Those are words I have never used with Dekaranger.

Have you watched it? That was an incredible episode. Hoji had to delete Teressas' brother because he was killing earth women to save her from a disease. The judgment portion of the episode was so well done, as was Hoji confessing his love, even knowing he still had his job to do. It's just an overall great episode of this series.

Yeah, that is one of the best episodes of any tokusatsu I've ever seen.

Meanwhile, with Zyuranger finished it's time to move on to my next Sentai. I have the Kakuranger episodes GUIS just put out, but I've been wanting to check out Boukenger for awhile so I just checked out the first episode of that. I liked it. Quite a bit. I think I'm going to keep going. So far I'm really digging Akashi and the others look pretty cool (except Natsumi, who I'm sure I'll want to bludgen with Daibouken's shovel by the time I hit episode five). I wish there was a better sub, though. The video quality on the TVN version is pretty bad and their stupid vanity splash pages mean I have to mess with my player to fix the audio synch.

Saw Kakuranger 3 earlier. I love how Jiraiya had a cowboy outfit for no reason other than stereotypes.

Also saw the first episode of Rescue Fire(I seriously don't know where this should go). Already I think I like Taiga more than Ishiguro. I hope he won't lighten up on Tatsuya since Tatsuya's being late to an emergency was justified.

ironically how turbo almost got power rangers cancelled :lol

episode 15 of gokaiger

I swear basco is like a Japanese jack sparrow to me for some reason I mean marvelous fits that better but idk...
holy crap gosei knight is still kicking ass!

Kakuranger 4. Mighty Shogun is awesome. Grabs the enemy's sword, and just punches him in the face :lol
I'm also curious how many of those fish sword replacements they had on standby, what with the fire and all :p
Also, it's nice seeing where PR got the inspiration for a monster party :lol

Also, decided to rewatch the Power Rangers Ninja Quest 4 parter.
I thank god that I was only like, 4 when all this originally aired, because I don't know how intense my anger would've been if they established "We lost our powers" and "Now you draw your power from the ninja, instead of the dinosaur!" and then use the Zyu suits again.

I just watched a little bit of Bokuenger VS Super Sentai. Haven't watched all of it though, I kind of just skipped to Nanami's first appearance (she's pretty much my favorite Sentai babe).