Kyoryuger is not going to be on my list of favorites. The story is utterly formulaic and the majority of characters are underdeveloped or just plain uninteresting. And the counter to this is King Daigo, who must always be the most awesome thing on-screen at the cost of virtually any interesting development for anyone else. That got old REAL fast.

That being said, I don't find it to be an irredeemable series. The designs are excellent, the action is top-notch and there's good chemistry between the cast. And there are some hidden gems throughout; Episode 8 featuring Nobuhara & Rika stands as one of my personal favorite tokusatsu moments.

So I'm voting "Average." And I can't wait to see what Saban can do with it.

It was by far Koichi Sakamoto's best so far.
They also pulled off 10 rangers in a decent manner.
I like how they tried new things while being traditional in certain aspects.
Overall it was fun with so much Sentai trivia hidden inside.
The Daigo and Ami love story was a tad rushed but who cares.
Visually it felt like it improved on what Abaranger had.

This season was good, could of done more with the stories and characters.

I'm going to miss this sentai series a lot(really looking foward to the V-Cinema) but yes I do think it's not flawless. Like many of the posts I've read, I do think the Daigo and Amy relationship felt a bit rushed and that Daigo got a bit too much attention. Nevertheless, Kyoryuger will always be in my top 10 of favorite sentai seasons.

I absolutely loved it from start to finish.

I'll post the thoughts I have from Ep 48 here:

Pros:
1) Acting: I have never seen such great acting from a Sentai show. Ever. All the tears felt genuine, and all the joy and sorrow came from the heart. The tears that Amy shed for Daigo in the finale had me close to tears too. She really know how to cry. Nossam's optimism, Souji's naivete, Yayoi's puppy love, Ian's smoothness... they are all so integrated into their character that I cannot see them outside the show without thinking that's who they are. If Nossam shows up in another show as a villain I'd be expecting him to crack a pun joke at any second.

2) Babe factor: Good looking cast all around. I can't help but gawk a bit at Amy and Yayoi's cuteness despite their young age. Ian, Souji, and Daigo aren't bad lookers too, but girls can probably vouch for them better than I do.

3) Action: So many great fight scenes. Wow! [/Amy]

4) Special F/X: Although those Dinosaurs and Mech's look very CGI, but I still like them a lot. The henshin sequence and the special attacks were mind-blowingly good. Love every second of it.

5) Deboss turn good: Love that both Candelira and Luckiroo both turned good in the end and decided to help humans. Dogold died an honorable death was pretty damn awesome too.

Cons:

1) Daigo: Now don't get me wrong. Daigo is the epitome of brave and what this show is about. But he's just too PERFECT (or Pafekt like Utchy would say) and his lack of any flaws is what makes him so boring, predictable, and hard to relate to. The finale only reinforces what we already know, that Daigo is practically immaculate and nothing can even harm him. He defeated the end boss, which the whole team couldn't beat even in their Sentai forms, by himself and without going through henshin. Excuse me? I can elaborate further but I am sure you have all heard it from other forum members so I don't want to keep beating the dead horse, but the final boss fight was the worst part of the finale.

2) Daigo getting the girl, Amy: So not only was Daigo was able to beat the supposedly all-powerful end boss by himself sans costume, but he was also able to move Amy enough with the promise of strawberry parfait that she was his by the time the credits roll. I am not happy about it because I thought Souji and Amy would've been a much better fit, and also because Daigo already got everything and now the girl too? Blah.

3) Deboss monsters pretty underwhelming: Aside from the core monsters, none of the other monsters aside from the Ninja was really that good IMO. For them to keep rehashing the already dead monsters didn't help either.


While I really like this show a lot, the thing that holds me back from giving it a perfect grade is Daigo. I wish the writer didn't have such a hard-on for him. Seeing him always so immaculate takes away the focus from other characters, and in a show where the cast is over 20, that's a real disservice to the fans IMO.

Is like every villain in super sentai shoved full of 30 tons of TNT?

I love this guy's description of the series. Pretty Marvelous if you ask me ;D

Anyone love the fact that the Earth's true melody is the catchy Kyoryuger theme, Vamola Kyoryuger?

Now...I'm looking at all this talk about Daigo (I only saw 3 episodes of Kyoryuger) so...what you guys are all saying is...he's basically Kirito from Sword Art Online...fantastic... :I