Honestly, Sentai is probably my least favorite of the big tokusatsu franchises. It seems to rely far more on recycled plots, recycled characters, and even a lot of recycled cinematography. I doubt there's been anything really unique in Super Sentai for years, just a lot of variations on the same stories over and over. Sure, some of those variations are interesting, but on the whole I just don't care for Sentai as much as I do for Rider or Ultra.

Watching these, I sort of remembered how weird it was that Vancuria's main source of company is herself (in Night and Mare form). She's really interesting.

Houka was just funny. her trying to help in kai's love, but instead making it worst was amusing. their first serious conflict and they take a major blow but come out of it still standing, in the process learning how dangerous wolzard is. although evil, he has honor. seing them gain magiking reminded me how it is one of my favorite robo designs, also I just noticed wolzard's feet look like those of a gundam.

I think I'm more entertained by the absurdity of Super Sentai than you are.

Typically, I'm very critical when it comes to fiction (it comes from the years of film school and decades of film/tv obsession).

But for some reason, Super Sentai is impervious to criticism for me. I watch these shows, and even when something shitty happens, I'm able to let it wash over me.

The badness often becomes an inseparable part of why I watch the series -- it becomes one piece of the ridiculous, relentless, everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink narrative. The more absurd, bombastic, flashy, and illogical a Sentai show becomes, the more I like it.

Which is why hating Stage 5 is so alarming! This is an episode I should have dug, but I actively disliked it.

Here's hoping there's less of that going forward. I'm committed to this LWW, but if things go that direction again... who knows what I'm capable of. :lol

Episode 6
He calls it Emperor Sword KillFang? Why not just "My sword KillFang?" What's the emperor part got to do with anything? Wolzord out powered the crap out of Branken. So why isn't he in charge? After all he's strong and is the one doing all of the magic for them. So shouldn't he be in charge?

D'awwwwwwwwwwwwww! Kai fell asleep to his mother's song. That is so adorable! Why do the others find it so odd that Kai had a vision of Wolzord? I mean come on they all have strange magical powers, you'd think if one of them said "I had a vision about our enemy. He wants us to go meet meet him" that they wouldn't blink an eye at it. But they treat him like he's delusional. Seriously what the hell guys?

Oh my God Kai is a Super Saiyan!

LMFAO That kid just being there and Kai's like "Ehhhh, Hi!"

Kai you have my permission to tell these dumb asses "I told you so" and do the Cartman laugh.

Okay those two fights were AWESOME! The fight between Kai and Wolzord was just excellent. It had great choreography, nice battle music, had a fairly good amount of back and forth, and didn't last for too short of a time or overstay it's welcome. It was just plain awesome. And the fight with Magi Dragon was plain epic as well. Like the fight before it, nice balance of back and forth and it didn't burn out too quick or last too long. So these two fights combined are just damn freaking awesome!

Huh, so it in this universe it takes more then courage or something completely different from courage to fuel black magic? That's kinda interesting. Not by a whole lot but hey it's something.

Okay so he kinda has a form of honor, though as he said it's more of a code then anything. Pretty cool that this story element is in Magiranger. I wonder how it will develop.

Oh snap! ***** just played them like a yoyo!

WolKaiser...you...look...bad...fucking...ass! And oh shit, he stole their magic? Yeah that's freaking hardcore and dastardly as all hell. First he lets them off him so he can absorb their magic to turn into WolKaiser, and now he's stole their fusion magic. All of this in one episode. Just damn.

A wild Branken has appeared!

The fight against Braken was kinda boring. I don't know, it just doesn't hold up to the two other fights we had in the episode. It wasn't bad, just kinda boring as I said.

Yay! Mare and Nare host this segment this episode!

So episode 6, fucking awesome. I'm not going to lie, this is my favorite episode so far. It had some nice drama in it, but it was just made by the fights between Magi Red and Wolzard, and Magi Dragon VS Wolzard. Those two bouts are easily some of the best I have ever seen in Sentai. Not much else to say other then AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You like Night and Mare, don't you, Winston? :lol

What makes you say that? :lol

Well...their fashion sense seems up your alley. :lol And also:

You got me skippy! :lol

Generally, I think they're more interesting separated than as Vancuria.