I hate the Gokaiger fans more than the show, the fans who are like 'wanna get into super sentai? GOKAIGER GOKAIGER GOKAIGER' and you watch like fifty episodes of fan wanking a franchise you have no emotional investment in. And from the sounds of things Gokaiger wasn't even that great for fans of the franchise.

GoGo-V sounds like it'd be boring seeing it's tribute in Gokaiger.

"Oh hey! Your GoPink! What, saving lives saves the future? Cool! Thanks for the keys now let's use them in our Giant Pirate robot to deploy firehoses so we can put out a fire."

And GoGo-V is not boring.

My only real issue is the justification of why the show did certain things. "The mecha is a piece of shit because it's random assortment of vehicles are a homage to past series!" "The series took a dive in plot because guest stars wanted to return even though the writers/directors/producers/whoever could've just said no." "The characters are bland and one dimensional because they have kinda-sorta tragic backstories and one flashback in a filler episode totally gives a character depth!"

I tried watching Gokaiger. All the characters were annoying and the red ranger was kinda ugly. I'm not shallow by any stretch, but he was just a not good looking guy who couldn't act.

"But he was cool and aloof, dark and a loner, but still a good guy in the end!"
-Someone justifying Marvelous's character and actions to me.

After watching 17 seasons of Power Rangers, Gokaiger was my first sentai and I loved it. It was my partner's and brother's first too and they both loved it too, its also the only sentai/power ranger series my brither can sit through and he rewatches it with us all time. Therefore, from my experience I would recommend Gokaiger for people wanting to get into Sentai.
I know you havent seen the show becayse the fan wanking is very minimal outside of the concept of the Gokai changes and the cameos are always more about the morals of the show or continuing the story then emotional attatchment to the viewers. Hell, the target viewers wouldnt have any attachment to them either cosidering at very best theyd probably have only seen Goonger-Goseiger.

For me, I'd probably say Zyuranger. Bandora was fantastic, but the show just wasn't for me, even though its my partner's favourite.

Would this be a bad time to mention that, aside from the power-spam Mech battles, I enjoyed Gokaiger? Especially once Gai came along.

I haven't seen many,but of the ones I have watched,I'd have to say Go-busters.The mecha I never liked to begin with,but it did grow on me and I like them a lot now.The stories and the characters on the other hand...I dunno,I just found it incredibly dull.Well,except for two of them,and you all should know which two.

So you would rather it had been like Decade?

Considering he hates Decade more, probably not. :lol