Wait, are you saying people actually liked the fruit gimmick at the start? I've posted regularly and lurked on many tokusatsu forums and there was an almost universal disapproval of the idea. The optimism only came out when it was revealed who the writer of the show was going to be, before then people had given up on the show before it even began.

I own the DJ gun because it is down right awesome. One of the best rider weapons in a long time.