[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Locke

The utterly wasted potential doesn't just hurt Kyoryuger for me, it breaks it. It isn't a bad show, it's an entertaining show but I think if the show had ever attempted to break free of its self imposed shackles it could have been my very favourite show. And so that makes me sad.

This is similar to how I feel. Had it been a bit more ballsy it could have been my favorite Sentai. It had all the right elements and a lot of badass moments. It just... fumbled them throughout.

I do see the reasons why the show plays it so safe so often. It came on the heels of the lowest rated Sentai show in history. Rocking the boat may have seemed like a bad idea to Toei and Bandai. I don't like that mentality, but I at least understand it.

I agree that Utchy should have died. However, I don't think the writers were interested in presenting death as "The End" in any way. Instead, they approached the concept in the bright and optimistic way they approached everything else. The first time we see a Spirit Ranger, we know that even when you stop breathing, life goes on. Maybe the show would have felt more substantial had the creative team approached death more finality -- but I think there was a conscious choice made to make the grave seem less scary, for better or worse. It's certainly an interesting response to Go-Busters' fixation with the permanence of death.