[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Joe and Sid, Marvelous and Basco, Ahim and the monster of the week dude, Doc's two parter in the 40s.

Joe and Sid had the prospect of going somewhere. The same episode he finds out the transformation into Barizog was irreversible and after that it all amounts to Barizog taunting him in his final fight.
Joe experienced no change. He never hesitated in fighting once he found out Barizog was his former friend, he never attempted to disprove that the transformation was irreversible, and he had spent years thinking Sid was already dead, so when he finally destroyed Barizog there was no emotion.

Marvelous and Basco? That resolved a (Admittedly awesome) story line. Neither character grew.

Ahim's was so pathetic that it wasn't worth mentioning. Maybe if we were informed beforehand, maybe, but no. Monster shows up, next episode Ahim says he was the one who blew up her planet, episode after that she kills him.

Doc's was legitimate character growth and I can't argue that.

I kind of see what you're saying, Den-O, but I don't necessarily agree. We got their back stories fairly early on, so there wasn't this huge air of mystery to the characters, and I like that. But I also enjoy watching characters grow. Like Wataru in Kiva, going from a man who can barely talk to anyone and sulking in his tub when things don't go his way to the badass Fangire King. I understand that, being Sentai, it has to balance growth on 5-6+ characters rather than just one or two in KR, but I think Gokai just gave too much. It felt like it was all style, no substance.