[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Suzu

I won't go too far off-topic here, but the lack of comedy in Crystal doesn't come from the producers, but from the series' creator herself. Crystal is an 1:1 adaption of the manga which has close to no comedy at all.

~Off topic over~

~off topic briefly reopened, but hey, it's Sailor Moon, that's basically Sentai anyway, right? ~

From what I recall, Takeuchi was highly involved in the production of Crystal, so the humorlessness makes sense. Kunihiko Ikuhara is largely responsible for giving the 90s anime its slapstick-y tone, which IMO highly elevates the material and fully utilizes Mitsuishi's complete skill set. Takeuchi is great and amazing and brilliant when it comes to having good ideas, but she is sometimes lacking when it comes to execution of those ideas.

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

But where Ninnnger may offer more in terms of the heroes' relationships (which stems from the fact they're family, so there's more to go off), ToQger had offered the same levels of complexity in its villains at the same point. So Nininnger isn't really offering "more" in that regard, it's just offering it in a different place. ToQger was also handicapped in that it couldn't reveal much about its heroes at this point, because it was still working under the pretense that they'd lost their memories. Which I found on the whole a lot more engaging that Ninninger's ongoing plot.

Fair enough. I'm appreciating the emphasis on the heroes this season, but YMMV.

I will say that, yeah, ToQger couldn't reveal its heroes' backstory due to the ongoing mysteries, but I think it could have done a better job building up who the characters were as people, in the present, during the middle of the series. (Though don't get me wrong, I still really enjoy ToQger throughout its run, even with Kobayashi's trademark dragging middle section.)