[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

Interesting, I thought that the show has picked up a bit since Mangetsu showed up.

When I really think about it, most of my dissatisfaction stems from Kibaoni Mangetsu being the lamest Sentai villain in quite a while. A petulant, spoiled child that looks and acts way older than he is and who shows up in the last ten episodes claiming that he's the rightful heir to the dark empire? Never seen that one before, Sentai.

But see, the whole reason characters like Tranza from Jetman and Kaiser Buldont from Ohranger work is because we saw them being the least respected villain of their group for like, 40 episodes before they became actual, credible threats. We followed those characters for the better part of a year and had already grown to love/hate them. We had time understand their perspectives and motivations, and we derived joy from seeing them turn the tables on the villains who disrespected them all season.

Meanwhile, Mangetsu springs out of nowhere fully-formed, with no previous mention and/or satisfactory build-up, and we're supposed to care? Yeah, no. There's simply not enough time to attach to a new villain this late in the game, especially one so half-assedly conceived, and especially especially when you know he's gonna be ousted real soon by Kibaoni Gengetsu and/or Kyuuemon, when one of them is revealed as the show's Chief Big Bad.

It also doesn't help that every one of Mangetsu's plots has ALREADY BEEN DONE ON THIS VERY SHOW, and done better by Kyuuemon... a character I DO really care about!

Ugh. I'm frustrated, can you tell?