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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

But the problem Kyoryuger had is 2 pronged. King was always at the forefront, both solving any problem he has without help, as well as constantly helping others solve their own, and the characterization the other Kyoryugers get being rather lacking.

As individual characters, Nossan, Ian, and Souji are all a lot more engaging, but King soaks up screen time, and their character arcs get very little time (Nossan) or just...Don't exist (Ian), and when their problems come up, King is able to think of a solution no one else could (Except maybe Nossan's sister).
Torin was also pretty cool, but once he transformed, he fell down a spiral, too, losing relevancy beyond "Chaos's bro" around the end.

One thing that sticks out to me about the Kyoryugers is how they all had their own subplots outside of the team. Ian has his whole deal with Aigaron (which gets resovled toward the end in a scene King isn't even present for). Ucchi has his whole deal with Dogold (which gets resolved toward the end in a scene King isn't even present for). Souji has his family problems and the whole master swordsman shtick. Nossan has his family stuff and later his whole deal with Canderila (which I don't remember King even being involved in). Amy has... um, well she hung out with Kyoryu Cyan that one time and helped Ucchi out a lot at first (she figured out he was just pretending to be a jerk before King did). Even Torin got to destroy Hell at the end (and guess who wasn't there with him?).

I think how well used what screen time they get is balances out the lack of it. With Zyuohger people who aren't named Yamato come off as (seriously just a bit, Zyuohger is pretty great) flat to me because while they're onscreen a lot and they help solve the problem of the week a lot, their characterization is communicated largely through stock Sentai episode plots (except for Misao, who has the very fresh gimmick of manic-depression but still hasn't really grown too much yet). They're all very likable characters but outside of their shared trait of homesickness there's not much going on with them.

I don't know. Obviously the execution is key here but part of me is surprised Zyuohger is the show to finally unify most of the fanbase again. I like it a lot too but it doesn't seem that much better than the shows we've been getting since Gokaiger (Ninninger excluded).