[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Annuga

This is objectively wrong. Sparda got a bunch of screen time with Draco Violet's debut episodes, Hammy was the focus a few episodes back and Stinger isn't a whiny emo kid. I'm struggling to decide whether or not I like the show but don't make shit up please

Spard's development lasted all of 30 seconds and then he was sidelined for Draco Violet.

And yes, Stinger was balling like a little bitch. "OH no, you betrayed, please kill me now as I have nothing to live for." He knew his brother betrayed him years ago. Why should this effect him now?

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Oh, it's fine. I'm not coming back again unless there's another Deka crossover. This show can continue to go YOSSHA RUCKY!!! itself.

It's sad because Kyuranger had so much potential.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

But in all seriousness, I'm curious why you harp so much on character development in Kyuranger.

Same reason why I harp on character development in ALL shows. I want a reason to like my heroes. It's one of the reasons I could never buy into Optimus Prime's bullshit in the original Transformers series. He never had an ounce of development. That is why Rodimus was such a superior character, even when I was 6 years old. The bot had to grow into a leader. He had flaws that he had to work on. He wasn't perfectly, and that made him stronger from a narrative standpoint. It's too bad that when he finally accepted his role as leader Hasbro made it entirely pointless by bringing Optimus back.

It another reason why I find the Soda era of Sentai to be subpar. His rangers were never given any development. They were chosen to be the rangers because reasons. Like I am 25 episodes into Dynaman and I still don't have any idea why these guys were chosen to be the heroes. I guess I can understand Ryu because he is a ninja, but why? Was someone in his clan destined to become a ranger? What makes him a great inventor? What makes any of these guys inventors? Did they graduate with PhDs? Are they going to school to get their doctorates? Why is Rei scared of cats?

And then we have the cast of Changeman. Okay, the Earth Force chose them to be rangers, but why? So the red ranger used to be a baseball player, cool. What about everyone else? Why is it important for the blue ranger to own a restaraunt after he is done? Was pink part of a biker gang at one point? The only thing I know about the white ranger in all 55 episodes is that her skirt was one inch away from the show having to be called Dengeki Hentai Changeman.

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Obviously guys like Garu and Spada are still in need of more attention, but it's the kind of thing where I feel like shows with way smaller casts have failed way harder.

My problem is these guys should have had episodes to themselves before they even introduced Balance, Naga, Stinger, Draco's ranger form, the kid, and the pink robot's ranger form.

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Outside of the real AAA, solid gold, top tier Sentai like Gekiranger, character growth often isn't something you get a lot of in 18 episodes. Tell me how Saya or Gouki had grown by this point in Gingaman. Or even in the entire series. What about everyone in Zyuohger?

I don't know. I haven't atched Gingaman subbed yet. Asking about Zyuohger is redundant.

By episode 18 of Dairanger, the rangers had learned how to work together as a team, earned the right to use the Kiden Beasts, earned the ability to combine the Kiden Beasts, Ryo lost his father, Daigo fell in love with Kujaku and was trying to get her to drop her plans for vengeance, we learned that Rin grew up with Gon, who is the inventor of the Dairangers' weapons and suits, and that Shadam has a kid.

By episode 18 of Kakuranger, they had formed the team, Sasuke had learned how to be a responsible ninja over being a lazy goof, Tsuruhime had taken charge to be their leader and had to put them all into shape, and that Junior had to take charge of the Youkai because they were spending more time goofing off than actually being monsters.

Now perhaps you are right, perhaps I am being too hard on Kyuranger. However, I've seen Sentai do so much better, so I shouldn't have to lower my expectactions because Toei wants to be lazy. Even without the character development aspect though, Lucky is the love child of Ban and Daigo, the villains are pretty much pointless (not to mention their designs are mediocre), the mech battles are forced into every episode even when they don't need to be there, and there is way too much CGI. The one thing I do like are the first person shots, but there are way too few of those used and far inbetween. I want to see a good minute of battle done from that perspective.

Ultimately though, I am bored.