[Matrixbeast]

Finished Abaranger, and I gotta say, eh. I'm not too impressed. Compared to the shows around it, Hurricanger and Dekaranger, I was left vastly underwhelmed.
I did love the dynamic of Ryoga and Mai, since a red ranger with a child isn't something often seen, and it led to a ton of absolutely adorable moments.

Aside from that, though, I found myself uninterested most of the time. Mikoto being a villain for almost the entire series was an interesting way of handling an evil sixth, as they're usually either aloof rivals, or villains for only a few episodes before turning good. So that was a nice change of pace, but the character as a whole just was uninteresting.

However, while the characters were uninteresting and the main story was bland, one thing I can give credit to Abaranger is just how freaking weird it is. From it's monster designs being a composite of an animal, plant, and inanimate object, to some episode premises (The Bucky Bonds episode, the Abare Pink episode, the episode where the two generals visit Earth and learn about school girls, etc), this show would hit levels of just absolute insanity, and I loved it

But while the show could get just outright crazy, far too often I found myself bored. The show's character moments were incredibly weak, which is a shame, since character driven Sentai like Zyuohger tend to be my favorites.