[Deathryuger321]

Why aren't you getting this up and arms about the success of shows like Doctor Who, or the Arrowverse? I'd argue those are much closer to toku than this vague monolith of "k-dramas" that you seem to only be able to name one of.

Very cheesy special effects, costume designs, and general atmosphere, (with of course standouts to this), with a moderately large to huge following. I imagine they are the closest to toku getting mainstream wester success.

And it all comes back to the question of who cares? You seem to clearly be alone here in caring this much. As I've said, I'd love it to gain some form of following just to make it and merch a little more accessible, but I'm not going to be unrealistic and ask it to be the next Squid Game or whatever huge Netflix original you are obsessed with it becoming.

Toku, by it's very nature, is silly. You can dress it up in tons of different ways, fill it with gore, give it a well written story...but at the end of the day it still comes back to people in rubber or spandex suits hitting each other. And that is simply too silly for a wide stream western audience. And that's okay.