[Kurona]

I thought it'd feel weird to hit this point, and yeah, it really does -- this is the point at which I've watched every Sentai onwards aside from Goseiger, so this is absolutely what I associate the most with the franchise. I've loved Dynaman and Timeranger this year, but like, this year; so it's strange for me to see you suddenly start talking about shows I actually friggin' know!

Shinkenger is a show that took me a while to come around on, but in typical Kobayashi fashion; of course I ended up falling in love. It's impossible to do so without spoilers because in a way that's so very Blade of it it's one that's all tied into the ending and how perfectly it wraps all of the character drama together, and it's a hell of an ending that's always on my mind. It actually made it a little hard for me to get into Timeranger as a whole because I feel Shinkenger is a greater execution of what Kobayashi was trying to do almost 10 years prior! It's just such a strong show, with sharp intent and effort crafted into everything it does. I'm not a fan of everything the show does and I certainly wouldn't blame anyone for not being able to like it, but it's one that was just so rewarding by the end