[goldblade6]

I watched and loved all of Season 1, but I thought this first episode of Season 2 was awful. It was boring and kind of confusing.

They started out re-telling the story, literally, which I don't think was necessary or the most interesting way to catch people up on Season 1. Then they started to change the history we know randomly and with no explanation. This wasn't interesting - just confusing. I kept trying to figure out what really happened and how the Season 2 retelling was different and where and how different events would fit in or replace the original events.

To add to the confusion, Dairanger has been replaced with Akibaranger? Is this a delusion? Parallel universe? I thought Akibaranger was set in the real world, but in the real world, Dairanger is the 17th Sentai team. What's the significance? It's more bizarre than it is a compelling mystery.

The beginning theme song isn't as fun or energetic as the original, and the end song is boring - though not much worse than the original. I also really miss Sayaka. All of Nobuo's moments with her in Season 1 were some of the funniest in the show.

Overall, this was a really lackluster way to start Season 2. There was no conflict, the pacing and editing was unpleasantly hectic, it wasn't funny, and it was really low energy. It just didn't feel right.

I hope things improve with Episode 2. Episode 1 just seemed really cheap and sloppy.