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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

So I've been marathoning Dairanger with my partner lately and I gotta say I really do enjoy it. A lot of the stuff reminds me of Jetman, which is a good thing.

One complaint I have is how disjointed the episodes seems sometimes. Most characters have a "main plot" that their spotlight episodes revolve around, which are completely separate to the main plot and in those episodes, the major events of the previous episodes that the characters should be worrying about are ignored.
Example:
Ep. 37-39. Main Plot. Daijinyu arrives, Kou turns evil and goes missing, Dairanger and Gouma declare a ceasefire.
Ep. 39: Ryou episode. Revolves around Ryou's continuing plot with Jin. Kou and Daijinryu are not even mentioned or alluded to and the Gouma are fighting the Dairanger as usual.
Ep. 40: Shouji episode. Revolves around Shouji's continuing plot with the 3 Stooges. Daijinryu and Kou are once again unmentioned and the Gouma and Dairanger fight as usual.
Ep 41: Daigo Episode. Revolves around Daigo's continuing plot with Kujaku and Gara. No mention of Daijinryu or Kou, fights as per usual however Gara gets seemingly important character development.
Ep. 42: Back to main plot. Suddenly everyone remembers Daijinryu and the fact that their 6th Ranger has been brainwashed and missing for a few episodes and that there was a ceasefire between the two factions. Gara acts as she always has.

I definitely enjoy all the different plots, it just annoys me a little that they're so separate to the main plot and things that should be important are ignored in episodes that aren't main plot episodes.

Part of how Dairanger worked was that it actually had several different writers, each of whom handled the different characters' main plots. Noboru Sugimura, as the main writer, did most of the main storyline episodes. Toshiki Inoue handled the Ryou/Jin arc, Kunio Fujii did the Daigo/Kujaku stuff, and Naruhisa Arakawa did most of the comedy episodes.