[TokuChris]

Samurai manages to be REALLY good sometimes - but then it always seems to freak it outself out by being TOO different from Shinkenger, and thus the episode will 180 itself in to being a true Shinkenger adaption, thus ruining the show (in a sense) because it fails to make a lot of sense.

I think the acting has improved, but I'm wary for "the second season" to start.

Remember when Samurai first started, all the actors made it a point to state how their characters and the Shinkenger characters are "very different" ... and yet, they've been nearly identical.

Now they're saying the second season is "so much better" but I just ... don't think that's going to happen. I wish I could love Samurai - I've seen almost every episode (the Halloween and Christmas one I did not watch). It's just continually falling short for me ... and I didn't watch Shinkenger.