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Originally Posted by Den-O

Don't take this the wrong way, but I think you just hate joy and fun in tokusatsu

Go-Onger, Goseiger, Magiranger. Shows like that epitomize it. It may just be something that's not for you. Whereas I on the other hand can't always take the "dis is serious stuff" atmospheres some shows try and in my opinion fail to create (Blade, Shinkgner, Faiz). I've finished them, but have no desire to ever watch them again.

I don't know, I liked Zyuranger a lot. I also loved Den-O and while Fourze's pacing issues turned me off, I did enjoy that show a lot and will happily revisit it sometime in the future. And I love, love, love Ultraman Max, which has some of the silliest episodes of tokusatsu I've ever seen.

Honestly, I think it's just Sentai that I have such a low tolerance for, at least more modern Sentai. I'm not really sure why that is. Maybe it's because the target audience has been skewing younger and younger since Dekaranger and I'm less easily amused by bright colors and loud noises. Maybe it's because the franchise has kind of stagnated and we keep getting the same episodes over and over every year (let's disguise pink and/or yellow as a bride!). Maybe it's that one scene they keep doing where one character says something and then we have to see close-ups of every other team member reacting (man, I've grown to hate that). Whatever; I don't know.

Either way, I've decided that I'm going to do my best to watch the hell out of Magiranger. I'll consider it a personal challenge to myself.

Just don't be surprised if you hear me complain a lot about how we could've gotten a season 2 of Dekaranger instead (seriously - it actually was considered at one point).