[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

It's not that I don't like shared universes. I do, when well managed and easily containable (like the Marvel Cinematic Universe). Unfortunately, when a universe exists for 50-70 years and is populated by thousands characters who aren't allowed to age (unless you're a Robin)... things become an impenetrable disaster. Writers become minutia managers and not creatives out to express a meaningful idea or tell a good story. It's why the best and most memorable comic book stories tend to take place outside of normal continuity (The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight Returns, All-Star Superman, Watchmen, The Long Halloween, Marvels, The Authority, etc...).

Taking the dense continuity approach over the long term, the universe ends up having to reboot every 10-20 years just for things to make any sense at all.

Intensive, intricate, and recursive continuity makes it impossible for new readers to enter those universes. It's why DC and Marvel are, with rare exception, niche imprints that cater to a pre-existing fanbase.

Now, since Sentai is just one show ever year, it might be manageable to create an ongoing continuity. But given how flagrantly these shows treat logic, I wouldn't want to see them try.

Yeah, but that's the beauty of getting the trade editions. I've seen people who were originally into the movies buy in-continuity Marvel books of the characters in said movies and enjoyed them.

But I do agree that it could be intimidating for a lot of people so.

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Originally Posted by EnerPrime

The thing is that if Sentai tried to make all teams in continuty every year, they'd either have to start depowering the teams at the end of their seasons PR style, or come up with some other reason that the new villains don't get dogpiled and wiped out by 30+ experienced and full powered teams earlier on.

Even then there's always something that re-powers them just as easily it seems.