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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

No one should ever use a fan-made term because it's...fan made? Fans make up names for all kinds of things, I don't really see how that's a problem. Obviously the Heisei era didn't end with Decade, but it did change in some ways. Having a shorthand term to refer to that doesn't really strike me as being a bad thing. Hasn't Toei used the term "Heisei Phase 2" for that, too?

It's still Heisei though. Just call it Heisei. We don't subdivide the Showa era based on number of shows or anything. There's no real reason so subdivide the Heisei era either. This particular fan term makes no sense given the context of the franchise though, so that's why I don't care for it. Use it if you want, that doesn't make it correct.

The only thing that changed with the post-Decade riders is a possibly that it's a more gimmick & collectible trinket driven franchise now. And we get more previous hero team-ups than we ever did before. But ultimately it's exactly the same. Toei doesn't distinguish the two, so why do fans feel the need to do so?