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Originally Posted by Red5

Ohranger, to me, was like this awesome knit sweater that slowly unraveled over the course of 48 episodes. I can see why people like it and why the toys sold well, but my main beef is that there never felt like there was a credible threat. Even during the final arc, when things are it's most dire, it never felt like something they couldn't handle.

I see what you're saying here, but I don't 100% agree.

Baranoia was a hyper-credible threat for the first 8 episodes. Like, seriously, they basically destroy the whole world except for Japan.

Then they become a total joke for the vast majority of the show, until...

The finale arc, where they literally turn a whole city into a Baranoia stronghold. Once Kaiser Buldont joins the team, Baranoia wreaks mass destruction on a scale rarely seen in Sentai.

If you calculate the number of deaths cause by Baranoia and compared them to almost any other sentai bad guys, they're probably close to the top of the list.

Aside from a loooooooong stretch of banal goofy bullshit in the middle of the show where Baranoia are buffoonish losers, in the beginning and end they're a tremendous threat.

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And there was way too much mech dancing...I don't know why that annoyed me lol.

Now this we agree on 100%!

Also, way too much giant mecha one-on-one basketball training.

Jesus, Ohranger is a strange show. It has some of the highest and lowest points in the whole franchise.