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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

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.

Ohranger had some good things going for it; I enjoyed how the literally beat the first giant monster to death without the use of their gattai. Using their blasters was a great idea and showed how the villains had to progress their power to continue being a threat. That I enjoyed, but it was quickly lost in the season. King Ranger coming along was nice, but, per the usual, he wasn't in the show enough and just kind of showed up when they absolutely needed him. I don't mind that, since that was the trend with sixth rangers then, but he looked too awesome to not showcase as much as possible.

The ending of the show was good, but I felt like Bulldont just got weaker all of a sudden with no real explanation. Like he as able to cock slap the team and the world, then all of a sudden he was beaten. I don't know, Ohranger had its ups that were really up and it's downs that were embarrassingly low (as you said). The goofy filler were over-the-top goofy, but the plot driving episodes were very enjoyable. It was such a mixed bag; it felt like there were about 19 different main writers for the show that all did their own thing. Oh well, still glad I watched it.