[Fish Sandwich]

And now I'm through with Gingaman. It was... something.

I'm not very inclined to argue with the opinion that it's mostly just pretty average, but I also don't think that's necessarily an insult to it. I wasn't anywhere near as enthused by it as I wanted to be, but I feel like that's sort of my fault. I don't think I'm burned out on Sentai, but after the triple threat of Carranger, Gekiranger, and Megaranger all one after the other, Gingaman couldn't help but feel like a downgrade, despite my massive bias towards Yasuko Kobayashi.

There's a lot to love here though. That's the thing I can't stress enough. If Gingaman seems like a show that you'll enjoy, you probably will. I could totally see it being somebody's favorite, even. It's got a very warm, laid-back atmosphere, a fairly likable cast of heroes, solid world-building, some pretty funny episodes, some pretty epic episodes, and basically nothing notably bad anywhere in sight.

It's a really frustrating feeling. I like Gingaman. I enjoyed it. But I wish I enjoyed it a lot more than I did. As it stands it's probably the biggest contender for my least favorite Sentai, which, even if it's by default, isn't exactly a glowing review.

I kind of knew going in I would be "sacrificing" my opinion of Gingaman watching it when I did (especially considering the next show I plan to get around to is liable to ALSO be really great), but it's still kind of a bummer just how much that seems to be the case. Ultimately, I think for me Gingaman was mostly a victim of poor timing. If this were my first Sentai or one I watched after a decent break from the backlog I'd probably love it as much as anything else. Someday I might have to give it another watch and see if my outlook on it improves.