[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

So I'd been sort of in the mood to start on a new Sentai but had some trouble choosing. I was going to watch Shinkenger, because I'm a huge Kobayashi fan and somehow still haven't seen it. Then I considered Gingaman because Matrixbeast was making me kind of curious about it, and it's also a Kobayashi show. But thinking about that reminded me I've been meaning to get around to Megaranger forever now. But then thinking about that reminded me there's a certain show I've always got the impression is something of a classic.

Long story short, I'm 3 episodes into Carranger and it's pretty dang cool.

And so, around half a year later, and with more Gekiranger than was initially expected, I've finally worked my way up to watching the show I've been meaning to get around to for over a half a decade at this point. I'm five episodes into Shinkenger and, in summary,

I think I'm in love.

THIS is the Kobayashi I know and adore. It's good to know how far she came in the decade since Gingaman. Not even a quarter of the way through the series and it has pretty much the best characterization I've seen for a Sentai team. How do you even do that?

It's really crazy how much is going on here with these guys already. They have a dynamic that's different from most shows, basically being a bunch of strangers whose teamwork is about what you'd realistically expect from five people who barely know each other and lead by a guy who actively keeps his distance emotionally. And as individuals, they're way more layered than I'm used to from this franchise. Takeru especially has got some serious depth going on compared to the usual Red standbys of "screaming idiot" and "inspiring leader". He's clearly trying to be the latter, but isn't very good at it due to his own flaws and insecurities. It's amazing. This is the least "team" Sentai team ever and I love it.

I could go on like this for a while but I need to save some praise for the rest of the show. It's amazingly fun. And while it's rather embarrassing that I got into this fandom when I did and yet have seen more of this show's insanely watered down American counterpart than Shinkenger itself, waiting this long got me spiffy Over-Time subs in HD and everything, so there. I'm basically on cloud nine right now. Absolutely pumped to watch more of this series.