[Fish Sandwich]

Ah, okay then. Character development is just a priority to you. Fair enough.

Bringing up Dairanger, what I understand to be THE most characters driven Sentai, and Kakuranger, which like Dai is one of those rare "solid gold" shows I was talking about, seems a little unfair given that they apparently make most shows look like s***. But okay, let's see how Kyuranger fares against them.

*ahem*

By episode 18 of Kyuranger, they had formed the team (which apparently counts as character growth?), Garu got back his fighting spirit, Balance learned to appreciate his friends (even if it was in the same episode they were introduced, they're still different people then when we met them) Naga understands and expresses emotions way better now, Raptor got to fulfill her dreams of fighting on the front lines, Xiao had to confront his past in which the previous leader of the Rebellion died covering for his brash behavior, Koutarou became a Kyuranger, learned how to be a better hero/brother from Stinger and went off to get proper training, Lucky learned how to make his own luck, Stinger finally reunited with his brother Scorpio, only to find out he really was just a jerk, we learned Scorpio is planning on usurping control of Jark Matter, and Champ resolved his issues with Stinger, ultimately sacrificing himself for the guy with no guarantee he'll ever be back to normal.

I don't know, it's just, I feel like I know the Kyurangers way better than most Sentai teams. The upside of this show's hyperactive pacing is that important stuff is happening pretty much constantly, and while I can't say they've changed at all, we do at least know the backstories for Spada and Hammy and how they shaped their personalities, so it's not like they're total blank slates.

I'm also not sure how the mecha battles are forced enough to be noteworthy. That's kind of Sentai's thing. And while Don Armage could definitely stand to be more, you know, in the show, I think with Scorpio as part of the cast you can hardly call the villains "pretty much pointless". He's been more effective in a couple episodes than most Sentai villains are in 50.