[Black Fang]

Right, sure. "Not for you! Kids' show meant to sell toys! Spandex-wearing guys fighting rubber monsters, it's all nonsense, don't take it seriously nerd!" As though people never got over being teased in school and are trying to come off as "I'm self aware, see I don't take this seriously, I'm normal!"

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Originally Posted by SamuraiEchidna

And if I may add, I might be imagining things, but it often seems like the Japanese themselves are more critical of their fictional media than we westerners are. They are able to pick it apart more heavily and spot the plot holes pretty fast. There's still a lot of western casuals and elitists who are afraid to criticize anything Japanese because it comes from a different country, which (to them) means that we as foreigners are too dumb to fully understand it. I honestly don't believe any of that. Anime and Tokusatsu are all made by humans, and no matter what country or culture you come from, anyone can make a bad story or something that just doesn't connect with audiences like they hoped. If I had to guess, the people making Tokusatsu probably just got in a creative rut or got tired of the complaints of their domestic audience, and decided it was easier to make something fun rather than try to make a masterpiece of fiction every time. But that's just my speculation.