[Starman]

So, typically in media, the forces of Darkness are evil and those of Light are good guys. Heck, even TokQger does that. But what if we do it in reverse? I present you: Yami Sentai Shadowman! (Darkness Squadron Shadowman)

Theme: Darkness vs Light

The Megacorporation Lightray has become an overnight success. What started as a small-time engineering firm pre-crash quickly became one of the single most powerful companies to ever exist. The company excels in robotics and techniques for refining metals, fuel compounds and rare earths. They have their hands in a little bit of everything, but that's what they specialize in, appearing as an altruistic organization hoping to improve life.

But actually, they're force behind these monster attacks. They create these monsters and then sell people the solution to their problems. "Did a Fire-Breathing Monster give you 3rd degree burns? Not to worry, anyone hurt can have this super-cheap ointment to fix your damaged skins!" "Was your neighborhood demolished by a Wrecking-Ball Monster? We'll provide you affordable housing-for your soul-I mean, if you just sign these contracts and work in our factories." "Oh, no, these poor orphans. We'll find them a nice home."

The main bad guy would appear to be the upstanding business man 'Haruki White' (or 'White Haruki'? His surname is 'White'), who would appear to be a normal man. But then he'd transform into some kind of monster and would reveal his true form, Nichiban("1000 Suns"). He'd have some kind of monstrous secretary and a head scientist.

The typical minions would be the devilish Sun Eaters, with the monster of the day being some kind of mutated animal, usually ones either commonly found in cities or ones that can wonder into one/usually kept in zoos.

Oh, and remember those orphans I mentioned before? They took in 5 kids and turned them into Cyborg Soldiers! A Scientist, who we'll call Dr. Black, had rescued them from the horrible laboratory that kept was keeping them in and they grow up into the Shadowmen, here to stop Lightray and take their hooks out of the world!

If you can't tell, I watched a couple episodes of the original Kamen Rider before writing this...

The Shadowmen transform using their Moon Rings-no, not Mood, Moon Rings. "The Shadow in the Light! Henshin!" Each ranger would carry a Shadow Gun-pretty much a laser pistol-and would have a cyborg augmentation. Maybe give them other gadgets throughout the series after Pink introduces them-see below.

Helping the helpless! Red Shadow! The stoic, takes things series kind of leader. He tries to act as a shield for the rest of the team and his arc is him not being over protective of his teammates and trusting in them. His Cyborg Augmentation is "Bullet Time!" Which is what it sounds like; he moves at super speed and sees everything in slow motion. He can't do it often; he can do it once per episode, but any more than that and he'll start to overexert himself. He'll eventually overcome this limitation and will start to be able to do Bullet Time more and more until he's just straight up stopping time.

Standing for righteousness! Blue Shadow! He's hot headed and often clashes with Red's more serious demeanor. Comes off as rather gruff and tough. "I can take care of myself! Stop looking down on me!" He's always smo-er, I mean chewing on tooth picks when not transformed. His Cyborg Augmentation is "Slug Rounds!" Either his knees will hold machine guns or his leg will just have one pop out in the same vein as Kamen Rider Fourze and he'll go to town.

Twinkling in darkness! Pink Shadow! The smartest member of the team. When the cyborgs get noticeably banged up, she's the one who puts 'em back together. She'll often scold Rangers for doing insane stunts. Her Cyborg Augmentation is "Cyber Shield!" She'll be able to create force fields, both as personally shields, shields to protect the team and civilians, and she'll start to use them in more combat ways, like trapping enemies and smashing them into enemies.

Coming to the rescue! Green Shadow! Fun loving; he knows the importance of their work, but also just wants to live like a normal person and wants to step out of the shadows and party, go to arcades, and...I don't know, have a normal job that's not just a cover for their sentai stuff. His Cyborg Augmentation is "Rocket Soul!" He has jets on the bottom of his feet and he'll fly through the air and propel himself forward at high speed. He running gag is that they're powered by milk and Red and Pink will scold him for not drinking enough milk.

Emerging for emergencies! Yellow Shadow! She's a sporty tomboy; she's very competitive and tries to take out the most minions. She still wants to be recognized as a girl though and gets super angry when the other rangers don't acknowledge has such because she's not as outwardly feminine as Pink. Another running gag is Green using male pronouns with her and Yellow pretty much sending him flying. Her Cyborg Augmentation is "Thunder Knuckle!" She'll get some electrifying gauntlets and will just go and punch harder and with noticeable sparks. However, she has to be careful, if her voltage goes too high, she'll blow herself out; both seriously hurting herself and making her helpless.

Later on, we'd get a 6th Ranger, the new generation cyborg soldier! He'd be an antagonist who'd be sent to deal with the rangers, but would be revealed to be a child-turned-cyborg like the rest of the rangers, and revealed to be Dr. Black's daughter. When freed, she'd become a Shadowman and would have her own built-in morpher, the Star Core! When she's not evil, she'll be incredibly awkward around the others; she's an otaku who's naturally shy and introverted. She'll have a hard time making friends, but will get along well with Pink and Red.

Flashing a light upon Evil! White Shadow! As White Shadow, she'll be surprisingly agile. She'll flip, jump, kick, and will fight with the Star Sabers, effectively a katanas, and she can fight with up to two of them. Her Cyborg Augmentation will be "White Arm!" She'll grow multiple arms out of her back, each one holding their own swords. But that's not all; she'll actually have another Augmentation: "Double Henshin!" Where she'll transform again into her alternate form!

Flying under the cover of Justice! Black Shadow! When in her Black Shadow form, she'll move much slower, but will hit much harder. She'll have ditched the sabers and will use the Meteor Hammer, which will be a wrecking ball like chain attached to her leg, which she'll swing around to smash into others. Her Cyborg Augmentation in this form will be "Black Fire!" Missile compartments will pop out of her back and will rain down justice from above-I mean, er, it'll fire missiles.

Now for the Mechs: the initial 5 will each get a personal motorcycle which will grow into a giant motorcycle, the Shadow Bikes. It only takes three of them in order to form Moon Shadow, their giant mech. However, when a job is too big for three rangers, they'll all pool together and become Full Moon Shadow! Each bike will have a different function;

Red serves as the main body and will be what connects them all. One bike will form the legs, the other the arms.

Blue will have a compartment to hold an axe.

Pink will be housing a gun.

Green will give the mech a Rocket Punch-if he's acting as legs, he'll just enable flight.

Yellow will give the mech a lasso/yo-yo attack so they can real them in.

Black/White will get her own Mech, taking the form of a semi-truck. It's the Grey Hauler, even if it's just black and white split right down the middle. Depending on her form, it'll transform into either White Star, which will be more focused on physical fighting and will have a nodachi sword and drill knuckles, or will become the Black Star, which its main weapon will be an arm cannon and heavier armor.
And she'll also be able to pick up the Shadow Bikes and use them as weapons.