[Kurona]

Compared to Rider, I haven't seen -as- much Sentai as I'd like to have. There's a lot of great stuff out there lauded by fans, particularly from the 90s and 2000s that many hold up as their favourites or some of the best the franchise has to offer. Hurricanger, Gekiranger, Dairanger, Jetman, Boukenger. And one day I dearly hope to get to those - there's certainly no lack of them that have me excited! - and perhaps they'll supercede my current favourite Sentai as my number 1. I've certainly found a love for that era of Toku in general.

So maybe it just comes off as not having seen the better stuff... but MAN Gokaiger refuses to stop being my favourite Sentai to this day, even with Zenkaiger putting together such a strong case. It was my first Sentai, and first Toku altogether; I had only had any real familiarity at that point with Power Rangers, and was generally interested in that for the aesthetics and type of fighting it had... so eventually I decided to have a shot at a Sentai that a friend recommended, and Gokaiger instantly blew me away! It was, like... everything I wanted, man. Everything I had seen as cool in PR was here tenfold, topped off by perfectly written characters with top tier drama, and just a sheer clear love shining through for what they were doing and the franchise they were paying homage to. Everything Fish says here is, to me, bang-on! It's EXACTLY why I love the show so much and why it remains as something dear and close to my heart years later.

Gokaiger led me into, like... everything I wanted from a superhero story, and it really started me off with what I'd still call one of the best. Maybe Zenkaiger will beat it, maybe next year I'll be an unabashed Gekiranger and Zyuranger officiando; but Gokaiger will always remain a huge favourite of mine for everything it does well and how excited it got me to get into this genre. I love this show!