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Originally Posted by PortalTron

Nah, both Zyouhger and Lupin/Patranger were on the more serious side, and the Zenkaiger writing was absolutely inconsistent (remember when robot racism was the focus for the first three episodes? Or when defeating the SD world was the priority to restore the brothers and then they just decided "Eh, we'll just keep them portrayed as SD instead of anything changing." Or when the father finally got reunited with Kaito only to just leave about an episode or two after?). It doesn't help that literally every show had the same format: Villains that sit around until the final episode to be defeated, Monsters that just attack people without much purpose other than their gimmick, Plot points introduced early on with massive implications that are not even acknowledged until the last few episodes, and focus on only one or two members of the cast in which the rest of the members are stuck in side-character territory. At best I wish she would take a break from Toku for a few years and return with a fresh new take.

I'd argue that some of the faults with Zyuohger and LupinPatren might be due to producer Utsunomiya wanting the same formula over and over again. Like, for example, it didn't feel to me like Komura actually gave a damn about Bungray, since Utsunomiya usually likes to have a twist villain show up in the middle somewhere and I believe the Lupinranger favoritism was probably his fault as well, in halfhearted response to failing merchandise sales.

But I think Shirakura allowed Komura to have more creative freedom with Zenkaiger, like he did for Inoue the year after. If Komura has the right producer behind her, I'm sure she can make something good, like how Takahashi and Takebe are making it work for Geats. It does seem like Komura has a thing for villains sitting around drinking alcohol though, even extending to Warz Gill as a secondary writer for Gokaiger.

Regarding the robot racism thing in Zenkaiger, that's just part of the bigger picture of the show's theme. Differences! Everybody is different and how that's something worth celebrating. It's something that came up before with her previous shows, like cops and robbers learning to co-exist, or humans and anthropomorphic animals working together to protect their shared planet. But I think Zenkaiger seriously delves in to that theme the most, in a way that its premise seems specially made to do.

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Originally Posted by PortalTron

Although one writer that has gotten a fair amount of flak but would be cool to see return is Kento Shimoyama. His work on Ninninger definitely fumbled toward then end, but his work on Zi-O (when the story wasn't subject to actor's schedules) was pretty good.

I've noticed that Shimoyama seems to be especially good at writing movies. Like, I totally enjoyed Gobusters Returns, Kyuranger Episode Stinger and Over Quartzer.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

I know I'm getting ahead of myself, but I have a strong feeling that there's going to be a Grasshopper Rider crossover in Gotchard's extra content.

Or a Den-O crossover. You know Toei ain't going to pass on a Den-O crossover.