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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

No, I just meant, like... what is at risk for the Gokaigers in this film? Beyond "stopping the villains" and "saving the world" -- pretty basic mandates for Sentai -- I'm not sure what skin the Gokaigers have in the game, compared to the established stakes for the Go-Busters. The losses they suffer are both backstory-only and sort of trumped up for their scheme, and they don't suffer any debilitating or thematic setbacks as the film progresses. The Go-Busters are in a heart-rending story of loss and connection, while the Gokaigers are having a fun pirate adventure. I don't feel like the disparity does the Gokaigers part of this movie any favors?

Oh, well, that's basically something Gokaiger lacked even in their own show. Neither "stopping the villains" nor "saving the world" were high on their to-do list until much later, they just happened to be on bad terms with Zangyack, so saving the world was a side effect of defeating them.