[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

Touching on some of the topics people brought up:
I think Bladerun was more of an interesting concept than an actually interesting villain to me. I caught on to the fact he was essentially a fallen angel quite early (during the VS Shinkenger movie of all things), but I didn't think he made for a very impressive threat. Kinda like Shinkenger, it seems like they wanted to lean on a big twist and it just didn't have as much impact for me as the writers were counting on. His whole stint at the final boss just hit a lot of the Lucifer character archetypes I expected too. I'm surprised to see so much love for the last stretch of the show specifically, but I'm glad other people got something out of it.

Regarding Bladeran, I think the point is that he's not supposed to be much of a threat until the very end. He follows his own plan and doesn't even consider confronting them until the final arc. But Bladeran isn't a master puppeteer, controlling everything, as evidenced by his amnesia and transformation into a cyborg. So this isn't a plot where everything goes according to the villain's secret plan until the very end. Rather, it's one where the villain follows his own path until the confrontation becomes inevitable at the end.
However, I also think the timing of its release also contributed to the positive reception of Goseiger. The late 2000s was when international fans were first introduced to the world of tokusatsu, so for many, this show may be their first Super Sentai or first ongoing series