[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

That was my problem. The only part of the series that really grabbed me was the mecha portions, and while I loved them, I just wasn't a fan of the rangers to continue on.
I might give it another go when I finish Megaranger, though. Who knows. Maybe my opinions on the characters will have changed by then.

Right now I'm not a big fan of the rangers either, but that's because it chose to start in the middle of everything, I'm hoping it'll go back and fill in the blanks.

Kyoryuger 28.

Good action and twists that weren't all about Daigo? That is about as good as Kyoryuger gets. The only thing that let this episode down is Candi was a central part of it. Her acting is almost as atrocious as her song. I'm just glad I've largely been able to avoid all that until this point.

[Starscream Gaga]

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I don't. I honestly felt that the Gokaigers were some of the least developed characters we've had. We had glimpses of their backstories, but the only ones who developed beyond one episode were Don and Marvelous (Joe had a story arc, but it did fuck all for his character).

I don't feel like Joe needed character development, which is not necessarily a bad thing. He had a laid out back-story and an arc that revolved around it, he had many individual episodes that played on his personality and how his background had formed his outlook on life (in episodes such as 3 "What are Friends For?", 22 "Promise on a Shooting Star" and 30 "At Least My Friend's Soul" and his story (Barizorg) made great use of his traits to make a satisfying and emotional story, even if his own personality didn't change much during it. Episodes like "At Least My Friend's Soul" showed a lot of character depth for Joe as well as being really emotional.

The other characters, I'm not really sure how you could miss their character focus? Ahim 's kind and charming disposition hiding regret and guilt for not being able to save her planet was touched on in multiple episodes, such as Episode 13 "Tell Me The Way", before finally coming to a conclusion in episode 41 ("Something I Don't Want to Lose"). Luka's back story is also well formulated throughout the show. She's a victim of a planet that was overthrown by the Zangyack and therefore took care of her sister and other orphans after their parents were killed during the invasion (6, "The Most Important Thing"), however she couldn't afford the medicine to keep her little sister alive and therefore focused on stealing money in order to one day open a haven for children orphaned by the Zangyack (34 "A Dream Come True) but after meeting Marvelous and Joe, decided to instead of focusing on one part of the problem, help stop the entire empire. Her seemingly self-centered personality masks her sisterly nature, especially around but not exclusive to Ahim, that creeps up in a lot of her spotlight episodes (again, an example being episode 6).

I could go on because there are examples of character focus on pretty much every episode and I haven't touched on Joe, Marvelous and Gai yet, but I really think you're way short-selling Gokaiger. I think the character focus on the season is fantastic and it is by far the Sentai team I've most connected with.

Anyway, enough of my Gokaiger fanboying! Lately I've been watching Denji Sentai Megaranger and honestly I've been really enjoying it, far more then I thought I would. The characters all act like High School kids, which is a refreshing change from the usual attempts at depictions of High Schoolers in PR and SS and the story is interesting enough to keep me coming back. The show has a good balance of dark and light-hearted and the action is pretty stellar.

I enjoyed Power Rangers In Space and it is pretty strange just how drastically different it is. I'm not exaggerating when I say the only similarity is about half of the fight scenes and the mecha fights, which just makes Saban's claim that SMF is the "most expensive season" all the more hilarious.

[Locke]

You guys make Gokaiger sound amazing, but I really wanna watch it with more sentai under my belt first.

[EnerPrime]

For me, Boukenger was a meh show until Bouken Silver shows up. The Rangers were okay to me and like many I loved the mech parts. But Silver is far and away my favorite character in that show, and I liked him enough to keep watching.

And Gokaiger was my first ever Sentai, so I wouldn't say that a broad knowlege of sentai is a requirement. Remember, the show was still targeted at a primary audience that remembered only as far back as maybe Boukenger.

[Dr Kain]

I actually never had a problem with the Jan speak as it made sense to me.

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Originally Posted by Locke

You guys make Gokaiger sound amazing, but I really wanna watch it with more sentai under my belt first.

See, I have gotten a few friends into Sentai because of Gokaiger who then went back later on to other series.

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Originally Posted by EnerPrime

For me, Boukenger was a meh show until Bouken Silver shows up. The Rangers were okay to me and like many I loved the mech parts. But Silver is far and away my favorite character in that show, and I liked him enough to keep watching.

Funny enough, I thought Boukenger was great until they brought in Silver, then I felt the show took a dip in quality as he broke the team dynamic they had going on with the initial five. I really think Boukenger suffered because of them having to have a sixth ranger in it.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by EnerPrime

For me, Boukenger was a meh show until Bouken Silver shows up. The Rangers were okay to me and like many I loved the mech parts. But Silver is far and away my favorite character in that show, and I liked him enough to keep watching.

I'm a huge Power Rangers fan, and although much derided I actually thought OO was fine, especially when you compare it to Neo-Saban's splurge of shit so I've always been fascinated to see what show OO was born from. Other than that, and seeing how Gokaiger was done in comparison to Super Mega Fail/Forced/Farce I don't have much interest in sentai.

Sentai is too kiddy for me in comparison to shows like Rider or GARO. So I thought I may as well watch Boukenger until I end up running out of shows to watch.

I also I get that Gokaiger is marketed to a general audience as well, but I wanna have a personal investment in the franchise before watching.

[XW1n5t0nX]

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Originally Posted by Locke

You guys make Gokaiger sound amazing, but I really wanna watch it with more sentai under my belt first.

You honestly don't need to watch that much Sentai to watch and understand Gokaiger. The show will explain anything important about the past shows so that any newcomer to the series won't be utterly lost.

[EnerPrime]

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Originally Posted by Locke

I also I get that Gokaiger is marketed to a general audience as well, but I wanna have a personal investment in the franchise before watching.

Fair enough. You might have more fun with the cameos that way, as well.

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Originally Posted by Locke

Super Mega Fail/Forced/Farce

I'm gonna say Farce is the best sounding of those three. Though so far, there are all so very sadly accurate.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by EnerPrime

Fair enough. You might have more fun with the cameos that way, as well.

That is what I was thinking!

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

I could go on because there are examples of character focus on pretty much every episode and I haven't touched on Joe, Marvelous and Gai yet, but I really think you're way short-selling Gokaiger. I think the character focus on the season is fantastic and it is by far the Sentai team I've most connected with.

Thanks for taking the time to extensively outline that, Starscream. Had I not been working when I replied, I probably would have broken it down similarly.

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Originally Posted by Locke

You guys make Gokaiger sound amazing, but I really wanna watch it with more sentai under my belt first.

That's cause it is! Definitely my favorite Sentai, by a country mile.

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That is what I was thinking!

Alternately, you could get burnt out on what sentai has to offer and not enjoy Gokaiger as much as you would have otherwise.