[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

You forgot "4) Umeko."

Personally, I think Umeko is as annoying as Ban. Plus, the bath tub scenes are utterly pointless.

[AkaRanger]

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Originally Posted by Monsoon

Up to episode 45 of Dekaranger. Deka is similar to Boukenger in how it's a largely episodic series lacking a full-season plot, but is ultimately much better because:

1) the episodes are just better on average
2) there are a bunch of 2-part episodes allowing for some better-paced short stories
3) Dekaranger has the throughline of Agent Abrella, who remarkably debuts in the first five episodes but is unknown to the Dekarangers until like episode 30. Abrella has the rare qualities of being mysterious, understated (at least at first), AND threatening. Rock-solid villain.

So yeah TL;DR I'm almost done with Dekaranger and it's really good. Still stuck around episode 30 with Jetman and episode 5 to 10 with a few other shows. I've also been writing reviews of the Super Sentai series I've finished on my blog, linked in my signature.

Please consider finishing Jetman, I'd love to read a review of yours on that show. I seriously recommend it.

[Monsoon]

Over the weekend I watched up to episode 10 of both Magiranger and ToQger. Really like both!

ToQger is *aggressively* silly. If you don't give a hot shit about trains and prefer darker stories in your tokusatsu then it will seem like the dumbest Super Sentai ever. But hey, if you give it a chance and don't mind the sillier side of Super Sentai, it's pretty fun! None of the cast are so annoying as to be deal-breakers, and the imagination gimmick is often employed in hilarious ways: the kendama battle against Stamp Shadow immediately comes to mind. The combat on foot is pretty solid, but the mecha... well they look a little weird, and I don't like the mecha action as much as that of other 2000s Super Sentai. I do love the ultra-gothic designs of the Shadow Line villains, tho. Like some steampunk Castlevania shit. I'll probably watch more ToQger this week.

I like Magiranger so far as well, but not as much as ToQger. It rides its themes of courage and Harry Potter-esque magic maybe even harder than ToQger's imagination and trains, but not offensively so. I like how often the cast bickers - that they're siblings helps to justify it without them all seeming like total assholes. The combat on foot isn't my favorite, but the mecha stuff is pretty dope! The concept of transforming into their mecha instead of piloting them is neat, and both MagiDragon and MagiKing look fresh as fuck. The Infershia villains also look cool, but I know that Wolzard eventually turns good, is the kids' father, the mom is still alive, etc. thanks to Gokaiger and assorted reading I've done (whoops!). I'll probably watch more Magiranger later, but it's not as high a priority as ToQger or Jetman.

TL;DR I still like Super Sentai

[duskmon10]

Started GoGoV the other day, up to episode six, getting real tired of hearing "nii-san" every five seconds.

[Monsoon]

Watched more ToQger and Jetman. Probably the brightest and darkest Super Sentai shows, respectively. I dig it. Up to 33 in Jetman and 24 in ToQger.

I recently finished writing a Boukenger review on my blog (like, minutes ago). In the very early stages of a Dekaranger review. Haven't even finished copying the shell yet, heh.

[Matrixbeast]

What makes Jetman feel so dark?

[Monsoon]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

What makes Jetman feel so dark?

Well, a few weeks ago I saw an episode where Jet Icarus gets its arms ripped off. If I had seen that happen as a kid it would've given me nightmares. Plus, dimension beasts often just straight-up murder people where in modern sentai you mostly see monsters perform only large-scale destruction and it seems less personal. I guess it's a combination of the Vyram being particularly threatening villains and their actions seeming unusually twisted.

[TimeCrimson]

So I got through 10 episodes of Maskman and Magiranger in the past week.

I'm not impressed with Maskman at all. For a series that many people love and is often in top 10 lists, I expected it to be better, and it's the first sentai that I've seen which I've actually disliked thus far. And it's endearingly boring too, the first episode throws you into the fire with no explanations at all about who or how these people met/were chosen to be Maskmen and is insanely rushed too. The episodes themselves aren't interesting, having some pretty generic plots until we get to Takeru vs Igam, which was actually pretty good.

I guess the positives is the action is good and the cast is really likable as of right now, and it has the 1980's Martial Arts vibe.

Magiranger's enjoyable so far, I kinda like it. It hasn't dragged me in or compelled me as much as Aba and Deka, but it's cool. I'm not too big on the characters individually(besides Urara), but the bonds shown as a family are awesome and I hope the series does more of that, and Wolzard is awesome. But sometimes the episodes get really weird and kind of too silly for me and I often ask myself what I'm watching. It's alright.

[Dr Kain]

Maskman and Magiranger are average to me. THey have some cool moments, but that is about it.

[AvatarMew]

I'm currently watching Gekisou sentai CARRRRANGER!