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Kamen Rider IXA
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I got into Toku somewhere about the end of Kiva and I still remember that feeling of upcoming awesomenesses every Sunday, when I woke up and went to watch another 40s ep. of Kiva. Sadly, I didn't have that feeling during Decade run (I still loved this season at that time, especially after they brought back Otoya). I tried to watch Go-Onger and later Shinkenger but just didn't find them interesting (ended up dropping Shinkenger for the whole year). I got into Sentai later, with the help of Abaranger. As I watched more early Heisei show, I more and more got into Toky and my love for the genre grew, but with at the same time, I have less and less excitement for ongoing Sentai and Rider. I just found them boring. I know, I probably gonna be hated, but I don't think Double was "THE MOST BADASS KAMEN RIDER EVER". Characters were good, but I was disappointed with lack of story and some other things. I honestly tried to like OOO, but that was a big piece of **** for me (even having Date, Greed and Maki). Fourze was promising, but ended being a more great piece of ****. I have no desire to start Wizard, before He will end, but I think I will probably say that it is also a piece of ****. I liked every last Heisei Rider before Decade (though I'm not a big fun of Kuuga or Hibiki's and Agito first parts), I can even say I think Double is good show, but to be honest I don't think every show after Kiva have right to be called Kamen Rider. Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O and Kiva have their own problems, but they are still Kamen Rider show, Decade transformed Riders into their FFR: Super Sentai. And I say, that this FFR really looks ugly, as much as rest of them.
Now about Sentai. I watched about 27 series so far(including all 90s-00s Sentai), so I can say about Sentai, too. I personally think, that Sentai really went up with Dairanger. It turned into really badass show and every 90s season after Zyu is awesome in its own way. The only season I personally don't count as awesome is Hurricanger, but it still a great series and the only big problem with Hurri is lack of good plot. IMO, the best Sentai is "gold part", which includes Series from Abaranger to Gekiranger. Just everything (or almost everything) about them is good. Time and Gao can be in there, too, but their story problems are a bit bigger. Go-onger really went down, but still have their awesomeness with Sentai-parody style. Shinkenger was a slap in the face, despite having good points. Goseiger went down even deeper, becoming the worst Series in the 00s for me. But then Gokaiger came. They had lots of holes, but still I really enjoyed them. Lots of past actors showed up, lots of old schools attack were show again and I personally loved every Series before Silver debut, without exception. Second part wasn't that great, but still suits my tastes as Toku. I still haven't decided about my feelings for Go-Busters, since this series is rather contradictory, but I can say for sure, that I didn't like second part after Messiah defeat.
Upcoming Kyuoranger or whatever they are called are awfully remind me of Zyuranger, the only 90s Sentai, that I dislike like and since I heard words "more childish" and "not as dark as Go-Buster"(I really can't understand why anyone finds Go-Busters "dark". This isn't even on Liveman level, guys) so I have bad feeling about this new Sentai.
The main problem of almost every Sentai was the weak story. It killed lots of series with good potential (like Hurricanger or Ohranger).
Ultra also have this problem, but we are talking about Ultra. Dyna is awesome, despite lacking dynamic story. And Mebius is the best Toku Anniversary Series ever.
Now about Sentai. I watched about 27 series so far(including all 90s-00s Sentai), so I can say about Sentai, too. I personally think, that Sentai really went up with Dairanger. It turned into really badass show and every 90s season after Zyu is awesome in its own way. The only season I personally don't count as awesome is Hurricanger, but it still a great series and the only big problem with Hurri is lack of good plot. IMO, the best Sentai is "gold part", which includes Series from Abaranger to Gekiranger. Just everything (or almost everything) about them is good. Time and Gao can be in there, too, but their story problems are a bit bigger. Go-onger really went down, but still have their awesomeness with Sentai-parody style. Shinkenger was a slap in the face, despite having good points. Goseiger went down even deeper, becoming the worst Series in the 00s for me. But then Gokaiger came. They had lots of holes, but still I really enjoyed them. Lots of past actors showed up, lots of old schools attack were show again and I personally loved every Series before Silver debut, without exception. Second part wasn't that great, but still suits my tastes as Toku. I still haven't decided about my feelings for Go-Busters, since this series is rather contradictory, but I can say for sure, that I didn't like second part after Messiah defeat.
Upcoming Kyuoranger or whatever they are called are awfully remind me of Zyuranger, the only 90s Sentai, that I dislike like and since I heard words "more childish" and "not as dark as Go-Buster"(I really can't understand why anyone finds Go-Busters "dark". This isn't even on Liveman level, guys) so I have bad feeling about this new Sentai.
The main problem of almost every Sentai was the weak story. It killed lots of series with good potential (like Hurricanger or Ohranger).
Ultra also have this problem, but we are talking about Ultra. Dyna is awesome, despite lacking dynamic story. And Mebius is the best Toku Anniversary Series ever.