Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: "Abare Guts Talk Thread!" (Thoughts and opinions)

[Fantasy Leader]

In a way, Mikoto's death kinda reminds me of the death of Mazenda and Kemp from Liveman. All of them commit several unforgivable deeds, to the point where one would be crazy to ever think of forgiving them.

In fact, one of the things that I love about Abaranger is how Ryouga spends the entire season changing Mikoto's heart. In fact, Mikoto tries to break Ryouga's mind throughout the season and ultimately fails in the end. Instead, Ryouga manages to turn Mikoto over to the side of good.

And like Mikoto says, it's rather "ironic" that he'd die just when he finally felt like wanting to live. Live and work for the rest of his life to try and be forgiven. But sadly, he won't ever get the chance now, as his actions really bite back at him in the end. Much like Kemp and Mazenda who in the very end, want to live and make things right, but will die and not get the chance to start their path towards redemption.

Which is why some villains like Obular from Liveman and Igam from Maskman are lucky (Even Mazenda tells Gou this herself). They have the chance to start a path of redemption by trying to do things like help people and pray via religion.

 

[ClimaxHeroDen-O]

Well, if that's really the case, then I guess that by series end Ryoga will truly be solidified as my favorite Abaranger character, and he might even become my favorite Sentai Red Ranger

 

[Sentaifan'07 Xman]

Can't wait for the Abaranger tribute in Gokaiger.

 

[Psychotime]

 

[Painted_Outlaw]

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That episode was total garbage.

 

[Psychotime]

Really? The previous Yellow spotlight episode was better by far (she doesn't even do much in this one despite how it was obviously supposed to focus on her) I though it was worth it for that line alone.

Yellow just happens to be my second favorite ranger in this one, next to Abarekiller (the reason I even want to watch this show) her first spotlight episode was really good.

I'm trying to go along with whenever MCS releases. I'm not sure if there were any adequate subs before they decided to start on this one, and I'm not up to messing with HK stuff.

 

[hmf_master]

Really? The previous Yellow spotlight episode was better by far (she doesn't even do much in this one despite how it was obviously supposed to focus on her) I though it was worth it for that line alone.

Yellow just happens to be my second favorite ranger in this one, next to Abarekiller (the reason I even want to watch this show) her first spotlight episode was really good.

I'm trying to go along with whenever MCS releases. I'm not sure if there were any adequate subs before they decided to start on this one, and I'm not up to messing with HK stuff.

I think i might still have the torrent file to the best Abaranger subs

 

[Lynxara]

I though it was worth it for that line alone.

A lot of people who otherwise like Abaranger tend to dislike the run of episodes MCS is currently subbing. I do wonder if the quality of the subs plays into that. The Abaranger HKs are just barely coherent, and most people who've seen the entire show saw it that way. I find that HKs really let down shows where comedy is meant to be a major draw.

Where Abaranger becomes the show the fandom loves is after AbareKiller shows up and the series's tone shifts a bit. It doesn't really become serious, but it does start writing in more of a plot first, jokes second fashion. It also explores some themes are genuinely different and interesting territory for Sentai.

I think MCS's translation makes these episodes more worthwhile in terms of making sure all the jokes get through, but ultimately, they're still written in the spirit of funny filler. Tokusatsu fans love Abaranger for stuff that'll begin to happen ten or twenty episodes from now, so I'm not surprised that any reference to episodes from this era is met with bitterness.

 

[Shougo B'Stard]

I sometimes feel like the only Abaranger fan who hates Abare Killer...

 

[Loghorn]

Personally, I liked Mikoto/AbareKiller. But then I've always been into those sort of wild card characters: not good, not evil; they just do whatever the hell they want. I find them more interesting than the standard protagonist or antagonist.

That's why such characters like DragonRanger, TimeFire, AbareKiller, Gokai Red, Gokai Blue, & Gokai Yellow are called "Anti-Heroes" & "Anti-Heroines."