Things you want to see in a Super Sentai Show

[NeonZ]

They never said that. If anything we were supposed to assume RinJyuKen and GekiJyuKen were two sides of the same coin, and the Gekiranger couldn't keep up with Rio because he was a prodigy. Of course, if you say we eventually HAD to come to that conclusion because the writing MADE GekiJyuKen look weaker, then you are correct.

I don't think it's ever directly said, but the entire writing was done based on that idea. And I'm not even talking about Lio, but even the initial monsters of the week, who require 3 GekiJyuken users to be defeated, back up that idea.

In a later episode, there's a monster of the week that gets a big deal made of because he could match Kageki using just standard Rinki, rather than Dorinki. Rinki being stronger than Geki is the reason Lio left in the first place. During the initial Rinjyuken rebellion, the Geki users had to sacrifice their humanity in order to defeat the Rinki users, and couldn't win in direct combat.

GekiViolet's power was never a match for KaGeki.

Huh? He kept up just fine initially.

They underwent the training to get those other animals. GekiViolet just got it because "Super Hax Darkhorse abilities!"

Well, couldn't he just have underwent training before he appeared in the series?

After he summoned those two Gekis, I thought the natural assumption was that he always could do that and just hadn't done it before, because fighting alongside 2 other Geki users was better than just fighting for himself.

....Then why introduce it?!

Drama. It was just supposed to show his determination to defeat Lio and his failure, making it obvious that only Jan could do it.

Those power-ups all came for the finale.

That doesn't explain why they were mostly useless beforehand. It's hard to believe that power ups that never mattered before suddenly worked against the strongest Ayakashi.

 

[lazycoconut]

Well, personally I don't see any recent Sentai series with a full-on "pretty" cast. I mean, heck, what's pretty or good-looking to me isn't the same to someone else. Beauty and looks are the most subjective thing on earth along with other issues, that it's just a pointless and meaningless aspect to argue or complain about anyway.

It's not so much what *is* pretty as what Toei is selling to you as pretty. When a show has a lot of obvious fanservice or outright idol stuff (Go-onger, Dekaranger) it feels like they are pimping out the actors to you, and that's just as annoying as the merchandise plugging.

The Gekirangers were a bunch of boring people, and Jan basically overshadowed Ran and Retsu, so yeah nothing to say here.

(...)

The series that almost nabbed this was (omg don't be shocked) Go-onger. Except for the blue guy (can't even remember his name although I just finished this), everyone else were their own unique character that wasn't overshadowed by anyone else, which I liked a lot.

Go-onger did at least avoid the "Sixth Ranger Syndrome" that was a problem with Gekiranger - people complained about the Wings stealing the spotlight, but all in all they fitted in well to the storyline. There is no point in having a Sixth Ranger if (s)he's going to be constantly sidelined and left out of battles or crucial team moments. Gekiranger was probably the worst offender in this department but Shinkenger did it too by sending off Genta on separate missions while the rest of the team was doing the important stuff. If Sixth Rangers are not going to be used properly, it's always better to add a fourth or fifth to a team of three than a sixth or seventh to a team of five.

and the Go-on Blue was boring as hell

He had a lot of the same problems as Mako's character in Shinkenger: a know-it-all, too emotional, and portrayed as the sole voice of reason within the Go-ongers to the detriment of his teammates. If a character is supposed to be wise and all-knowing then (s)he should actually be that way, not a vapid mousey moron like Go-on Blue or self-righteous like Mako.

<3 bless the Japanese hunks.

*applauds*

 

[waterballoon]

It's not so much what *is* pretty as what Toei is selling to you as pretty. When a show has a lot of obvious fanservice or outright idol stuff (Go-onger, Dekaranger) it feels like they are pimping out the actors to you, and that's just as annoying as the merchandise plugging.

There has been a lot of fanservice stuff since the beginning though. I'm not sure about the 80's or 70's, but I'm pretty from the 90's onwards, there were a lot of "other" stuff besides the action... like romance (shipping) and all that. IIRC there was this older series that had a swim-wear episode... I mean it's all to please the fans I suppose.

But of course it gets elevated to a new level these days, what with the G3 Princess (which I ironically enjoyed) and all...

 

[Sage Shinigami]

I don't think it's ever directly said, but the entire writing was done based on that idea. And I'm not even talking about Lio, but even the initial monsters of the week, who require 3 GekiJyuken users to be defeated, back up that idea.

It requires 3 GekiJyuKen people because they're all n00bs battling people who have decades of experience over them. Same as every year--the heroes are generally n00bs and need teamwork against far more experienced opponents.

In a later episode, there's a monster of the week that gets a big deal made of because he could match Kageki using just standard Rinki, rather than Dorinki. Rinki being stronger than Geki is the reason Lio left in the first place. During the initial Rinjyuken rebellion, the Geki users had to sacrifice their humanity in order to defeat the Rinki users, and couldn't win in direct combat.

I don't recall that episode. Have an episode #? As far as that being why Rio left...its not stronger. Its just easier to gain power terrorizing people instead of focusing on one's inner strength.

And all the JyuKen masters surrendered their humanity for more power. That's why they couldn't get the Power Bloom.

Well, couldn't he just have underwent training before he appeared in the series?

After he summoned those two Gekis, I thought the natural assumption was that he always could do that and just hadn't done it before, because fighting alongside 2 other Geki users was better than just fighting for himself.

Given before the series he tried to battle Rio and used the forbidden Geki-waza and spent the next few years as a mad wolf...I don't believe so, no.

Drama. It was just supposed to show his determination to defeat Lio and his failure, making it obvious that only Jan could do it.

They could've done that with an actual fight, but okay, sure. Rio losing to Jan is ANOTHER hole in Gekiranger that gives me a headache.

That doesn't explain why they were mostly useless beforehand. It's hard to believe that power ups that never mattered before suddenly worked against the strongest Ayakashi.

What do you mean they never mattered? ShinkenPink OWNED Akumaro after putting on the Inroumaru. (The only time ANY Shinkenger did that, by the way.) It also gave ShinkenRed the ability to pilot DaiKai-ShinkenOh with only ShinkenGold helping him, even though just an episode prior, he tells the entire team its not a combination to be used for a long time because it consumed so much Mojikara.

 

[Red Falcon]

Here is a list of what I want to see in a Sentai:

-Have a kissing scene in sentai series (It's aimed at boys so that's probably not going to happen)

-Have a twelve man sentai similar to Gransazer (If only if they would do it better)

-Have a sentai that returns to using the prefix man or five.

-Stop having too many mecha.

-Return to using braces as henshin devices.

-Return to having human looking villains with no monster forms.

-Team up with Kamen Rider annually (Similar to the Vs. series).

 

[Black Fang]

I just had an idea. How about a sentai that starts out with just one person, and as it goes on they'd meet the other members one by one. I don't think that's ever been done.

Wow, that actually sounds freakin good.

http://henshinjustice.net/forums/showthread.php?t=48177
End of plug

 

[Nanami Tenkawa]

i have an idea though. well in Super Sentai team needs not to discover their super-heroic identities like compare to Battle Fever J.

 

[Forever Knight]

-Team up with Kamen Rider annually (Similar to the Vs. series).

This I'd like aswell.

 

[KamenRiderSentai]

Here is a list of what I want to see in a Sentai:

-Have a sentai that returns to using the prefix man or five.

-Stop having too many mecha.

-Return to having human looking villains with no monster forms.

I don't mind seeing the above.

More:
- return to having no henshin devices, like in Goranger or Battle Fever. This way the civilians won't know so easily who the heroes really are.

 

[Forever Knight]

I don't mind seeing the above.

More:
- return to having no henshin devices, like in Goranger or Battle Fever. This way the civilians won't know so easily who the heroes really are.

We have a better chance of Jesus returning to Earth than Bandai giving up a chance to make money off changers.