You know, I *hated* Magiranger to begin with. I thought the acting was terrible, the show was overly "kiddie" YES I KNOW IT'S A KIDS' SHOW and the storyline just wasn't going anywhere.
Then somewhere around the Legend Powers arc, it really hit its stride for me, and all of a sudden, I was completely sucked in by the storyline, the acting had improved to the point that I didn't want to strangle Kai every time he opened his mouth, and I somehow loved the show. I felt nearly exactly the same way about Aba, actually-- horrible first half, amazing second half.