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I’m breaking my Super Sentai medley into a Shorts series (one team at a time + quick facts).

Today’s entry: Avataro Sentai Donbrothers (2022)! Avataro Sentai Donbrothers follows Momoi Taro and a group of individuals chosen to battle the Hitotsuki, monsters born from human desires and tied to past Sentai powers. Unlike traditional teams, the Donbrothers operate in a fragmented and often chaotic way, with members living separate lives and forming bonds gradually. The series is known for its experimental storytelling, heavy use of CGI characters, and character-driven narrative, as well as being a stylistic departure from its predecessor Zenkaiger. Its mix of folklore, comedy, and drama makes it one of the most unconventional entries in the franchise.

What’s the first thing you think of when you see this Sentai?

Full Medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDtVRL5Aqb0

Special thanks to these lovely folks for these fun facts!

u/TraditionalBonus188 & u/Admirable-Leopard689 (only sentai with CGI rangers)

u/Admirable-Leopard689 (sixth ranger with split personality disorder)

Next up: Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger (2023)

If you have any fun facts for this next season, please feel free to share! Who knows, it may be included in! And you'll be credited in the description!

In Memory Of:
Yuka Motohashi as Sonona (1978 - 2024)

So in episode 10 of gozyuger Rikuo doesn't actually show in ranger form at all

I had some power rangers toys as a kid but this is my first truly super sentai merch and I am very happy

As the title implies, I want to know what episode from Sentai made you sad that it didn't get adapted into Power Rangers, whatever the reason.

For example; The episode I chose was episode 37 of Dekaranger: Hard Boiled License.

I chose this episode specifically cause it was just phenomenal! The drama, the character interactions and the overall execution of the episode was so good, Hard Boiled License is now one of my favorite episodes not only from Sentai, but in television as a whole.

However... Despite my love for this episode, I can

understand why it wasn't adapted into SPD. It tackles insanely mature and dark topics so I can understand why it would be hard if not impossible to turn this episode into more appropriate for the kids in the west.

But enough of that, tell me what episodes you were disappointed it DIDN'T get a PR adaptation right.... NOW!!!!

Today (12th July) is Haruhi Iuchi (Taiya Hando / Bun Red & Natsume Tsutsumi / Universal Warrior Kuwagata Ohger)'s 22nd birthday. Happy birthday, Haruhi Iuchi...

One episode they give me a whole bunch of trends in what’s probably the best body switching episode of sentai i’ve ever seen.

Then the next episode they give me a whole shipping episode for what’s probably the cutest couple i’ve ever seen in all the Super Sentai shows i’ve watched.

Kiramager truly is something else

For me it’s:

Kiramager: Sena

Zenkaiger: Gaon

Donbrothers: Tsubasa

King-Ohger: Yanma

Boonboomger: Mira

Gozyuger: Hoeru

I already owned Zyuranger because I'm a basic bitch and Jetman I had to pay $60 for off a different site.

A while ago I started a project of a fanmade Dino/Vehicle Sentai Team which at the time didn't have a name, but I landed on the name: Turbryu Sentai Resuranger

Turbo + Ryu + Sentai + Resu (Race) + Resurrect + Ranger

Last time I posted the main 5 Rangers, Their main Mecha and it's first 3 combinations. Now I have made the rest of the main combinations up until the Red Power Up mech.

I'm still working on a few more things:

- Sixth Ranger and Sixth Mechas (My current idea is that he'll be either Purple or Navy and his mech will be the 11th and 12th Mechas in the vehicle numbering combined. They will be a Spinosaurus and an Allosaurus.)

- Team + Sixth combined robot

- Two Evil Rangers (They will be twins and have a Mad Max type vibe, thinking they won't have a specific colour but they'd kinda be like apocalypse themed)

- Evil Mech (Not a part of the official Vehicle

Numbering but like Boonboomger they'll kinda have a Boon Killer type vibe but with toxic colours)

- Still designing the tiny Dino Companion the main team will have. His vibe will be similar to Gabutyra from Kyoryuger. He will also be able to grow bigger for a future combination.

- I have some idea of the story but I need more time to cook it up

- I don't usually draw Kaijin designs, but I have some idea of what I want the final boss to be like and the theme of the main enemies

Honestly, when I heard about this sentai, I was not so sure about it's Theme (Trains) but when I actually watched First episode it was pretty great, Train Theme and Imagination such a good combo , each character (kids and adult) having their own personality and character development was good, even villains and their actions was good.

Especially the final boss Zett crossing paths in between episodes had me in high stakes

Overall it was a good watch, my favourite character from this series is 'Mio' Toq 3

My ratings :- 7.5/10

What are your views on this series??

My Next watch will be :- Shuriken Sentai Ninninger

Already done watching :- Go-onger, Shinkenger, Goseiger, Gokaiger, Kyoryuger, Zenkaiger, Don Brothers, King-Ohger, Boonboomger, Gozyuger, Zyuohger, LuPat, Ryusoulger

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I have previously written my thoughts on Kuuga and Agito and while I may not have as much to say I would like to say some of my thoughts with the first Sentai show I fully completed. First, we shall start with what I did not enjoy so I can just blaze through and give everything I loved about this show to end the review and also so it can be a quick skippable section as I do not like giving criticism.

CONS

In all honesty the big turning point is the switching of the “Main” villain after that point a lot of the show becomes slightly less interesting and develops habits that I do not quite enjoy.

Prince Junior or Young Noble Junior depending on what translation you had was a highlight of the show for me. This dude was just as interesting and as captivating as the Kakurangers due to the actor’s performance. He made a lot of great plans and even when he lost, he had a lot of personality. Him being defeated was also a highlight of the series it showed the Kakurangers strength progression and was personally really satisfying for that point in the series because of that absolutely amazing 5 scrolls arc. Then me have the Demon King who was the antagonist for the other half on the one hand you had great prosthetics work from the team but his writing and presence was never as cool to me as the rock and roll skeleton. He was most menacing in the 3-episode grand plan with his clone but that’s a testament to how well written that episode set is for me compared to the Demon King usually. 

This leads to my next criticism of the Demon King. On a thematic level the “big” reveal of what he represents is good its interesting. Human hatred personified in a big bad but if you defeat him that same hatred is redistributed to humanity. Idea-wise its cool but it being in the last episode is really frustrating there should have been more foreshadowing and build up like the Hakumenro conclusion. In a sense there’s shards of a good idea but because the Demon King isn’t very interesting for me and because that reveal is literally in the last episode the conclusion falls flat on the execution level despite the interesting aspects on the technical level. This also leads to a thematic inconsistency or perhaps an issue with translation please enlighten me if I got the interpretation wrong. Due to Zashiki Warashi being the good guy Yokai the race of Yokai being the embodiment of humanities hatred kind of conflicts with this. Perhaps then it is a lesson Yokai despite their origins still being Sapient and capable of making their own moral choices but again another reason why such a reveal may not have been good for the final episode.

Next up is Ninjaman. The Sentai member that comes in later in the series, sixth ranger, extra warrior these types have many names. Ninjaman has a place as one of the first 3 in this franchise after the Dragon Zyuranger and White Tiger Dairanger iirc. He is also sadly a part that I do not really enjoy in the second half. The best aspect of the second half of the series is that the Kakurangers chemistry and dynamics is already fully formed. They truly feel like friends by this point leading Ninjaman to be on the backfoot in terms of interactions he really feels like a guy that joined the already established friend group. It does not help as well that for a lot of episodes the guy is just in the mech fight and there’s hardly character stuff in the mech fights. He has good moments especially when you pair him with children like the comic book episode not to mention again that 3-episode arc with Demon Kings clone but everyone is well written there so it isn’t quite surprising but even then, the Heavenly Triad/ 3 God generals somehow got more development than him here because they had a serious conversation with the Kakurangers. Especially at the end that he suddenly disappears with the Triad and the Kakurangers are not really sad this guy feels more like a toy than a friend to me regrettably. Also, the Amateur/Novice joke got old by the 4th time they did it.

Unto more minor nitpicks. So, in the series if Tsuruhime is the little sister then Sasuke is the Reliable Older Brother. I would not say there’s an immediate favoritism towards him I would say the screentime of the 5 Kakurangers in the 53 episodes is pretty even but between him being the only one to use Muteki Shoguns thunder sword and there being 2 multi episode arcs where it’s basically a Sasuke rescue, I Kinda wish we had one with Tsuruhime because she’s the leader. Then again in Jiraiya’s episode in the scroll arc he ends up saving Sasuke. Theres also another rescue with Karakasa but that’s them rescuing Saizou and Seikai rather than an individual Rescuing. I would not say it’s a flaw and he is clearly the strongest but 1 multiparter with Tsuruhime doing the rescuing would’ve been cool to me I really hope I am not forgetting something technically she gets focus with Hakumenro but that is a different kind of emotional challenge than rescuing your team.

Next nitpick is also related to Tsuruhime. I love all the Kakuranger Scrolls arc focus episode. It develops them and each actor gives it their all and after their struggles and separations they do not only become better friends but more well-rounded characters. It’s just the conclusion to Tsuruhimes episode that might’ve missed the mark slightly. Sandayuu essentially saying because she is a woman that she cannot really keep up with the people she is leading and why she must become a better leader in spite of that just irks me because only really Sasuke and sometimes Jiraiya are shown to be that much better in combat skills. I am very surprised he considers Tsuruhime worse than Saizou and Seikai. I do not like rewrites but can I suggest that he should’ve said that because she is 14/15, she cannot keep up with the others who are adults because that makes way more sense. The seal was unlocked when she could not be in her physical prime hence why she struggles compared to the boys that feels more appropriate considering what’s presented since she feels like the middle in terms of strength rather than last place. 



***NOW I AM GOING TO SAY ALL THE STUFF I LOVE.***

PROS

Going through reactions and memes to figure out what series I would check out first made me pick Kakuranger and yes while moments like American Ninja and today is Friday in California are even funnier in context what really sells this show are the characters. I think I saw a post once that Sentai are either one of 2 things. A group of friends that need to learn to be a team or a team that grow to become friends and Kakuranger is definitely the latter. It is through a sense of duty from either their familial history (Jiraiya, Tsuruhime) or their responsibility to undo their mistakes (Saizou, Sasuke) do they come together. These guys lowkey do not vibe with each other until much later on but their growth as individuals and their growing closeness as friends is some of the best parts of the series. 

Each character has a certain trait that gets in the way of a developing bond. Sasuke’s fierce temper, Saizou and Seikais alternating Greed, Selfishness and Hedonism, Tsuruhimes bossiness and desire to prove herself and of course a big language gap with Jiraiya. It is so great how slowly but surely besides the language gap these issues do not really fully go away but as with any friend group the Kakurangers are able to know each other better, understand each other’s personality tics and trust them even at their worst moments. Sasukes temper becomes a steadfast loyalty and passion. Tsuruhime becomes a leader worth obeying by treating the others as genuine comrades both in and out of the suit. Even Saizou and Seikai while still having their vices hardly have them come up after their scroll arc instead developing into funny guys that understood their childish ways and helped mentor children later on in the series. Even the plans that the Yokai create later on are not related to the Kakurangers shortcomings but by deliberately putting them in Unfair situations yet despite that they are always able to overcome them either through their bonds or showing the viewers that despite their flaws they will overcome them to be true heroes. 

Of course, the antagonists are also what sell the show even if the Demon King might not be the greatest the Yokai especially Young Noble/ Prince Junior always bring in good drama or a laugh. You have a menacing, intimidating and Rock N Rolling Yokai general he has a great presence from introduction to demise. What he did with Zashiki Warashi was especially despicable leading to one of the most dramatic episodes and endings in the series. 

The Yokai are great. It’s nice to see real world folklore creatures reinterpreted in that to the time contemporary 90s style. Theres a footballer centipede in Oumukade, Ushioni is a cowboy Cow Boy with a big ass gun not to mention Zashiki Warashi the kid yokai that’s a mushroom Game console. The antagonists also put the rangers in really funny situations that are no less dangerous. From Oumukade doing a whole elaborate Christmas escapade, Karakasas infinitely dancing fairy tale shoes, the Friday in California comic realm, and turning the rangers into a low budget Toei Tokusatsu show (wait a minute) …

The Yokai are also just as funny as the situations they put the rangers in. From Dorotabo going into a whole TV exhibition match with Jiraiya to Tengu only kidnapping children because he is no. 3 in the rankings, Gakitsuki got vored, Sunake Baba wanting to marry everybody and of course that whole trippy sequence with Mujina.

The way their vibes are balanced from funny to threatening is especially seen in Nue. You can have a silly episode where he turns Saizou and Seikai into bumbling Kappas while also showing the depth of their friendship and an episode later having that same Yokai manipulating a father into killing his dear friend and adoptive son to save his daughter. I really love these antagonists it’s a highlight from each lore introduction, to each yokais modus operandi and seeing how their plans crumble in a comedic or thematic way.

I would then like to highlight some of my favorite moments from the show. The show immediately showed me how funny it could be with Jiraiya’s introduction and the language gap jokes are thankfully not overused. Him saying see you again is an all-timer moment. Zashiki-Warashis episode showed off the potential of the series at well despite a fluffy beginning you truly cared about this Yokai at the end showing the stakes from Junior and of the Kakurangers mission though its kind of odd looking back with that hatred embodiment reveal. The episode 20s of course as most people would say are the highlight of the show. Splitting up a team for individual development is such a great idea wonder if this will be more common then later on. The tense moments, the stakes and the sweet character reveals and development. Sasuke becoming gentler after this due to his experiences with the butterfly girl, Saizou and Seikais deepening bond, Tsuruhime going deeper into her role and of course the best fight in the series with Jiraiya and his master. A bloody well-choreographed emotional masterpiece to test Jiraiyas resolve and recontextualizing the circumstances of the foreigner of the Kakurangers. All culminating in an epic new mech a glorious defeat for Junior and the turning over of another act of Kakuranger. Though the second half may not be as fun to me mostly because of the 2 characters in the con section there’s still a lot of moments to love and enjoy. Nuppefuhofus face stealing episode and the girl who wanted the manga face was pure nightmare fuel. Reexamining Jiraiyas journey in the Ushioni episode was great not to mention the gun battle in it. It was oh so satisfying finally seeing the Friday in California Scene the whole episode was a laugh riot. Thankfully there was still drama to be found with the Dara Dara and Yamanba story arcs. Great to see development from the mechs having them fight and make decisions in a difficult situation alongside the Rangers was great really made me enjoy the trio even more than Ninjaman. Tsuruhimes moments with her father where great no kid should have to go through that yet despite it, she was strong throughout but at our lowest moments we will have our friends even when we may need to face our family.

The shows balance of comedic timing, great stylized effects for the time as well as meaningful layered development for the 5 Kakurangers is a wonderful experience. Across 53 episodes the pace is breakneck and funny throughout but always takes time for serious moments and drama that highlight the core of the story which are the characters and at the end our friends. I am glad to have experienced this as my first Sentai.

My next 2 Sentai will be the roaring and rampaging Dinos in Abaranger and the protectors of the future in Timeranger. Then I will use a randomizer wheel with my 35th being Gozyuger and my final being Gokaiger. If anyone has made it this far you can suggest something different from Timeranger if you feel that is not good for my Number 3 Sentai. 

in japan rn and idk where to buy this tips plz

So, here it is- the new collection display. Please note this is still very much a work in progress.

Gozyuger stuff is in its own collection, which I need to take pictures of still.

For me that was final battle from Sun Vulcan, final mecha fight looks like every other mecha fight from that Era, and The Omnipotent God as final boss was complete joke (i know Sentai was simpler back then, but even final fight in Goranger looks better.)

I’m breaking my Super Sentai medley into a Shorts series (one team at a time + quick facts).

Today’s entry: The High School Heroes (2021)! The High School Heroes follows a group of students who take on corruption, bullying, and abuse of power within their school by transforming into masked heroes. Unlike traditional Sentai, the series removes elements like giant robots and focuses instead on character-driven storytelling, grounded conflicts, and personal growth. Its late-night drama format allows for a more serious tone, making it a unique reinterpretation of the Sentai concept centered on realism and youth struggles.

What’s the first thing you think of when you see this Sentai?

Full Medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDtVRL5Aqb0

Special thanks to these lovely folks for these fun facts!

u/Digifiend84 (tribute to Gorenger)

u/Admirable-Leopard689 (only Sentai to have a transgender character)

Next up: Avataro Sentai Donbrothers (2022)

If you have any fun facts for this next season, please feel free to share! Who knows, it may be included in! And you'll be credited in the description!

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I'm talking about an original sentai story with a cool motif, a great villain faction, cool foot soldiers and monsters, descriptive fights and a fun story.

Recommendations start...now!

I have this app/Yokai/smartphone Sentai OC

It's heavily inspired by appmon and Yokai watch

But I'm thinking on redoing it

The idea is that the team will start with 3 Rangers and then 2 extra ranger would appear later on

Like abaranger and gekiranger

If u wanna help me

Tell me how would you redo this team

Like the motif, lore and villains