Friday, March 3, 2017

Green Warriors

Kenji Asuka/Mido Ranger

Poor guy's majorly overshadowed by the rest of the hero cast. When you've got two cool talents like Naoya Makoto and Risa Komaki and two big personalities like Hiroshi Miyauchi and Baku Hatakeyama, and you're playing the kid of the team, you've gotta make a big effort to let us know you're there. Kenji does not. (At least not that I remember.) I can't even remember much about him, other than having a bit of a complex about his young age, but that's something that many later Sentai put to better use.

Weird thing is, actor Yukio Itou goes on to play Kensaku, the first Battle Cossack, and I like him in that show -- he's more mature, confident, a bigger presence. Hard to believe he improved so much in just a few years. (I'm not bothering doing a post on Oranges, so that's my brief coverage of the first Battle Cossack!)

Bunta Daichi/Clover King

Has the distinction of starring in the first terrible, horrible-glimpse-of-goofy-things-to-come episode of JAKQ in which he investigates a fashion designer's murder (by a mannequin) by infiltrating a fashion show in drag. When caught, he's put in a loincloth and made to fight the robot of the week. Goofy, goofy episode...

At the other end, he's the focus of a pretty screwed up early episode, in which he befriends a girl who reminds him of his dead kid sister, and this girl goes on to be killed when Crime blows up the plane she's on. Early JAKQ, man. You youngsters who think Gaim is so great have no idea what toku that's actually dark and serious looks like, because you ain't willing to watch anything prior to 2006.

Overall, I like Bunta. He doesn't get a whole hell of a lot to do to make an impression, and the revamp of the show forces him into the peg of "the funny kid" character, but I still like him. I'd love JAKQ's cast if not for Yoshitaka Roboto as Goro. Damn, they needed someone better as Ace.


Tatsuya Midorikawa/Denji Green

Tatsuya's one of my favorite characters of the first few Sentai shows. He's the depressed, brooding guy, the quiet cool type. He uses the abilities he honed as a cop to benefit the team in their pursuit of Vader attackers. Actor Naoya Uchida is just awesome and does a great job. (He also contributes a couple of cool, mellow songs to the soundtrack.)

I also like that they bring in the Chieko character, a comedic character who knew him from work and brings out a different side to him so he's not ALWAYS such a downer.

Shingo Takasugi/Green Two (aka Gudeen Zuuuu)

I don't mind Shingo, but actor Takahiko Ohta isn't the greatest and he makes such strange choices that he makes Takasugi seem like a big weirdo, and not the capable second in command he's supposed to be. (They should have basically swapped Green and Blue's actors, IMO.)


Dai/Green Flash

As I've said plenty of times, Flashman kind of Xeroxes Changeman's heroes, but brightens them up. Dai's pretty close to Hayate -- the cool guy, the stand-up second in command, the fighter, the guy with the eye for the ladies -- but the main difference is that Dai seems kind of more innocent and sweeter, for lack of a better word. I attribute that to the Flashman heroes being kind of stunted, and because actor Kihachiro Uemura has a more easygoing nature.

In Yutaka Izubuchi's sketches for the Flashman's wardrobe, Dai's depicted as being a scowling Condor Joe looking type. It's easy to imagine Dai possibly being that kind of character, but the casting of Uemura changed that. That's not a negative, because the Flashman side of the show didn't need the angst, and Dai is good the way he turned out. Uemura's an action guy, so he makes Dai a convincing ass-kicker, but he's also just naturally likable, and a hero who you can have complete confidence in.

Fun story -- a few years ago, Kihachiro Uemura saved a guy who collapsed in Akihabara. As Akibaranger was still freshly aired at the time, and because Akagi's actor, Masato Wada, had been doing a lot of live events with people like Uemura, he saw the news item and dubbed Uemura "Akiba Green."

Jun'ichi Aikawa/Green Sai

C'mon. You know I like this guy as much as I do Black Bison. Jun'ichi himself...the kid of the team, so he just whines a lot. There's many reasons why Bison and Sai don't end up working in the show -- their bad actors just one of the reasons.

Daigo/Shishi Ranger

Ah, Daigo. Where to start with this guy. I ordinarily like the cranky, brooding characters, but Daigo never worked well for me. I don't hate him, and he doesn't break the show for me or anything, but he's just really unconvincing, and I think it's probably because actor Tatsuya Noumi seems like he's a jokester in real life, and probably better suited for a more comedic role. I think they basically cast him for his looks -- he looks like he should be a serious and tough dude, but he couldn't act like it.

Daigo's probably given the best of the recurring storylines with Kujaku, though. Yeah, I'd rank that over Ryou's storyline with Jin. While I think the Jin episodes are some of Dairanger's best...they make up a small amount of the series. Daigo and Kujaku are given more episodes and, more importantly, Kujaku has ties to the Gorma and the past conflict and so on.

Shouhei Yokkaichi/Oh Green

More than any other character, poor Shouhei's caught in the middle of Ohranger's tug-o-war identity crisis. He starts out as being the team elder, a strong brawler, but quickly becomes the goofball of the team. It's pretty much all up to actor Kunio Masaoka to make it work, and he does his best. He's good when he's serious -- and it's a shame he wasn't given more serious stuff to do -- but he also pulls of the comedy, with a style that harkens back to some traditional Japanese comedy.

And why wasn't he given the boxer mecha? Still a mystery.


Minoru Uesugi/Green Racer

The dude's insane, but you gotta love him. Major credit goes to actor Yoshihiro Fukuda, who brings so much comic frenzy and quirkiness to the role. (Thank goodness Carranger was so nutty and was able to cast someone like Fukuda, who probably ordinarily wouldn't get cast in a hero role.) Being from Osaka himself, I think he probably brought Minoru's comedically tinged Osaka origins to the role on his own, as well as influencing the writing. (Fukuda worships the Hanshin Tigers? Well, then, so does Minoru.)

The way Ohranger's Kunio Masaoka harkens back to an old style of Japanese comedy, Fukuda is really reminiscent to me of a very particular type of Japanese stand-up comedian. (I was surprised to find out Fukuda WASN'T a stand-up.)

Minoru's my favorite Carranger member, and is part of many of my favorite bits in the show. (A couple of which include: losing the Accel Changer while practicing victory poses, accidentally shipping the bazooka to an elderly woman who mistakes it for a toy she gives her grandson (where he and Signalman perform a comedy set to distract the kid from blowing the place up!) Good ol' Minoru.


Hayate/Ginga Green

Hayate's meant to be as cool of a breeze as the Earth power he possesses. Hayate's a good second in command...actually, he always seemed to me like he should actually be the leader of the team. He's certainly more experienced than Ryouma, but he even seems more qualified than Hyuuga to me. He's the stern guy who wants everything to run smoothly, but he's not stiff or without humor.

I liked his storyline of his love being lost to him, and his rivalry with Shelinda, but I thought both could have been expanded upon.

Shou Tatsumi/Go Green

I've always said Shou's my least favorite of the Tatsumi siblings. Some people think that means I hate Shou -- I don't hate Shou. I like a lot about him as a character, and I certainly like that he's the one Tatsumi sibling who doesn't let Mondo immediately off the hook for the crap he's pulled.

I think a lot of my problem with Shou is actor Atsushi Harada. He's not a bad actor, but he just kind of is always playing the same note. And it certainly doesn't help that he goes on to play the obnoxious, cowardly and useless Mihara in Faiz.

Shion/Time Green

Funny -- for all of my complaining about Timeranger, I never had much of a problem with Shion. The character has such a sad past, and he gets hung up about it, but he never seems as much of a joyless turd as the others can. He and actor Masahiro Kuranuki are just really sympathetic. Shion has a sadness to him in his isolation, while he's also extremely intelligent, but he's not closed off or snobby -- he's warm, he has a sense of wonder about pretty much everything. He's a nice character.

Sen'ichi "Sen-chan" Enari/Deka Green

Sen's a weirdo. I don't know if the actor's a weirdo himself or he's really trying to play up an eccentric genius and taking it too far, but Sen's almost Vul-Panthery in his weirdness. I would have liked Sen to be a little more serious, like he can't believe he's surrounded by such unprofessional idiots, but Dekaranger steered into the skid of comedy, so Sen becomes a quirky guy who's just constantly amused by his surroundings.

But I like Sen. I like a number of his episodes, like the one with the Most Dangerous Game criminals (where he pulls a Columbo "just one more thing" act), the one where he reveals his claustrophobia, the one where he reveals his feelings for Umeko by beating the shit out of that clown from Sailor Moon...

Makito Ozu/Magi Green

When Magiranger was on the air, I couldn't stand Makito and his rubber face mugging. I guess, in a toku world that's been destroyed by Den-O, that something like Yuuki Itou's performance starts to seem more subdued, because when I've tried to rewatch Magiranger lately, he doesn't bother me.

I'm disappointed that he's the eldest brother and such a goofball that nobody takes seriously. I don't know if that was the plan, considering he's the eldest and Red suit actor Hirofumi Fukuzawa was traded over to Green for the year, but that's where they went with the character. Kind of strange that Houka, the eldest daughter, is also such an idiot screw-up, while youngest Kai -- a hot head who doesn't know what he's doing -- is the golden child.

Mele

Ha-ha, joke's on you, sucker. She don't count. Nice try, those of you who try to argue this. "But Jan said she and Rio were like Geki Black and Geki Green!" Yeah, Jan's an idiot, and he was joking. He's probably also the one who started the whole "Gorenger" thing.

Hanto "Dokidoki Dipshit" Jou/Go-on Green

I don't understand the point of this character. The actor's awful -- probably the worst one in the show, and that's saying something. He's about 11 years old, he's pretty girly, but he's supposed to be some kind of chick magnet. He gains about 50 pounds when he transforms. His mecha's the most annoying one in the show, and that's saying something.

Chiaki Tani/Shinken Green

At the start of Shinkenger, I really liked Chiaki. I liked that he refused to brownnose Tono, he questioned everything, he was lackadaisical. He was the modern guy in a stuffy, outdated surrounding. And when Chiaki's dad showed up, he was pretty much the same, so the Tanis did things their way, which mixed things up. You get the sense they were ordinary folks when Takeru was pampered and someone like Ryunosuke seemed to have a privileged life...

When Chiaki mentioned early on that he wanted to surpass Takeru, I got bad flashbacks to Masumi/Bouken Black. The show never really remembered this motivation of Chiaki's -- thankfully -- but it did fall into the trap of having pretty much every Chiaki episode be about what a screw-up he was until his screw-upness narrowly saved the day and he learned his lesson to be better only until the next time it happened again. This repetition locked actor Shogo Suzuki into one note, and I started to get tired of Chiaki. But, as I've said, I came to like Shinkenger more once it was over and I could look over it as a whole and kinda ignore the lulls it had. They could have handled Chiaki better, but I liked him for the most part.

Magis/Gosei Green

What can you say about him? He's played by Deka Green. That's about it. You see Gosei Green's legs, you see Sen get killed. That's about it.


Don "Hakase" Doggoiya/Gokai Green

We all know that it's suit actor Yasuhiro Takeuchi who makes this guy great. Takeuchi makes hilarious and at times bizarre comedic choices that make Gokai Green stand-out. Actor Kazuki Shimizu could have studied Takeuchi and done more to match up with him. But Takeuchi was constantly making little additions to the scene as the character that stood out -- one that comes to mind is when the Gokaiger change into Turboranger, and they're in the pyramid pose and Green's (or Black Turbo's) knees are buckling.

But I like Don regardless. He's timid, practically cowardly. It takes him a while to find his inner hero, but it's in there. His reluctance isn't from a place of malice, but because he's weak and afraid -- and like the other Gokaiger, he's had a rough life trying to survive in a universe that the Zangyaku are constantly pwning. He's a brainy nerd, he doesn't have the guts of a Marvelous or Luka or the military training of a Joe -- he's had to get by in his own way.

I liked that Marvelous recognized what Don had to offer and his strength in areas that didn't include fighting, and recruited him on his team. And I like that Don was behind doing the team's repairs and a couple of the weapons. Gokaiger didn't perfectly explain everything, most importantly just how they came to use the Ranger Keys, but I like to think that Don looked into it and discovered the way to use the powers of the Keys and invented the Mobirates.

It's kind of silly of Aka Red to be like "Here's a trunk filled with some Keys, Marvelous. I'm about to go die Fist of Fury style. Bye-bye!" And that's it! He didn't explain shit to Marvelous. How did they realize the Keys had powers they could use? Doc Doggoiya, that's how.

Souji Rippuukan/Kyoryu Green

He's the only male character of the Kyoryuger team who didn't jump out of a loud, obnoxious anime, but I still don't like him. The actor's pretty weak and Souji wasn't given many episodes, IIRC. He certainly wasn't cool enough to have Dyna Black and Dyna Pink as his parents, I tell ya.

Hikari/ToQ 4

It was really hard to take Hikari seriously as the quiet, serious, smart guy when his character was supposed to be a kid. And ToQger was such a lazily written show, most of the characters didn't even have character. (I'm still astounded that this is a Yasuko Kobayashi show. She usually favors character over plot, and this show has neither.)

And if you're not going to bother writing anything, at least get performers who can carry the thing, and that's certainly not ToQ 4's actor. He's not horrible, but he's just not memorable. When it comes down to it, I'm pretty indifferent to the ToQ heroes (except for Tokkachi, who I hate, and Akira, who I like).
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And for the Green I'd pick to be on my team...

Are you ready?

You might be surprised...

Shion/Time Green! I really wanted to pick Dai, but if I ruled out Sara and the other Flashman because of the Anti-Flash, I ruled out Dai, too. I was going to pick Denji Green, but that's too close to the "Sentai Dream Team" I usually pick. (The "Dream Team" being the team you'd want to see in a special or movie, the characters you'd like to see interact; this game being forming a Seven Samurai-esque team of people you'd actually want to work with, whose skills you value, being the team you'd want to BE a part of and go on missions with.)

Shion's young, and while I ruled out a lot of characters -- like anyone from Megaranger -- for being too young, I don't think it applies to Shion since he's an alien, and obviously advanced. I wanted somebody super smart on my team, and figure he'd be a great asset since he has future knowledge AND alien knowledge. I considered Sen/Deka Green, since he, too, is smart, but I thought maybe his quirkiness could be irritating.

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  1. If I had to choose I would pick Don Dogoier/GokaiGreen on my team. The character felt like a breath of fresh air as someone who wasn't tough or strong. I think a lot of people such as myself saw themselves in Don and saw the growth throughout the show with him finding the courage within himself and also being a little more assertive and not take a lot of the abuse and crap he'd gotten from the team. I also agree with you about Yasuhiro Takeuchi. I honestly think the producers gave 100% freedom to the suit actors to fully give the characters life and soul in the suits. Shame that Takeuchi suit acting after Gokaiger has been sort of restricted.

    Also here's a little fun fact about Kazuki Shimizu. He looked up to Masahiro Kuranuki (Shion/Time Green) growing up as they both was from the same hometown with Masahiro being a mentor to him in high school and when Kazuki auditioned for Gokaiger, he choose green so that he'll have the opportunity to change into Time Green.

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    1. @dondogoier

      I didn't know that about Shimizu! That's interesting. It's surprising that he actually ended up being the color he wanted, because they're usually auditioning blind. Like, I remember reading Enter's actor from Go-busters was under the impression he'd be playing Red or Blue, not end up with the villain role.

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  2. Loved your colored posts a lot Shougo! They were a lot of fun to read!~ ^__^
    Is this post going to be the last one? Or are you gonna do one for the Misc colors? (whites, oranges, violets, etc)

    I think I remember hearing you once say you were really fond of Tatsuya (DenjiGreen). But I never heard you talk much about him. Kinda funny, considering how indifferent you seem to be with the rest of the Denjiman cast. xD But glad to see Tatsuya getting some appreciation! Always liked the guy myself. Also, he has the best role call in the show. The way he spin-kicks and slaps his palm with the kick. He so cool~

    I also found Ohta's performance for Shingo to be weird. Like, I guess I don't mind Shingo too much. But I remember thinking Shingo got a lot of the worst episodes in Bioman. I feel like he got every single cliché child of the week plot.

    I really love Dai a lot. But I remember thinking Dai's focus eps seemed to be... kinda all over the place, lol. I LOVE Dai's episodes. But I noticed they tended to range from copying ChangeGriffin's eps, or the Sumire eps, or the ep where he meets Red Mask's actor, or where he turns into a kid. Feels like he got a lot of different things going on hahaha.

    Glad you brought up the bit where Minoru accidentally ships the bazooka. That's one of my favorite eps ever! xD

    I really love Hayate. He's up there with Ryouma for me in terms of the heroes I love in the show.~ I think Hayate honestly gets a lot of really sad moments in the show. Something the actor pulls off really well imo. Like when he has to force himself to destroy Shelinda's Miharu clone. Or when he thinks Shelinda has killed Yuuta.

    I do agree that Shou tends to be kinda one-note. But I can't help but feel like that made him kinda hilarious. xD Maybe cause Shou felt like he was the least to get affected by Matoi's ramblings (and while at it, drive Matoi crazy). Maybe it's cause I feel Shou got into a lot of really bizarre situations in the show. So the actor taking everything so... I don't want to say it's like Yukito. But that's kinda the vibe I get. xD Like when he has to deal with rescuing those 3 bitches in that one episode. I think he's got this kind of awkward yet aloof sense to him who has to deal with a lot of the insanity happening around him, lol.

    I'm a bit pleasantly surprised to hear your thoughts on Shion (as well as shocked you picked him, lol). I thought you hated Shion? Or am I misremembering?

    I've always been mixed on Makito. On one hand, he's REALLY stupid. But on the other hand... I feel he's the only one on the team who really seems to try?

    I remember Hanto being a really terrible person. Like, not even remotely sympathetic. He's a chick magnet. He pulls some sleezy stuff on the others. He's a wimp. When I hear people say he's lovable, cute, or heartwarming... I seriously wonder if we even watched the same character. Hanto just bothers me so much. Easily my least favorite Green to date.


    My pick for a Green will be: Hayate!
    (Imagine if I had gone with ChangeGriffin for my black choice. I'd have 2 Hayates on my team! That'd drive everyone nuts. xD )
    But yeah, I think it's about time I got a Gingaman on my team. And since my team was already chock full of crazies, I felt maybe it was about time I added in someone a bit more mature and cool-headed to help bring some semblance of order, lol.

    My team: Matoi (GoRed), Shouji (Tenmaranger), Ranru (AbareYellow), Miku (MegaPink), Kenta (Black Mask), Hayate (GingaGreen)

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    1. @Fantasy Leader

      There's one more color post -- I have White done. There's enough Whites to warrant a post, but Oranges and Violets aren't worth going into. (In short: I like Battle Cossack, Geki Violet and ToQ 6.)

      As for Shion, I've probably poked fun at him in the past for being wussy or a kid, which is just being silly. Something that made me appreciate Shion more was rewatching Time Force a couple of years ago. While I've always said I like the Time Force cast, Kevin Kleinberg isn't the strongest cast member. He's likable, but he locks Trip (Shion) into just a "Wowie, gee whiz!" kind of kid, and results in Trip seeming kind of like an airhead. It made me really appreciate all of the notes Kuranuki hit as Shion.

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  3. No Burai? Or are you saving Jesus Buraist for another post? :p

    This one is really tough. My favorite green has to be Minoru, but only in the context of Carranger. I think I said I didn't have any faith in him as a hero (or competent human being for that matter) when I voted for Natsumi as my yellow.

    I'll go with Hayate. Sure, why not?

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    1. @CCLemon99

      God, that Jesus Buraist picture had me rolling when I saw it on your blog.

      I kind of skipped over main sixths in these post. I know my post about the sixth heroes (the thing that kicked off these color posts) is pretty barebones compared to what these color posts ended up being, but I feel like I've covered Burai in other posts. (Like my post about the casting that could have been.)

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  4. Didn't expect you mention/include Mele and Magis.
    That one was completely off guard. lol
    I was surprised you picked Shion/Time Green for your choice, despite how much you dislike the show. Ironically, he and "Hakase" (Gokai Green) are my least favorite Green (Sorry); not a fan of their character and I really don't like their hair style. lol

    Speaking of Green, what is your thought on Jeffrey Kensaki/Green Eagle of Jetman manga? Even though he's manga exclusive character and not part of Toei's canon, I like his character. It's kind of refreshing to have rockstar as ranger and I like the idea of half-Caucasian.

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    1. @SunnyC247

      I included Mele and Magis as kind of a gag. It seems like every post I've done about the different colored heroes, I'll get a reply like "You left out so-and-so!" So, since there aren't many Greens, I covered every Green I could think of. (Although I'm waiting for someone to say "Where's X1 Mask?!" And Mido Ninger.)

      Hey, I'm surprised I picked Shion, too. I was pretty sure I was just going to pick Green Flash. Like I said, I wanted someone super smart on my team. I had assumed I would have been picking Change Mermaid, but that changed once I picked Change Griffin.

      As for Green Eagle...sorry, I haven't read the Jetman manga. I always heard about him being a rock star, and thought that sounded like they were trying too hard to make another Gai, or have him be cooler than Gai.

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  5. I really need to get to watching the pre-Dynaman shows in full. Via my plans, I still need to finish Fiveman and Ohranger first but, stuff like Tatsuya there sounds pretty darn cool.
    I'll be honest though, I had to look Shingo up. Not out of disliking him but, aside from "Murderer Green", I'm trying to remember what other episodes he had. ^^; The ones like Gou, Jun, Hikaru, etc. just stick out so much more to me.

    Minoru's amazing. For the reasons you've stated to the electric eel episode to just how Fukuda carries him, one of the many reasons the show's so great.

    But yeah, my green? Doc Hakase Don Dogoier for me. The image of him and Kouchirou making gadgets for Mai to use on mission's too good to pass up.

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    1. @Painted Outlaw

      You're having a Fiveman/Ohranger double-header? Ouch. :P

      Shingo got some weird episodes. What Fantasy Leader said above about Dai applies more to Shingo. I just don't think they knew what to do with the guy.

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  6. What is your opinion on Mele? Just curious.

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    1. I liked her when she was serious, and I think Yuka Hirata had it in her to be a pretty good villain, but they played up the love-sick, cutesy side of her too much, which took away from a lot of the character's strength, IMO, and made her pretty one-note.

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  7. So your team consists of Yuusuke/Red Falcon, Yukito/Abare Blue, Haruka/Yellow Mask, Matsuri/Go Pink, Hayate/Change Gryphon and Shion/Time Green. Pretty good mix. If you were to pick one of the 6th rangers (who would be the 7th member of the team lol) who would it be? And out of curiosity, will there be a White warriors post or is Green your last colour?

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    1. Out of the sixths, I guess I'd pick...that's kind of rough. You have a cool one like Burai, who can't leave that room, or there's a cool one like Naoto, who'd be kind of difficult to work with. I can't pick one!

      I've had a White post ready to go for a while.

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  8. Thanks for another post, Shougo. My comments (I´m not considerating the characters from the series that I didn´t watch all episodes: Oh Green, Green Racer, Ginga Green, Go Green, Zyuoh Elephant and Chameleon Green):.

    Denzi Green: Probably my favorite green senshi. I think Denziman is the best of Uehara´s sentais, and Midorikawa is the best character of the show, with his background of a ex-cop.

    Green Flash: Flashman was the second sentai broadcasted in Brazil, after Changeman. Thanks to this, the perception of the similarity between the characters of the two shows was very evident. Dai is a good character, but loses in comparison with Hayate ..
    Despite this, he starred in good episodes such as the 27th and the arc with Sumiri. Uemura was convincing as the second in command and the tough guy of the team.

    Shishi Ranger – Kunio Fujii was an excellent and underrated tokusatus´s writer. He usually built bows within the main storyline in the series in which he collaborated as a secondary writer (Sumiri in Flashman, Hedogross in Metalder, Kaminin Oruha in Jiraiya). The Kujaku´s saga in Dairanger was the peak of Fuji´s style, showing another doomed love story.
    Unfortunately the character Daigo was restricted to this relationship. It's hard to remember some interesting scene with him without involving Kujaku.

    Deka Green
    I'm rewatching Dekaranger, and I've come to like Sen-Chan more this time. His analytical mind is very important to the team´s investigations. The episode 41 (Trick Room) was very creative.

    Toq4
    Hikari is almost a Sen-chan´s younger version, but without humor. I think is a interesting character.
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    I can´t choose Midorikawa, because I already have a Denziman on my team. I´m in doubt between Dai and Sen-Chan, but I think Sen-Chan and his thinking pose may be more helpful.

    My team until now:
    Hiryuu Tsurugi / Change Dragon
    Daigoro Oume / Denzi Blue
    Ranru Itsuki / Abare Yellow
    Mako Shiraishi / Shinken Pink
    Yuuki Gai / Black Condor
    Sen-Chan / Deka Green

    Kaku Doushi

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    1. Even if you haven't seen all of the episodes, I'm still curious about your take on some Pinks, Blacks and Greens. (Heck, I've seen every Sentai episode, but some shows I'm fuzzy on, so I still don't feel like I gave the character a fair chance, like Denji Red and Denji Pink. But I'm finally beginning a Denjiman rewatch now! While I prefer JAKQ, I do agree with you that Denjiman might be Uehara's best Sentai.)

      It's funny the way the Flashman are so similar to the Changeman. Early on, I thought I'd have Yellow Flash and Change Mermaid on my team, but that seems redundant to me now.

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