Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

It's really something when a Super Sentai I like gets paired up with a Super Sentai season (or any show) that I dislike. It's happened before such as my dislike for Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger while I like  Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters or when Samurai Sentai Shinkenger got a team-up with two shows I really dislike namely  Kamen Rider Decade and Tensou Sentai Goseiger . Well, at least Goseiger got vindicated because Power Rangers Megaforce really shot itself at the foot big time! I also felt relaly awkward when Kamen Rider Drive had a crossover with Shuriken Sentai Ninninger - a show that only got "better" because Power Rangers Ninja Steel was even a bigger mess.  The same can be said for this tongue twister of a special Kishinryu Sentai Ryusoulger vs. Kaito Sentai Lupinranger vs. Keisatsu Sentai Patranger . I feel Ryusoulger is really a low-tier Super Sentai (sorry really) compared to Lupinranger vs. Patranger which for me was a very daring direction. The crossover movie...

A lot of Super Sentai series usually don't have official pairings but some come close to it. Others do tend to tease audiences with possible shippings like how Shinkenger may have triggered the whole Takeru x Mako ship vs. Takeru x Kotoha ship (she did turn 18 during the show so it's legal). Then I think of one crack ship I like to try is Keiichiro x Tsukasa. It's past Valentine's Day but I don't see any reason why I can't write this outrageous pairing. The show (in earlier episodes) seemed to be shipping them even if they never got lovey-dovey. Episode 4  started to show their past together. Keiichiro secretly knew about Tsukasa's fondness for stuffed animals - which in turn resulted in him figuring out how the teleportation devices work. TBH, I kinda wish we got a scene where Keiichiro gives Tsukasa a stuffed animal! The flashback of their earlier days is also something. I really thought that the flashbacks earlier on in  episode 6  really tempted m...

Just because I had been a longtime viewer of Super Sentai doesn't mean I won't be pointing out its weaknesses. I would want to think I'm showing tough love. I remembered writing a crazy rant about Power Rangers becoming beautifully pointless . Now, it's time for another crazy rant for the sake of a crazy rant from me. Just remember this is just my opinion, okay? How I felt Ninninger and Zyuohger were beautifully pointless I don't want to deny that my preferences with both old and new shifts a lot and I mean a LOT. Sometimes, the best is found in the old and sometimes the best is found in the new. So I don't care only if something is old school or new school. What I care about is if you can give me a good story. Sadly, I think these two seasons eventually start to sour up in my mind. The first one has to be Ninninger. I decided to check it out for myself. The real problem can be linked more to Kento Shimoyama and maybe Naomi Takebe. Takebe's n...

While I'm not too happy with Ryusoulger (due to the overuse of dinosaurs) but I've got to give credit to two shows that dared to be unique after Zyuohger. These two shows are Kyuranger and Lupinranger vs. Patranger. But let's get a crossover and challenge yourself to say this as many times as possible, "Kaito Sentai Lupinranger vs. Keisatsu Sentai Patranger vs. Ucchu Sentai Kyuranger" without slipping once. I've tried and I've failed a million times! This one does really respect the different multiverses . If you think about it -- Super Sentai seasons usually take place in different multiverses or that some events just can't coincide. Take Kyuranger's universe has to be different from the others. Take also that dinosaur extinction happens differently across many Super Sentai series which makes it impossible to just merge them all. You may need to examine how events between Hirohisa Soda's series really reveal the impossibility of them taking...

Bonjour and should I say adieu my friends! It's time for me to finally drop my pretending I'm a French guy act or is it? Well, there's still Lupin vs. Pat vs. Kyuranger (that's a MOUTHFUL) some time later -- which I may soon skip or not? Anyway, here's my thoughts on le finale of this series! Le final battle against Don Dogriano is that intense. He does seem invincible and le Patrangers are getting their butts kicked. But they aren't giving up so easily. I just love all the Michael Bay-ish explosions that accompanies Don Dogriano's final assault against humanity. Meanwhile, le Lupinrangers are contemplating about their supposed demise. They are actually thinking that it would be their end. I can't blame them for being willing to end their lives. They may be phantom thieves but they have their honor. They could care less if they would live or die as long as the world is saved from le Ganglers. I just love le whole scene where le Patrangers...

Bonjour my readers! Well I'm about to drop le Frenchman act anytime soon when this series is over! Now it's time for le second to le last episode of Lupinranger vs. Patranger. Le series wrapped up its filming last year -- now it's time to see le released material! Le start has le city battle. Ganglers are getting that aggressive as it's le final battle. Le Patrangers and Noel take care of le giant Pondermen pretty quickly. We also have Lupin Red fighting Zamigo. Meanwhile, both Umika and Touma escape le hospital. I wonder what was le elderly guy saying to them. Was he going to arrest them? Touma knocks him out before le two escape. This really has me wondering is it really becoming a trope for superheroes to ignore most of their injuries? I love le moral grayness introduced in here. Both Umika and Touma plan to steal away their VS Changers which were taken into custody. Rather than arrest them -- it really has me thinking how le Patrangers aren't so ...

Bonjour my readers! Well it looks like le days that I'm pretending to be French are over but you guess I wasn't French huh? It's almost for le final episode. This is going to be that intriguing turn of events when both sides will have to join forces to defeat le Gangler.  Last week's episode features le Lupinrangers finally unmasking themselves to save a friend . Le Global Police now investigate le restaurant Bistror Jurer for clues but they don't find any. This scene has Keiichiro expressing his rather human side -- beneath his tough guy jerkass behavior is still a heart of gold that's hidden under it! Keiichiro still wants to cool off one way or another after what just happened. Meanwhile, le Lupinrangers move to what could be le Lupin Estate. So did Noel inherit said estate and it looks like he's been that young master after all! They are now le headlines after they voluntarily unmasked themselves to save Noel. I don't really blame Sak...

Bonjour my readers! Well it's time for le final arc as it develops. This time, le Phantom Thieves are now unmasked before the audience. So let's get started shall we with this weekly review as Lupin vs. Pat is about to reach its conclusion! We start where last week left off with le capture of Noel . Noel is about to become a human dissection and it's broadcast live. I find le whole idea to be quite frightening even if it hasn't happened. Fortunatetly, Super Sentai right now must follow whatever guidelines Japanese censorship has in regards to le amount of violence. This is pretty much a dilemma on le side of le Lupinrangers. Kogure says that there's no need to retrieve Noel. So did Noel ask Kogure for such a request that his life isn't as important as gathering le Lupin Collection together? It looks like it! Meanwhhile le cops themselves get caught in le same picke. They couldn't really just leave Noel behind so they decide to barge. Unfortu...

Bonjour readers! Well Lupinranger vs. Patranger may have finished its filming yet we can't deny this one -- the show isn't over yet and we do have four more episodes before le show ends. Things are getting tighter as le finale arc is about to begin! Sakuya is still at doubt to what Keiichiro has figured out. Is it me or does love or even mere infatuation make you blind? He still doesn't want to believe that Umika is indeed part of le Phantom Thieves. He decides to ask her out on his day-off -- trying to get an answer from her.  Currently, le Patrangers' side are still running their investigations on le possible identities of le Lupinrangers. They are now trying to conduct an investigation while still worrying about possible Gangler attacks. Now here's where things can get funny and tight. Both Kairi and Touma think that Sakuya is trying to extract information from Umika. Sakuya wants to confirm that Umika isn't Lupin Yellow. I always tend to fe...