Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

So I presented Sentai fans who are neutral about Power Rangers, Kamen Rider fans who like Super Sentai even if they like Kamen Rider more, the Gai Ikari types who love Sentai best but treat other Toku wtih respect but what about the Super Sentai/Power Rangers fan type?  Do they love both sides equally?  Maybe not always but they do like both franchises and may be respectful of other Toku they don't like. Mr. Smith and I actually are in this category.  Now don't get me wrong I like Super Sentai better than Power Rangers or even Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes (but I dislike most of Saban's adaptations because of poor execution) and I really don't like other Toku types these days but I don't show unfair hatred.  Mr. Smith for one is the super non-biased guy and probably is the true to this type of fan than I am because I really go with Toku at general. One are those who love Super Sentai more than Power Rangers.  It's either choice or cultural.  In my cas...

Now it's time to explore the Nobuo Akagi type.  They are those who have an extreme devotion to Super Sentai that they may just be neutral towards other Toku franchises.  These are the types who really have a die-hard devotion to Sentai that they might reject the next Tokusatsu generation. It just upsets me that Akibaranger didn't address Kamen Rider though it did address the misconception behind Power Rangers (which I doubt it Saban will even name his show Powerful Rangers, neither will Toei allow it).  Now for everything, they are most likely neutral about other Tokusatsu until it replaces Super Sentai like how Akagi treated Prism Ace as "evil" which sadly led to his demise nonetheless.  So true I dislike Ultraman as of present, in fact I'm not an Ultraman fan as I used to but I still respect it nonetheless. So yeah, not so much for me to discuss about this type of fan!

Now let's move on to the Gentaro Kisaragi type.  So what do I think about them? So I think these are the guys who are, "I love Kamen Rider the best but you other superheroes who fight for the Earth are awesome whether you be Super Sentai, Power Rangers or Metal Hero!"  They don't pick on people who like something more than Kamen Rider.  Rather they tell people why they should give Kamen Rider a chance!  Well they may like Sentai but not as much as they love Kamen Rider.  They respect the fandom nonetheless.  However they might hate Patrick Star's "Super Hero Taisen" because it's just damn stupid.  I mean, as a fan of Tokusatsu, even the MMPR/Mashed Rider crossover is way more tolerable than Super Hero Taisen. =P Maybe the most prevalent are those who are probably children during the Heisi era but that's just my hunch.  They may have not started out watching Super Sentai, they were more into Kamen Rider but after seeing the Decade/Shinkenge...

I have written my four categories of fans (not fantards) , now here's to focus on fan type no. 1 called the Gai Ikari type.  So what do I think about them in full? These may be the type to get overly enthusiastic most about Super Sentai. He knows almost everything about Super Sentai (and I don't). They might bet he ones who really stick to every Super Sentai season as a fan. On the other hand, the Gai Ikari type could be somebody who really loves Super Sentai the most but is open-minded about other superheroes and respects them even if he may not be a fan of them.  Like in Super Hero Taisen written by Patrick Star, Gai Ikari says that the Kamen Riders still fight evil and I'm pretty sure he'll say the same thing about the Power Rangers. His possible views about Power Rangesr, Kamen Rider and all other Tokusatsu might be either he loves them or he simply respects them, never hating any of them.  Such persons will not badmouth Power Rangers if they don't like...