My Planned Super Sentai Watch Order

Boonboomgers thrives on the general charisma of it's heroes, its captivating sense of style and the charm of its reoccurring villain trio, however attempts to give said heroes depth fall flat and the antics of the villains aren't to my taste. The well executed concept of high profile deliveries in the first episode lacks the same punch throughout the rest of the show despite its synergy with its other strengths, this is likely due to budget issues, but impacts my enjoyment of the show regardless.

Through subpar acting and mostly uninteresting characters on the protagonist front, Gekiranger finds it's appeal in the opposing methods of the different schools of Juken, one providing "training through living" and the other giving anti-therapy to the focal antagonist. Impressively, an initially annoying lead becomes somewhat endearing through his discipline, and the power scaling and struggles of the villains just about reach the point of investing, but the slog of the motions and writers keeping their limited cards too close to their chest for too long prevents me from saying i think the show is overall good.

While character dynamic focussed stretches give the show a solid sense of pacing and make the relatively shallow cast feel more fleshed out, they often feel incomplete and missed potential for individual arcs stands out a lot.  Somewhat impressively the more trope-y episodes are still entertaining due to their execution,  the show has some strong writing. The costume design for the MOTW lends itself well to their antics and often plays into the comedy of the excessive force of the Kiramagers, but as one of the villains point out, they are ultimately asinine.

just watch Kuuga instead, this is so boring.

Shinkenger's aesthetics drawing elements from origami, theatre and folklore, realised through a period drama set in the modern day, gives the show a unique vibe, but while seeing the cast adapt to their new lives and struggling to leave the old behind is endearing early on, they begin to feel more stagnant in the second half.

Zyuohger's villains feel very disconnected from the show and the attempts to flesh them out feel equally tacked on, even if some of that content is interesting. The flanderisation of the most well realised character lasts just long enough before leading into the last stretch of his arc to be annoying, but even at his worst he's got more going on than the rest of the cast. I don't dislike any of this but I don't particularly like it either.

The joy of the overly ambitious effects with their glaringly flawed execution prepared me for the sillier side of sentai but neither of these aspects manifested long-term, leaving the action the only real focus, and while some shots are great this doesn't carry the show. While there are hints of plot lines for characters, none are really given the time or development needed to be investing.

Relevant up to episode 25

Lu/Pat's choreography is delightfully chaotic enhanced by the simple duality of the show, only further enhanced by the introduction of Lu/Pat X. Up until this point the show has had a well balanced focus between the two sides but I can feel a shift starting to happen, which i feel i can accept as the bigger picture is bigger than an absolutist idea of justice and my interest is mainly in the gentleman thief aesthetic, although that seems to be becoming less relevant.

Hurricaneger currently stands at #20 on IMDB's best Sentai list

Megaranger currently stands at #18 on IMDB's best Sentai list

Jetman currently stands at #6 on IMDb's Sentai list

Dairanger currently stands at #10 on IMDb's Sentai list

Dekaranger currently stands at #5 on IMDB's Sentai list

King0Ohger currently stands at #1 on IMDb's Sentai list

Donbrothers currently stands at #8 on IMDb's Sentai list

Gokaiger currently stands at #3 on IMDb's Sentai list