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How I would fix Lupinranger vs Patranger Part 2: Fixing the Villains

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From Sentai Kamen Pretty Fan Tumblr A good group of heroes need a good group of villains to play against. Thus, when the villains are as mediocre as the heroes, it really hurts the show. I have no regrets in saying that the Ganglers are some of the most disappointing villans I've seen in Power Rangers and Sentai. The main villain and leader of the Ganglers is Dogranio Yaboon. Dogranio is basically a monster mob boss. He's the leader of a gang of monsters consisting of his bodyguard Destra Majjo, Goche Ru Medou, a female monster scientist who is in charge of growing the monsters as well as doing experiments on the safes embedded in each Gangler's body, and Zamigo Delma, the monster responsible for killing the loved ones of the Lupinrangers as well as possibly giving human forms to his fellow Ganglers. On paper, these seem fine. However, the problem with the Ganglers is that aside from the premise, there is nothing about them that really makes them distinct as char

How I would fix LupinRanger vs PatRanger Part 1

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Sourced from The Tokusatsu Network Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger is the latest Sentai series from Toei. The series is about two Sentai Teams, the basis for all the Power Ranger Series, that are in conflict with one another with the premise being that they would eventually join sides. The teams were basically a team of three cops (The Patrangers) and a team of three thieves (The Lupinrangers). Now as a long time Power Rangers fan, I was excited to watch this series with my roommates, wanting to see a premise with promise. However, to this day, I consider it to be one of the worst Sentai Series of all time. The reason I and my friends feel this way is that the show has made many missteps in terms of character writing, storytelling, not developing its main arc, and balancing out the portrayal of its main cast as equal, only focusing on portraying one side in a truly positive light. This makes me angry most of all because LuPatranger was a series that ha