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No. ShoutFactory doesn't carry the movies on its site.
I think the problem with the movie had more to do with the fact that, as an action movie, it failed to deliver on the action front at all until the last 20 minutes or so.
Hmm, of the six they currently have, I think my favorite was Megaranger. It had a pretty good storyline and probably the best character development of all of them. But Zyuranger and Carranger are both pretty fun once you get past their slow starts, and I think I liked Ohranger fairly well.
I gather they're planning a DVD release of Jetman, the season right before Zyuranger and the first one they've released that never had a Power Rangers adaptation. Jetman is definitely one of the best Sentais of all time, very smart and character-driven and dramatically rich. I expect it'll probably show up on the site at some point, though probably not until after it's been out on DVD for a while, so maybe next year sometime.
The newest Kamen rider has been officially revealed. Kamen rider Zi-O
He will celebrate the last 18 years since the shows revival in 2000. His suit is stylized after a watch
His face cleverly says “Kamen rider”
Collectibles this year are stop watches. The theme is time. It’s possible he’ll revisit the past season
The belt is called the Spacetime Driver (Jikuu Driver)
The collectibles are called “ride watch”
There is secondary rider who is named “Gates” who will share the use of the other legendary riders
https://i.imgur.com/2sjtElN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0hGKvRm.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qIiJbdC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9fa5bJK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wAsQlMo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/oFUnoJg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EzNNYSq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pM50Qoz.jpg
ライダー
Ra-i-da
The Kamen part is on silver part on the forehead.
it’s the katakana for Kamen (カメン)
I’m probably forgetting a few more details
He will celebrate the last 18 years since the shows revival in 2000. His suit is stylized after a watch
His face cleverly says “Kamen rider”
Collectibles this year are stop watches. The theme is time. It’s possible he’ll revisit the past season
The belt is called the Spacetime Driver (Jikuu Driver)
The collectibles are called “ride watch”
There is secondary rider who is named “Gates” who will share the use of the other legendary riders
https://i.imgur.com/2sjtElN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0hGKvRm.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qIiJbdC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9fa5bJK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wAsQlMo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/oFUnoJg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EzNNYSq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pM50Qoz.jpg
ライダー
Ra-i-da
The Kamen part is on silver part on the forehead.
it’s the katakana for Kamen (カメン)
I’m probably forgetting a few more details
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Looks like this new one has the same costume designer as Build, since it's continuing the use of that sort of waffle-textured clear plastic (not sure how else to describe it) for the eye lenses, as well as going for elaborately styled eye lens shapes instead of just the usual bug-eye ovals. (Come to think of it, I just realized the waffle texture is probably meant to evoke an insect's compound eyes. The shape is so far from insectlike that it didn't occur to me, though.)
I've been meaning to ask -- how typical is Build of the Kamen Rider shows as a whole? Are they usually on a comparable level of smart, character-driven writing, stylized direction, and the like? Do they often have storylines focusing on human adversaries and politics and war, as opposed to just fighting off alien monsters? In short, given that I like Build, would I have a good chance of liking other seasons?
I've been meaning to ask -- how typical is Build of the Kamen Rider shows as a whole? Are they usually on a comparable level of smart, character-driven writing, stylized direction, and the like? Do they often have storylines focusing on human adversaries and politics and war, as opposed to just fighting off alien monsters? In short, given that I like Build, would I have a good chance of liking other seasons?
I'll try my best to express the current Kamen rider series
This year Kamen rider build has been very serialized. It's hasn't had time to do one off fillers like sentai has.
Monsters usually take a human disguise. Human adversaries are frequent.
War themes have popped up once or twice. I would say "Kamen rider gaim"is like Kamen rider build. It deals with growing up to taking on adult responsibilities to the city being on lock down
Human experimentation of some form is integral to the franchise from the beginning in 1975
I would take it slow when looking into Kamen rider series.. Work up
Going from the early Japanese soap opera style in the early 2000's to the more hybrid sentai/ Kamen rider format could be jarring
My recommended series
-Kamen rider kuuga- the revival of the series.
-Kamen rider faiz
-Kamen rider kabuto
-Kamen rider hibiki- no rider belt and its themes are Oni and music
In 2007 the most popular series Kamen rider den-o debuted. It was more wacky than past series but it had some good drama moments.
The second rider had a limited amount of cards to transform. After he used them all he could lose his memory. The tension and drama are compelling.
Den-o spin offs and references lasted for at least 10 years after the show was long gone.
A couple of series have referenced the summer movies but it's not a requirement
Post 2007- Series get a little more louder and wackier but the drama and compelling storylines can rival sentai's
Kamen rider double- detective themed. Has filler episodes but again the dramatic moments are good
Kamen rider gaim. Don't let the fruit theme and dancing drive you away. It picks up quite fast. It is loud though
So I would say some series are great and some are a mixed bag. It's worth it at least to take a peek
Kuuga
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-kuuga-episode-1-english-subbed-revival/
Faiz
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-555-episode-1-english-subbed-the-start-of-a-trip/
Kabuto
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-kabuto-episode-1-english-subbed-the-strongest-man/
Kiva
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-kiva-episode-1-english-subbed-fate-wake-up/
Double
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-w-episode-1-english-subbed-the-w-searchtwo-detectives-in-one/
This year Kamen rider build has been very serialized. It's hasn't had time to do one off fillers like sentai has.
Monsters usually take a human disguise. Human adversaries are frequent.
War themes have popped up once or twice. I would say "Kamen rider gaim"is like Kamen rider build. It deals with growing up to taking on adult responsibilities to the city being on lock down
Human experimentation of some form is integral to the franchise from the beginning in 1975
I would take it slow when looking into Kamen rider series.. Work up
Going from the early Japanese soap opera style in the early 2000's to the more hybrid sentai/ Kamen rider format could be jarring
My recommended series
-Kamen rider kuuga- the revival of the series.
-Kamen rider faiz
-Kamen rider kabuto
-Kamen rider hibiki- no rider belt and its themes are Oni and music
In 2007 the most popular series Kamen rider den-o debuted. It was more wacky than past series but it had some good drama moments.
The second rider had a limited amount of cards to transform. After he used them all he could lose his memory. The tension and drama are compelling.
Den-o spin offs and references lasted for at least 10 years after the show was long gone.
A couple of series have referenced the summer movies but it's not a requirement
Post 2007- Series get a little more louder and wackier but the drama and compelling storylines can rival sentai's
Kamen rider double- detective themed. Has filler episodes but again the dramatic moments are good
Kamen rider gaim. Don't let the fruit theme and dancing drive you away. It picks up quite fast. It is loud though
So I would say some series are great and some are a mixed bag. It's worth it at least to take a peek
Kuuga
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-kuuga-episode-1-english-subbed-revival/
Faiz
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-555-episode-1-english-subbed-the-start-of-a-trip/
Kabuto
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-kabuto-episode-1-english-subbed-the-strongest-man/
Kiva
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-kiva-episode-1-english-subbed-fate-wake-up/
Double
http://www.jatoku.com/kamen-rider-w-episode-1-english-subbed-the-w-searchtwo-detectives-in-one/
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Well, I'm four episodes into Gingaman now, and I like it so far. Like Megaranger before it, it's doing a fairly good job with character development from the start, although the sole female team member, Saya, has little characterization yet beyond being "the girl." It's reminiscent of Zyuranger in that the team members are from an exotic/magical culture rather than being regular people, and that they routinely go around dressed in their native tribe's colorful garb and make no attempt to hide their identities like the previous two teams did. But it's more serious, with the team going through some rather intense drama as they deal with the loss of their community and as Ryouma (Ginga Red) in particular deals with his brother's loss.
It's interesting to see that some elements of the show's premise were incorporated into its adaptation Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, even though most of it was changed. The storyline with Leo and his brother Mike in LG is pretty much a direct lift from Ryouma and Hyuuga here, and the Mirinoi village gets turned to stone much like the Ginga Forest -- even using much the same video effect, I think -- although the reason it happens is different. It's interesting that they adapted the Red Ranger so directly, even giving him a similar name, while making all the other characters completely different.
The Carranger to Timeranger era really tried to push the envelope of the genre. It's only with the wild success of Gaoranger, the commercial failure of Timeranger as well as one of the producers taking off to relaunch Kamen Rider that Super Sentai becomes obsessed with pushing the toys, which becomes more apparent in the early 2000 era.
But Gingaman does copy elements from Zyuranger since it was enormously popular with target demos. And the success of Gingaman itself causes latter shows like Goseiger (Megaforce) to ape Gingaman with limited success. But you could definitely say that Gingaman/Goseiger share thematic roots with Zyuranger while other shows like Abaranger/Kyoryuger tried to copy the visual elements of dinosaurs.
But Gingaman does copy elements from Zyuranger since it was enormously popular with target demos. And the success of Gingaman itself causes latter shows like Goseiger (Megaforce) to ape Gingaman with limited success. But you could definitely say that Gingaman/Goseiger share thematic roots with Zyuranger while other shows like Abaranger/Kyoryuger tried to copy the visual elements of dinosaurs.
Oh yeah, Gaoranger/Wild Force was the one that introduced the practice of having an ever-growing number of multiple alternate mecha that could swap out in the giant robot, which has been pretty standard ever since. Definitely trying to maximize toy purchases there.
Speaking of which, I wonder how the toys for Kamen Rider Build work, with Build having that two-sided suit with so many different pairings. Do the toys come with detachable halves so that you can swap around and create different matches? Like, if you had a Rabbit Tank figure and a Gorilla Diamond figure, could you take them apart and reassemble them as Rabbit Diamond and Gorilla Tank?
Yeah lightspeed to wild force were really trying to be sentai-lite.
Here is a website that compares and contrast timeranger to wildforce
http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2008/04/power-rangerssuper-sentai-character_2109.html?m=1
The basic figures for this season do allow kids to swap sides
So you can make rabbit ninja
Here is a website that compares and contrast timeranger to wildforce
http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2008/04/power-rangerssuper-sentai-character_2109.html?m=1
The basic figures for this season do allow kids to swap sides
So you can make rabbit ninja
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That's what I figured. Interesting construction, the way the halves separate along the diagonal like that. (Although the narrator in that video was really annoying, so I just muted the sound and skipped to the swapping part.)
I"ve also been wondering about the construction of the actual Build costumes worn by the stunt performers, whether they have a whole separate costume for each match or if they have surface pieces that they can apply to a single basic undersuit so that they can make quick costume changes. The latter seems more likely, since it'd save a lot of time and effort in the production. The latest transformations introduced in episodes 28-29 do seem to establish that there's a basic solid black armor underneath all the bright, weird-shaped bits, so that lends credence to the idea.
By the way, the Gingaman end-title song is really weird. It seems to be an attempt at a country-western song, complete with the Japanese lyrics being sung with a cowboy drawl. Yeesh. I guess it's because of the horse angle, but still, it's kind of a non sequitur.
Speaking of Gingaman music, there's a stirring action cue in the score that I could've sworn I'd heard before, which confused me, since they don't tend to reuse music from one season to the next. I finally remembered they use it as the theme in the It's Henshin Time! YouTube video series about the history of Super Sentai and Power Rangers.
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It's largely atypical. Build for example is the creative vision of one writer who has literally written every episode and he isn't really a industry veteran who has done previous Rider shows. There are other shows post-2009 that have the human v human element either rider v human turned monsters or rider v rider, but the execution is different since different writers. The most prominent one is probably Gaim which is the first Rider v Rider show in several years and uses the same creative method as Build in one writer doing almost all the episodes (the 3 episodes he didn't write don't even fit in the show). It's also written by the same guy who did the recent CGI Godzilla movies that came out in Japan, but the dialogue in Gaim is much more simple.
Whoa, that's discouraging. I didn't much care for Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, finding it very superficial and lacking in character development. It felt more like a collection of video game cut scenes than an actual movie.
I would give Gaim a chance. In some ways it's similar to Build. It was Gen Urobuchi's first time handling a kamen rider series. After the show was done they called him "The butcher". The reason why is the gut wrenching moments when you were rooting for someone and then they got axed or some major revelation.
I would still recommend Gaim.
LVP episode 22
This episode wasn't too terrible. The Lupin Collection was based on the Gosei Blaster from Goseiger, with the Shark Headder to provide the obvious water powers for our fish-themed MotW here. X Emperor, like Noel himself, is a lot more nimble than I expected, and I like how it cartwheels to change between modes. The grip stuck to its chest is still an awkward design choice, but the show makes it work in action. Plus the combining sequence was really cool.
Kamen Rider Build- Doing four episodes this week.
Welcome the 30's.
I would still recommend Gaim.
LVP episode 22
This episode wasn't too terrible. The Lupin Collection was based on the Gosei Blaster from Goseiger, with the Shark Headder to provide the obvious water powers for our fish-themed MotW here. X Emperor, like Noel himself, is a lot more nimble than I expected, and I like how it cartwheels to change between modes. The grip stuck to its chest is still an awkward design choice, but the show makes it work in action. Plus the combining sequence was really cool.
Kamen Rider Build- Doing four episodes this week.
Welcome the 30's.
episode 30
https://vk.com/video-154850906_456239049
episode 31
https://vk.com/video-154850906_456239048
episode 32
https://vk.com/video-154850906_456239050
episode 33
https://vk.com/video-154850906_456239051
30
No proper debut for Cross-Z Magma yet, but we did get the build up for it. And a surprising final line. That Ryuga "may not be human." Misora did say that he was their hope, and I'm thinking the two are connected. More hijinks with Sento nearly blowing up the lab inventing the latest merchandise, Ryugataking a while to get the hang of it, and some really nice bike stunts in the car scene outdoors.
31
Magma's debut was AMAZING! The lava dragons that follow him when he attacks are so cool, and the suit itself looks great in motion. Not to mention it transforming by Ryuga having actual magma poured on him. All this, and we got some juicy backstory on top of it. This show. Not only on Ryuga's strange birth, but also the reveal of Sento's father, which is sure to make things even more interesting going forward. This show, so consistently good.
32
That was a cathartic episode. After a lot of self-reflection from Ryuga on the heels of last week's revelations, seeing him confirm his commitment to being a human and being a Rider, ending with a great punch-out of Stalk, was a great moment. Cross-Z Magma is fantastic. Of course, this short-lived victory against Stalk is only going to make things worse, because we're getting Evol next week at long last. And as everybody suspected, Stalk = Evol. Souichi powers up at last.
33
Evol's debut and the end of this episode was certainly something. Souichi, or rather, Evolt, made a strong impression by killing off the Prime Minister, mostly because he can. The transformation and fight scenes were cool too, but that ending. THAT ENDING. Build does not play around.
We end the episode with a no shaking bottle indicating this was a serious moment
https://vk.com/video-154850906_456239049
episode 31
https://vk.com/video-154850906_456239048
episode 32
https://vk.com/video-154850906_456239050
episode 33
https://vk.com/video-154850906_456239051
30
No proper debut for Cross-Z Magma yet, but we did get the build up for it. And a surprising final line. That Ryuga "may not be human." Misora did say that he was their hope, and I'm thinking the two are connected. More hijinks with Sento nearly blowing up the lab inventing the latest merchandise, Ryugataking a while to get the hang of it, and some really nice bike stunts in the car scene outdoors.
31
Magma's debut was AMAZING! The lava dragons that follow him when he attacks are so cool, and the suit itself looks great in motion. Not to mention it transforming by Ryuga having actual magma poured on him. All this, and we got some juicy backstory on top of it. This show. Not only on Ryuga's strange birth, but also the reveal of Sento's father, which is sure to make things even more interesting going forward. This show, so consistently good.
32
That was a cathartic episode. After a lot of self-reflection from Ryuga on the heels of last week's revelations, seeing him confirm his commitment to being a human and being a Rider, ending with a great punch-out of Stalk, was a great moment. Cross-Z Magma is fantastic. Of course, this short-lived victory against Stalk is only going to make things worse, because we're getting Evol next week at long last. And as everybody suspected, Stalk = Evol. Souichi powers up at last.
33
Evol's debut and the end of this episode was certainly something. Souichi, or rather, Evolt, made a strong impression by killing off the Prime Minister, mostly because he can. The transformation and fight scenes were cool too, but that ending. THAT ENDING. Build does not play around.
We end the episode with a no shaking bottle indicating this was a serious moment
I thought it was a lot of fun. Sakuya's unrequited love for Umika is kind of sweet, and she was put into an interesting dilemma about whether to transform, although the resolution was a bit too easy and she was too sidelined from the final battle.
I wonder what the Collection piece Noel took from Kogure was for. I'd expected it to be part of X Emperor, but it wasn't involved. It's clearly some sort of transforming mecha, from how it's constructed, but I guess it's being saved for later.
Keiichiro's plan to get inside the bowl and blast it open didn't quite make sense. Sakuya had only seen Umika changed into a goldfish and dumped into the bowl; he hadn't seen her change back inside it. So based on his account, Keiichiro would've had no way of knowing that anyone who entered the bowl would be able to take any action as a Patranger.
Anyway, it's a really disturbing implication that the Ganglars were collecting humans as food. And there was a whole bowlful collected in the cold open that didn't get rescued and presumably met whatever fate Gauche had in mind for them. Creepy.
But all those tracks took up a lot of real estate. I can't help wondering about the physical reality of where exactly these changes are happening. Are the vehicles entering some kind of pocket dimension? Or is the whole zooming-along-tracks motif just symbolic and the change is actually happening in a more compact way in reality? I mean, if you were a civilian bystander witnessing these Gattai sequences, what would you see?
Build:
Speaking of henshin devices, I've been wondering about the Ginga Braces on Gingaman. Their design includes a dial with five positions, one for each Ranger color. Each Gingaman sets the dial to their own color to transform. So what would happen if one of them set their dial to a different color? Could any one of them theoretically change into any of the five colors? If not, why even have five positions on each dial?
The whole Queen Bernage thing didn't amount to much, did it? She just lasted long enough to drop the name "Evolto" (that's how it's spelled in the computer file later on, despite the subtitles) and then vanished. I was hoping for more explanations.
The character humor is always fun. Misora and Sawa were so worried about how to gently break the news of Ryuuga's alien nature, and Sento just casually blurts out, "It says you're an alien." Tactful as ever, man.
(I also liked Ryuuga's "Protein! Ramen! Best Match!" I admit, yesterday I was in the kitchen and shaking a small, cylindrical spice bottle to loosen its contents, and I couldn't resist saying to myself, "So, shall we begin the experiment?")
I was worried that they seemed to be going for an alien-rape scenario, but they ended up saying that the alien entity just possessed the month-old embryo that Mrs. Banjou was already carrying. So it's not quite that, which is a relief.
I found it rather ridiculous. With most of these transformations, there's been at least some attempt to make them seem vaguely physically real and acknowledge the space the henshin machinery takes up and its interaction with its environment, even if the machinery does magically assemble out of the much smaller belt units. (Although they violated that rather badly when Sento did that henshin on his motorcycle in one of the episodes.) The Magma transformation crosses the line into pure cartoon, with this giant crucible forming out of nowhere and spilling molten rock (which would properly be called lava, not magma, since it's above ground) all over the floor, yet somehow not setting everything in the room on fire and killing everyone nearby with its heat and toxic gases, and then just vanishing when the henshin is complete. It just takes the gimmick too far.
Although the Evol Driver isn't much better. I've been wondering what possible in-universe rationalization there could be for the various drivers playing those goofy voice announcements and music clips, not just the ones built by Sento/Katsuragi (who's quirky enough that he might've done that) but the ones built by other nations specifically as military weapons. Now we have a driver that apparently came from Mars and was made millennia ago, and yet it has the same kind of goofy announcements in Japanese and English, even tossing in a bit of Italian with "Ciao!" after its big final attack. How? Or did Sento program those in while he was fixing it, or earlier while he was still Katsuragi, and if so, why? I know I'm overthinking it, but the modern trend of these shows to have their henshin devices play bombastic announcements is really annoying, and this show takes it to a rather ridiculous extreme. (I assume the devices on the shows do it because the toys do it, but it's still lame. How long has it been a thing, anyway? The older Sentai shows on ShoutFactory don't have announcements from the changers, just from the Rangers themselves.)
It annoyed me that the girls and the PM just stuck around to watch the big battle rather than fleeing as they should have done immediately. It rather defeated the purpose of Gentoku fighting Stalk to protect them, and ultimately led to Stalk getting his hands on the Evol Driver and killing the PM. I've noticed a number of stories doing that lately, having the heroes act very stupidly to make sure the villains achieve the goals that they must be prevented from achieving at all costs. Supergirl did much the same in its penultimate episode this season, and there was some of it in Avengers: Infinity War too.
Also, the PM's sacrifice doesn't really save his son -- what's to stop Evol from just shooting again and killing Gentoku as he planned? Although I could see him being malicious enough to let Gentoku live now just to see him suffer.
The character humor is always fun. Misora and Sawa were so worried about how to gently break the news of Ryuuga's alien nature, and Sento just casually blurts out, "It says you're an alien." Tactful as ever, man.
(I also liked Ryuuga's "Protein! Ramen! Best Match!" I admit, yesterday I was in the kitchen and shaking a small, cylindrical spice bottle to loosen its contents, and I couldn't resist saying to myself, "So, shall we begin the experiment?")
I was worried that they seemed to be going for an alien-rape scenario, but they ended up saying that the alien entity just possessed the month-old embryo that Mrs. Banjou was already carrying. So it's not quite that, which is a relief.
I found it rather ridiculous. With most of these transformations, there's been at least some attempt to make them seem vaguely physically real and acknowledge the space the henshin machinery takes up and its interaction with its environment, even if the machinery does magically assemble out of the much smaller belt units. (Although they violated that rather badly when Sento did that henshin on his motorcycle in one of the episodes.) The Magma transformation crosses the line into pure cartoon, with this giant crucible forming out of nowhere and spilling molten rock (which would properly be called lava, not magma, since it's above ground) all over the floor, yet somehow not setting everything in the room on fire and killing everyone nearby with its heat and toxic gases, and then just vanishing when the henshin is complete. It just takes the gimmick too far.
Although the Evol Driver isn't much better. I've been wondering what possible in-universe rationalization there could be for the various drivers playing those goofy voice announcements and music clips, not just the ones built by Sento/Katsuragi (who's quirky enough that he might've done that) but the ones built by other nations specifically as military weapons. Now we have a driver that apparently came from Mars and was made millennia ago, and yet it has the same kind of goofy announcements in Japanese and English, even tossing in a bit of Italian with "Ciao!" after its big final attack. How? Or did Sento program those in while he was fixing it, or earlier while he was still Katsuragi, and if so, why? I know I'm overthinking it, but the modern trend of these shows to have their henshin devices play bombastic announcements is really annoying, and this show takes it to a rather ridiculous extreme. (I assume the devices on the shows do it because the toys do it, but it's still lame. How long has it been a thing, anyway? The older Sentai shows on ShoutFactory don't have announcements from the changers, just from the Rangers themselves.)
It annoyed me that the girls and the PM just stuck around to watch the big battle rather than fleeing as they should have done immediately. It rather defeated the purpose of Gentoku fighting Stalk to protect them, and ultimately led to Stalk getting his hands on the Evol Driver and killing the PM. I've noticed a number of stories doing that lately, having the heroes act very stupidly to make sure the villains achieve the goals that they must be prevented from achieving at all costs. Supergirl did much the same in its penultimate episode this season, and there was some of it in Avengers: Infinity War too.
Also, the PM's sacrifice doesn't really save his son -- what's to stop Evol from just shooting again and killing Gentoku as he planned? Although I could see him being malicious enough to let Gentoku live now just to see him suffer.
Speaking of henshin devices, I've been wondering about the Ginga Braces on Gingaman. Their design includes a dial with five positions, one for each Ranger color. Each Gingaman sets the dial to their own color to transform. So what would happen if one of them set their dial to a different color? Could any one of them theoretically change into any of the five colors? If not, why even have five positions on each dial?