Sentai Daishikkaku

For the past 13 years, the Nefarious Monster Army have appeared beneath their floating fortress every Sunday to advance their goal of conquering Earth. Luckily, the Dragon Keepers are here to save the day! Having defeated the majority of the monsters during their initial invasion, the heroes now routinely show up to clear away any remnants of resistance. Unbeknownst to the public, however, every fight beyond the first has been a deliberate show put on by both sides: the Dragon Keepers reap the fame and prestige from fighting imaginary enemies, while the surviving weakest monsters, altogether called Dusters, are allowed to live for another day.

Sentouin D, a Duster tired of living this life of shame, leaves the fortress in an attempt to overturn his fate. With the unexpected help of the mysterious ranger Yumeko Suzukiri, he discovers the key to defeating the Dragon Keepers lies in their Divine Artifacts—ultimate weapons crucial to the rangers' transformation and unique powers. Teaming up with Suzukiri to infiltrate the garrison of Red Keeper Sousei Akabane, Sentouin D must defy all expectations to save his species from the cruel hands of humans.

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Suzukiri, Yumeko Main

Yano, Yumika Japanese

Sentouin D Main

Kobayashi, Yuusuke Japanese

Sakurama, Hibiki Main

Kajita, Daishi Japanese

Akabane, Sousei Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Hisui, Kanon Supporting

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Usukubo, Angel Supporting

Mikami, Shiori Japanese

Green Keeper Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Aizome, Komachi Supporting

Nagae, Rika Japanese

Sentouin XX Supporting

Youmiya, Hina Japanese

Sakurama, Sesera Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Itou, Masahiko Producer

Okunaga, Yoshimasa Producer

Suzuki, Yuuji Producer

Ishida, Takahisa Producer

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Aug 17, 2024

PixelB

Recommended

It's a fun little show, but not really one that invokes much thought. After all, the show is basically still a shounen show, except that it's the inverse of what usually happens. Our main character is a nameless "Fighter D," fighting for the evil organization versus the supposed righteous Super Sentai.

Well, at least the setting explains most of it. Our main character's not programmed to be very smart. He's just an expendable minion, so he kind of has an infantile worldview of things and can't be very scheming as a result. He's trying to infiltrate the super sentai organization, but he can't help but ... slip up and require assistance from others due to his simplemindedness. He has the mindset of a evil minion, which is world domination as an evil organization, and it shows in his mannerisms. He's not Light in Death Note or Vincent Freeman in Gattaca, where the main thrills of those shows is the tightrope between the main character and the organization he infiltrates. This show is definitely more shounen, more free-flowing, where Fighter D fights while also experiencing friendship, relationships, etc. He has his own righteous ideals, not wanting to kill innocent people despite being a "bad guy," and clearly deviates from the typical mindset of an evil minion. Still, it's just a normal action shounen type of show where people fight monsters with our Fighter D being in the midst, getting assistance from other boss monsters, fighters, and other spies that want to see the downfall of the Super Sentai monolith.

On the flip side, you have Red, whose painted as a psychopath despite being a hero of justice. While he does kill bad guys and doesn't mind violence at all, he cares more about his image rather than anything else. He definitely doesn't seem to be all that righteous when on screen, but the show doesn't really deign to give much characterization to Red anyhow, so you're going to have to strap on for the second season for that. You also kind of get to explore a lot of other Super Sentai rangers, going from the main cast of the Power Rangers, to the junior ranks that Fighter D intermingles with in his disguised form.

There are definite cringe characters, mainly Yumeko. It's pretty boring to see an OP woman that's flippant and can do basically what she wants under the scrutiny of the Super Sentai organization without much elaboration or reasoning. She's essential to the story, as she's enabling Fighter D to keep his disguise undetected, but it really does seem like the author just wants her to be a facetious OP mysterious female that's evil without much explanation. Overall an extremely shallow persona for such a critical character in the story. She always puts herself above everybody else with her goals never explored.

Overall, I don't mind the story at all, but you will have to understand that it's not a very intellectual one, as Fighter D gets plot armor like crazy to do whatever he wants to do without any trouble. It's a change of pace despite being an action oriented show, but I can't say it's anything special as well.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 5, 2024

AeroGunz

Mixed Feelings

“Go! Go! Loser Ranger!” is what happens when a pretty good idea is held down by a terrible mismatched mix of genres.

I’m a sucker for genre deconstructions. My favourite story of this type, and in general, is “Miracleman” by Alan Moore. Needless to say that when I read the synopsis for “Go! Go! Loser Ranger!” I was hyped. I thought it would be a Super Sentai deconstruction in a similar way that “The Watchmen” (also by Alan Moore) or “The Boys” were a deconstruction of Marvel and DC superheroes and… to a degree it is. It has some elements of a competent deconstruction but is ... held back by terrible comedy timing and the absurd world it takes place in. Does that make it a bad anime? I don’t think so. It does however make it less than competent deconstruction. I warn You to keep that in mind if You are also a fan of deconstructions. Thing is that episode 2 and 3 work as a solid prologue to an amazing deconstruction and are even played as such. Episode 1 is another beast but I’ll get to that.

Before we start I would like to explain something. I will be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page…
I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them:
“What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.”
“STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”.

I’m not gonna lie, I like the story. A story about a frustrated, basically slave, that decides to fuck over his tormentors. It’s a cool idea, not a very original one but a cool one. A bonus is that no one in this show has a moral high ground. Everyone is an asshole in one way or another, a sociopath or has less than righteous motives and plans. The MC (Fighter D) is literally a creature created to fight, kill and conquer humanity. He even has a goal to take over the world and be top dog. The drawback to this approach is that there isn’t really anyone to root for. On one side we have psycho rangers, on the other a power hungry idiot. I really couldn't care less about any of them if I tried. Maybe I would feel differently if Fighter D was a man with a plan but the truth is he doesn’t think things through (apart from 3 situations in later episodes) and wings it most of the time. He has a goal. Cool. But has no plan of achieving it.

When it comes to the plot… I’m not a fan of the first half. For the first 5 (and a lot of 6) episodes it’s like the plot can’t decide what it wants to be. There are even moments when Fighter D (I refuse to call him just D. D is an awesome and competent vampire hunter not a poorly written moron. He’s Fighter D of FD from now on) is relegated to the role of deuteragonist, something that should never happen in an anime that has only 12 episodes.
I will give credit where credit is due, there is a lot of “because of that” type of storytelling here. The problem is that the main beats that are the catalysts of this are mostly the effect of “and then that happened” type of storytelling. In this case it’s not as bad as in some other anime, apart from episode 2, that shit is just bullshit, but it still stands out.

It had so much potential as a hero deconstruction and yet it decided to squander that potential for cheap jokes that kill any sort of drama, inconsistent protagonist and a world full of idiots. Granted, if the world had more than a bunch of people with an IQ higher than room temperature this whole show wouldn’t have happened in the way it does. But that’s the curse of anime in the last 15 years… oh well, c'est la vie.

The first episode actually fulfills its function pretty well. It gives us a brief look at both sides of the greater conflict and does some lifting in worldbuilding without being a straight up exposition dump like some other anime do. Don’t get Your hopes up too much, there is still exposition.
It shows us that the Keepers are machiavellian assholes, the fighters are cowardly peons without any sort of long term plan or even a goal. It also shows us that the world is populated by idiots. It has been 13 years since the invaders came to conquer earth. 13 years. In this time the conflicts were transformed from actual war-like skirmishes into a weekly spectacle. It was also 12 years since the last human died due to a monster attack and no one asks questions about this? I may be autistic but I would assume that if something life threatening suddenly turners into entertainment for the masses there would be questions. After 13 years even “The Simpsons” lost some of its viewership. Everyone just accepts that a force that was hell bent on world domination just attacks now in regular intervals, always in the same place, always with just a small unit and a boss, and only attacks the Keepers. There are shit loads of civilians with only a mere squad of security. If there were more of them they could paint the damn stadium red. Yes they do have an arrangement with the keepers but it’s stated that most people don’t know about it. Yet they still come to a place that would have no business being as safe for them as it is, if this was still a real conflict. I can’t even feel sorry for them. If they die, that’s on them. Natural selection wins.
Listen, if I were to only look at its function I would probably give this episode something like 5 or maybe, MAYBE 6. But alas I’m the type of guy that cares more about the plot and story than just function. There is very little logic and believability in this world. How can I take the drama seriously if the whole world is packed full of nonsense and idiots?

Let’s talk about the moment of the enslave… I mean, the arrangement the Keepers made with dusters. The deal was made 12 years earlier. 12 years. Let that sink in. The Keepers look as if they were in their mid 20's. Let’s say they are 25 (I have no idea if their age is stated anywhere so I might be wrong). 13 years ago when the conflict started they would be around 12-13. So now we have a couple of ways of looking at it. Either this is a different team than the one who made the dead, which isn’t very probable since they look and sound the same. Red even has the same mannerisms as he does in the present. Second. The transformations aged them when they were kids. Which is dumb but was made in “Power Rangers Turbo” with Justin Stewart so I wouldn’t be that much surprised. There is also a third option. The Keepers are in their mid to late 30s. Which is even worse because it implies that grown-ass men (and one woman) in their 30s act like spoiled kids. Furthermore, being in their 30’s isn’t old (I’m gonna tell myself that since I’m at the tail end of my 30’s) but it’s past their prime. They have a whole production line of Keepers and yet, not one Ranger in their 20s was able to outdo someone with their 30s? I could believe this in the case of Red, he does seem to have some unnatural level of strength almost like he spends every Dark Souls game using Strength builds, but the rest? I find it hard to believe the Keepers don’t have early retirements if only to keep the illusion of them being all powerful alive. Also, in Your 30s You tend to change Your outlook on life and what You value in it. Yet all of the Keepers are still acting like spoiled children. Mostly Red but Blue is also cocky and pays for it.

Let’s get to the second part of the show. From around episode 7 (maybe 6 but that’s me being nice) the show changes. It becomes more focused. Almost like the writer took some writing classes when no one was looking. It gets better and worse at the same time. It becomes worse because it mostly loses its unique pitch. Yes we’re still in the universe where Power Rangers are psychos, yes most people are still morons and our MC still has a revenge boner but the show stops throwing garbage jokes anytime something serious happens (still does, but not so much so I count that as a win). The drawback is that it becomes just another tournament / exam regurgitated garbage You see in every school anime these days. It became so basic that I couldn’t even tell You why the exam was so dumb. Granted I’m not sure even the people writing this could tell You that but that’s beside the point.

The infiltration and fucking up an organization from the inside is a good idea. Not many anime and even movies do that. But there is a reason why. It’s really tough to write something like that in a way that doesn’t feel cheap. The best example I can think of, of this type of plot is “Infernal Affair” - an amazing movie that uses an undercover cop and an undercover mob member to create suspense and drama. It’s a masterpiece of writing. The thing is, there are 3 movies in the series and only the first one is amazing. It’s that hard to write this sort of plot. It would be hard enough in a realistic setting, adding a Super Sentai fantasy to it makes it even more so, and adding dumb jokes that don’t land ruins it almost entirely. Probably why, the jokes stop at some point and the show gets better because of it.

The exam arc also shows us another part of FD. His thinking and strategic part. Seriously, the second half of the show proves that he can think strategically and on the fly. Why isn’t this mofo the leader? The way he fools the opposing team to get the key, the way he takes charge of the situation when shit hits the fan and the way he plans the fight during the exam are really solid writing.. With few crappy moments but compared to the rest of the show it’s top notch. For 12 years he didn’t think of leading his own kind? With this kind of adaptability he could become a real threat to the world. So why just now? Oh, right… the plot demands it.
The only thing I would call bullshit is that at some point he reveals his identity to convince someone to join his “cause”. It’s dumb and totally unnecessary. He could have convinced him in so many ways that I would spend a day and a half naming them. Ok, the reveal could have been the final method but the dumb ass barely tried anything else.

Ok… this is getting too long for any sane person to read and I’m not even ¾ of the way I wanted on a list of things I wanted to address so…

At the end of the day I don’t think this is a bad anime. The animation and art style are nice and OST is pretty solid as well. My main grype is that it is positioned as a deconstruction and I guess it does have elements of it, but it’s not a very good one. Shame because the idea has potential and I would lie if I told You I did not enjoy the second half of it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 28, 2024

TheRacist11

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (12/12 eps)

I really had a great expectation from this anime so I didn't watch it until the all episode were released.

But oh man what the shit it was it was the biggest disappointment for me while watching an anime. First of all the description of the anime is totally fraud it's not even the same story.

if you are expecting a action Anime with Ranger sir evil and monster are trying to defend themselves, it's not, at least wasn't for me.

My f****** idiotic mind really thought that it could be like the "boys series" but like anime.

Brh its just a Story ... about some children doing internship to become a Ranger(they are good),fighting with Monsters rather than real Rangers. They are all dumb, bland, boring characters...

its more like a drama show rather than a anime...
Literally no serious action scenes. Its like 70 % is shit-talk when a action sequence occurrs.
All the characters are doing "blah-blah-blah-blah" through the whole fuki* anime.
After watching the Anime I still couldn't even understand who the main character is, if it's the black hair boy for the red hair boy(which could have been a uniqe story but they are both so bland personality that you cant differentiate them if they ate wearing mask.

Maybe I am exaggerating myself because my expectations were high but.. it's not even closed what I wanted. Changed the whole plot,story characters in Midway.

Dont watch this shit.... if you are expecting some real, intense, cool shit.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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