#vrv master

Fighting for Traffic Safety! I marathoned through CarRanger so fast because I really wanted to watch it. I was not disappointed I could not stop watching it and it was all I wanted to watch all day. It was soooooooooo amazing and fun. Each episode felt memorable because of all the craziness going on between the CarRangers, SignalMan, Dapp, or the Bowzock. By the end of it I loved everyone. The ending was freaking brilliant and unique; something that only really worked because of the characters of CarRanger. Naoki and Natsumi were my favorites of the series in the beginning by the end of it it was the entire team and SignalMan, Dapp, and VRV Master. 

Naoki is my favorite male Blue Ranger ever (tying Yakumo right now maybe slightly edging him out.) I saw a lot of myself in him from being a designer, worrying what my friends think, willing to go to great lengths to protect people in need, loving and wanting to protect animals, figuring things out, and more. I also enjoyed his fighting style with his kicks, his intelligence, and his blasters. The Police Fighter was also my favorite VRV Machine and Dragon Cruiser is amazing too. 

Natsumi is my favorite female Yellow Ranger, she was just strong, determined, and kicked ass; also that she was the mechanic was great too. Her personality stood out and she was a great fighter; she also believed in people too. I just loved the episode where the little girl was lying all the time but no one would believe her except Natsumi because she went through something similar and it helped stop the Bowzock. Also, it helped inspire the little girl too. I enjoyed her episode with her back story of why she became a mechanic too. She just has a lot of heart. 

Kyosuke has to be the craziest Red I’ve seen and that is very tough with seeing Kai, King, Takaharu, and Lucky lately; he ties as my favorite Red with GaoRed and TyrannoRanger too. He was an amazing leader and inspired his team many times and helped inspire Zonette which helped a lot in the end. His plot with Zonette was fantastic and hilarious especially when he fought as Kyosuke and not Red Racer and defeated a Bowzock. 

Minoru is something else, I went from not entirely liking him to loving the hell out of him by the end; I think it was because he reminded me a bit too much of some of my negative traits and that I relate to him pretty close as well. Still his compassion, belief in his friends, strength and wackiness made him an enjoyable character. I mean a guy who gets over his fear of lightning by eating Electric Eel is something else. I would put him in my top 5 Greens honestly. 

Yoko unlike some other pinks in some series actually has a character I mean sure she is your girly girl, that likes shopping but she did the accounting at Pegasus working with the Expenses and Finances so she wasn’t dumb by any means and fought to help restore the Imo King so he could be back with his wife. She really cares about everyone and totally wrecks the Bowzock when they piss her off. She is something else and I would say in my top favorite Pinks too. 

SignalMan is wonderful, I was completely blown away by how ridiculous, badass, and silly he was. I love how he would say You can’t _______ without my permission and it was a multitude of things. He grew a lot during the season and even with him being out for part of the season with him returning to his home planet it leads to a great storyline and he just leaves a great impression on you. I loved the episode where they use the Traffic Rules against him and he needs to break free from his own teachings to fight back against the enemy. Honestly, this was a great use of the Extra Hero rather than the 6th Ranger in Sentai. I felt that him helping out and having a common enemy worked better than the last few sixth rangers in Sentai at the time. (Though I have only seen DragonRanger and KibaRanger who got shafted a lot in their respective shows).   

The Support characters are all amazing, Dapp was one of my favorite mentors ever because he had a bond with the team, helped support them in battle, inspire the team, and wasn’t afraid to smack one of them lol. VRV Master was hilariously awesome and I liked how they played the mystery of who he was. Radietta was hilarious and I loved the Magical Girl/White Racer aspect of her. 

The Bowzock were amazing villains, I loved them all they had funny and fantastic characters. Zelmoda is probably my favorite of them I mean that he overcame his fear of lightning because of friendship with Gynamo was amazing. He was also very threatening and a tough opponent. Grotch was silly but also great with his inventions and figuring out that the Imo-Yokan made them grow giant. Gynamo was great he was threatening but just a bit of softy when it came to Zonette, also that he was smart in the end too. Zonette was interesting she had a lot of things going on but it was interesting to see her work things out. Professor Ritchihiker was amazing and helped lead the Bowzock into more villainous territory. He was probably the biggest villain in the beginning when he joins the Bowzock, and he was pretty successful in his takeover of the Bowzock too. 

Exhaus was something else, he is probably one of my favorite Sentai villains because of his motives that are very different than most of the other villains and that is just wonderful. Also, that he was very calculated and planned a lot of things from the start in the background made him an amazing villain. 

Both the RV Robo and the VRV Robo are two of my favorite Giant Robos ever because of how badass they are and this series had fantastic Giant Monster fights which have kind of been lacking in some Sentai. The VRV Fighters are some of my favorite Mecha ever probably because of the usefulness of their transforming ability. I also love their weapons from the ViBlades, the Auto Blaster, The Giga Formula (Especially the individual weapons of this). Hell everything about this series I love even the suits. I also loved their abilities they got when transformed too. 

Seeing the characters learn and grow as the fight against the Bowzock was wonderful and the ending of the series has to be one of my favorites. Since it’s coming out on DVD from Shout Factory or already came out I wanted to be as spoiler-free as I could. 

Oh, I never described him as a Sixth Ranger, just a Sixth Hero.  There is a difference.  For example, Ninjaman as you mentioned above.  He is a hero added partway through the series but he doesn’t match the theme or look of the other heroes.  He still meets the criteria for the ‘hero who joins partway through’ but he is not a ‘Ranger’ or member of the team proper.

Another good example is Bull Black the Black Knight from Seijyuu Sentai Gingaman.

He has an explicit connection to the team (well the second version of him does) but his look and costume set him completely apart from the others making him an extra hero or sixth hero rather than a sixth Ranger.  He still fulfills to role of the sixth character to be a part of the series in it’s mid-point “doldrums” but he is definitely not a spandex-clad full member of the Sentai.

Perhaps I should do a side list for Extra Heroes as opposed to Sixth Heroes.  There are enough of them at this point (Heck, Carranger had two of them if you count VRV Master) that they should get their own list.

I do try to avoid using the term Sixth Ranger though as not all Sentai teams use that word to describe themselves.

Dappu's Father: VRV Master (Carranger)