YMMV / Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers

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• Alternative Character Interpretation
  • The reviewers sometimes mock AkaRed for having homoerotic subtext with Cole Evans, his supposed "Chosen One".
  • Cole is interpreted as a bit of a Yandere towards Sakura, mainly because...reasons.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees: More than a few reviewers have lambasted Ichijou’s sentence being for 200 years, since no human would live that long. However, this very wiki has a whole trope page on this sort of thing, complete with actual Real Life examples.
• Anvilicious: The brains beat brawn and With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility story arcs and Aesops get consistently hammered throughout the fanfic. The former is more so egregious due to the preference of telling that showing.
• Badass Decay: Going into the fic from watching the original shows will make you consider how most of the cast is this. Most notable are the rangers sentenced into the Detention Center, notably Natsuki, Eri, and Houka.
• Canon Defilement: With the sheer amount of characters acting OOC or simply becoming mouthpieces for the author's opinions, and the fact that an entire series had to be rewritten because of a character death, it's pretty much this in spades for the entire franchise.
• Catharsis Factor: For those who are quite annoyed with Jasmine consistently being a matchmaker rather than portraying any of her canonical traits, the first part of the Fiveman arc has Sakura, who is at a spa with her, dunk her head in the water, pretty much pissed at how she gets consistently shipped to Cole.
• Crossover Ship: And how!. There's Ranru-Billy, Yousuke-Tori to name a few... not to mention you'll find a lot of this here.
• Crack Pairing: And most of them are the kinds you're not going to think on spot.
• Creator's Pet: Any series the author likes has its characters receive this treatment, but it’s fairly blatant with the Maskman, who hijack what is meant to be a Liveman/Hurricaneger team-up for the author to ship Takeru/Momoko… a pairing those who’ve seen Maskman say is a case of Strangled by the Red String, as the two canonically never share a scene together.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: Meta example: Werezilla's review of the story. While he does botch the pronunciation of many of the names (especially the Sentai ones), he does display a very good level of knowledge regarding both Power Rangers and Super Sentai, using it to contradict the entire story's questionable claims regarding the canonical characters.
• Designated Hero: To those who read the fic, the United Super Sentai-Power Rangers Alliance came off as this as they tend to be more about 'minding their own business', 'flips out when things don't go their way', and punishes slight misconduct that goes against standards with super harsh punishment/detention like breaking rock piles. Also the Power Rangers kinda act like a suck-up to the Sentai ones. At any rate, it makes it hard to root for the heroes, though not that the villains excepting Flurious are any better...
• Designated Monkey: Flurious. Despite being one of the most competent examples of The Chessmaster in his show and being the one villain who actually succeeds in his given mission, is constantly treated as the Butt-Monkey of the UAOE and treated as a bumbling incompetent. This even extends to almost all the characters he meets until his apparent demise, where they will all denounce him as a bumbling monkey regardless of their previous relations to him. As many will note, this is because the author saw him as The Scrappy and his treatment was meant as a Take That! to his series.
• Fan Nickname
  • Akizukiguet/ Seandiguet / R.I.N.O. ^note Radiguet In Name Only - This fic's Radiguet iteration. The former capitalized by ChrisX and the latter by Arcadiarika. Denotes how Radiguet is strongly Out of Character in the fanfic.
    • C.I.N.O^note Chokan In Name Only - The fic's iteration of Aya Odagiri, who doesn't really act like the mentor the Super Sentai fandom know her as.
  • Triple Deker - Triple Kill, a clone of Cole Evans appearing in a later chapter.
  • The Cole Evans and Friends Show - the fic, anytime Cole is in the spotlight.
  • Commander Asshole - Commander Ichijou, oddly enough one of the few characters in the fic written in character.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • By extension from Arcadiarika's liveblog, the fanfic's treatment of Cole becomes this after his infamous murder incident. That, and considering Sakura's actress Haruka Suenaga living a normal life makes one wonder how messed up this subplot could be.
  • Chapter 17 had an Author Tract that brings up the similarities between Trini and Mika, in which both actresses left the show due to pay disputes and had to be written out of the show, though pointing out how Trini was only Put on a Bus (being given a send off as her character went to Switzerland) whereas Mika was Killed Off for Real in the heat of battle (her character was seen entirely in her Yellow Four suit, with the only footage of her human form being stock). He ended the tract by making a grim note that Trini's actress died in a car accident and how fans tried to tie that death to Mika's... However, the release of a reunion film shows that Trini does end up dying on-screen, in a manner eerily similar to Mika's suit-only death.
• Hilarious in Hindsight
  • A case of Rouge Angles of Satin occurs when Miu Sutou's name is misspelled as Mio. Not too long after the chapter where the error is written is published, the Sentai at the time does have a character named Mio Natsume.
    • Compounding the Toqger reference, there was a case of a "Samurai Girl" within the story, written long before Kagura willed the imagination of it to life.
  • Shuriken Sentai Ninninger's cameo of Yoshi Sudarso literally proves the fanfic dead wrong in that the Power Rangers cast can't really be forced to speak Japanese when in the Super Sentai universe. In his appearance, he speaks clear English, making it a point that this universe isn't a Fisher Kingdom.
  • The USSPRA uses a selection system that decides who gets sent to the timeline. Not too long after this crossover was published, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger would be an official Sentai show who would use such a system.
  • There's definitely no coincidence that Toei must've picked up this fanfic's plot (time-travelling to past seasons and meeting with their heroes while dealing with a threat from the future)...and applied it to its sister franchise. In fact, had he wrote this during the time that series was airing, he would've cited that as well.
  • The crack pairings are virtually an infamous thing about the fanfic. especially considering its crossover setting. It wouldn't take a bit longer for the popularity of Jason/Lauren to rise thanks to Shattered Grid, and that displayed arguably better chemistry. The fact that one of them is from a series Akizuki despises is a bit of an insult to injury as well.
  • A prominent Red Ranger consistently taking the spotlight at the expense of others in this story? Sounds like a common criticism for modern Sentai shows, and this was written before that criticism became widespread amongst the fandom. So much in fact, one could say this fic was ahead of its time.
  • Werezilla rages out in his reading of Chapter 32, demanding that the fanfiction readers "want this fanfiction to burn in hell". The fic got deleted by the author because he believed that it should be "burnt and ripped". Almost verbatim to what he said.
  • In Cole's debut chapter, he was said to have people "treat him like a deity". Many years later, and we get another ranger that wouldn't seem to be treated similarly given the hordes of people he arrives with carrying him on a pedestal.
  • Flurious' treatment of being a house slave becomes a bit interesting in retrospect when Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger comes along and gives us Vroon, who is introduced as a janitor on the receiving end of punishment from Boccowaus. Eerily similar is how Flurious comes from Operation Overdrive, adapted from Boukenger to which Vroon is based on.
• Humor Dissonance: A major complaint against the fic is that scenes of characters going through Cold-Blooded Torture not only takes up large portions of the plot, but is also played for laughs.
• Karmic Overkill: The entire detention center premise, even considering that fact that those subjected to it are very OOC as well.
• Narm: Oh so much.
  • The author’s idea of portraying his villains as evil has them attacking a daycare and blowing up a milk bottling plant, which seem more like Poke the Poodle villainy that the acts of a Complete Monster.
  • Cole’s AkaRed Fusion Dance is called the Red Conqueror, which sounds more like a supervillain than a Big Good character.
  • The frequent use of “hee hee” to indicate laughter, especially from the villains, sounds less like an impressive Evil Laugh, and more like schoolgirl giggling, making the intended effect rather dulled. Akizuki seemed to realise this, as Akumaro’s laughter was rendered as “Ohohohohohoho!”.
• Padding: Over half the fic could be cut without any detriment to the story.
  • The most frequent offender is the romantic scenes, which tend to consist of “character says man likes girl, girl denies it, gets laughed at by friends”, with little variation.
  • The two-part storylines are only that long due to some rather unnecessary sequences unrelated to the rest of the plot.
  • The entire Detention Centre subplot is a notorious example, given that it’s essentially “character commits minor offence and dragged away to be subjected to inhumane torture by their own teammates and get treated like pariahs”.
• Romantic Plot Tumor: Hoo boy...
  • The entire Takeru/Mako romantic subplot, established right at the start of the story instead of the action, pretty much serves as an appetizer (pun intended) to the kind of plotting to come. The fact that the Shinkengers are properly reunited...and the story spends more time with their romance rather than more bonding.
  • Rather than talk about his many exploits as a Power Ranger, Tommy Oliver spends most of his time...trying to reconcile with Kimberly after he allegedly broke up with Kat.
  • The Cole/Sakura plot, especially since she's annoyingly being shipped by Jasmine herself. Not to mention that the romance doesn't really evoke chemistry, like proper character moments or actions.
  • And then there’s the Takeru/Momoko scenes, considering the pair’s lack of chemistry or shared screen time in their own series, combined with the fact that it takes up a large amount of four chapters, two of which aren’t even supposed to be focused on Maskman.
• The Scrappy:
  • Jasmine. The fanfic turns her into a Shipper on Deck (something she wasn't exactly characterized in the original series), only for her to voice and lead the characters into the author's preferred pairings, most notably Cole/Sakura and Billy/Ranru.
  • Cole. He's the Creator's Pet of the fanfic, and it shows, due to the fact that the basis for being a fusee of AkaRed is merely for illogical reasons, some of which aren't even shown. Not only that, but he's turned into a walking Deus ex Machina who nags the spotlight any time he's on the scene. The fic also tends to emphasize his overall looks without even taking his characterization into consideration. Not to mention how his manner of thinking is fixated on Sakura, for whom the basis of the pairing is simply because the author likes their actors.
  • Mika. The fanfic clearly likes putting Harsher in Hindsight mentalities onto such characters. Trini essentially takes the portions of her characterization (dead brother, photographer in Africa, etc.) onto herself. It's clear that the author didn't really care at all about his treatment of the character as well, and she's often despised by some readers.
• Signature Series Arc
  • The Battle Fever arc, which introduces Cole, who would eventually become one of the fanfic's most loathed elements.
  • The Dynaman arc, which introduces the infamous Detention Center, pointing out that the heroes, in this treatment of their fellow warriors, are ultimately no different than the villains they fight.
  • The Maskman two-parter, where, in Werezilla's notes, point out that everything wrong with the story is all in this arc, ranging from the author's bigotry (racism, sexism, etc.), the abuse of Flurious for no reason, the general mishandling of all the characters, and the uninspired storylines taken from other sources.
• So Bad, It's Good: That is, if you can get past the insane crack pairings, characters acting out of character, incredulous Kalish-bashing, and God-knows-what-else.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: A lot of ideas the fic presents (a major threat attacking both worlds, the Odd Friendship between Sentai and Rangers, a Maskman/Liveman team up with a monster made from the remains of Zeba) could’ve been good if handled properly. According to Werezilla, the idea of a Sentai/Ranger crossover isn't really all too bad; it's just that Akizuki lets his personal tastes get the best of him and has it bleed through the story.
  • The opening scene in the first chapter depicts Takeru and Mako heading out to dinner, where the Jetman immediately tell them that the United Alliance of Evil had already taken over a chunk of Europe. Instead of creating a brilliant Action Prologue that makes us somewhat aware of the higher stakes(a la Uchu Sentai Kyuranger), we're instead treated to the romantic subplot.
  • As much as Cole gets the spotlight, he does encounter the rest of the Gaorangers, first with Gaku (whom Cole is reminded of Taylor Earheardt), and later the entire team (Kai, Soutaro, Sae, Shirogane, and Kakeru, his own counterpart to boot). Neither of them make any sort of proper character interactions and simply fade into the background, occasionally popping up every now and then. Especially jarring considering just how similar the plots of both series are.
  • In addition to this, the "tribute" chapters. None of which carry the significance of what each series presented, unlike something a la Gokaiger. Instead, we're simply treated to some generic plots that have little to no connection to the other series.
  Werezilla(regarding the Liveman/Maskman two-parter): The preciousness of life. The importance of youth. The effects of intelligence in both the right and wrong hands. Coping with feelings of betrayal and loss... are just a few of the themes explored in Liveman. And instead we waste our time on pairing up two characters with no chemistry from the PREVIOUS season, an attempt to turn Tommy into the worst things about both him and Banba as if their Mary Sue qualities are praiseworthy and a game show of death with piss-easy answers. You had so much to work with and instead you resorted to this!
• Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: This fanfic, despite the author aiming for a Lighter and Softer tone. Given that most of the heroes are extremely OOC Designated Heroes who punish characters the author hates for minor offences (and in one chapter, when the Overdrive Rangers die, they show up to the funeral purely to mock them. Fortunately, this was later deleted due to the backlash it received.). Normally this would lead to a Rooting for the Empire situation, but the villains are all assholes and depraved individuals with no moral ambiguity who commit wanton murder with no remorse. The only character remotely likeable is Flurious, who exists to be humiliated by everyone and is killed off with no fanfare.
• Uncertain Audience: The story is marketed as “an attempt to end the fandom wars” between Super Sentai and Power Rangers. But Sentai fans have to see their favourite characters get marginalised or bastardised, while Rangers fans have to see their favourites be treated like utter crap by the narrative.
• Unintentionally Sympathetic: The characters sent to the detention centre are supposed to being punished fairly for unforgivable offences. However, given how minor the offences actually are, combined with the other characters constantly bullying the ones who get punished, it makes the whole scene come across as overblown.

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