He wasn't conceited about his genius, more he just wanted to use it to be a computer designer, which is probably why he's part of the DigiKen in the first place as the true "brains" of the quartet. While more of a genius than the just hard-working Kouichirou, Shun seemed way more laid back and was easier to pal around with "idiots" such as Kenta and Miku. Shun Namaiki/MegaBlue: Shun was a great character, mostly due to his actor but also because he seemed to be one of the easiest to write for. While he seemed to have some of the worst episodes early on (I'm still trying to figure out the one with the groupie), he did mellow out and had some good moments later on including the one with his little brother's soccer team and the testing episode at the same time as the Hinelar City invasion (which only was a problem due to the cop-out ending) He just never really seemed to have flaws outside not liking others who weren't as perfect or who was a bit breezier about it like Ooiwa or Kenta, but that's more interaction matters. As the "true leader", both of the DigiKen and possibly the Megaranger, Kouichirou seemed to try and display himself as the most overachieving and perfect of the bunch, always pushing himself academically, physically and just as a head of the team. Kouichirou Endou/MegaBlack: Every season there seems to be an odd man regarding characters that just don't mesh with me and, for the most part, Kouichirou is it. One sad trait of his seems to be that Kenta never seemed to have any female companionship due to being the odd man of the DigiKen and seemed to keep having a thing with older women.but considering he also has a loving connection with his mom, that could mean something.
His best episode probably is a bit moodier but it is the first Guirail episode where he hurts his gamer friend when trying to attack the new enemy, forcing him to try and tone down some of his recklessness in combat. (I do see a bit of him in Kai thinking it over a bit.) He did seem rather reckless at times wanting to reveal his true identity leading to some weird situations, but it's probably just more due to his short attention span and his desire to just show he's a hero to everyone. Kenta is an idiot through and through and would really have not been a Red had it not been for stranger Reds before him like Kyosuke, sort of paving the way for Reds even further down the line. Because of his gaming skills, he seemed to get most of the best weapons including the Drill Sniper gun/sword and the first Battle Riser which was more important earlier on due to his gaming and due to his summoning of Delta Mega. Kenta Date/MegaRed: Kenta is a weird Red to me, mostly because he's technically the leader due to his color but he more felt special being the Red and somewhat separated due to his disconnect with the Digital Research Club (whom I'll refer to as "DigiKen", their Japanese name, for the rest of the review) Obviously his position as Red is less to do with leadership qualities or his (obvious) hot bloodedness but simply because he was the best at the Megaranger video game.mostly because the other four weren't gamers themselves. Samejima/Hinelar and his mad dreams of proving himself to the world by the most extreme measures. The concept of high school student heroes perfectly reflects the concepts with the growing pains that typical high schoolers go through, thus allowing for them to be sensitive and affected further by their own trials while dealing on a more emotional level with the conflict with Nejiregia, even as they're ultimately being used as tools of Professor Kubota to try and stop his former best friend Dr. It utilized aspects of responsibilities of technology updated for the 90s while using classic ideas such as the secret society of heroic scientists and the simple two-piece mechs that would ultimately be upgraded yet still remain a major symbol for the season Yet at the same time, Megaranger had more mature and intricate storytelling aspects of the hidden story, of betrayal, scorn, abandonment and trying to find your place in a world where you may or may not fit in, even if you have to do extreme measures to prove yourself to the world. Yet if Ohranger (which I haven't seen yet) has the body of a classic Sentai and Carranger (which I love) has the (comedically warped) spirit, then Megaranger has the third aspect: the mind.
In some ways, it sort of is the culmination of a trio of Sentai that more or less homaged back to the past yet advanced aspects within the 1990s.
Megaranger is a season that really feels like a perfect balance between the past and present between the concepts of classic Sentai and the gimmicks and storytelling of modern Sentai.