History YMMV / HikoninSentaiAkibaranger

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Violence-wise it's pretty much the same as regular ''Sentai'', but things which wouldn't be kid-friendly include: Female suits designed for contant {{Panty Shot}}s and {{Fanservice}}, the team getting drunk to power up, Red openly admitting to having a robot fetish, a monster which strips perverts naked, and the main villain of Season 2 suddenly crying out in orgasm from the sex he's having in the Delusion World.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Violence-wise it's pretty much the same as regular ''Sentai'', but things which wouldn't be kid-friendly include: The team getting drunk to power up, Red openly admitting to having a robot fetish, a monster which strips perverts naked, and the main villain of Season 2 suddenly crying out in orgasm from the sex he's having in the Delusion World.

** Much of Marushina's shtick (EvilIsSexy and calling the GreaterScopeVillain 'papa') leaks into ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'' with the debut of Escape.

* EvilIsSexy: Marushina, and she plays it for all it's worth. Her default costume is a Nazi-inspired dominatrix outfit which exposes her legs, cleavage and backside. The battle armour she receives in Season 2 does nothing to cover her assets up, and even adds see-througg stockings to the mix. Bonus points go to episode 1.04, in which she rocks the costumes of past Sentai villainesses [[Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman Shelinda]], [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Wendinu]] and [[Series/EngineSentaiGoonger Kegalesia]].

** Nobuo's "so expensively cheap" line in #1 is ringing uncomfortably true now with the prices of the official merch -- a working scale MMZ-01 will run a fan $150, while the Toys/SHFiguarts Itasha Robo is set to go for ''$450''.
*** In fact, that very line is being used in ''advertisements'' for the Itassha Robo.

** [[spoiler:The ending of season two has the spirits of the deceased Akibarangers stating that should there be a demand for a third season, Saburo Hatte could find a way to bring them back. As of 2020, there's no third season.]]

* WhatAnIdiot:
** [[spoiler: Oh, Saburo Hatte. Your nurse looks just like a character you created and even has the same name, and you trust her? Even when she knows who you are and tried to defy you?]]
** Hakase... [[spoiler:why did you trigger those suicide flags...]]

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Over-Time sub turns the 2Chan references into 4Chan references, ie "nukonin" into "newfag."

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

** TheReveal that [[spoiler:the Akibarangers already have a show and it's undergoing a massive {{retool}} stops being funny and starts being prophetic due to the fact that their [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters official counterpart]] is undergoing that same thing]]. Whether it was as drastic as in Akibaranger [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is up for the individual to decide]].

* EvilIsSexy: Marushina, and she plays it for all it's worth. Her default costume is a Nazi-inspired dominatrix outfit which exposes her legs, cleavage and backside. The battle armour she receives in Season 2 does nothing to cover her assets up, and even adds see-througg stockings to the mix. Bonus points go to episode 1.04, in which she rocks the costumes of past Sentai villainesses [[Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman Shelinda]], [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHyrricaneger Wendinu]] and [[Series/EngineSentaiGoonger Kegalesia]].

* EvilIsSexy: Marushina, and she plays it for all it's worth.

* FauxSymbolism: The {{Mooks}} are monster heads on top of civilian-looking outfits. Working-class uniforms to be precise.

* BrokenBase: Episode 2-05. Was it a TakeThat at purists for both Sentai and PowerRangers, a mean-spirited stab at the latter, or was it a stab at [[{{Eagleland}} American culture]] in general?

** [[spoiler:The ending of season two has the spirits of the deceased Akibarangers stating that should there be a demand for a third season, Saburo Hatte could find a way to bring them back. As of 2018, there was no third season announced.]]

** So, Hiroyo is a “professor” type character from a “supposed” 37th sentai series who has a secret alias, is played by a popular seiyuu, and her voice is used in the Akibarangers equipment? Sounds an awful lot like a certain mad scientist from the [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger official 37th series, doesn’t it]]?
** The Akibarangers fight inside of their delusions. Or, for a more idealistic way of putting it, they're using the power of...[[Series/ResshaSentaiToQGer IMAGINATION]]!
** This show was aimed for older ''Super Sentai'' fans with a rather [[LighterAndSofter lighthearted]] and [[DenserAndWackier goofy]] style. Few years later, ''Kamen Rider'' series will also have a show [[Series/KamenRiderAmazons especially made for adult fans]], but in [[DarkerAndEdgier exact]] [[BloodierAndGorier opposite]] style.

* MemeticMutation: Come the finale, [[spoiler:Saburo Hatte]] has taken [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade's]] place as the person to blame any time anything goes wrong.
* MoralEventHorizon: Malshina crosses it in 2-10. [[spoiler: She cruelly uses General Pain to steal his knowledge on Sentai villains and ultimately turns him into a normal dentist. Next, she brings back Delu-Knight... while making him completely subservient and willing to go through anything for her. Oh, and it's implied all this ''killed Saburo Hatte and wiped Super Sentai off the face of the earth.'' Wow...just, wow...]]

* ShallowParody: How some people saw the ''[[PowerRangers Powerful Rangers]],'' who acted nothing like the characters they were trying to spoof.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Having the team becoming official at the cost of replacing ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. It would've made a lot more sense for the team to become official at the cost of replacing ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhRanger'' and do a TakeThat at the misconception that said series almost killed sentai[[note]]While the series did have very low ratings, there were no plans to cancel Sentai at the time ''[=OhRanger=]'' aired[[/note]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Violence-wise it's pretty much the same as regular Sentai, but things which wouldn't be kid-friendly include: The team getting drunk to power up, Red openly admitting to having a robot fetish, a monster which strips perverts naked, and the main villain of Season 2 suddenly crying out in orgasm from the sex he's having in the Delusion World.

%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xl6UWg0CM Machine Itassha]]. See also its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oc6ZqD54F0 battle mix]] from episode 12.
%%** [[http://www.4shared.com/mp3/9FkegwJZ/33_pain_is_power.htm Pain is Power]], the roll call theme and main battle theme.

%%* EvilIsSexy: Marushina, and she plays it for all it's worth.

%%* FoeYayShipping: Nobuo x Malshiina.

** Much of Marushina's shtick (EvilIsSexy and calling the villain 'papa') leaks into ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'' with the debut of Escape.

** Much of Marushina's shtick (EvilIsSexy and calling the BiggerBad 'papa') leaks into ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'' with the debut of Escape.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xl6UWg0CM Machine Itassha]]. See also its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oc6ZqD54F0 battle mix]] from episode 12.
** [[http://www.4shared.com/mp3/9FkegwJZ/33_pain_is_power.htm Pain is Power]], the roll call theme and main battle theme.

* EarWorm:
** Before the commercials, there's a four note tune followed by someone singing "Akibaranger" in the season 1 {{Eyecatch}}. This is strangely catchy.
** The theme songs also count as earworms.
* EvilIsSexy: Marushina, and she plays it for all it's worth.

* FoeYay: Nobuo x Malshiina.

** Nobuo's "[[CrackIsCheaper so expensively cheap]]" line in #1 is ringing uncomfortably true now with the prices of the official merch -- a working scale MMZ-01 will run a fan $150, while the Toys/SHFiguarts Itasha Robo is set to go for ''$450''.

** TheReveal that [[spoiler:the Akibarangers already have a show and it's undergoing a massive {{retool}} stops being funny and starts being prophetic due to the fact that their [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters official counterpart]] is undergoing that same thing]]. Whether it was as drastic as in Akibaranger [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is up for the individual to decide]].

* AwesomeMusic: