Live Blogs Rangers, Sentai Warriors, and...Wait, They're Not Them? Rika Liveblogs Vs. Super Sentai Vs. Power Rangers!

arcadiarika2012-07-26 14:25:40

Welcome to one of the biggest liveblogs ever. And by that? A shitload of chapters will be covered...one at a time. Because I'm very sadistic like that.

From the batshit insane mind that brought you the livebloggings of Kickboxing Academy, Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue, A Light in the Forest: The Legend of Holly Boy, Forever Mine, Pooh's Adventures of Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, The Prayer Warriors series, and My Little Eye comes...yet another damn crossover.

Yes. Crossovers. We all have our favorites and those we want to purge out of our minds. I have done many liveblogs featuring the latter type (though, if you want to count My Little Eye as a "crossover", it's the rare former).

This fanfic? Will be no exception.

Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers is a fanfic written by one of Sentai's most renouned members, Sean Akizuki. It is exactly what you think it is: all members of Super Sentai teaming up with the Power Rangers. Sounds exciting, no? Maybe a bit more epic than Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger? A fun chance for some crossover ships explained in detail, along with the whole cultural barriers our heroes face? A beautiful explanation of how the Sentai Warriors and the Rangers are Not So Different?

Not by a long shot.

What we really get is half of the awesomeness, lots of Author Tracts about how much both the Kalish seasons and Power Rangers Samurai suck ass, murders and humiliations, and so many characters being demoted to extra.

Oh, and a huge fangasm on one particular Ranger, which will be covered in the liveblog later on. One that makes my own look so damn subtle by comparison.

(Suddenly, Carter Grayson arrives.)

Carter: Rika, is that you?

Yeah. Hey, you remembered my name!

Carter: Apparentally there was a dimensional rift that brought me to here. And...despite your shape, I can make out bits and pieces.

...

Let me guess, there exists a horrible fanfic featuring my fellow Rangers again?

Yes. Though how horrible it really is depends on the people.

(Then a flash.)

Carter: The hell was that? It can't be a demon! (prepares himself with his Rescue Blaster)

I have no idea what that is...

(Yours truly, thanks to Prayer Warriors!Rika saving the world, is turned back to normal. Then several more people show up—Catherine Grayson, Mako Shiraishi, and, for teh lulz, Matoi Tatsumi. All three look around)

Welcome aboard—holy shit! How did you guys end up here?

Especially you? (points to Catherine) And you two? (points to Matoi and Mako)

Catherine: Dimensional rift.

Mako: I was busy trying to make a cake for my friends! But then I got caught in the rift...I do hope that I find my way out of here soon.

Matoi: Same as everyone else; what is going on here? This shouldn't be the work of the Saima clan!

Catherine/Carter: Saima what now?

(Matoi tells the two about the Saima clan, and Catherine and Carter tell about the demons they faced. Then they realize one thing...)

Catherine: You two guys are my Others! That explains it! My alternate counterparts!

Mako: Alternate counterpart? I don't think Takeru said anything about that...

(Catherine tells Mako what an alternate counterpart/Other is)

Oh, now I see!

Catherine: And yes, I may not really look much of an alternate counterpart. But this fact should show you otherwise. (clears throat)

My true form is that of Carter Grayson. I changed genders thanks to Yukari Yakumo.

(she clears her throat again)

Matoi: Yukari? Changing genders? What on...

Okay, guys, guys, I think we all have our own stories to share. But now is not the time. You guys can only be free if we all liveblog this together.

Mako: W-what? Are you a monster?

What? No! I'm just a liveblogger. A commentator, if you will.

Mako: Okay...but if you try to do something, I will make you a cake...of death!

Carter: Probably botch up the poison somehow.

(Mako overhears Carter and picks up her katana)

Mako: ...

Guys, let's not try to kill each other. We'll have to keep ourselves alive.

Catherine: This woman is right, guys! If the story is as bad as she says, we must direct our anger towards it at all costs!

(Carter, Mako, and Matoi reluctantly agree)

Thanks. Anyway...the story begins.

Chapter 1

Catherine: Chapter 1 is a prologue of sorts. It begins with what you expect: how the Sentai and Ranger worlds are parallels.

As if we didn't know.

"There are two universes that exist- the Super Sentai universe and the Power Rangers' universe. One of each other, one almost parallel to each other…"

Also, fun fact. The Rangers' universe is made up of a connecting universe, Power Rangers RPM arguably notwithstanding. I say "arguably" because, even though some say that it's not in-canon with the rest of the seasons, there are others who say that it is.

Carter: I found out a lot about the Ranger Operators' world. I...really am hoping that I end up dying of old age instead of just a smudge on a pavement thanks to robots...

(Carter shivers, and Mako comforts him by patting him on the back and telling him that everything will be okay)

As for the Super Sentai universe? Made up of many, many worlds. One season is pretty much not in-canon with another. With the possible exception of the aforementioned Gokaiger.

Speaking of Super Sentai, we get a preview of their monsters and villains, all said to be much more horrific than the Rangers' villains (...seriously?).

"In the Super Sentai universe' own Earth, it has been attacked by more villains, more cruel than those in the Power Rangers' universe. They were the Black Cross Army, Crime, Egos, Vader Clan, Black Magma, Deathdark, Jashinka, Gear, Gozma, Mess, Tube, Volt, Bouma, Vyram, Bandora Gang, Gorma, Youkai, Baranoia, Bowzock, Nejireja, Balban, Saima Clan, Londerz Family, Orgs, Jakanja, Evolien, Alienizers, Infershia, Negative Syndicates, Rin Jyuu Ken and Gen Juu Ken, Gaiarc, Gedoushu and the involvement of Buredoran with Warstar, Yuumaju and Mantrinitis..."

In other words, a shitload of bad guys. Also, Gokaiger's bad guys aren't mentioned. At all.

Matoi: Uh...why?

Because the author states that it's an AU, Alternate Universe. For serious.

Matoi: O__o

However! Here is how the Power Rangers' universe came to be. According to the story, it happened thanks to a rift, which occurred during the dinosaurs wars, a war involving numerous Sentai groups that nearly spelled the end of, well, the dinosaurs. Also, the Great Offscreen War that happened 10,000 years ago played a part.

...okay...apparentally, the Power Rangers' universe isn't just created from the many offscreen wars that shaped it. The Zyuranger dinosaur wars—which, mind you, happened because Bandora wanted revenge on the death of her son, Kai—also helped, I guess?

Catherine: Weirdest. Creation Myth. Ever.

Mako: You said it! You want a cake after this?

Catherine: Eh, sure, why not? I'll bring the tea.

(Carter stares at Catherine)

...what is it, Carter?

Carter: I can't get over the fact that my alternate counterpart is a lot less serious...and female...and having breasts.

(Catherine—and Mako—facepalm at the same time)

Also, we get a close-up on the Rangers' villains.

"The Power Rangers' world, for at least five years it became a victim of a residual effect- the first three years was a lagging war against Lord Zedd and Rita's forces who were later usurped by the Machine Empire (Baranoia's counterpart), Divatox's crew (Bowzock's Counterpart) and the United Alliance of Evil led by the Dark Speceter, the rest there weren't much changes in rangers except until the coming of Turbo but four of the Power Rangers Turbo members became Power Rangers in Space members, ending the lag war destroying the first incarnation of the United Alliance of Evil."

And by "residual effect", we mean, simply put, "astronauts opening up the dumpster can, which is a great idea of them not thinking it through".

Also. No great changes in the Ranger teams? Did he forget the swap from Jason, Trini, and Zach to Rocky, Aisha, and Adam; Kimberly to Katherine, Billy to Rocky (arguably due to Tommy taking over the leadership as the White Ranger and, in Zeo, becoming the Red Zeo Ranger), and the infamous Rocky to Justin? And technically, the Space Rangers didn't really defeat the United Alliance of Evil; rather, Zordon did with his Z-Wave. Thanks to Andros fucking up the mission to save the mentor because "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH MY SISTER IS MOAR IMPORTANT!!1"

And yes, in the bloopers for "Forever Red", Andros really did say that he killed Zordon. Sounding so damn chipper in the process. And no, I don't think it was ad-libbed, contrary to popular demand.

Yes, Andros is an asshole, why do you ask?

Carter/Catherine: ...

The paragraph goes on to say that for each new year, another force tries to destroy another team of Rangers. And once again, we get a list. Be wary of what you see here.

"These villains were the Scorpius, Bansheera's clan (counterpart of Saima), Ransik's mutant gang, the Orgs of the Power Rangers universe', Lothor's forces, Mesogog's forces, Troobian Empire (well sort of an Alienizer… but it was in 2025), a close replica of the Infershia but not close enough, dumber versions of the Negative Syndicate (and Flurious is SO DUMB), Dai Shi and in one future… Venjix destroyed it."

See something wrong? Aside from, technically, ignoring Trakeena? The writer had the audacity to say that the Ten Terrors weren't close enough versions of the Infershia, and how much the villains in Operation Overdrive—the most viled season before Samurai, mind you!—sucked ass. Especially poor Flurious.

Get ready to see more venom towards the Disney seasons, ladies and gentlemen.

Mako: But why would the writer just hate things that never hurt him in the first place?

Because, dear Mako, it's one of those fanfics.

(Mako doesn't question why yours truly knows her name...)

Also, the writer notes that he doesn't know if Samurai should be canon. I will say this: he doesn't like the direction the series is taking. Dude, I, too, dislike Samurai, but I don't make mean-spirited potshots. In a game, I usually leave them alone out of respect.

Catherine: ...dare I ask what you're talking about?

No. I'm just as afraid of breaking the fourth wall as you are. Or offending you. Or both.

Catherine: Okay...

Anyway, now, an incident causes both worlds to collide. Fucking up everything and the canons as we know it. Like, big-time. A new version of the U.A.O.H (as it will be known) has resurfaced...

And aside from the disclaimer, that's all for Part 1. Who's leading the new U.A.O.H?

Carter: What is up with all the bashing, anyway? Flurious isn't that stupid—yeah, he sat on his ass, but seriously?

Matoi: Will we ever get an explanation on the "unfortunate incident"?

Mako: And will we all survive the fanfic and find a way home?

Catherine: And most importantly, will there be hijinks that will befall all of us during the commenting?

It's liveblogging.

Catherine: Close enough.

Emergency Signal; Now, Forward! To the next liveblogging of Super Sentai Vs. Power Rangers!

Comments

ChrisX Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 9th 2013 at 12:30:58 AM

In actuality, the crucifixation is kinda there in the actual Jetman episode, where a tiny monster got into Aya's body and made her something of a Brainwashed And Crazy commander, testing out new, dangerous things gleefully with the Jetmen, one of them being crucifying the Jetmen and then blasting them out with their guns under the pretense 'Testing out new gun now!'. But... this is A... Zukini we're talking about. You shouldn't expect a good shout out. And... did I mention how much Kiros ends up to be this Mako-crazed freak? I mean, back in the days when he's gunning down Ial, he's a lot more dangerous and making sense.

RIP, Flurious. You were always a gigantic but threatening asshole in the original, no matter how much OO is said to be sucky, but at least you'll be free from Zukini turning you into a pathetic, stupid villain.

I say for this chapter, I'm really enjoying how you were expecting good things and then had things ruined. And "ONORE"... did I miss that out? I once called him out for putting that in, but that's in the Turboranger arc.

I think it was at this point that I think I'm getting sick of how he's putting forward S!Takeru and Mako a lot. WE GET IT, ZUKINI, YOU LIKE M— no, wait, that's not right— RIN TAKANASHI, ZUKINI! STOP PUSHING THAT TO OUR THROATS!

Well on the bright side, I guess we won't be seeing Cole and the Red Conqueror for a long time, huh?

arcadiarika Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 9th 2013 at 6:49:14 AM

The crucifixation, though, is the one thing that bugs me. Because this is not the last time it's used. If memory serves me right, it was also being used in the Jetman two-parter, complete with one of the characters (guess which) literally crucified like Jesus. Only completely naked. It's one of those "wut?"-inducing moments that makes you wonder why.

Though...considering that it did take from Jetman, that honestly makes a hell of a lot of sense now.

As for the Kiros/Mako thing...honestly, to me, it's not worth pointing it out over and over because the entire thing is just so stupid. And, as mentioned in the previous installment, very disturbing. Especially with how it's all played out. Brr...

...and let's hope that no more Disney-era Rangers villains get the same treatment as Flurious. Even when Zukini says that he won't use Disney-era Rangers.

And yeah, the whole thing of getting positive for some moments, then getting shut down...while it is pretty new, that's how I felt. "Oh, awesome, they said or did something cool—oh, wait, it's Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers, never mind!" It was almost the same lines when I saw how Andros was portrayed, but then the lovey-dovey stuff just ruined it.

Yeah, "ONORE!" was used. I blame Kamen Rider Decade for associating that with "This is also all (X)'s fault!", as per the meme (kind of). And he used it in the Turboranger arc? Does he even know what that even means?

(Admittedly, I don't really know what it exactly means, but again, the only time I've seen "Onore!" is the Decade meme. That's part of the reason why I decided to point that out, it was too much to resist. And making fun of myself in the process.)

It isn't just here that he pushes the whole "I <3 Rin Takanashi" thing. I've seen his blogs, especially that one with foreign actors/actresses he likes, and dear God. To be honest, while I was pretty young and dumb with my own "I <3 a certain Red Lightspeed Ranger actor!" gushing, time has...slowed it down a bit. A bit. As in, I don't really make alternate memes out of the gushing anymore, nor mentioning it in every...wait.

...

In any rate, I hope that my own gushing never gets to be that intolerable.

Finally, as for Cole/Red Conqueror? Yeah, while it may be true that we won't see him for a long time, he's still going to be mentioned a bit. So I'm not holding out too much hope there.

Psyga315 Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 9th 2013 at 2:40:49 PM

{reads that part Rika refuses to read} Is Akizuki trying to write those scenes as a nod to Akibaranger? Because there's a difference between comedic groping and borderline porno.

The execution on cross thing is a nod to the older Super Sentai shows, where occasionally the villains would have the heroes up on crosses (in fact, Fourze and OOO managed to do this at one point in their shows).

Also, if M!Takeru is corrupted... why isn't he Gedou Red Mask? It would make twice as much sense.

arcadiarika Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 9th 2013 at 3:08:20 PM

Actually, I think those scenes were written way before Akibaranger was created. And I suppose he meant for them to be dark. Which is fucked up. (Then again, name something that isn't fucked up in this fic.)

And you know what, I actually thought about the old Sentai shows when those things happened all the time. I honestly thought that old thing was dead. But apparentally, everything old is new again, as they say.

Also, Psyga, there are a couple instances throughout the Maskman arc where M!Takeru is referred to as "Gedou Red Mask". But some unfortunate copy-pasting (or what I presume to be copy-pasting, though the final four paragraphs seem to be adding more weight) has him referred several times as "Gedou Shinken Red" as well.

Psyga315 Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 9th 2013 at 3:11:46 PM

@Paragraph 1: So yeah, I'm officially calling this fanfic Ranger Black.

Mako: You got rice on your face!

@Paragraph 3: Well, that's both confusing and lazy.

ChrisX Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 11th 2013 at 10:32:31 PM

That's weird. The site said you just updated your blog, but your newest stuff isn't appearing?

arcadiarika Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 12th 2013 at 5:33:33 AM

That's because I found some misspellings on my previous installments ("congratulations" is misspelt as "congratuations"). As for getting to Installment 26, I've hit a bit of a Writer's Block, especially in regards to the current arc and trying to figure out what to do with the remaining Scouts.