Go! Go! Rangers lose! breaking the mold of the traditional Super Sentai series, like Superman, with the dark deconstruction of the various forms of adaptation that make up the genre. While the crooks, the good, the henchmen – whatever their names are, the evil foot soldiers seen in most combat force series are seen as mindless cannon fodder, the version of of the hit Kodansha series are not as simple as they seem.
Haruba Negi’s Go! Go! Rangers lose! (Ranger Reject) debunks the idea of soldiers who are docile if overwhelmed, those who recklessly rush into battle knowing they know they have no chance of victory, and priceless corrupt leaders Their rulers don’t care about their welfare. In the story, while most putties, or as they are known in the series – Dusters, are actually quite heartless, there are a few, such as Foot Soldier D, who are sick and tired of their incompetence. of the leader and the frequent beatings of the Rangers – the people they observed were nowhere near as heroic and kind as the media portray them in news stories.
Go! Go! Rangers lose! Put a dark twist on Power Rangers’ Putties
Faced with the possibility of being permanently defeated every week – Dusters do not die but will be “reborn” if they are defeated. D decides to solve the problem on his own and defeat the Rangers with his own plan, namely to use his versatility to transform himself into a Rangers rookie, then joins the Rangers and gradually derails organized from within. Given his in-depth knowledge of the Rangers, gained from the countless battles he’s fought with them, and his knowledge of the “best practices” of dusters, D found that it would not be difficult for him to pass the ranks. until he was finally able to do what his chieftains and countless Dusters failed to do before, which was defeat the Rangers and conquer the world.
Made famous by the classic Super Sentai series Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, putty patrols were created by Rita Repulsa’s henchman/lead scientist Finster as an assault force. Her spearhead is designated to provide the bulk of her armed action against the Power Rangers and other opponents at her will. However, unlike other forces of evil, the strength of putties lies in their quantity rather than in their quality. Naturally, Rita’s handling of the prey led to the idea that they were unskilled pawns whose sole purpose was to serve as a warm-up round for the Rangers’ more intense battles. .
The story is a great tweak/update to the longstanding Super Sentai tradition, based on the English language Go! Go! Rangers lose! title, certainly indicates that Kodansha is having a bit of fun at the expense of Power Rangers. Indeed, the title itself suggests it’s comfortable with some good-natured troll elements. However, Go! Go! Rangers lose! take over instead Superman This is a welcome change that should have happened a long time ago.
Go! Go! Rangers lose! (The ranger refused) now available from Kodansha.
