I don't hate Emu, but he's honestly one of my least favourite main riders.

He sadly shared an issue I had with Takeru from Ghost, boring generic goody good main rider who spouts out empty nonsense, and of comes off a cartoonish paragon instead of an actual person.
Now, he's not AS bad as Takeru, as at the very least he does improve, but much like with Touma from Saber, its not to a point where I cared about him.

The first half he would constantly focus on the patients problems rather than actually doing anything to cure the patients of the Bugster virus, and every single time he'd butt heads with the other characters about it, nothing would come from it. Him having a Bugster virus was interesting, but that did more for the story of the show than his character.

Once we got to the Rider Chronicle Arc, he thankfully toned this down, and was actually trying to help the patients better, and of course his best moments came when he was willing to let Poppy kill him if she really was evil, and beating the crap out of Parad to also prove a point. Though while those were good moments, he sadly still doesn't develop much as a character.

Ex-Aid is a good show, but a heavily flawed one, and he was definitely one of them.

Awful through and through, easily worst rider series.

Sougo is frustratingly unlikable, the tribute episodes are straight up insulting, the Time Jackers suck, they never explain a god damn thing regarding the time travel, how the gear works, character motivations, or just anything regarding certain plot points, and despite the time travel, collecting the Ride Watches and what not, there is very VERY little in terms of actual story.

Ghost was bad, but the worst thing about that show was it was preachy and annoying.

Zi-O is not only a mess, but also flat out insulting and disrespectful to the legacy of the Heisei era, and the fact that this show is the book end of it all, makes it even more insulting. And with how everything played out, it was very clear the production staff working on this show, well...

https://youtu.be/U2J1iK0gDK4?si=wS09nKOx3LDjPRKI&t=15

Honestly, this and Cosmic Fury are only modern Power Rangers seasons that I liked through and through. Granted its not all perfect, the Venjix twist was tacked on, there are times it does do the "moral of the week" plots, Ben and Betty's wannabe Bulk and Skull humour, and It sadly it shared an issue I had with Dino Fury with the fan service.

But I can let that slide, as the acting is good for the most part, the story, while flawed, is mostly well told, I liked the cast a lot, and the fights are good. It honestly does make me feel like I am watching something from the Disney era and early Saban. I felt like there was genuine effort put into this season, even despite its issues.

Setsuna's: Easily my favourite of the redemption stories, because of how well it was told. I liked how it started off as her being raised in a cult, and what started out as an attempt destroy the Fresh team, through those attempts you understood her character, and you sympathized with her, and wanted her to become redeemed by the end. Which ended up happened.

Ellen's: Not as good as Setsuna's, but I liked it overall. I do like how it was her lingering jealously over Hummy is what lead her to be brainwashed into joining up with Mephisto's gang, and in my opinion she was honestly the most competent member, of the bunch. Eventually coming to realize that she never wanted to destroy that friendship, and did try to become a better person afterwards. Plus...she was funny, pre-redemption or post redemption.

Towa: This is one I also think isn't as good as Setuna's, but I do like the set up of how she was practically brain washed as a CHILD into thinking she was Dyspear's daughter. That some tragic and dark stuff. Most of her arc is mostly just her learning to be more self reliant, as they recognize that what she was doing wasn't out of her own volition. Although Setsuna is my favorite mid-season/sixth ranger cure, I will say in terms of debut battles, Towa definitely wins in that reguard.

Ruru: This one honestly reminded me a lot of Chase's in Drive, basically a robot working for the villains, but learns to understand human emotions. Its similar, but not to a point of being a cheap carbon copy.