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      <span class="press">Idealism of the Hero</span>
      <span class="press subtitle">Time Green's Vision of Justice</span>
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                   Different people have different ideas of what an ideal hero is, and see something different in that idea. 
		   It may be someone close to them, someone from a fantasy world like Super Sentai, or maybe even themselves.
		   There's not one thing that could be said to be everyone's ideal.
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		   The character Sion expresses something close to my definition of an ideal hero.
		   That's my biggest reason for liking him, and what I most want to convey through starting this site.
		   He has a definite sense of values, the strength to not be influenced by others, and never wavers from that throughout the story.
		   However, he is not rigid, doesn't reject anyone, and doesn't force his values on anyone as definitely being correct.
		   He tries to convince people by accepting their weakness, and does his best to understand the justice of others.
		   He listens to what people have to say, at times sacrificing himself for the sake of another's justice,
		   which I think is the greatest expression of his heroism.
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                  This shows that a hero does more than simply fight something defined as evil.
		   For there to be good, there must be evil; they are mutually dependent.
		   However, even if Sion can judge something as wrong, it doesn't seem like he defines evil as the opposite of his rightness.
		   Sion acts like he understands that the best way to be right to oneself is to make that justice and one's values understood to others.
		   Even without using force, sometimes the heart of someone with the opposite can be moved in this way.
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		   That's the impression of Sion I got watching the show.
		   Other people who like Sion may have a different point of view, and I understand that not everyone may agree with me and that everyone doesn't need to share one point of view.
		   However, it's the Sion that I perceive to be portrayed that way that I like, and that is close to my definition of the ideal hero.
		   Also, I can't deny that my feeling strongly about him influences my perception, but it's important that it isn't possible to project one's ideals on just anyone.
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                   I don't think there are many Super Sentai who can acheive justice without forcing it, like Sion does.
		   I think one thing that makes him special is that Timeranger and it's characters are a little out of place among the Super Sentai series, which is made for children.
		   The characters created by the screenwriter Kobayashi Yasuko show character and development beyond the reach of just one episode,
		   and their characterization is such that they seem like real people with real lives, even to an adult viewer.
		   That means that even if the motivation for Sion's sense of justice can be hard to understand since it is not expressed directly or aggressively,
		   the viewers can understand that Sion had a life up to this point that led him to act in this way.
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		   The realistic humanity of the characters wasn't profitable however, as it seemed like it was difficult for children to understand,
		   which is surely one reason for Timeranger having the lowest toys sales of all Super Sentai until 2018.
		   This led to a shift in direction for the Super Sentai series, and the tone of the show began to change after 2001, with the characters and story becoming more straightforward and easy to understand.
		   Simple character motivations also became more pronounced, and complex psychological depictions of Sentai became more difficult. 
		   Human drama is still a factor in Super Sentai however, so that doesn't mean that complex psychological depictions have completely disappeared.
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		   The concept of good and evil will continue to pain us humans eternally. No one is ever sure what choice to make, and there is always uncertainty regarding correct judgement.
		   For that reason, people look to heroes for guidance, helping us understand how to choose what's right, and in that way contributing to the order and stability of the world.
		   As I said above, I think it's important to see justice portrayed by Sion as something that is not just an imposition of force, 
		   that rather than simply setting evil as its adversary instead embodies goodness in itself.
		   I had always lived without understanding what good and evil are, but now I feel like I understand what choices to make with my life.
		   Helping people understand the meaning of justice is the true job of a hero, and this is the definite reason I can say Sion is my ideal hero.
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                   Putting it this way it seems like I'm over-glorifying Sion / Timegreen, but the depiction of the character in the show was enough to make me think this way.
		   Also, the more one lives the fewer things there are that one can glorify in this way.
		   I never expected watching the show again as an adult that it would have an influence on how I think, 
		   but I think that Timeranger really does have that level of depth! In fact, I think that adults will better be able to understand its meaning.<br><br>
		   From now on as well I would like to continue featuring Sion's sense of justice. Thank you for reading until the end.
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                   <b>There's a point in Timeranger where Sion's hair changes to a normal color...</b><br>
		   It's still a let down to me now, and when I was a kid,
		   I was so shocked that I actually thought that the blonde Sion was a different character than the blue-haired Sion.
		   Even now I can easily remember that day as a strange event that changed my life.
		   It may not make sense to anyone why it was shocking to me, but please hear me out.
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                   It's actually never explained in the show itself why Sion's hair color changed.
		   The bad guys were explicitly identifying him as a <font style="color:#008ee8;"><u>"kid with blue hair,"</u></font>
		   so there's an implication that he changed his hair color to better blend into the fashion of the year 2000.
		   The actual reason that they had to change the character's image partway through the show is that the actor who plays Sion,
		   Kuranuki Masahiro's hair was getting really fried after so much high bleaching,
		   so he was unable to continue doing so. That means that if his hair had been stronger Sion would have had blue hair for the whole year,
		   but as early as Chapter 4 it's mentioned that he dyes his hair,
		   so I think we can assume that he was already having trouble bleaching at that point. With that info,
		   the creators must have thought that the viewers would simply accept that Sion changed his hair color.
		   One may think that he could have just worn a wig, but like Hikasa Jun mentioned in an interview,
		   I think they didn't want him to wear a wig so as not to erase the actor's individuality.
                   However, there's no way that they could fool me.
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                  <font class="highlight bokeh"><i>After all, Sion's hair color was my WHOLE reason for watching Timeranger!</i></font>
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                   Like I've talked about on this site many times, when I was a kid I didn't realize that Sion's hair color was artificial,
		   and <u>crazily thought it was the actor's natural color,</u>
		   which was why he had been chosen to play an alien. Even though the show mentioned that the character dyed his hair,
		   I ignored that information and insisted on believing that this person had been born with this hair color unnatural for humans.
		   Until then I had only seen such colorful hair in wigs, but there was no mistaking that his blue or white hair was growing from his head.
		   While it may sound over-dramatic, as a kid unable to distinguish between the character and the actor,
		   seeing Sion / Kuranuki Masahiro as a real person with such a stunning hair color was my first sensation of the beautiful and ideal, 
		   <font class="colored"><b>something transcending humanity, like an angel, and was the reflection of my deep thirst for such a being to exist.</b></font>
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                   In such a delusional state, seeing Sion's hair color abruptly become so human and normal,
		   I couldn't understand that he was still the same character.
		   Or maybe it's closer to the truth to say that I could understand that,
		   but deliberately didn't want to and avoided doing so. Who is this blonde boy being called Sion?
		   Is it a different actor? Is it a different show? ...could it be the same person?
		   <font class="bokeh inmid">...ah, so there is no one born with blue hair.</font>
		   Something strange happened within me when I realized that.
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		   Sion simultaneously showed me a glimpse of some beauty beyond humanity,
		   as well as the limits that come with being an imperfect human,
		   and therefore became a transcendent figure that taught me about this duality of the world.
		   Sion's hair color had seemed holy to me, like an angel in a Western painting,
		   and to me it was almost like he was fulfilling the original role of an angel,
		   a messenger between the divine and human realms.<br>
                   Our real world is different from the 2d one in that it's full of restrictions and impossibilities.
		   For humans to pursue their ideal despite these limitations is a sign of respect and longing for the perfection that we can't reach,
		   forcing us to come to terms with our limitations as humans,
		   therefore being a way to know something like providence.
		   Sion's hair color was the messenger by which this sense of something greater than myself,
		   which has solidified in me now, reached me as a single-digit child. (； ･`д･´) 
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		<p>20 years later, my life in search of the unrealistic dreams and ideals that I felt through Sion's blue hair,
		   while still compromising with the limitations of reality forced onto me by Sion's blonde hair,
		   began with this weirdly occult experience.
		   I've often remembered this strange event and wondered what he meant to me,
		   and I think the answer is something like a light coming from some distant place.
		   Chasing that light has led to me to realize many things I may otherwise have died without knowing.
		   I'm sure this value-system based on the fictional character Sion seems silly to others,
		   since it relies on seeing him as something unique,
		   but I can't deny how mystical the experience seemed to me at the time,
		   which is why I'm boldly running this cultish fansite now.
		   <i>Kuranuki Masahiro himself would probably be weirded out by this.
		   I hope he doesn't come across this site...</i><br><br>
		   I don't feel like I've fully expressed what I wanted to, but put simply,
		   a character's hair color changed my life. I'm sure everyone longed for something beyond their world when they were a kid,
		   so in that sense I think it's something we can all relate to.
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