Thread:Digifiend/@comment-26166557-20160110202136/@comment-893816-20160110232345

Because "direct counterpart" means the character at the very least uses the same costume as a character in the Sentai basis. Much like Lord Zedd, Sledge is not a direct counterpart as he was crafted solely for Dino Charge, but he still fulfills the same role as leader that Chaos did, thus making them counterparts in that sense.