I can't tell if you're being serious or joking. XD

So this episode has the same problem when it comes to talking about it that episode 8 did. It's all setup. As setup it's got me super hyped for next week, but I can't say much about this one other than "it was pretty okay".

Oh, and I really like how Lucky completely loses his s*** the second his luck runs out. For one thing, it's *gasp* an actual character flaw for a guy whose closest thing to a flaw up to this point was his inability to stop talking. The other thing I find neat about it is that back in episode 6 they made it a point that part of what makes him so lucky in the first place is his optimistic thinking, whereas here we see the reverse. He gets so frustrated with his poor luck that it leads him to make a series of stupidly dangerous decisions all in a row, further ruining his day. I like that.

Things I liked:
Kotaro and Stinger had some nice scenes. They worked pretty good, and Stinger set Kotaro down the right path when it comes to fighting. I can't wait for Scorpio to debut proper.
I also liked them using so many different Kyutama attacks. It doesn't make sense to me that they have this huge arsenal, but 90% of the time, they default to the Kyuchanger's built in blaster. If you're gonna establish that Xiao collected a literal sackful of the damn things, you might as well use 'em.
I liked watching Lucky get beaten up and lose. This show needs a lot more of that.

Okay. Let's move on to things I don't like, because Kyuranger is becoming less of a show I watch to enjoy myself, and more of a reason to hate everything.
I don't like the new Madako. She's now super subservient and polite to her commander. I like the cocky and rude chicks. Makes them more interesting. I hope she dies again and gets her old personality back.
I don't like Lucky.
I don't like all 3 Kyutama being on Earth. It feels cheap and less grand that way. I get that they already established Earth was special in some regard, but having all 3 on Earth is kind of eyerolling.
I don't like that they're trying to establish a dark backstory for Lucky. I honestly feel like this is merely a cheap tactic to scapegoat Lucky for the show and from viewers.
"You can't hate Lucky! His family got killed! He uses his optimism to keep going to remember his people!"

This show is also moving too fast. We have 2 full mecha, working on their special combined form next episode, we've had the dramatic transformation of the head commander revealing a secret power, and we've gotten our quirky additional ranger. It really feels like they've jammed pack 20 episodes into 11.
Not to mention, Champ still hasn't resolved his story about his creator despite the man he thinks killed him lives in the same house, Garu has gotten nothing since episode 1, and Raptor has kind of lapsed back into "Explain the mission then sit on the ship" with how often she's deployed.

It's pushing so much new shit with each episode while keeping a dual focus on Lucky, rather than working to build up what we've already gotten.
Oh, dramatic background for Lucky, as well as establishing Ikagen as a special rival for Lucky (As opposed to Xiao for some fucking reason)? At this point, I think the only possible plot thread that isn't exclusively Lucky's is Scorpio, but I figure he'll figure out some way to shove his fat ass into it.

Xiao, as the leader, cannot afford to let personal grudges endanger the rebellion. Plus, he's very much aware that he cannot defeat Ikagen on his own.

Lucky is stupid and stubborn enough to try to go after Ikagen on his own despite being warned not to, and he almost got himself killed. IMO it wasn't so much setting them up as rivals as it was a wake-up call for Lucky to maybe do as he's friggin' told for once and not leave everything up to luck.

I was honestly a bit looking forward to this episode but it wasn't good. The thing between Kotaro and Stinger felt pointless and probably should of been done later and handled better. FUCK YOU KYURANGER!!! I have been spending weeks trying to design voyagers for Carina, Puppis, and Vela. I have done some research to design them, how they combine, the combination scene, and how they would work. In my little research, it said something about the constellations being in the Nebula Sea ( I am most liking remembering this all wrong but still). So this would be perfect for a space voyage theme and could of been used as a final mecha or a movie exclusive. But nooooooo they just all happened to be on fucking Earth! I mean they could go with Puppis Kyutama has been inside the Death Worm before it somehow got on Earth. But that would require some thought. Which this series seems to lack. I bet even when they get the three kyutama together it will be something incredibly stupid. FUCK!!

Also in this episode we find out that Matrixbeast likes tsundere chicks. Who knew?

No, I like tough chicks who stand on their own.
Tsundere relies on others' acknowledgement to seem stronger than they really are.

I just realized something. Lucky was written to be a lose-lose scenario. Have him be completely one dimensionsal while going YOSHA LUCKYYYYYY makes people dislike him regardless of how much screentime he gets. Give him a backstory to explain his character flaws and behaviour, you need to give him more focus. The first option COULD have worked but they kept cramming Lucky in so he's pretty much irredeemable for most viewers here regardless

So who else think they will fuck up on redeeming Lucky next week? I hope its a big fuck up. Now off I go to watch the Zyuohger movie and other better things.

To be honest, I actually don't mind Lucky too much and I do want to see where they go with that reveal at the end of this episode. I just wish they could have done this a little sooner and perhaps have avoided pointless, idiotic stuff like episode six altogether.

Also, they just need to stop cramming in multiple character related plots into single episodes altogether. I get that they have a lot of characters, but this method is not helping them whatsoever.

I miss episode 9, which was 1/2 Spada, 1/2 Xiao. Man, those were good days.
Then 10 happened, and Lucky took Spada's place because fuck anyone not in red amirite?