It's adorable in the same way a stubbed toe is.

Right time to skip three episodes and Brave In! to episode 33 /braces for the incoming butthurt. It seems all I missed in these three episodes was Aigaron falling for Candi and a new battery, two things this episode doesn't stop going on about - so basically I missed nothing.

About the only disappointment in the skip is that it appears that Aigaron now seems to accept that he "goes dark" does that mean that this is the full explanation we're going to get for this or..?

The rest of the episode was good but frustrating. Ian is a fantastic character when an episode lets him step out of Daigo's shadow, and it was especially fun given that it was a paired focus episode with Utchy. But even though I actually liked this episode loads, I still can't help but wonder why the two most developed characters outside of Daigo get yet another focus episode while Souji and Amy continue to be entirely one note, with Nossan fairing only a little better.

Unless I skipped them during my best of watch, I actually don't think any Kyoryuger other than Daigo, Ian and Utchy have had more than a single episode focusing on them, that is really bad. Half the core team are completely undeveloped and the half way point is getting further and further in the distance behind me.

It had some really good visuals though, as far as monsters of the week go, the Deboss Monsters have to be some of the most consistently good. It's a shame I can't say the same for the Commanders.

That new battery combo though, for all of its build up, was surprisingly lame.

Considering Aigaron and his mood shift/going dark thing, it does get explained, don't worry.

Amy does get focus episodes, but they don't do anything for her character other than establish "She's rich" or "She's still rich," so you're not missing much. Souji...*Sighs* Souji is the poster boy of missed opportunity.

It's such a shame because KyoryuGreen is a badass, but Souji is just non existent.

At least Aigaron gets explained.

There's so much they could do with Souji, but Daigo was too busy sucking up all the screen time. It's unfortunate...
Nossan also gets episodes, but they don't do much, either (They're still endearing, since they tend to be about him balancing being a ranger and his family, but he doesn't really grow as a character from them).

The most frustrating thing about Nossan for me, is that whereas Ian has his personal motivations for revenge, Nossan has personal motivations to protect. Obviously all the Rangers are fighting for something, but it's usually general and idealistic, we have actual faces for Nossan in his family.

But despite this, there is never a sense of the weight of this on Nossan or in his decision making. When it isn't an episode entirely focused on him, all this personal weight he carries is non existent, he may as well be another character.

Souji does have a bit of surge of character episodes later on.
Amy, just, what.

That's because he has to sacrifice his screen time to the One Above All, Daigo the Great. Hell, Daigo usually gets a large chunk of importance in Nossan episodes, too.

All this talk about character episodes has me thinking, though. How many episodes did Utsusemimaru get? I can only think of 3, and one was a filler (Him and the little boy)...

It isn't so much character focus with Utchy and more so that he has a clearly defined character in the first place. The problem with characters like Amy and Souji especially is not only is there rarely focus on them, there isn't really anything to them in the first place.

While I can't deny Amy idles in the "She's rich" establishment of character, she does have the moral support moments. Like when she talks with Utchy in episode 11 and learns that his apparent jerkiness was just a facade. At least with little moments like these she can actually be more than rich and spout random english words. As for Souji...yeah. KyoryuGreen's suit actor has more character that he does which is just sad.