What is Saruhara's "Deal" in DonBrothers?
Haruka and Inuzuka both share plot threads with the Notou, while Kijino (As well as Inuzuka) have their plots connected with Miho and the Juuto, and Tarou, being Tarou, is connected with basically everything.
Meanwhile, Jiro is a whole ass can of worms with his story arc.

But aside from being on the team, Saruhara doesn't have any significant plot points with either faction, nor do we ever see what his bad luck was for joining the team.

Almost every Sentai team has that one flat or boring member on the team to balance everyone else out.

(Except Jetman and Akibaranger Season 1)

Saruhara is like a rival leader type character - like Boukenblack or Kirameiyellow. I agree he does not do much, but what little he does fits into the role of understudy leader. Like, we could end up seeing him lead the Donbrothers by the end, idk. Also re: connection with the Noto, he tried, lol, but he got rejected hard.

There?s also a lot weirdness on the periphery with him ex: Donkillerkiller.

And his misfortune was his house had an earthquake or something. Also he lost the ability to do haikus for an episode I think it had something to do with the game.

Hipster poet who happens to be along for the ride? :lolol

Alright everyone, Donbrothers is over and about a week has passed so everyone could sort out their thoughts. Tell me in spoiler free terms what you thought of the show and how it compares to Inoue's past works!

I finished Kiramager! Pretty good endgame for a very solid, well-done Sentai series, and while Emperor Yodon is definitelt a let down from the combo of Yodonna and Garza, he's still threatening enough to be a serious threat.

I have always liked Inoue's work (I even like Kamen Rider The First). Don Brothers is a truly great series.

I'm not sure what it is, but despite the silliness of it all, it felt like a very adult show? One of the big things is that our main characters are simply older than normal, but also much of the drama outside of the monsters had very mature themes and were dealt with in a very fable-y-- very much the essence of how the story of Momotaro is essentially a children's tale that is still relevant to adults.

Don Brothers has easily jumped into the top 10 Sentai for me. I'm actually starting to worry that my list is going to be all Reiwa now.

Honestly I don't remember enough of Inoue's work as it's been too long, but from the stuff I do remember (most of which isn't even his toku stuff) it's chaotic nature is something I haven't really seen replicated, Donbrothers is actual brain poison and I love it for it
Your updates on having watched stuff aren't questions nor are they answers to any questions

A bit of context: I watched alot of Rangers from late 90s to mid 00s, and I've been watching the new airing sentai since LuPat, haven't caught up with too many of the past shows though

So it's not recency bias when I say DonBros is my favorite Sentai so far. While it's not necessarily my favorite because of it's unconventional approach to the Sentai formula, the writing is some of the funniest I've seen. If you're familiar with Inoue's past shows, you can expect alot of dramatic irony and character interplay. I think this series most approaches his goofy yet earnest style (the man has written alot of goofy eps in Rider) rather than the bleak and mean-spirited writing some people feared.

Many bonds were formed indeed

I say the Noto deserve to be adapted into Power Rangers.

Call them either the "Doom Raiders" or "Psycho Rangers 2.0"