[Locke]

Wow the phallic imagery of the Drill Express' arrival...

This episode was really great, I liked the way it highlighted how similar Right and Hikari are through their differences, and for such a lovable goof Right can be really badass when he wants to be too - those are the best kind of toku heroes for me, although I'd say Kouta does it better overall and Alata has them both beat by a country mile.

I guess I like that Akira isn't just a generic badass sixth but I'm not a big fan of sentai ramming in comedy where it isn't necessary to be. So although I am enjoying him now, the balance between necessary and unnecessary comedy is dangerously close to tipping in a bad direction for me, so we'll see how it plays over later episodes.

I will say I love his Shadow design, so it's a shame we wont be seeing much of that - if at all - any more. His ToQ suit design is great though too, I love that music that plays when he transforms and how believable the suit actor is as Akira.