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I think I'm starting to come around on Noel. He was a lot less annoying this episode. I feel like I'm going to like the character a lot more when he's just hanging out with the other Lupin and/or Patrangers and not being cagey about whose side he's on.

I liked Umika's dilemma about transforming this week. You don't see a lot of secret identity anxiety in modern Sentai or Rider, so it was cool to see her having to deal with that. I'm less fond of Noel encouraging Sakuya to keep creeping on Umika. Dude really needs to take a hint already.

Next week: the show remembers that Touma exists.