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Now that I think about, for a Sentai that wants to be a fresh new step for the franchise or whatever Producer Shirakura keeps talking about, connections is such a perfect theme to go for?

I've only seen a handful of Sentai ofc, but the distinctive feature (other than colorful spandex and giant robots) is that they're a team. We're throwing a bunch of folks together, and for a year we'll see them laugh together, cry together, fight together, and eventually come out the other end as inseparable comrades.

That's fun and all, but look around. There's superhero teams falling out of every nook and cranny nowadays. Being a team can't really be considered a distinctive trait, so if you wanna move innovate while keeping your core identity, you gotta start asking questions! What is it about the bonds being formed here that makes something feel uniquely Sentai? Why are such bonds even important in the first place? So I feel like Donbrothers being about the Value of Connections feels like an exciting avenue to answer those questions.

That being said, I'm so excited to see what becomes of our ragtag group of weirdos and their future interactions with each other. (Haruka's few interactions with Taro this episode were golden!) The seemingly involuntary aspect of being a Donbrother (Haruka can't get rid of her new magic sunglasses, Tsuyoshi gets teleported from work aganist his will to go fight again, etc) seems like a really interesting foundation to build a team upon, yknow?

(This is such an odd place to add this tidbit, but that one shot from the OP, where Taro is dancing in front of a screen displaying the other team members dancing-I know that's gonna bug the hell out of me until the show's over, that can't just be a stylistic choice, right?)