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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

TOKUMEI SENTAI GO-BUSTERS MISSION 36 - "SHOOM! GO-BUSTER LI-OH!"

Considering my aforementioned record of being hesitant to accept any sort of new regular presence in this show, I'd imagine having a plot that plays out that exact sort of jealousy through three of those characters who have been around from the start was a nicely relatable way to ease me into accepting Tategami Li-Oh in a similar fashion.

I have to imagine it, though, because it's not like I remember thinking of the episode consciously on that level or anything. With an elevator pitch like "the Buddyroids go on strike; hijinks ensue", it's an episode that's so fun I doubt I even spent a second worrying about Li-Oh to begin with. It's another one where the base ideas are so strong it's almost like it'd take more effort to mess it up? It inherently reinforces the continued importance of the existing cast while also doing its job of shilling the hot new thing, and you even get that classic power-up form tension of taking away Powered Custom until a suitably dramatic moment, emphasizing the slightly older new toys in the process.

And really, with how funny the raw visual of the Buddyroids with all their sashes and banners is by itself, all of the rest almost feels like a bonus.