[FairyKing]

Episode 3, and the secondary hero has arrived! ... well, not quite. He hasn't transformed yet, but he showed up in civilian form and shot the monster with his big high-tech gun, which was quite cool. It's always a treat to see toku heroes contribute to the fight even without their suits. I also liked how after the monster-of-the-week was defeated, Jiang Ling Chuan (thank you writers for saying their names onscreen this time) addressed the cause of the human host becoming so negative to keep it from happening again.

The main hero clashing against the secondary is a classic toku trope, so it is kind of predictable here. But at least they have enough reason to not get along, with Wan Ning being an amateur and Ling Chuan being overly critical that neither one looks like he's just being a jerk.

The suit continues to grow on me, and with the mention of other Divine/Phantom Cores I'm interested to see if they'll give Bataar whole new forms or just power-ups. But the first new Core comes from the as-yet-unnamed (but extremely hot) villain lady, and I'm sure her giving it to Ling Chuan will have zero bad consequences for anyone ever...