[Kamen Rider Lucha]

EPISODE TWO

Looking like more of the world is being developed, and I like what I see.

This show is wearing its Harry Potter references on its sleeve. The music, the secret Hogwarts-hideout, the living paintings, the use of silly sneezing powder to defeat troll-monsters. It's so close that henceforth, in my head, this series takes place in the same universe as HP. Magiranger vs Infersia is what's going on in Japan while Harry Potter's off fighting Voldemort in England. Don't even try to challenge me!


Stray Thoughts:

- Dead mom is a great motivation for the team. Shame that MagiMother's actress is out of the picture -- I liked her.

- Tsubasa's so sensitive! His prickliness and arrogance are defense mechanisms, I guess?

- Magi Magi Magiiro is such a lame henshin call.

- The broom bikes are even more badass than I expected. Please tell me they keep using them as much as they did in this episode.

- Hades Beasts! Bat-Boob Lady! Nai and Mare! I'm totally sold on these bad guys.

- Oh, wow! They actually henshin into their mecha? Has Sentai ever done that before? Humanoid individual robots are my favorite, and these suckers are mighty cool-looking. I also love that Taurus is so much bigger than the rest -- really cool sense of scale with these guys.

- "Courage will teach you the magic." Flimsy, but I'll buy it.

- The girls on this show are pretty blank. Are they ever developed into real characters.

- Damn, TV-Nihon's translations are particularly annoying this series. Tsu-nii-tachi? Really?


Definitely enjoying the show more and more.