[Locke]

ToQger is the only show where I actually watch the credits, dat themesong.

It's kinda weird for me to watch a toku episode that connects on almost every level.

Firstly was the balance between drama and comedy, the Duel Fields thing turned out to be a deliciously dark concept - plus with the overarching conflict of the news the ToQgers learnt last episode it was all pretty grim indeed.

The humour that existed to balanced it actually worked really well, and never left me groaning or feeling like the drama had been drained out of the scene. The self aware action in this show works so much better than it does in Kyoryuger, "They treat line switching like it's a toy gimmick." and the way Tokku 2's tracks slip like his glasses. It's so silly, but it isn't juvenile in its silliness, it's fun. Like that train duel, WONDERFUL. It's just great. Great effects, great designs, great humour. Love it.

Obviously it's too early to say this team is great...but this team is great. We've got the happy go lucky red, but then he actually has genuine support from his team which makes a really nice change after watching Kyoryuger.

The only real downside is right now Two and Five seem to just exist for comic relief, but since in two episodes we've established Right is the hero, Hikari is the anchor and Mio as the voice of reason really gives me hope this may be a sentai with a genuine team dynamic like Goseiger had.

My only real issues with the episode are superficial things like the train boner, and Wagon is SO annoying but if she's isolated to just a few short scenes I wont mind. If she ends up taking over the show Candi style, we're gonna have fallings out.

Other complaints are the same as I have with every sentai show, like obvious soundstages and it's a shame that after Kyoryuger, this show appears to have gone back to the mech designs of the days of flimsy wobbliness.

But overall, fantastic!