[Locke]

Gobus 39.

A kid in a sentai episode that isn't so awful in every regard that I feel like my blood is going to boil until it cooks me alive?! Maybe Gobus is finally picking up again?! I guess it is about time to start gearing up for the climax, so it makes sense.

It's nice to see the heroes be proactive, even if Enter kinda made it easy for them. And it was nice to see Ryuuji has a dream for after the fighting, and one that has been firmly established throughout the show. Honestly lately we've been seeing more and more glimpses of the great character Ryuuji was at the start of the show.

I get that Hiromu is the better fighter, and an ace mech pilot, but I sometimes wonder if Ryuuji's badass loving father figure routine would make him better suited as the leader. I get that his weakness makes him unstable, but as he proved, it also makes him a fierce weapon when backed into a corner. I'd say Hiromu's weakness is much more crippling.

I also can't help but wonder if the show agrees with me considering the amount of focus he gets, more so than anyone else. If nothing else, he's so damn handsome >.< in such an immensely ugly cast - minus Escape, gorgeous lovely Escape - it's nice to have such a handsome guy around.

Not only was this a decent episode for Ryuuji, it was a decent episode for the production as well. I think Gobus is the only sentai show that I've watched that is able to satisfy in every area. Mech stuff = fantastic. Special effects = fantastic. Unmorphed figths = fantastic.

Only real disappointed is another week, another amazingly lame Messiah Metaroid. If we're going to focus the whole show around these things, can't you make at least one of them worth following?