[Matrixbeast]

Okie dokie lokie. Episode 2 of Jetto-Jetto-Jettoman

It was nice to see the next two characters beyond their momentary appearance.
So, Ako first. She's likable, which is nice. I don't quite get her, though. She requests money in return for her actions? Alright then. How was she aware of her newfound abilities, though? With Gai, we saw him finding out about his increased strength through him living his life and stumbling across it, but Ako just knew she had increased traits? That doesn't make sense. Still, she's fun, she doesn't let the money thing become her character trait (Returning the money she got from Kaori because she knew protecting the Earth was more important).

Now then, onto the darkhorse, Gai. I must say, for a character cited as "Cool" and "Tragic," I really couldn't stand him in his first outing. We say a snippet of his womanizing ways, but we mostly saw his abrasiveness over all else. I'm fine with the Rangers not being perfect allies, but if there's a limit to how far I'm going to accept, he's definitely skirting it. He literally gets into an all out brawl with Ryu for his own asshole-ish reasons, he then chases him down because he lost the fight, and then he refuses to help kill the monster solely because Ryu was the one to tell him to help kill the fucking monster. He's an ass, and I know it's his first real appearance, but it wasn't a nice start. It makes me not want him on the team.
(Aside: Him punching Ryu at the end was hilarious. It subverted my expectations, but while the scene itself was funny, it didn't endear me to the character.)

However, this episode did further help Ryu shine, not being "I must convince him to get on my team, so I won't fight back," when Gai started the fight, but rather beating the hell out of him. I like Ryu.

Anyway, the effects are...Okay. The transformation is fast and in real time, very reminiscent of Kamen Rider, and the fights are nice. Not quite sure how I feel on the monster designs, however. Fighter Dimension just didn't look nice, and the other monster (Whose name I, once again, didn't catch) just looked too jumbled to properly make sense of.