[Kamen Rider Lucha]

Welp. It's official. Mangetsu was a completely pointless diversion. The "scary villain that you think is gonna be a big threat but is taken out pretty quickly" idea worked better with Gabi Raizo at the beginning of the series. Playing that same card this late in the game was more frustrating than clever, especially because Mangetsu did nothing particularly interesting or unique.

BUT ASIDE FROM THAT...

I quite liked this episode. Involving Tsumuji in the action is always refreshing, and they used him well here. Based on this episode and the Kyuuemon reveal, I suspect we're headed toward a finale that involves a lot of Tsumuji

I thought the stuff with Last Ninja was pretty satisfying. The mecha all-stars battle was fun. The end was neat.

This was an improvement over the last three episodes, but I still feel like the show has tread water with this highly unsatisfying Mangetsu arc.