[Kiwami]

I enjoyed this episode. I was a bit skeptical at first because the whole plan of tricking Bunglay seemed stupid, even though the animal hats are adorable, but thankfully it took the route I wanted it to take: Bunglay figured it out immediately and used the Zyuohgers' trap against them.

I did not expect him to read Kubar’s memories; I figured he would just say that their hats were useless all along since he can just touch the sides of their heads. That totally works, right? The hats don’t protect them really. If they would their regular helmets would shield them already.

But I don’t mind, especially since they gave us that cool dark and twisted version of the role call

It’s a good setup episode for the big mecha next week, looks promising.

Also, fun fact: They used two locations I recognized from Kamen Rider Gaim in this episode. The underground where Kubar and Bunglay meet up is the secret entrance to Yggdrasil where Kouta and Professor Ryoma fight the turtle Overlord, and when the Zyuohgers fight Bunglay under the bridge near a river, that’s where Bravo debuted and kicked Gridon’s and Kurokage’s butt.

Especially the later location is often used in Toku apparently; I’ve seen it quite a lot in different shows now. I think I first saw it in Kamen Rider Agito.

Kinda funny if you recognize the locations and imagine all the characters running into each other if you ask me