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I generally agree with the last few posts. I still really like the ideas this show is going for, but the execution is sorely lacking and it mostly comes down to the characters. Lucky is just goddamn terrible; he's some horrible eldritch abomination of Ban's screaming, Daigo's plot powers, and the guy from Ninninger's catch phrase. I'm not averse to luck being a super power - Longshot is one of my favorite X-Men - but when it's used as the sole driver of the show's plot it becomes highly problematic. Couple that with the character being an obnoxious void of charisma and he becomes highly grating even before he starts yelling "Yuusha Lucky!" every third sentence (five times this episode, six counting the movie trailer - yes, I counted). If I drop the show before episode five it's going to be entirely Lucky's fault.

Not that the other characters are much better. Naga and Balance got some basic development here, but the other four are still completely blank slates. I have no idea what any of them are like outside of some very, very basic ideas: Hammy is rude, Lupus is... I don't know, loyal, maybe? Yellow makes food puns. Black is... there. At least the new guys have basic personalities, even if Balance is almost as annoying as Lucky.

So yeah, the cool concept for the show is completely wasted on these bland and/or obnoxious characters. Thankfully we still have the commander and Orange Ranger left to go, because adding even more characters will surely help bring the existing ones into better focus. I've got a couple more episodes in me before I feel like I won't be able to muster up the energy to care, so maybe things can still turn around.