[Matrixbeast]

I'm just gonna flat out say that I don't like this show.
Lucky's powers have been more positive than negative. He saved the first 3 Kyurangers out of the blue, he pinpointed 3 additional Kyurangers on nothing more than sheer coincidence, and he had a literal deus ex machina both save him and grant him powers.
Not having his luck powers save him in the climax of this episode doesn't really create any balance. We'll how often it does and doesn't get him out of predicaments as the show goes on.
However, I'm already banking on him getting his sun/moon form by fucking stumbling over it on a planet or something.
His catch phrase is grating because he uses it too often (It's not inherently bad, but simply him constantly spouting it is a problem), he's somehow unaware of the presence of Jark Matter and needs it explained to him despite the series establishing that they rule most of the universe, and his personality is cut and paste. It's not any worse than other "Fireball" reds, but that doesn't inherently make it better, nor does it mean that I have to like him.

The characterization given to the initial 3 is minimal.
I can't get any real beat on any of them. Hammy and Champ suffer especially since their roles are "Be in the scene." Spada, aside from food puns (Which isn't a character trait), does have some moments to display an actual character. What that character is, I can't tell you.
Raptor being the straight laced, mission minded pilot is easy to pick up and is ripe for expansion. Short tempered, and all that. Not even a ranger yet.

Garu's backstory was not only too fast to care, but also incredibly generic. As a character, I assumed he would be the unwilling warrior, but that was thrown out just as fast as his history.
Balance and Naga did get more substantial. By not flogging the episode down, they gave enough to know their desires and how it'll be expanded on. They got more characterization because they were more over the top in portraying them.

The cherry on top, though? We already know we're getting 2 more rangers minimum. This show better do a damn good job balancing portraying a base cast of 10 as it goes on...

The action is not impressing me. I liked the body cam on Ookami Blue this episode, but otherwise, I'm not seeing anything creative. I'm hoping as the roster expands (Or as characters get more defined), their fighting styles will become more stylistic and fun to watch. The mecha is dire and I'm not sold on it. I did enjoy Naga and Balance's voyagers manually removing Hammy and Spada's, though. Very fun.

We're 2 episodes in, and it's presenting all of it's problems right away.
Most series have a hard time juggling a cast of 6, usually giving 2-3 members the shaft in terms of characterization.
I'm surprised the next episode isn't about something weird happening to Raptor, just to crank out all 9 by episode 3.