[Matrixbeast]

Dammit. Earth. I was terrified of this.
Oh boy, Earth holds tons of different things that are normally exclusive to one planet, as well as having some kind of secret. My favorite.
Here's hoping they can depart from Earth by episode 10.

*Sigh*
Well, at least they're making it look like a shithole. I hope they keep the dreary look and feel to at least have something.

Anyway.
Episode was okay. I'm glad to see more of Raptor and Spada getting something. I feel the payoff would've been a lot greater if Raptor got her powers a little later. Turning her into the team's "6th" (I use that term extremely loosely) would've given her a bit more of an arc and would've been a lot more satisfying to both 1) Not see coming and 2) Give more breathing room for the others.
Can't always win, though. For what it was, it was enjoyable. Spada really felt like a protective older brother here. Was that his character? It seems every episode someone has a new interpretation of what Spada's character is supposed to be, so I don't know.
Whatever.
I liked seeing Raptor's dreaming to help fight, and I also liked Spada being the sensible one in saying that wanting to fight and being able to actually fight aren't the same thing. Lucky however, disagrees.

Time for my weekly bitchfest about Lucky!
I really thought he came off as dumber than usual here. The parents of the children are choosing the lesser of two evils, and are called out by Lucky because they chose the option that would let their children live. Then Lucky brings Raptor into a combat zone without regard for ability to protect herself solely because of Raptor's dream to fight.
Lucky would probably kick a kid out of a plane if he found out the kid's dream was to skydive...
He wasn't throwing out Yuusha Lucky at every opportunity, but he was just kind of an inconsiderate asshole.

Aside from that, the episode was okay. Sucks seeing Cancer is just an attack, but I kind of anticipated that. Seeing Raptor fight was also pretty cool, but I don't know if they can afford to have her pull off stuff like that again.
Still, it was all cool. Raptor's little story in the episode was also rather nice, though I wish it was it had a little more time to it.

Not a fan of Xiao. He had his moments, but he's also stepping the line from funny to annoying.