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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Lucky wanted to fight because "Sounds like fun."
Man, fuck Lucky.

To be fair, he also wanted to fight Jark Matter because "the universe belongs to everyone!", which, while no less shallow, is at least selfless.

Anyway, I actually more or less like Lucky and while him backing up Captain Dumplings is very in line with his whole personality trait of always wanting to see the best in people, I'm inclined to agree this episode would've been way better if you swapped him out with Stinger. It's super easy, too. They deliberately put the token mecha fight at the start specifically so they didn't have to have one at the end, meaning the usual excuse for him needing to be around is gone. The structure of the plot is already set up for this. Just have Stinger be the one to offer Kotarou a lift back to Earth and you're done.

It could've been another really great episode of Kyuranger right after a really great one, but as it is, it was mostly just average. Next week might make up for it, though. Now for some minor points:

- The よっしゃ　ラッキー！ count for this episode is 4. I'm pretty sure last week's was too. The guy really can't keep the words out of his mouth, can he? I soooo can not wait for the compilation videos once the show is over. They're going to be like forty minutes long.

- What purpose did swapping out the limbs on Kyuren-Oh serve at the start? Does it need to be in the "default" configuration to use the attack Kyutama or something? Considering how unique a gimmick it is, I really wish Kyuren-Oh's various forms were more well-defined. It never seems to make much of a difference who's in what position.

- That being said, I dig seeing Lucky cruising around in his Voyager. I always like it when individual components of Sentai robots get to do stuff and Kyuranger is doing more of that than usual. It's like Kamen Riders who actually ride their bikes. Even if it's for something as mundane as just driving to a place, it's cool to me.

- Hey, next week is going to have an unlucky Lucky! That's quicker than I expected, and it doesn't seem to be the focus of the episode, but this could still be the first big step in making him into the truly great character I know he can be. Or they'll just play it purely for comedy and it'll be a completely inconsequential B-plot. I really don't know with this show sometimes. Guess I'll just have to test my luck.

Speaking of which, does that one just not bother anybody or is the whole "yossha rakki~!" bit just so obnoxious nobody even noticed Lucky has had two catchphrases this entire time? I'm genuinely curious here. I don't think I've ever seen anyone bring it up.