[Fish Sandwich]

I loved this episode but I also feel it was just a couple steps away from being as great as it could've been. Namely, that really should've been Stinger and not Tsurugi talking to Kotarou, right?

That being said, Kotarou himself is great, it was cool seeing everyone together, especially the fairly unique take on the giant robot fight (Tsurugi's a natural leader apparently), and they managed to get at least a bit of focus on just about everyone.

Stuff as slick as foreshadowing the next episode with Naga is why stuff like Stinger not being the one giving Kotarou a pep talk bothers me. There's been some goofs here and there (*cough*Scorpio's death*cough*), but Kyuranger has very solid structure on a level I don't always see in Sentai. It generally feels extremely well planned out.