[Fish Sandwich]

Man, I love Kyuranger. Few shows can successfully have their cake and eat it too. Everybody talks about how great Lucky is, he gets a shiny new toy, and saves the day, and yet I don't find myself feeling like too much attention is being given to him.

For one thing, looking at the big picture, there's huge stretches of the show where he's largely in the background (at least by the standards of a Red in Sentai), so episodes like this are more the exception than the rule, but even the episode itself does a great job of showing that none of this crap could even happen without the other guys. Tsurugi I think especially shined here, since him going so far for Lucky is a huge show of his growth since his debut. Letting everyone else do the obligatory mecha fight instead of just standing around while Shishi Red Orion fights everyone was another inspired touch. Combine all that with a surprisingly somber death (even if they stole Ex-Aid's *drama* rain), and the always fun little touches Kyuranger does (I love Champ patting Stinger on the shoulder as he walks over to Xiao), and you've got yourself a great episode.

Next week doesn't look like a slouch either.