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Fourze 9-10

Well, we've got the whole band together finally. I always thought it was weird that Tomoko was saved for last, considering how much more willing she was to help Gentaro than JK, Miu, and Shun. Still, she's on board now and the show did a good job of fleshing out her personality in this arc. Shun and JK's turns still felt a little abrupt, but with Tomoko you really do get a sense of why she would want to hang out with Gentaro and everyone else. Especially Yuki. Oh man, did I forgot how aggressively gay Tomoko was for Yuki early on in the series.

We got Fire States in this arc, too, which is Fourze's last good-looking form change, unfortunately. It's all massive stupid shoulders from here on out. I generally like Electric States more; you get better fight scenes with melee weapons than with firearms, especially in the CGI-heavy Neo Heisei era. Fire is still a pretty neat form, though.

So we have the full KRC assembled, which means our next milestone is either Libra arriving or the big Scorpio reveal. I forget which one comes first and I'm not sure either happens right away. Mega Max is approaching pretty fast, too, and I am really excited to see that again.

Has Yuki gone crazy yet? No. Far from it, actually. She shows a remarkable amount of self-awareness here, openly acknowledging that she's a nerd with a tenuous grasp on reality (oh, if only we knew just how tenuous that grasp would be...)