[Fish Sandwich]

Yeah, this is by far my favorite episode of this show yet. I've been waiting for them to truly use Tyramigo as a character this whole show, and not only do they FINALLY get some mileage out of that awesome suit, they make his personality feel super fleshed out (his solution to moving the monster outside is particularly amazing). And it's all the better that he gets paired up with Melto, who's sort of been my lowkey favorite Ryusoulger ever since he got the first actual spotlight episode. They have a good dynamic going here, and the predictable resolution still works great because, not only has Tyramigo's refusal to get Melto's name right been long-established, the way the big moment at the end is delivered is extremely natural to where it really hits the mark. Combine that with all the usual great stuff with the villains (I like that Wyzul is a chill enough dude that after all he goes through because of the Minusaur here, he only bonks Kreon on the head instead of totally flipping out or something), and you've got yourself a winner of a story. It's especially cool to see this kind of quality from the show's actual main writer.

But wait, it gets even better! All those debut episodes for fancy new merch may not have been tempting enough, and I guess resolutions to major story arcs didn't seem important enough, but, apparently, when you've got a pointless filler episode about a robot dinosaur making friends all over town, Kazuya Kamihoriuchi will be there!

I seriously wish we could clone this guy like five times so he could just direct the entire show, because he adds SO much to any episode he touches, and sadly this is only his third one of Ryusoulger. Which is is a shame, because when it's in his hands, random shots where nobody cares if you don't put effort into the composition look like this:



Canalo talking to Mosa Rex by sticking his finger in a fountain or something? Screw that! Just stick him AND the camera in the water!



A boring flat angle while the Ryusoulgers fight the monster? As if!



Oh, and KisihiRyuOh was supposed to be more agile and dynamic than other Sentai Robos?



Yeah, I don't see Sakamoto doing that s***.

I was already looking forward to this episode just from the premise, so seeing that name at the end of the credits after months of being disappointed every week was such a delight. I can only hope we don't have to wait until episode 41 or something until he directs another one, but even if that's the case, I'll just be glad we got what we did.