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This episode was written by a guy who’s only ever written police dramas (I checked his IMDb page after the listings dropped) and by a director who’s only done specials. That alone left me anxious prior to watching it.

I’ll be honest. I’m not a fan of these “slice of life” episodes when the appear in Tokusatsu. It’s why Taketera’s Rider output never appealed to me and also why I’m not particularly looking forward to the Arakawa episodes of Hurricaneger (since that seems to be mostly them). I did like the idea of humans being turned into Jamenju, but I feel if they were going to implement this idea, it really should’ve been mid-season, when it would’ve made a bigger impact (we haven’t had a swap out for stronger monsters since Ninninger (or arguably, Kyuranger) and it’s something I miss). But I did like that final gag where Yodonna says the darkened Kanaema stone fits in more with Yodonheim.

Next episode also looks to be a good one, I’ve already made a few jokes about it and I’ve got a new one for this forum: Not content with having done a Sentai with three cat warriors, Michiko Yokote decides to turn three warriors from another Sentai into cats.