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Made to Episode 13 of Kyuranger!

I'm really liking this show, yknow? Our Rangers are fun and interesting characters(Kotaro and the Commander! I love them!), the fights are fun, the aesthetics are nice!

Like. I'm pretty sure I've got a lock-on on one of Kyuranger's major themes? With hard work, and a bit of faith in yourself and your friends, you can do anything! Nothing in the universe can stop you! And that's a pretty sweet theme, yknow? I can feel it-Episodes 12 want to convey this theme so badly.....but it kinda flops for me? And that unfortunately has to do with the person this story centers around?

I got really excited when this miniarc about Lucky losing his luck came around! It was really interesting to see his usual recklessness undercut by desperation while fighting Squid Guy! Super intriguing to see his usual cheerful undercut by doubt and anxiety, as well as hints of his past! So I was really tuned in, wanting to see how the other Kyurangers would get Lucky out of this.

.....Shame on how it turned out though.

I get what they're tryna to say. It's not about whether or not Lucky has fortune on his side, it's more about his *belief* that it is, and that things will work out! And since his friends also have faith in his beliefs, he should regain his faith in himself. It's a cute moral.....if this was about anyone but but Lucky?


I think the biggest thing for me here is.....faith is worthless without action. You can't just plant a seed and be confident it'll yield massive fruit-you gotta actually put in the work to make it happen, alongside your faith! So, the fact they went "Lucky you just gotta believe in yourself again!!!" instead of, idk, "Even if you happened to become a Kyuranger by chance, you've been constantly fighting hard aganist Jark Matter! Your contributions, your victories-that all wasn't mere luck! That's the power of your own effort, and luck won't change that!", kinda sucks?

(And ngl I've been waiting for *any* kind of major pushback against Lucky's confidence in his luck considering it's led to some close scrapes (Why are you snacking when your friends are about to crash into the sun?!) so the fact they just went "lol keep doing what you do best buddy, that's what we like about you :-)" feels so frustrating and seems like a major missed opportunity to me?)

Anyway it really sucks that I'm enjoying pretty much every other aspect of the show except our lead, I hope my opinion of him can change soon.