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Episode 9: Predetermined Quota!

With everyone now totally complacent in the antics of King Torture's' monsters, Goto is the only one left taking this whole situation seriously.

In universe, everyone appears to be treating the entire thing like, well, what we the audience see it as: A toku show. Some complain about the formula, some only want toys, and others simply assume that there's nothing to fear because Samurai Flamenco will without any doubt save the day every single time.

Except for Goto, who even among the police, is the only one who realizes that one wrong move means disaster for everybody. And this very quickly makes itself apparent when King Torture abducts and tortures Flamenco Diamond(Mari).

King Torture himself also gets some major character development here, showing that he's adapt at both physical torture as well as psychological warfare. He also shows that he too is very much in on the Toku formula: Taunting Flamenco and outright challenging him to a final battle. Plus, there's hints that he might be an alien, which is also right out of a Toku plot.

Outside of that, half the episode is dedicated to Mari being the usual prick that she is and the rest is just the logical continuation of what was set up last episode. Which, while consistent writing, doesn't offer too-too much to add to the rundown posts.

Next episode is the the big battle with King Torture and man, with a little over half the show left to go, how the heck is this even gonna go?