[DreamSword]

Episode 5

I too keep my Morpher on my nightstand.

This is the conclusion to the Hypno Toad two-parter, and while alot of it goes as you might expect, there's a decent does of family drama to shake things up.

Turns out Ray's' family situation is actually more cursed than initially thought: Not only did his biological family get murdered, but his adoptive parents also mysteriously disappeared after leaving him and his siblings with their uncle.

It's not something that's delved too deeply into, as it's just another step in the ongoing mystery that is Ray's' past, but it also adds to the family dynamic that's being built throughout these early episodes, which is something I rather enjoy. Stuff like Rena being a student that relies on her brothers to help her out, or establishing that Uncle, not not exactly poor, isn't super well off either.

But outside of that, yeah, it's more investigation into finding the source of the suicides(which funnily enough Bima himself is only half right on), and destroying Hypno Toad once and for all. Which also means the premiere of the Helios Blaster! Odd name for a Bow, but whatever!

That all being said, I do think that the biggest strength of the two-parter as a whole was the atmosphere being presented. What the overall plot and the mystery behind it simple? Yeah, but it was presented in such a way that it kept me hooked, and made me very interested in what aspects of it they were willing to show. From the gross out of the seeing the hypnotized exec eating a fly to people leaping to their doom, my eyes were glued to the screen full on.

It kinda reminded me of Kuuga in that aspect, really. And hey, if that's the route that this show wants to go, then I'm all for it.