[GoldenXtreme]

I thought this was a pretty nice introduction episode for the new series, though it was... simple I suppose? We establish the basic setting and premise nicely, and Reiji was a lot more charming than I expected based on the promotional materials. We immediately establish some elements to build on for future episode too, like Reiji clearly having some sort of incident in his backstory and the other Gavans seem to be getting introduced early on. I was surprised at how charged the imagery was in this one, like the rather intense standoff between the criminals and cops. It's one of those things that could be really good or really tone-deaf depending on how the show ultimately approaches the whole alien crime angle, but I'll have to just wait and see how the show handles it over time.

I think what I liked most about it was just how fun it was though. It has some great, very physical choreography in the fight scenes and had lots of those knowingly silly elements that make tokusatsu so good. I'm looking forward to more and hope the show will be the start of something great!