[Boshusan]

Wow, look a new female rider ! Guess what ?

A) She sucks.
B) She dies.
C) She's just there as a minor character for a movie or a couple of episodes.
D) She's a competent fighter, has character development and she's active through the plot.

Chose wisely ! But be careful there's a trap...

More seriously, this was a very mixed episode. It's always interesting to have new things throwed in the plot, like Makoto's father or Alain's sister henshin, but the rest of the episode was deconnected and not on the same level.

It make me thinks that one day, I should make a bingo grid generator with all the tropes to KR and Sentai. The "wedding episode", the "vampire episode", the "body swap episode", etc.

[KyoryuGreen]

I enjoyed this episode. Aria was kickass but got chumped badly, I really enjoyed her fighting style so I hope she comes back because obviously her body is still around. Enjoyed the movie tie-ins here they seem to be getting better than normal with these in both Drive and here. I liked seeing more of Makoto's past and seeing that his father left after his mother died and felt Ryuu was a father to him too. This is an intriguing switch with I can already tell the thing is the monster is in her body, and her dad is in the Ganmaizer's body. The Ganmaizers are pretty intriguing with how they are flawed and can learn. I love Takeru so much now, he's more confident and not wishy washy from the beginning this is a guy who has grown so much through the series. Also he feels very Showa-Era-ish with always helping people around him reminds me of what Kotaro did a lot in the two Black series. Also he's just such a badass in Mugen, he stands confidently and just kicked the crap out of Igor that was awesome. I feel Alain will get more with his family soon but damn he was awesome with both hand weapons. Loved the fight scene it was so awesome. Can't wait for the final stretch of episodes this should be really exciting.