#forever toku crush

[i-am-randomtrash00]

https://twitter.com/Raizoustaff/status/1777538319036875184

Yeehaw!

https://x.com/Raizoustaff/status/1777538319036875184

Yeah. I've been noticing.

#tokusatsu #super sentai #donbrothers #momotani jiro #ishikawa raizou #i obsessed with this man #forever toku crush

[bellamer]

Songs On My Playlist I Think Kaidan Alenko Would Like:

Them Changes by Thundercat

Pavement by Harness

Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye

Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet

Careless Whisper by George Michael

Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches and Herb

Losing My Mind by Mystery Skulls

Faint by Linkin Park

Faust by Paul Williams

Wires by The Neighborhood

Face by Brockhampton

Addicted To You by Avicii

Weird Part Of The Night by Louis Cole

Can I Really ? By Von Smith

Stop The World, I Wanna Get Off With You by Arctic Monkeys

Four Out of Five by Arctic Monkeys

Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega

Moonage Daydream by The Last Shadow Puppets

I Don't Know by BADBADNOTGOOD

Man of War by Radiohead

Gospel of The Throttle by Minutes Til Midnight

Suga Suga by Baby Bash

Cold by Annie Lennox

Calm Like You by The Last Shadow Puppets

Sweet Dreams TN by The Last Shadow Puppets

I Periodically Lull by Mississippi Voss

Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder

Torched Song by The Real Tuesday Weld

Can I Call You Rose ? by Thee Sacred Souls

Weak For Your Love by Thee Sacred Souls

Will I See You Again ? by Thee Sacred Souls

Change by Deftones

Back on The Chain Gang by The Pretenders

As The World Caves In by Matt Maltese

Seasons (Waiting On You) by Future Islands

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing by Leo Sayer

Burn by The Cure

Just The Two of Us by Grover Washington Jr ft Bill Withers

Necessary Evil by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Tadow by fkj ft Masego

Deceptacon by Le Tigre

Treasures of Time by Yuji Ohno ft Toku

Sydney by Caravan Palace

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts I-V) by Pink Floyd

Lovely Day by Bill Withers

Cry For Me from the Jersey Boys soundtrack

Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

Sleep Forever by Portugal. The Man

Lulu by KC Booker

Sunflower by Rex Orange County

Goodie Bag by Still Woozy

Feel it Still by Portugal. The Man

Ain't It Weird ? by The Goodnight Loving

At Least It Was Here by The 88

Pretty Wings by Maxwell

I Like It by DeBarge

No You Girls Never Know by Franz Ferdinand

Jerk It Out by Ceasers

Handclap by Fritz and The Tantrums

Harder Better Faster Stronger by Daft Punk

Parachute by Sean Lennon

Pink + White by Frank Ocean

Back To The Cave by Colonel Suns

Tighten Up by The Black Keys

Snap Out Of It by Arctic Monkeys

Afraid by The Neighborhood

Lake By The Ocean by Maxwell

On Again Off Again by Sean Lennon

Talk Show Host by Radiohead

#1 Crush by Garbage

Powerful by Major Lazer

Do I Wanna Know ? by Arctic Monkeys

Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears

Sweet Love by Anita Baker

Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears

The Way I Feel Inside by The Zombies

Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles

21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson

Caroline by Alex Clare

Lost In Love by Brockhampton

Put It Together by Langhorn Slim and The Law

Mr Night by Kenny Loggins

Majestic by Wax Fang

Anyways by Arctic Monkeys

Nights In White Satin by Moody Blues

Low by Foo Fighters

Paris in The Summer by Charles X

Barracuda by Heart

Coming Home by Leon Bridges

Sweet Thing by Rufus and Chaka Khan

Time Moves Slow by BADBADNOTGOOD

#mass effect 2 #mass effect #kaidan alenko #kaidan alenko favoritism

[narashikari]

Kari’s Impressions of Kamen Rider, Redux

Now that I’m familiar with most of Heisei Phase 2, I feel obligated to revise my earlier impressions of them when I first stumbled into the fandom

Double: I will forever curse this goddamned show to hell for being so good that every other toku series I watch after it will be compared against it... Shoutaro has officially beaten (by a very, very slim margin) Sento as my favorite protagonist, Shoutaro and Philip’s relationship is one of the best written in toku history, and this series is what I’d recommend a newcomer to watch because of its simple, but overall well-executed plot.

Also, I blame this show for my crush on Renn Kiriyama. He’s so handsome goooooosh... and his chemistry with Masaki Suda was off the charts. Why isn’t he as famous as Masaki is? Beats me.

Also... If you’re one of those people who hated Philip being brought back... SHAME ON YOU AND YOUR COW!

OOO: As expected from a series written by Kobayashi it’s really good- my favorite Sentai series, GoBusters and Shinkenger, were also written by her, so I knew going in it was gonna be the shit.

On the other hand I wish she explored more of the implications of the various mindfucks she gave the characters. Seriously, all of them should probably check into a mental hospital for all their issues.

Also, BRING BACK ANKH YA COWARDS

Fourze: There’s a reason the tag ‘kisaragi gentaro is incorruptible pure pureness’ gets a lot of mileage and it’s because this show made me smile a lot. I just love this space boi so much...

And god help me I will die for every single member of the KRC. Every. Single. One. Even Ohsugi, who somehow made more appearances post-Fourze than Gentaro himself

I’m still bitter Nadeshiko wasn’t part of the main cast though. We deserve adorable badass female Riders who don’t die at the end!

Wizard: Honestly I don’t have a lot of things to say about this series. Probably the best thing about it is Haruto and Koyomi’s relationship because it’s so sweet and pure... but then they fridged her sooooooo

However, this series will forever be remembered by me as the one that started the signature food trend for Kamen Rider. Kousuke might as well be a living ad for Kewpie mayonnaise

Gaim: Seriously, whoever thought getting Gen Urobuchi to write a Kamen Rider series is a good idea is probably crazy. Gaim is seriously fucked up, to the point I won’t recommend it to someone below 13. And honestly I can’t stomach a lot of the stuff that happened in series

On the other hand, that they made fruits badass was freaking awesome on their part. And also having the first confirmed canonically gay Kamen Rider!

Drive: I like this series for a lot of reasons I liked Double... because they were both head-written by Riku Sanjo, who also wrote for another of my favorite Sentai series, Kyouryuger. I’m a sucker for police procedurals, having grown up on CSI and NCIS, so this was perfect for me

The Roidmudes are probably my favorite villains, especially Brain because he’s funny (which was why I was so happy Kamen Rider Brain was legit!) But then there villainous role was taken by Banno, who I seriously wanted to murder, resurrect and then murder again for eternity over what he did to Gou and Kiriko

Speaking of Gou... Toei please stop the bicon from suffering and just bring back his dream boy already

Ghost: I seriously have no idea what people dislike about the series. Takeru is an adorkable sweetheart, and he doesn’t deserve all the hate he gets... I get that him dying over and over is a bit repetitive, but that’s why he’s Kamen Rider Ghost and not Kamen Rider Alive!

Also, like in Gaim where they took something mundane and made it awesome, I still can’t believe they managed to pull off the historical figures as parka jackets thing. And it really gave Ghost a unique style compared to, say, Double where they deliberately invoked the OG Rider in his base form

Speaking of OG... if Takeshi Hongo catches wind of what people say about Takeru, he’ll probably go fuck them up for bullying his ‘grandson’. Just saying.

Ex-Aid: This season is freaking wild. Who would’ve thought that a medical drama Kamen Rider series whose motif is video games would work as well as it did? It worked so well that the crossover movie’s villain was fucking Pac-Man (Seriously, whoever realized that “Wait... Ghosts... Video games... we work with Bandai who now owns Namco... PAC-MAN!!!” deserves a raise.)

However... why did series torture its protagonist so much? Poor Emu... I wonder what kind of sadist the writer is that the titular Rider was implied, then confirmed, to have attempted suicide as a child... and have it be the least fucked up thing that happened to him in the series! Poor sweet doctor gamer...

Build: This series. Oh my god, this series.

I’m sort of glad I started with this series because it allowed me to handle all the fuckery that the other series had. Because boy oh boy, was this series fucked up. Fantastic, awesome, but fucked up. I mean, how fucked up is it that the series starts with Japan split in three by an apocalyptic event and it actually gets worse and worse?

On the other hand, I can’t say anything wrong about the series. Partly because I will always be biased for my first Kamen Rider series, but also because it was just. That. Good. The writing, the characters, the relationships, the cinematography, the suits... and the beautiful cast, including the main man himself, Atsuhiro ‘Acchan’ Inukai who is so fucking pretty and dorky that even straight guys are a little gay for him (which is a comment I really got on one of my fics).

Also... RyuSen. Let’s just say there’s a reason that they were the couple that got me writing gay romance... and smut... for the first time ever.

#kamen rider #heisei phase 2 #kamen rider w #kamen rider ooo #kamen rider fourze #kamen rider wizard #kamen rider gaim #kamen rider drive #kamen rider ghost #kamen rider ex-aid #kamen rider build

[shewasanamericangirl]

I know, but for the benefit of those who may not be into tokusatsu and follow your blog, tell us about some of your favorite toku cuties!

oh boy, i could go on about this all day. which i will. hope you don’t mind that they’ll mostly be guys, as tokusatsu in general tends to be a sausagefest. i’ll try to avoid spoilers for the aforementioned non-toku devotees.

let’s get the obvious one out of the way first!

black woz from kamen rider zi-o

he came from 50 years in the future to give a high school boy a magic belt that would enable him to become an evil king with ultimate dominion over space-time

catchphrase: “REJOICE!” followed by super hammed up dramatic speeches whenever said high school boy gains a cool new power

user of the thoth stand

he basically worships this high school boy and tries to encourage him to become the despot who shaped the dystopian hellscape woz came from

he has a doppelganger we call white woz whose goals are completely counter to his, and you know what? the woz who stans the evil king is the good one

he likes natto and mustard on his rice

he can actually be surprisingly sassy if you push his buttons enough

woz’s actor, keisuke watanabe, is the prettiest human being in this universe

shinji kido from kamen rider ryuki

REJOICE! he’s also in zi-o!

he transforms into kamen rider ryuki, with dragon powers and a mask like a sports car grille

catchphrase is “oi, ren!” which was changed for me forever after watching the end of the rider time ryuki special

he is my son! i want to adopt him!

dumb as fuck, heart of gold, will let you peg

he works as a reporter at a not very reputable newspaper which seems to mostly publish investigations of weird rumors and urban legends

he also works as a waiter at this cute teahouse

he still has no money because his friend yui broke a window

in the world of ryuki, kamen riders must duke it out in a battle royale by transforming into their super alter egos and entering the monster-infested world on the other side of reflective surfaces

shinji doesn’t want to fight anyone though, he just wants to keep the monsters from hurting people!

he’s such a sweet cute idiot. i’d protect him with my life.

akira nijino from ressha sentai toQger

transforms into toQ 6gou, the the orange toQger

catchphrase: “this is the place where i will die…” (and variations on that)

reformed monster turned magical railroad worker turned hero

his introductory arc will tug at your heartstrings

his face turn happened after he saw a rainbow for the first time, and henceforth dedicated his life to protecting rainbows

his guilt complex hangs over him in the form of a literal rain cloud

he’s normally taciturn but gets super cheerful and giggly in the presence of cute baby animals, especially kittens

he loves public baths so much he uses the word “aishiteru”

he often makes his dramatic entrance while playing a mournful tune on his harmonica

he’s got a lot of internal conflict going on but he’s such a good guy

his monster form has the softest fluffiest ears and a bitchin cowboy outfit

seriously sets off my gaydar for some reason?

noel takao from kaitou sentai lupinranger VS keisatsu sentai patranger

transforms into both the silver lupin X AND the golden patren X

catchphrase is “oh la la!” which he says when surprised/excited/intrigued

he’s both a phantom thief and an elite international police officer. it just works…somehow.

uses his mecha train to travel between japan and france in no time flat

older than he looks

does unnecessary acrobatic stunts for the hell of it (which his actor, seiya motoki, really does!)

wants the phantom thieves and police officers to be friends and work together instead of fighting

lowkey shipper on deck

(accidentally typed “lowkey shipper on dick”)

is he japanese? is he french? well that is just his own sweet and sexy secret

owns a shiny silver and gold kimono equally as awesome as akira’s in the gif above

tsukasa kadoya from kamen rider decade

he’s kamen rider decade

catchphrase is “i’m just a kamen rider passing through…remember that!”

his show is so weird and confusing but that’s okay because he’s cute and has an adorably bad attitude

always trying to take photos with the camera he carries. they always turn out looking shitty. he says it’s because the world is rejecting him, and not because he’s shitty at taking photos.

so he’s supposed to hop universes destroying worlds but he seems to just keep saving them instead

said worlds are extremely strange AUs of the first nine heisei kamen rider shows

anyway, back to tsukasa. he has a weird and sexy way of sitting which he did in front of black woz once which made him start doing it

actually his interactions with black woz in zi-o are memorably hilarious for both characters

every time tsukasa enters a new world, he automatically has a job that helps him fit in. in the kiva world, he’s a concert violinist–and boy, can he play. in the blade world, he’s the head chef of a cafeteria, and comes up with some great (if a little underhanded) methods of making money.

what the fuck is he even doing?

will i have the answer to that by the time i finish watching decade or nah?

regardless, he’s incredibly charming, and pleasant to watch

ma…zhen…TA.

umika hayami from kaitou sentai lupinranger VS keisatsu sentai patranger

umika is secretly the super cute phantom thief lupin yellow!

she’s super cute and acts cheery but she’s got some intense sadness going on deep down which remains a secret to most people

waits tables at bistro jurer (the front for the lupinrangers)

i started watching lupat because she’s cute, even though i did not think i’d really get into super sentai

(i did)

fellow lupinranger and bistro staff kairi pinches her nose just like how his older brother used to pinch his nose

…when umika turns it around and pinches kairi’s nose…when that happens you will want to cry, just sayin

one of the patrangers gets a big dumb crush on her, unaware that she’s actually a lupinranger (can you blame him?)

she loves fashion and has a delightful sense of style

her favorite pair of earrings look like cherries and they’re soooooo cute, eat your heart out noriaki kakyoin

sougo tokiwa from kamen rider zi-o

he’s the high school boy black woz is obsessed with

he’s kamen rider zi-o, kamen rider zi-o ii, kamen rider oma zi-o, part of the fusion kamen rider zi-o trinity, and has a fuckton of various forms

in the tradition of shinji kido he is cute, dumb, sweet, and bleaches his hair

can you believe this widdle bitty cutie pie grows up to become a megalomaniacal overlord subjecting humanity to a dark timeline of misery and woe??

at least, he might. he’d rather not. the time travelers from 2068 inform him that it’s a definite possibility.

good at history, bad at math

has been convinced since childhood that he will become a king after graduating high school, and because of that, he has no other career aspirations and no friends…wah wah waaaaaaaah

a plucky orphan much like myself

possesses latent psychic time manipulation powers that are a little scary if you think about them too hard

haru “tokatti” tokashiki from ressha sentai toQger

blue hero toQ 2gou

during roll call he always bows and says something

adorkableness incarnate

this boy is a nervous wreck

he adjusts the train track visor on his sentai mask like it’s his glasses

massive crush on his childhood friend mio, aka toQ 3gou and the mom friend of the group (she is also a toku cutie i love to bits) (i ship it hard)

becomes particularly close friends with akira, which is interesting to see since their personalities (and suit colors) contrast so much

even when anxious and easily discouraged, tokatti is always brave and strong for his friends when in a pinch

thinks of his big brother ryo as a cool superhero

the glasses nerf just how handsome he is

i have a lot of other tokusatsu cuties i adore but these are some of the ones who’ve been on my mind the most lately! hopefully you readers enjoy this small sampling of tokusatsu dorks 💖

#shylax #long post

[biomic]

Best of Toku 2018

zali tagged me in this so here are my 100% correct toku opinions of 2018

Best New Show of 2018 - ultraman r/b!!!!!!! i wanna wait until it’s finished to really decide but it’s probably my favorite ultra Best New-to-You Show of 2018 - i was gonna say timeranger but i watched like half of it in 2017 so i’ll go with kamen rider hibiki, or at least the first half i’ve seen so far. it’s incredibly refreshing compared to other rider/toei shows, the slice of life stuff is so well done. it’s just a very cozy show  Best Rewatch of 2018 - rewatching abaranger and faiz back to back with skillz was one of the smartest ideas i’ve ever had, it’s the ideal way to watch both shows Best Movie of 2018 - kyuranger vs space squad!!!! yall know im mega weak for anything kyuranger related, and this movie finally gave hammy her time to shine. the returning villains were fun and it managed to get me super invested in mele despite not even watching her show, and the sentai actor cameos were nice too (tsuruhime!!). probably my favorite sentai movie overall, and not just because they announced winspector’s return in the post-credits scene Best Male Lead Character - the love of my life sento builds Best Female Lead Character - her <3

Best Male Supporting Character - ushio minato, most datable dad of 2k18 Best Female Supporting Character - tie between sawa builds and asahi from r/b

Best Villain - another tie between evolt and aizen. evolt is now my number one example of the villain you love to hate, he’s SUCH a fucking bastard. and aizen is just the perfect goofy, over the top antagonist. it would be so easy for him to come off as obnoxious but he makes every scene he’s in hysterical. i think it helps that he’s played a villain on a kid’s show before (in miracle tunes) so by the time he got cast for r/b he knew exactly what to do  Best Returning Past Character - takeru ghosts. i still can’t believe ghost got the best tribute episode in zi-o so far, but maybe im biased Best Actor - atsuhiro inukai. the scene where sento visits the place where aoba died......... Best Actress - kaho takada. the scene where she reacts to kazumi dying (dumb gag stuff aside) broke me because she made it feel so real :’( Toku Crushes of 2018 - sawa, keiichiro, tsukasa, r/b dad, and... ugh, woz Best Writer - shogo muto owns my ass, my computer, my phone, my dog, my Soul, now and forever Best Director - kazuya kamihoriuchi, obviously Best Suit Design - RABBIT! TANK! BEST MATCH! Best Weapon - the ruebe kourin, or the halo with knives in r/b. it’s a halo............... with knives

Best Mecha - patkaiser babey!!!!!! Best Fight Scene - when ryuga’s magma gets fucked for the first time against evolt. alternatively, any time the lupinrangers and patrangers teamed up to fight a gangler Best Dramatic Scene - all of build 21, the one where sento has to deal with the aftermath of killing aoba Best Comedic Scene - all of lupat 27, where sakuya and touma take a dance class together. literally the funniest toku episode we’ve had in years Biggest “WTF did I just watch?” Moment - everything i’ve seen on my dashboard about the jinga show Best Song - lupin/patren x’s theme, “M A X Power” Best Piece of Merchandise - sentai plushies Biggest Surprise of 2018 - takahashi and ohmori having nothing to do with ryusoulger lol

Award for Single Worst Thing in 2018 Tokusatsu - literally everything about how the narrative and taiga himself treated nico in brave and snipe. also what the fuck that came out this year??

i won’t tag anyone else but if you wanna do this go wild

#kendrix morgan died for our sins #ultraman for ts #kamen rider for ts #super sentai for ts #long post//

[2014federalbudget]

Best of Toku 2018

Best New Show of 2018: Miracle Tunes probably Best New-to-You Show of 2018: Yamitera, do not @ me Best Rewatch of 2018: I only started toku in nov 2017 Best Movie of 2018: Kami no Kiba Best Male Lead Character: Katsumi RB Best Female Lead Character: Rian Garo Best Male Supporting Character: Ryuga Build Best Female Supporting Character: Sawa Build Best Villain: Amily Best Returning Past Character: Takeru Ghost Best Actor: ??? Best Actress: ???? Toku Crush of 2018: Amily Garo <3333 Best Writer: ?????? Best Director: ??????? Best Suit Design: Cross-z Dragon Best Weapon/Vehicle/Mecha: Auto Vajin now and forever Best Fight Scene: something in garo Best Dramatic Scene: ????? Best Comedic Scene: ???? Biggest “WTF did I just watch?” Moment: Jinga/Jinga Best Song: Zio Op Best Piece of Merchandise: Cross-z Dragon Biggest Surprise of 2018: Jinga/Jinga

Single Worst Thing in 2018 Tokusatsu: Jinga

Tagged by:  fma245

Tagging:  @stagbuster @biomic @guiltypleasuretrashblog @gaykarna and @apple-a-la-mode

#tag thing #submission

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

If you don't mind my asking, why does seeing that make your anxiety act up? (Feel free to ignore this if you don't feel comfortable answering btw)

I'm actually not 100% sure buuuuuut I think its because I grew up in poverty, which meant that there was no replacing anything broken that cost more than a couple bucks to repair. My brain links tech with being expensive, so every time i see some laptop immersed in water or game carts being crushed or a toku villain destroying his plasma tv screen with a thrown card, it just makes me go NO THAT CANT BE REPLACED!!! IT'S LOST FOREVER!!!!! even if the tech in question is actually cheap, would only need an easy fix, or merely appears to be in peril. Those realistic-ramen-bowl smartphone stands gave me panic meltdowns, for example.Drawings and text dont bother me so I know for sure its A Real Object Getting Destroyed that trips this reaction. ¯\_(⊙︿⊙)_/¯

[dollofdeath]

long time no text post, but oh my goodness i just wanted to gather my thoughts on lupinranger vs patranger because it’s reignited my love for super sentai www

if you guys follow me on twitter, then you’ll probably have seen most of this lol but i wanted to put everything into a semi-coherent post so without further ado i’ll be throwing my ramblings under the read more haha

i guess i’ll just preface this with saying that this is gonna be a mix of analyzing, headcanons, speculation, and me going “AAAAAAAAA” and will be pretty long ehe

haha anyways, i was verrryyy cautiously optimistic about this show -- still am, since it’s still in the first cour, but i’ve been very pleased with what we’ve been getting so far -- but i??? just don’t even know where to begin

the very concept of two opposing sentai teams is such a novel idea in the first place and so far the dynamic has been really fun to watch! i love both teams, though i have to admit i am just a biiit more into the pats haha

oh jeez, first off all, i love how well the teams parallel each other?? i’m sure kairi // keiichiro, touma // sakuya, and umika // tsukasa are noticeable so i won’t really get into it, but there’s also another way the teams act as parallels

okay so when the teams line up, the pats are tsukasa, keiichiro, and sakya; when the lupins line up, they’re touma, kairi, and umika. in this way, you can see another set of foils!!

kairi // keiichiro stay the same since they’re in the middle, but now we also have touma // tsukasa and sakuya // umika. touma and tsukasa are both the eldest of their teams and the most mature; touma is also described as “cold” and tsukasa is a “cool beauty” haha. sakuya and umika are both the youngest of their teams and also the most naive and least experienced

(also fun fact the pats are lined up shortest to tallest; the lupins tallest to shortest -- they literally mirror each other!)

and can i talk about how the team dynamics are kinda parallel each other?? because wow!! keiichiro and tsukasa know each other pretty well -- i’m not sure how close they would consider themselves, but they have a history since they spent time together in the police academy. personally, i see them as having a sort of supportive sibling kind of relationship and ground each other. then we have sakuya, who we can consider the outsider of the dynamic since he’s the youngest and least experienced

meanwhile with the lupins, kairi and umika are closer in age than with touma, which probably makes interactions with each other easier. i sorta see them as having one of those teasing, bantering sibling-like relationships (to contrast keiichiro and tsukasa’s haha). and then there’s touma, who’s a bit of an outsider in this dynamic since he’s the eldest and doesn’t necessarily have the same mentality as them

and goodness...!! i think the possible dynamics and interactions are so interesting!!

*wheezes* i’ve been trying to refrain from jumping onto ships this early, but... i’m like completely down for kairi/keiichiro --

shipping aside, i’m sure their dynamic will be explored throughout the show since they’re both the reds. i can totally see something like keiichiro eventually becoming an older brother figure to kairi in place of shori, but eventually keiichiro learns about who kairi really is and feels Betrayed TwT or perhaps kairi befriends keiichiro in order to gain more intel but eventually starts caring about him and is faced with a Moral Dilemma haha

nonetheless, i love how already we can see kairi and keiichiro slowly gaining respect for each other?? it’s more apparent with kairi -> keiichiro, since we see the moments where he stops and goes “huh... mr. hot blooded policeman isn’t so bad.” meanwhile, keiichiro is still learning to see that everything isn’t so black and white, what with how episode 6 ended, and i absolutely cannot wait for the day they team up together!!

umika/sakuya is also another dynamic i’m on the look out for! omg it’s like... on one hand, i can feel umika for being internal screams whenever sakuya tries to talk to her, but i’m also down if they do become a couple. at the very least, sakuya seems respectful of umika and i’m glad for that -- he just doesn’t know how to be subtle about his feelings LOL but considering how things are now, i can see their relationship being like umika slowly gaining respect for sakuya and maybe eventually returning his feelings

i think something that would be cute would be if sakuya also fell for lupin yellow and was sort of “stuck” between them hehe either way, i could see sakuya taking a hit for umika (either while she’s a civilian or lupin yellow) and that could lead to umika changing her perspective on him www

but in the meantime, i am forever amused at how kairi just gives umika this shit-eating grin every time sakuya comes in to the bistro; i bet he teases her about sakuya’s crush on her all the time haha

touma and tsukasa is a ship i’d totally be down for if touma wasn’t so dedicated to aya haha but!! i think, once the teams start working together, touma and tsukasa could possibly get along. i can see them being the exasperated parents, bonding over how much shit they have to deal with from their teammates haha 

though... i’m not eliminating the possibility of touma/tsukasa --

could you imagine that, once they get to know each other better, tsukasa starts reminding touma of aya?? maybe in her mannerisms and beliefs, but wow, that would be heartbreaking haha

(man, just in general, i tend to gravitate towards cross-team pairings so that probably influences how i see things lol)

man, i’d also love to see tsukasa become like an older sister to umika and kairi?? haha idk, i think it’d be cute for them to call her “tsukasa-nee” and tsukasa looking out for them ;w; and also i want touma and sakuya to have moments together, mainly because i want sakuya to act over enthusiastically around him (”touma-san!!”) and touma to be like “wtf get lost” hahaha

omgggg, i know the whole point of the show is that the teams oppose each other, but i am completely ready for the day they join together *clenches fist*

and the characters!! are just so much fun ;w; i love all of them, but right now i think my faves are tsukasa and keiichiro. tsukasa is just highkey Relatable, being the mature one with deep dark secret of liking cute things hehe but i do hope we get to see more development from her, and i love love love how intuitive she is and how she was able to get a hunch about who the lupins really are. and keiichiro, he... had me at “ONORE KAITOU” lol but episode 6 really cemented how much i love him, he’s just so passionate and dedicated to his job?? sure, he’s reckless but i respect that he’s willing to keep himself in check. and like, underneath all the hot-bloodedness, he seems like a genuinely nice guy and very loyal ;u; 

umika is also making her way up my faves, especially with episode 7?? her backstory is so sad, i wish i could hug her ;u; and to me... she seems to exhibit symptoms of PTSD, seeing how she froze up after seeing kairi get eaten by the gangler and it reminding her of shiho ;o; i’m really proud of her though, for being able to get through her hardships and come up with a plan all on her own! hhh, i’m really looking forward to seeing everyone develop really!!

and aaaaaa omg, the cast themselves is perfect?? if you follow me on twitter, you probably see me gushing about them all the time haha but they seem to get along so well and have a lot of fun with each other -- there’s that chemistry among them and it really shows on screen! ;w;

i’d also like to talk about the OST, like... i’m forever sad that there’s no ED, but the OP, derivatives of it, and the BGM is amazing. i remember listening to the previews of “chase you up” and “spin the dial” and thought that, though they sounded nice, there was something lacking. then i heard the complete OP and my jaw literally dropped at hearing the two songs combined to create the OP -- it felt complete, like both teams complete each other ashdfsd

speaking of which, i think i prefer “chase you up” to “spin the dial” but when it comes to the BGM, i prefer the lupins’ theme hehe. something i found really neat in the lupins’ theme is that there’s this section that sounds like the “HA-SHI-RE~ HA-SHI-RE~” part from the OP and... idk if it really means much, i just love it when i can hear familiar motifs haha

hhh thanks if you read all this haha sentai has always been my fave toku series but i felt like recent years have been lackluster since go-busters?? of course, i enjoyed some of the past few years, like toq and zyuoh, but i didn’t feel that same passion i did when i first got into sentai. i was worried that maybe i was “getting too old” or maybe just falling out of love, but!! i’m so happy with lupinpat so far and i’m excited to be excited about sentai again ;w;

tl;dr i love japanese children’s cops and robbers

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