Man, who cast this show and what were they thinking? Red's just bad, and really can't pull off the naive, gee-whiz optimist he's supposed to be. I was willing to cut him some slack, because I thought that was only going to be a small part of the character -- I thought he was going to be cheery and kid-like until Master Red's death, and from then he was meant to turn more serious, having to grow up fast. But that's not the case, he's back to being goofy in the next couple episodes.
Green's supposed to just be cocky and arrogant, but his actor turns him into a psychopath. (Look at how he's salivating at the chance to kill an *unconscious* Ui.) He should be playing one those nutty little kid nerd villains Rider likes like Mitsuzane or Brain. Black attended Joey Tribbiani's "smell the fart" class.
The only ones I can tolerate are Blue and Pink, but even they can be awkward. This cast is really as awkward and terrible and out of sync as the Goseiger cast. And I really don't think Red has it in him to improve the way Gosei Red did.
It's also just way too early to have an episode like this. We needed to have SOME time for the Ryusoulger to grow close to Ui enough to want to clash with the two assholes about saving her. (Yeah, and Ui's annoying, too.)
Sad to say that I think Crayon's growing on me though. The voice actress is having fun, and I always like Naoko Kamio, I think she's an underrated suit-actress. If she wasn't a woman, she'd probably have more roles and have a Yasuhiro Takeuchi kind of respect and following. The character's not as annoying as Luckyrou, and already shown to be more mean-spirited.
So far, I still feel like I'm watching a knockoff Sentai -- whether it be, like, China's attempt at a Sentai show or when a company other than Toei tries to make their own take on Sentai. Like, people are going crazy for the mecha fights, but they remind me of Toho's take on mecha fights from their wannabe Sentais, the Chouseishin Series. (To some, that would be a compliment, but I think Toei should stick to their own style.)