I think it's fair to say at this point, that D is a big, big tsundere, who talks big about being a bad, scary monster who use people all the time, but Ranmaru saw through that facade, he saw that D care for people he become friends with and this is why he trusted him. He was the first one in the whole series, if you think about that. Og Sakurama and Suzukiri trusted him for different reasons.

Dude I'm enjoying this show so much! I've heard some people complaining about it being "too fast paced", but I'm honestly loving it. They just go for it full throttle and they trust that you're able catch the nuances they're showing without having to explicitly tell you or give you a long-winded scene that would just slow down the momentum. Not to mention all characters are unique from each other and interesting by themselves and the story is damn fun. It's being such a breath of fresh air to me.

If it seemed weird that Episode 6 ended after the announcement in the post-credits, the start of this episode is what it was building up to. Episode 7 had the bell ring before the credits, but no announcement to say that the day was over, so that was a hint that it wasn’t over yet for Team Reject (Angel was also counting the real time left during the Suzukiri fight.) Yamato let the key go, because he half-heartedly was going to betray the team/was tempted (Angelica would be let go, because Yamato let them have the yellow key/was Sojiro’s plan) and why Sojiro talked to him last episode, but he realized what really mattered and redeemed himself by keeping the key safe and refusing the second offer. Background info (since they couldn’t fit it in) is that Yamato is a former ace child track star that was naturally gifted, but got lazy due to fame/girls growing his ego and someone who trained hard, surpassed him and Yamato fumbled the baton pass in front of the girls that cheered him on (which made the scene where the key mirrored the baton pass, hit harder and Renren tried to get the key, instead of Angelica.) 13:26 - The first time D gets the ‘fake justice’ sparkles, like Red, Tokita, and Hekiru did, while mirroring Hekiru’s ‘feelings/bonds’ monologue.

The irony in all this is (at least I think) how D was probably supposed to be part of that “strong” group of 5. Last ep Shion was attempting to talk to Sakurama (D) about something, probably trying to recruit him the same way Ishikawa tried to recruit Yamato. On a side note I’d love it if you guys reacted to the after credits, this episode’s and ep1s were genuinely funny lol

It was a really good fun episode. I was surprised the boss monster got damaged in the fight... So I don't think he would stand a chance vs the Rangers. It's definitely the female monster pretending to be blue(I don't read the Manga).

Been loving your reactions to this series! By watching it you actually put me on, really enjoyable so far 🔥

I think it's fair to say at this point, that D is a big, big tsundere, who talks big about being a bad, scary monster who use people all the time, but Ranmaru saw through that facade, he saw that D care for people he become friends with and this is why he trusted him. He was the first one in the whole series, if you think about that. Og Sakurama and Suzukiri trusted him for different reasons.