This drama was so good! Certainly, the story might not have been as tightly woven as, for example, Kamen Rider Build's but its characters and their arcs were just... *chef's kiss*

I admit that if I haven't watched it for the two Reds - Kairi & Keiichiro - my opinion might've been different because the other four weren't as well drawn and didn't get as much focus but since I did watch it mainly for Lupin Red & Patren #1, I was a very happy gal.

The way the drama delved into Kairi and his issues and his reckless actions that oftentimes bordered on suicidal was amazing. The way two of the main baddies, Gauche and Zamigo, were obsessed with him - Zamigo went as far as calling Lupin Red his "toy" and claiming the right to kill him personally! - was just fascinating, the cherry on top of an already delicious cake.

The way Keiichiro changed over the course of the series was also amazing, how he went from a good but very stiff and strict and rule abiding cop to someone willing to throw it all away for a thief, Kairi, was simply perfect.

And the relationship between these two, Kairi and Keiichiro, was... wow. Just wow. Ep 51, the scene where the Patrens were ordered to kill the Gangler boss even though it would mean the Lupinrangers would die because there was no way to get them out of that extra dimension they were sent to... It seriously made me bawl because while Keiichiro was walking towards the Gangler, he remembered Kairi, everything they went through together, everything that Kairi told him, Keiichiro even felt Kairi's presence there with him...

I loved this drama. I really, truly did.