The show flips the script so hard that by episode three you're rooting for the monster to dismantle the hero industrial complex. The Rangers aren't villains, they're just a propaganda machine that needs to be torn down, and watching one infiltrator pick them apart from the inside feels like watching someone expose a con that the whole world bought into. The comedy lands because it knows exactly what it's satirizing, and the drama lands because the monster's goal is genuine even when it hurts people who don't deserve it.

Thirteen years after the Monster Army invaded Earth, the Divine Dragon Rangers are still hailed as humanity's saviors. The truth is that the invaders were defeated within the first year, and ever since, every battle has been staged: the weakest surviving monsters, known as Dusters, turn up each Sunday to be crushed before cheering crowds so the heroes can keep their fame. Sentouin D, a Duster sick of this shameful life, leaves the fortress to change his fate. With help from Yumeko Suzukiri, a mysterious ranger, he learns that the Rangers' power depends on their Divine Artifacts, and the two slip into the garrison of Red Keeper Sousei Akabane so he can tear the heroes down from within. The result is a sci-fi action comedy with a dramatic streak.