I don't see the problem. Kids have crushes on older people, it happens all the time. None of the characters take it seriously, and the show is just treating it as a harmless childish crush. I really don't understand why so many people are finding this weird. It's hardly the first time a kid has had a crush on an older Ranger. Remember Tusk's admirer?takenoko wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 2:32 am Oh, I just watched that scene. Uhhh, if Melto were human and she said "I'm 123 years old" maybe that'd make sense. But they're all Ryusoul Tribe, and she's clearly prepubescent. Sooo... your world building excuse doesn't hold up, you're just a creepy writer.
Hell, if we're gonna talk about unhealthy childish relationships, what about Sougo falling in love with a girl he met for 30 seconds when he was 10, STILL being in love with her 8 years later, and still loving her despite her turning out to be a murderous psychopath? And the show treating this as perfectly normal?