Pretty good. I have to say, Ghost is surprisingly not that bad of a show so far especially after its first quarter and I can definitely see why Alain is a considerable fan-favorite even among those that don't care for Ghost all that much.

Personally, I do like the exterminators, for how they distinguish good from evil Amazons and the fact that they have Miyahara.

Kobayashi shows just haven't been the same since Gobusters ended. Sucks to see talented writers exhaust their stamina and suffer burnout.

For sure, I think the Ghost hate is seriously blown out of proportion. But yeah, even the critics understand that Alain's redemption arc is a legendary one. As well as Necrom's awesome design and soundtrack.

I absolutely despise Jin. Easily my most hated character in Amazonz, and now one of my most hated in the franchise period. How did they manage to make an even worse version of Akira Date?

Well, at least Haruka is a pretty typical naive protagonist with good intentions. Even if the world of the show doesn't allow them to be realized. Jin is made for those who like other types аnd he has his fans.

Alain is great, easily one of my favorite characters in all Kamen Rider (and the reason I tried takoyaki, so yummy!). It's been a while so I don't remember exactly, but I vaguely recall one of my issues with Ghost being that he was basically a punching bag after his redemption. I'd be happy to be proven !wrong about that though!

I feel like for a while there was a trend of antihero riders being really cool and powerful when they were first introduced as villains but getting reduced to comic relief or chew toys after their redemption, which I found deeply frustrating

I do like Alain a ton, but he definitely gets reduced to just being "funny takoyaki man" once his whole redemption story is over. Really I think Ghost is good until then, but then totally falls off in quality. I think Saber is a big improvement over Ghost partially because the story actually has decent momentum across the whole show.

I am now down to the final two episodes of Kamen Rider Ghost and it looks like I will be watching Kamen Rider Ex-Aid next after finishing up the former series, at least on that franchise's side of things. I am also planning to rewatch Fourze and Dragon Knight as well somewhere down the line, hopefully in the not too distant future. I have also been watching the original Kamen Rider series in between as of late and I am already up to its twelfth episode.

I am now two episodes away from reaching Kamen Rider Ex-Aid's halfway point.

I finished season 1 of Amazonz.

And, look, I'm sure the show has its fans, and you know, more power to you if you are one, but I just couldn't get into this at all.

I'm not kidding when I say there was not a single thing that I liked in it. All I saw was boring, drab, misery porn. And as someone who rather likes the original Amazon, it just hurt me all the more.

Maybe I'll watch season 2 sometime in the future, but I don't imagine it'll be anytime soon. This show just drained me.

Good idea to take a break. Season 2 gets darker and weirder.