How is Trigger, by the way? I've heard its probably the worst Ultra in recent years from friends on Twitter and Discord. Yet I've also heard a small percentage of people love it.

So I'm a bit conflicted. Is the show good so far?

It's good to me so far, but I think it's better if you watch it and decide for yourself, given how divisive it seems to be

It's pretty decent. It suffers a bit from a) having to follow-up Z and b) intentionally invoking Tiga's legacy and basically forcing comparisons. I will absolutely rank as better than R/B, if nothing else.

IMO Trigger is the worst show since Ginga, but that's only because the shows in between have been so good. It's still enjoyable, just not great. The major problems have been the rushed pacing of the first few episodes and the lack of strong characterization. I don't feel the main plot is being progressed well, either.

I haven't enjoyed it much before the Z episodes, but ultimately it's New Gen Ultra; and none of those are really 'bad'

Trigger has been feeling very weak for me so far. We're over a fourth of the way through the series and I still don't feel attached to the cast at all. The villains are dull and, as has been mentioned, it's trying to be this weird pseudo-remake/homage to Tiga and all that's doing is making me want to rewatch Tiga.

The story seems to be going in directions I know I won't stand (we're planting the seeds for everyone to fall in love with the female lead, including one of the villains), and Koichi Sakamoto is just not that good at directing giant monster action. This past episode directed by Kiyotaka Taguchi was far and away the best directed one so far, and it's no coincidence the best episode so far also happened to be the one featuring Ultraman Z.

All in all, it feels like it still hasn't even started yet.

Z was a tough act to follow.

This is the only biggest hurdle for me so far. The GUTS-SELECT guys aren't doing it for me especially since apart from the captain everyone is kinda one-note. The Falcon pilot is really jarring to watch. Also, only this group is GUTS? The thing I liked about STORAGE is that it wasn't just Haruki and co. It was an organization with other unnamed but very passionate people as well.

I got no problem with the villains, though. I think they're fun, especially when it's Carmearra lol. But I'm only really invested in Akito's thing so far.

The lack of generic Guts-Select might be due to Covid precautions, but that still doesn't excuse the shallow characterization.

The name GUTS-Select always implied to me that this was a unique specialist group. Likewise in Tiga, GUTS is a special unit within the wider TPC base; a lot like Ultraseven. And it's more obvious in Tiga since they are in a huge base of TPU members, but I imagine it's a similar case with GUTS-Select and TPU -- they're just a part of that wider unit, and they're the ones that go out and battle kaiju.