*Raises Hand* I'm sorry but the most important characters are 20 something Japanese males with short straight dark hair and ovalish faces. They all look the same.

Tachibana I recognized because his actor was in Fourze, and he isn't hanging around other people right now. Kenzaki, Hajime, and the reporter dude did have me a bit confused untill episode three. I had them sorted out by then.

The only guy that stands out is the one that's always drinking milk :lol

Kotaro!
He's awesome I love the guy.

Damn. Even I somehow got confused, I had everything straight but was convinced Kenzaki was drinking the milk :lol

Nope. :p
Kotaro and Kenzaki are very similar both in looks and personality so it's understandable.

You guys will learn to differentiate them soon enough, and then they'll never go away from your mind.

Kinda figured. One of most people's complaints about early Blade is how similar the guys look, especially Kenzaki and Kotaro. It took me about three or four episodes to get them straight, too. :lol

Oh yay, I've actually done this! Gotta remember to keep up for in the upcoming weeks...

Yeah, not being able to recognize anyone is my big takeaway from the first few episodes. I just keep getting confused about who has what relationship to whom.

The poor quality of the videos isn't helping, but nothing we can do about that.

This is my first time watching Blade. I kinda avoid watching it. After the first 3 episodes, I really enjoy it. I like everyone's personality and I think Garren is actually a good person, though the way he handles things is similar to Batman!

*Raises Hand* I'm in that same club. Freaking 90's Japanese guys haircuts. Its like every barber in Japan all had the same training. It's impossible to figure out even up to Episode 4 who is who. They all are the same height, same coloring hair, same moody attitude. Even Kenzaki who started out all "I'm the new kid" in episode 1 is now this yelling moody thing with Rider powers. I do like that in a way they switched Kenzaki's and Tachibana's respective roles to Kenzaki and Kotaro.

Aside from that, this is my first time watching Blade, and I'm glad I am because I was wondering what to pick up watching after I had completed Decade a while back. I thought about going straight to Kiva, but this is pretty good so far. The style of filming is also incredibly different over the production quality we have gone to in the last 5 years. It has a very reality drama quality to it. But that's 2004 tech for you.