[SPLIT LIP]

Decided to watch Ryuki since I really want to get the Figuart, so I figured I'd at least see what his history is all about.

I can tell right away this is the followup to Agito, since it's got the same "OoOoOo mysterious and weEeEeird" style of camera work with wide-angle lens up the advent slots and acting so hammy I swear Michael Moore is about to waddle into the background, as well as the "gruesome death and monster attacks" Agito had a chubby for. However unlike Agito I'm not a fan of the intro at all.

That said, I like basically everything else. The effects are... well, really bad. And bad in the way of "why'd you use these many visual effects if you knew they'd look like shit?" but whatever. Like many series I'm assuming they're not going to be as heavy all the time. I like Ryuki himself and he seems to be the better actor of the bunch. Batguy is a buttknight, especially since it would take two seconds of his oath of silence to say "you're in the mirror world, be fucking careful and let me handle this" instead of the nonsense "stop screwing around." Stop screwing around? He was trying to help, not his fault his sword broke. Maybe he's just mad because Ryuki is in the same exact colours as him and now one of them has to go home and change? Also his suit is cool, but the compound eyes under the visor is gonna take a bit of getting used to.

I guess Ryuki doesn't get his contract with dresses-as-a-woman-and-loves-it-redder until next episode, since they're currently getting their dark dusty blue bottoms broiled. Guess I might as well do 2 just to see what happens, but this was a good first ep for me. Reminds me of W how the firs ep starts with the story in gear, though Ryuki doesn't get his powers until the end and the investigation and intrigue is at the beginning.