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Originally Posted by Locke

GARO still frustrated me in a lot of ways though, mostly in how poorly it managed its time. A lot of toku seems stretched even after the first twenty episodes, let alone trying to fill fifty, so I was hoping with GARO being only twenty five episodes it would be much more streamlined and focused. That seemed to be the case, but then in the last three or so episodes they totally fucked it up as a revolving door of villains without motivation or purpose kept popping up, being swiftly offed and replaced by someone else.

The first two Garo shows tend to combine ongoing plots with a lot of standalone episodes. It does make the pacing kind of awkward, but a lot of the more memorable moments come from the standalones, where Amemiya and the writers just go nuts with crazy concepts.

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Might as well be since it's a prequel. As long as you tackle that, Beast of the Midnight Sun and Red Requiem before Makai Senki, you're good to go.

There's also the bonus episode from the DVD, "Smile." It's a weird little 23 minutes of randomness, but there are some nice Kaoru moments in there. And Kodama's one speaking part always amuses me.