[Locke]

Thanks for the info all.

Okay, skipping to episode nine of W!

This episode was nice since it focused on Akiko and showed she isn't a complete waste of space. Although her overacting and attempts to squeeze laughs out of every movement is pretty infuriating.

I remember a big part of my dislike of the first few episodes is how much she was on screen, and how annoying she was the whole time. Luckily the Papa arc dropped her into the background, for occasional, but utterly annoying gag scenes but I can live with that since they were infrequent.

Simarly, I find Shotaro and Akiko's bickering really annoying. I get the undercurrent of sadness, as at this point Akiko doesn't know the truth and Shotaro is just trying to protect her but the bickering scenes are too drawn out and lose their purpose.

ALSO how dense is Shotaro? Has he never heard of CCTV? Just transforming right there in the Sonozaki house and hanging around their gates.

This weeks Dopant was awful, that is one of the worst suits I've ever seen and Terror isn't much better. But still seeing W save the day, then fight the monster, is still as enjoyable as ever. And Sonic Shaft was cool - Metal is a Memory I really enjoy in general, something about fighting with a staff is just really cool to me.

I'd love the Heat Metal Sic, but I don't really want Lunar Trigger.