[astrakhan]

Oh, Toei, how you reward my patience. This series is utterly amazing.

One of the ways I judge whether a piece of fiction is successful is whether it gets me to want to buy the toys. Wizard succeeded in under the first minute when Haruto PULLS HIS MOTORCYCLE OUT OF A SEAL IN MIDAIR AND LETS IT DROP TO THE GROUND OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO COOL. I was going to get the motorcycle and dragon set anyway because of the combination (which was AWESOME), but that was one of the coolest things I've seen in Toku in ages.

Also, I'm liking the familiars. When the Garuda and Kraken collided in mid-air, were they doing a sort of fist-bump or were they angry at each other? Either way, I liked it.