[Switchblade]

Just watched episode three and really enjoyed it. I wasn't sure how Zero's human host would work out, but I like him - he seems to be catching up to speed on what's going doing very quickly, and I like that. It would have gotten really old if he spent a large stretch of the series in the dark and flailing around.

The kid in this episode didn't get much focus, but it's hard to care because it quickly led to the Solid Burning fight and dear lord, that was great. I'm still not sure how much I like how excessively greebled that suit is, but it's pretty awesome in action. I do like the idea of the armor plates moving aside to activate attacks. The whole thing reminds me of the recent Ultraman manga where the suit is more like Iron Man armor.

Finally, in this week's "This show is directed by Koichi Sakamoto" corner: Raiha does martial arts in slow motion for no apparent reason.