[Omnikaiser]

I'm done with GARO "yami o terasu mono" and "goldstorm"
Very interesting ones.

At first I didn't like the atmosphere of "yami". Compared to Saejimas, Makai knights looked too much like punks instead of chivalrous knights.

But as the episodes went on, they grew on me. To finally win my heart in the middle, during that scene in the factory when they all burst in tears when they realize what is happening in the city.

The real vilain reveal was unexpected (a bit too much ?). I didn't really expect anything to happen with Ryuga's mother too, but it did. And that was some kind of emotions rollercoaster (between the mother, Enhou character, etc...). very nice.
Ryuga really won his GARO title (and full armor) nicely in the show.


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Goldstorm was amazing too. I wasn't too sure about the limited cast at first (at least Ryuga + Rian returning only and rest of the cast from Yami not being present)
Aside from not!Decade overacting much (I enjoy Jinga and his way of talking though), rest of the cast was enjoyable. Especially Ryume. Her fighting style is interesting, you can really feel she is strong when she casts spells (a thing I don't feel when it's Rian doing it... which is a shame).
D.Ringo and his pervert cowgirl babe are a bit empty though (especially her...)
about the vilain couple, I liked the fact they didn't focus it much on "oh that's their tragic past, I understand/pity them blablabla". Lot of shows would have taken that route. I'm glad they didn't do here.

The idea of the season being to accept the darkness within you instead of succumb to it is interesting. The show teach Ryuga the darkness isn't necessarily evil if you accept it's existence and are aware of it.
The idea of giving Ryuga his "black armor" from Yami o terasu mono back, and make it an alternative version of GARO with different powers to use, instead of a downgrade, is really interesting lorewise. So far GARO was all about "shining" and being good and all, there was no place for darkness. GARO was the embodiment of pure light.
This different approach was kinda risky, but I find it awesome in the end. Seeing Ryuga switch between his darkness and light mode during fights.

And this final scene with the giant GARO made of people's lifeforce.
Wow.
I really loved it.
Now I'm almost done with GARO. I just need to find the Biku movie, watch makai retsuden, and then I'll give a chance to the animes (and hopefully by the end of the year Kami no Kiba will be subbed after it's DVD/Blu-Ray release)