[Kiwami]

I've been holding off on finishing Blade for way too long now, I watched an entire series in between, but I decided to go back this weekend to finish it and I'm glad I did. The late game was still rather boring to witness until the boss got killed; the following episodes focusing on the Joker are the absolute best. The ending is so good.

It hits you like a truck and instead of lamenting about it for too long the show just ends, I love it. The decision was made, the consequences are real, the end. Damn.

I still stand by the fact that I enjoyed the earlier half of Blade more; some character decisions in the later half are just too annoying. Mutsuki got completely ruined; even though they tied his arc up nicely the whole thing was a mess. I know it's due to changes in the writing room but still. It's not unwatchable by any means, but the second half starts to drag hard, bad enough for me to just lose interest and watch something else. But the ending is fantastic.

Overall, solid show. Even with the shortcomings of the second half. Next up I feel like taking a look at a very polarizing show, I think I will give Kiva a shot.

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I had a Rider ranking of sorts, remember? Which ones I liked best, that kinda stuff. Turns out I didn’t update that thing in quite a while, I haven’t added like 7 shows, and I have now watched a total of 21 different Kamen Rider series total. Jesus Christ. What I want to say is: Ranking those is impossible now, due to sheer size and of course, well, memory loss. I don’t feel like I can properly rank them anymore. I may need help. Not with ranking Rider shows, in general!