[FreshToku]

Blade... Brave... My memories of this show is pretty scattered, but it's really fun to see how you've latched onto Tachibana in particular. This thread would have been incomplete had you not screencapped the ending of episode 7 in such clear detail...

Assorted thoughts on Blade from me include that I really like the theme song, though the opening sequence is uh... cheap-looking. I appreciate it being different, but after the really stylish openings of Ryuki and Faiz, it definitely looks 'budget' in comparison.

I like all the suits fine, but I really love all the Rouzers the Riders use. The way their cards fan out from their weapons, which is then slid along a slot to make that cool sound effect is extremely cool! The points system, pointless as it is, makes it feel it'd make for an extremely cool trading card game. Yu-gi-Oh's duel disks wish they were this cool!

And also I want to comment on the insert song Kakusei/Awakening. I Gotta Keep It Real and say it might be one of my favourite rider inserts, like top three at least. I think it rocks so much that long after I finished Blade, I actually misattributed it to a lot of my favourite scenes of the show and only learning on going back to those episodes that the song never actually played then.

I wonder if you look forward to Tachibana overcoming his fear (among other flaws), or if you'd be content with him being a wreck all the way through!