[Kamen Rider Die]

Not a lot of thoughts about the premiere of Gotchard, which is rare for me. Much like the protagonist, I think this is a show that's going to take a little while to figure out what it wants to do. There's a real "Fourze by way of Wizard and also Ghost" thing going on, and it's (purposefully, I'd imagine) significantly lighter in tone than Geats. I am not at all opposed to wacky teenage hijinks in my Kamen Rider, and I like this show as an alternative to Geats's media critique and complicated views on cooperation and individual achievement. This one's just, like, Impulsive Kid Becomes A Magic Superhero, and that's fine for a beginning. I didn't love this first one, but I can see a show in here that I'm really going to connect with around Episode 14 or something.

Biggest surprise is that Gotchard already debuted its Trinity Form, though: