[Matrixbeast]

Picked Saber back up, and finally made it past episode 10, the first time I've done so after attempting to watch this show on two other occasions. Now on episode 16. Never thought I'd make it this far.

Anyway, I think Saber's weakness in it's first quarter is a very poor introduction. Why is there a green haired man dressed like an idiot talking to the audience? Why is Touma proclaiming that books can save the world and stupid shit like that? Why is Mei still talking?

It has a amnesia subplot for Touma that is basically solved by episode 10, making it feel kind of pointless, but even worse, it's incredibly repetitive. It's like watching Luna get sucked into the portal is the stock filler footage to pad out episode time.

I also just don't like Touma as a whole from the first batch. He should come across as someone who enjoys books, but instead it feels like he honestly believes the power of books can create miracles for some reason.

The show finally caught my attention when Calibur's identity was revealed. I think that twist was actually interesting, and the proceeding events finally had me wanting to know what happened next, rather than just going "I've got nothing better to do. Might as well watch an episode of Saber."