[Daikaijuman54]

I've been busy, so I held off on talking about this, but I must say, I enjoyed this!

While it's only my second completed Garo Series (I still need to finish the original), I definitely enjoyed this more than Versus Road. I think more suit action made it more interesting to watch, not that I mind the attempt to try something different especially with what was going on when that aired, but this showed all the fancy swordplay and the great suits from Garo, the Hagane, and Zango.

While this is only my first time seeing Ryuuga in action, I did enjoy him here, so that gives me more reason to watch more Garo. Our new kid, Souma, while he started off as the typical "I don't need help, stay out of my way" kind of character (and the actor doing a fantastic job making him look like he's about to bash your face in), I think it was a nice way of showing him grow throughout the series. Koyori honestly surprised me, she didn't seem impressive early on, but her standing up to the villain I thought made me like her more. I kind of wish the other Hagane got shown off more, but they were serviceable enough. Goudou was pretty neat! I almost thought they were going a certain way with him, but I'm glad with how they made him overall. Mutsugi was alright, nothing too special, but not horrible, if anything I liked where they were going with her, even if it wasn't that much in the end.

Action was great, though I could tell it's less dark and mature as its predecessors, which I don't think is a bad thing, but compared to the original and Versus Road, I wonder if they're going a new direction with the series? Regardless, Garo is in a unique place where we don't know if anything new will come or it will just drop on us whenever. Still, I'm down for more Garo!