[DreamSword]

Episode 38 was the final nail in the coffin when it came to me and Drive.

I'm barely exaggerating when I say that every second of that episode annoyed me to no end, and it signaled clear as day that the final third of Drive was not for me.

Look, I'm not here to crap on anyone's' parade, so I'm not gonna bother going into some hyper detailed tyraid, but just know that I felt like every character arc was extremely bungled to the point that I now doubt that the show had any sort of real road map.

And it sucks too, because on paper Drive has alot of aspects that are normally my jam when it comes to story concepts. But execution is everything, and Drive unfortunately just didn't deliver.

I think that, ultimately, what it comes down to in terms of plot is Drive's' love of twists. And the double-edged sword of that storytelling philosophy is that said twists need to REALLY jive with you in order to stick and justify alot of Drive's' aspects in hindsight. And needless to say, I was less than impressed. Had Drive played alot of its aspects more straight, I probably would've liked it better.

If anyone actually wants the more detailed version, I'll give it, but otherwise, at the end of the day I give Drive a 2/6. I liked the first third well enough, but after that things got really shakey for me and then only proceeded to decline afterward. It's the rare instance where I liked alot of the side content more than the show itself, and even then I wouldn't say any of the bonus material was super amazing(Surprise Future is overrated).

Whenever I've cooled down and am in the mood for more Rider, I'll be tackling Geats since SHOUT ended up subbing it. I hear it's the greatest Rider show ever of all time and that the only show that even comes close to beating it is Gaim, so that should be interesting.