[Locke]

I'm feeling like I made the wrong decision with Kabuto. I know I'm only five episodes in so I'll give it more time but;

Call Haruto bland if you want but I like him, Tendou reminded me of him a lot but he doesn't seem to have any of Haruto's humour or well...charm.

Hiyori is basically Bella Swan but somehow comes across like an even greater bitch.

And although I admire characters like the Zect...dude...the fact I don't even remember his name says everything. His character arc basically finished in episode four and yet I barely know a thing about this guy. Then episode five just awkwardly added further family drama for him, for kicks and just meh.

And the hinted love triangle crap is even more off putting.

Plus as cool as the Clock On/Off gimmick is, I'm five episodes in and we've basically not moved out of the Putty stage of enemies, with every fight over in a flash. I know I said myself I like classic heroes and escapism but I don't like classic heroes that are so archaic they breeze through every action sequence. I find it impossible to be engaged in an action scene if there isn't even any artificial tension or suggestion that the hero might loose.

So far I think Tendou only ever took damage because he refused to fight back.