[ryan]

I just finished Fourze, and I loved it. It has it's serious moments. I'd say it reminded me a lot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which for most of the first three seasons were fun, but rarely all that serious, with a couple of obvious exceptions. Fourze even has a prom episode that reminded me of the Buffy S3 Prom episode.

I wouldn't say it has the same real world affecting stuff that Kuuga has, until toward the end of the show when we learn that if the horoscope's goals are reached it will destroy all of Japan. My main complaint with it is that there is too little repercussion for people using the switches. 2 or 3 former switch users return and we get to see them deal with it, but mostly, the switch disappears and yay everybody is fine!

But it was a lot of fun, and unlike Kuuga, where I only cared about Godai and Ichijo, I ended up liking all of the characters in Fourze, quite a lot (again, reminded me of Buffy). Even JK, who I expected to hate the entire time, he had some real great moments. They all did, and those character moments are a large part of why I think the show worked for me.

The switch gimmick itself? Well, meh. I didn't mind the O-Medals, I LOVE W's Gaia Memories, the switches are just there for me. There are a lot of switches that should be totally useless, but I think the show did fine in justifying their existence. There are plenty that we only see once, but that's fine, if you have a chainsaw leg, and wolverine-type claws, why would ever go back to something like net? he does mainly get them out of hammerspace, but that's fine with me. It's amusing at times, certainly, but it never bothered me.