[ZeoRangerV]

So I'm 10 episodes into Black and I think now is a good time to fire off some early impressions of it.

The good:
* Kotaro is a great Rider. While he isn't particularly developed, he has the straight-up hero qualities I enjoy in the Showa era riders.
* Battle Hopper is an absolute bro. I sorely regret not preordering him along with Black 2.0 and Shadow Moon now.
* The monster costumes for this show are absolutely brilliant, like, some of my favourite I've seen in Kamen Rider brilliant. They aren't overcomplicated, but are still pretty detailed and even grotesque at times.

The bad:
* Gorgom are pretty rubbish at the moment. I mentioned this earlier, but their plans are insanely elaborate for what they get out as an end result.
* The Showa style storytelling with little continuity is really affecting this show. Usually I can get along with it just fine, but Black feels like its a show with ongoing plot that it simply isn't making use of. Nobuhiko's trapped up somewhere and essentially being turned into the Gorgom god, but Kotaro would rather just bum around a coffee shop than actively look for him? I mean episode 10 was even called "Where's Nobuhiko?" and in reality didn't pay all that much attention to him.

It definitely still has my attention, but I hope this is just early pacing problems and not something that's going to plague the entire series.