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Originally Posted by Switchblade

This is pretty much my reaction, too. It was well done, but Other Dude as the surprise villain would have been way more effective if he wasn't just, you know, Other Dude.

But yeah, I watched the last three episodes (not sure if I'll go for the EX or not, considering I care about as much about Chick as I ever did for Other Dude). The finale of Ren's storyline was really well done and full of awesome scenes. I loved the Night Raiders breaking him out, I loved the scene where he tried to wipe Mizuo's memories, and I really liked his final battle scene. For me, the Ren episodes of Nexus are far and away the strongest part of the show.

The last episode didn't work for me as well. It was a good conclusion, but it was very clear that the writers had to cram a bunch of stuff into the last 23 minutes because they'd been cancelled and a much more fun Ultra series was starting next week. The ideas in it were great, but the execution was kind of a huge mess. I also can't help but feel that the last battle was a bit of a letdown because Noa really looks way less cool than Nexus.

All in all, though, I liked Nexus and I'm glad it got the LWW treatment as I never would have watched it otherwise. I'm going to finish up Max next, then either wrap up my long delayed Kuuga rewatch or go ahead and start Tiga properly while I'm still on a big Ultra kick. This has been a fun ride, though.

Ishiborti being the villain really really worked for me. He just came out of nowhere as the big bad. Revelaing his age, the fact that he killed Nagi's parents, that he hid himself within TLT to control and manipulate events. He made himself the wall flower so that he was never noticed. It's really quite brilliant. His reveal at the end was just perfect, just out of the blue shooting Shiori? Oh yes, just the kind of bad guys I like.

As for Noa I actually prefer his appearance to Nexus Anphans and Junis Blue. I really liked standard Junis but Noa just seems so much more regal than Nexus. The Next was organic, unrefined. Nexus is streamlined but wild and intense. Noa is powerful and again pretty regal looking. In contrast to Zagi whose just a dark inversion of Noa. I find that I like Noa's design even more when paired with Zagi, it really just works. But I'm a sucker for OP good guys too

I too wouldn't have watched the show without LWW. Of course I also wouldn't have forced my way through Tiga if I hadn't seen Nexus. Trust me when I say that Tiga is ridiculously passable and slow. You may get a headache watching that one like I did.