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Originally Posted by EitoRanger

That's great to hear, like I said I enjoyed Wizard and genrally I love slower paced stories so I'm sure I will enjoy it. And really despite complaints I did enjoy Faiz(enough to preorder the RAH Faiz 1.5). I loved Kusaka and Kiba and enjoyed the rest of the characters as well and even during the middle when the story grinds to a standstill(especially from after Kusaka leaves the group till when he comes back) it was the characters and the character drama that was what kept me watching.

Really my big problem with Faiz was the villains, Lucky Clover was a joke. Sure they were intimidating at first but even as early as episodes in the twenties had them often losing or tying with the heroes. I almost gave up on Faiz after Saeko and Takuma try and threaten Smart Brain's president when he treats them as just underlings saying that they were the ones who were powerful and that they had stolen both Faiz and Kaxia belt. Which was simply not true as Kaido stole both of the belts which was something they hadn't been able to do, and then they lost the belts while using them which made them extra pathetic as they tried to act like they were some big bads. The fact that the next string of episodes had the plot going in circles with useless melodrama due to people just not talking to each other (which would of helped keep the plot from going in circles)and the only reason for most of the fight scenes was due to Lucky Clover trying to get a new member, who kept dying in the fights.

But I made it through and the latter episodes more than made up for it,

Yeah now that I can agree with you on the plot, but from what I've learned from reading up on the shows on TVTropes.com (Be careful you'll be there for hours) is that in Japanese Culture you don't normally express your feelings so that's why they don't talk as they should Takumi and Kiba. Which leads to Kusaka finding them easily manipulable. I know the plot kind of had the run around a bit, but I felt the duality they did a lot with both sets of main characters was done exceptionally well. Also lots of not talking about things lead to some very funny parts too. It felt very realistic to me because I went through a period of having friends who didn't talk and had lots of drama, and sometimes still do.

However you absolutely have me that Lucky Clover was a joke, except for Saeko, and I absolutely loved Kitazaki, The Dragon Orphenoch he was strange and something else. I think the most wasted thing of Faiz was Delta honestly. It should've been someone who could've been useful with it besides Mihara. I think Kaidou or Kiba could've pulled off being Delta very easily.

Also if you loved the characters in Faiz, than you will absolutely love the characters of Blade, I think they are absolutely some of the best.