[Locke]

Well if it wasn't a personal attack, cool, I just take offence to being told that skipping a couple of episodes of a kids TV show is 'stupid'.

Although I remember pretty much this entire arc I enjoyed watching the fifth episode of W anyway. Honestly I enjoyed it so much, I might go back to the start and suffer through the T-Rex bobblehead and horrendous giant stuff just to get the most out of the show. No one can get me to watch Heavens Tornado again though.

A big part of the reason I loved this episode so much, is how fresh the whole show feels. It tackles complex human emotions, it doesn't just try and pigeon hole emotions into two completely black and white categories.

And although most Rider puts emphasis on story and character, this is even more true of W in the best possible way. I love seeing Shotaro actually save people, before he actually transforms, and him and Phillip working day and night to get to the bottom of the case and to try and stay one step ahead. It actually makes good use of its two parter, case of the week, narrative. Usually the Riders concentrate entirely on the fight, never think of the collateral and answers are a single jump cut away.

I also like how it only concerns a single town, it's a lot easier to swallow than when they go on about 'the world' and they are fighting in the same vague warehouse for the same vague goals. Plus in my ways, it makes the Sonozaki family more evil, that they are willing to kill people simply because they think the tower makes their town ugly.