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Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono Episode 1
Oh my God that opening sequence was fucking amazing! The visuals, the music. Just all around awesome!

So this Ryuga, he's uh, quite the guy. That was a hell of an opening scene. Dude just straight up crashed a wedding and murdered a girl (yes I am aware she was a horror). Though how (at the point I'm at in the episode) is he not going to get caught? I mean a lot of people saw his face and could probably describe him really well. You know unless they partake in the no snitching rule.

Nevermind. SG-1, they uh, don't look like your friendly neighborhood police department now do they? Damn! That chase scene and rooftop fight was (get ready to see me use this a lot) awesome! The action was just so fluid and dynamic. The stun work looked really good and is definitely not the type of stuff I've seen in Kamen Rider o Sentai. Just damn!

I see that the news in Volcity covers up stuff. Just like over news stations most of the time

Why was somebody like you asked to go to Volcity? Maybe because you hunt horrors, and there was a horror reported or detected in the city? So you know, they sent you to do your job? I'm really hoping the whole "I'm alone and have nobody" thing doesn't get to out of hand in the show. I tend to really dislike characters who are constantly talking about how they're so "alone" and whatnot.

I like Ryuga. He seems a bit cocky (and with the whole alone thing could possibly become a bit pretentious) but I like him. He genuinely seems like a good mannered and natured man, he here to do what he has to. I really like the scenes of him just walking about and interacting with the people (though why that lady gave him her sandwich I don't quite understand).

Wait what? He can hear what statues are thinking? That's an odd power. And it's not just statues but flowers, and I guess any object? Okay then, guess it's a side power of being a knight.

Holy hell was that reveal of the face scary! Like a friggen facehugger and shit. How come the blood is CGI? Could they not do physical fake blood? As far as I know (and been told by a friend in Japan), blood isn't that big of a deal. And I would especially think so considering this is an adult late night show. But eh, no biggie.

What's this point stuff about? They trying to see who can get the highest score on kills or something? Not sure about Burai and the other two feelings wise though. I do like how Burai's cape acts as like a portal, and the blonde guy does seem kinda cool going off of this. But considering they just now popped up I can't say much. Ryuga may have just shown up as well but the whole episode was centered around him, so it's easy to already form an opinion of him, where as these other three just popped up at the end. But I digress.

Well, I loved it! It was a great episode. It had beautiful fight/stunt work and choreography, the acting was good, the effects were gorgeous (though you can obviously tell that they are indeed effects), and the music is just epic. It's got a nice blend of classical, rock, and some country/Spanish music. I like Ryuga, and he's the only character I can really speak about at the moment.

So all around I quite enjoyed my first episode of a Garo show. I am definitely going to watch more of this show and the others!