[Locke]

W 27.

This episode was really weirdly paced, for basically the whole first half it was just "HEY LOOK HOW HOT NAO NAGASAWA IS" while she phoned it in, wearing her 'I'm gonna get my name in the credits of every toku show ever made' t-shirt.

Then suddenly BOOM Ryu, the man you've been searching for, here he is. No dramatic build up, you basically bump into him by accident and it immediately explodes into a fight. This is about as emotionally poignant as waiting for your toast to pop.

Also, I dunno how to feel about the whole shebang. A HUGE amount of W is dedicated to the complexities of life. A lot of tokusatsu functions in the black and white, its truths are unwavering and never questioned but W is the complete opposite. It functions entirely in the grey, and every action comes with a question to tis validity. But amongst all this, is the story or Terui Ryu.

I dunno, in all the complexity and depth of the show, making the killer of Ryu's family this irredeemable, creepy, scumbag of a monster seems so narrow minded and simplistic, lacking W's usual maturity and complexity. Like 'look, it's okay to kill this guy, as he's totally worthless!'. But this just feels cheap, and this story could have benefited the most by W's usual more and ethical complexity.

The Weather Dopant looks pretty cool though and the with the quality of the fights improving as the show has gone along, it feels like it was all leading to this.