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Kamen Rider Faiz Episode 1
That was some Resident Evil/Dead Space like shit in the beginning. Or is it just me that thinks that?

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww, what a cute couple. And what a cute/heart warming moment there with the parents. They're going to die aren't they? Called it.

So he came back as a zombie? Okay then.

Is this girl Goku or something? She's putting away food like that *snaps fingers*. She's also quite the noisy eater too. And she seems a bit rude if that's the word to use.

Yuuji is having quite the bad day. He comes back not fully right, his home is gone, and his uncle sold the company and house. Seriously that is a shitty way to come back from a coma and the dead.

Ouch! That's a nasty way to go, having your heart sucked up by tentacles. The monster is pretty cool looking too while I'm on the subject. I also like this girl. She's a tad rudeish, but she's kind of has a certain charm to her.

Boy Yuuji's day keeps getting worse.

It's a trap!

Huh, so the belt can only work with somebody who can bring out it's power. That's a new one to me. It's actually a pretty nice concept that only certain types of people can fully unlock/harness the power of the driver. So kudos to you writers for coming up with a pretty cool concept.

What the hell is that thing? A demonic mermaid?

Okay that is one cool as hell effect with the rain. Also first we have a demonic mermaid, now a demonic horse? What's next? A demonic chihuahua? Very nice transformation effect with him turning into a running horse/centaur though.

Flawless victory! Yuuji wins! FATALITY!

Wait what? He kicks him in the area where a belt would be and he turns to sand? What up with that?

So this is Faiz huh? Well not much to say other then, alright.

What we got in the episode was decent enough. Though it didn't really do a whole heck of a lot outside of introduce Faiz and some of the main characters of the show. It didn't really set up the plot outside of as I said Faiz, and kinda just moved along. It was mostly about Yuuji's one bad day more then anything. And unless Yuuji turns out to be one of the big main characters of the show, then really the episode accomplished nothing from a story perspective.

I like the henshin sequence with the whole lights rising around him thing. But....I kinda dislike the suit, or to be more specific the helmet. The suit itself is pretty nice looking and standard for that era of Kamen Rider. But the helmet just says "Nope" to me. I think the eyes are a little to big with not enough breaking up of them. I know that sounds weird to all hell, but I don't really know how else to explain it.

I'm digging the music quite a bit. It reminds me of the music in Ryuki quite a bit with how techno it is. I don't know why but it seems like I can enjoy techno like music when it's in Kamen Rider. I guess because it isn't drawn out and gives me something pleasant to look at it while I'm listening to it. But I digress.

I do like this English narration during the previews, if anything just for the way the guy sounds.

So for my first viewing of Faiz, all I have to say is that I'm not really eager about anything. The first episode doesn't have to dump everything on you, but having it be about virtually nothing outside of one character who I'm assuming won't appear that much doesn't really hook the viewer in. The episode was rather dull in my opinion. Comparing it to the other first episodes I've seen, it's probably the weakest as it doesn't have me eager to move onto the next episode to see what happens, which is a bad thing.

I guess I'll carry through with my first 5 episodes rule, but honestly at the moment, Faiz is boring me. I hope the next four episodes can change my mind.