[Locke]

W 42.

Oh hey look for one arc comic relief cop was important, I can't wait for this to go nowhere and never be mentioned again. Fuck me this arc is terrible, I spent the whole episode looking at my watch, waiting for it to end. The twists were dumb, the drama flat, the action unexciting.

And even the 'important' stuff like Wakana in the library...I just don't really care. I still don't really know what the Gaia library is, or how it works, it's been a plot device through the entire show, nothing more. I hate it when Rider shows decide to make something important right before the last stop.

Honestly, one of the only things I don't like about W is pace. Okay maybe not...pace, I'm not sure that is the right word. I dunno, it's the way the show attempts to create a memorable cliffhanger at the end of nearly EVERY episode. This is a brilliant device for those watching it as it aired, I bet, like Gaim, the discussion each week was insane for this show as it often leaves you with so much to stew on. But the problem is, when you can sit down and watch whole arcs in one sitting, the constant cliffhangers seriously funks up the flow of the storytelling something special.

About the only thing I enjoyed episodewise was how they've implemented Trial into the show. This new form isn't used exclusively for fighting and I really love that. Honestly all in all Accel was a really wonderful Rider, I'm kinda saddened that he never really became a part of the shows core and has always just sorta existed on the fringe. Ryu could have easily carried his own Rider show.