[Locke]

I love GARO's out of suit action, I'm so so on the in suit action. There are suited fights which are just so grandiose you can't help but adore them but early in the series they feel really tacked on like Megazord fights and then later in the show the use of CGI over practical effects is so gratuitous it's almost unbearable. As the show goes along though, the out of suit action just gets more and more epic even if the use of plastic props, and wires/green screens only becomes more noticeable as the quality of the rips gets better and better.

GARO's pacing isn't perfect either, admittedly. There is more filler than you'd really want from a series so short, and the climax of the season is a visual treat but pretty much shits on the rest of the season storywise for the sake of pseudo sequel baiting for the much more action packed, but incredibly dumb sequel series.

But when an episode is good in GARO, it's GOOD. I've personally not seen a toku show with better character focus than what you get in GARO, Kouga's arc across the series especially is wonderful. He's easily my favourite toku protagonist, aside from characters like Haruto from Wizard and Alata from Goseiger.