[Spirals]

...So I just finished Kuuga and now I have mixed feelings.

Lets start with the good. I actually liked the fight scenes, final fight withstanding, there was something about it that felt more visceral than the Neo-Heisei shows I've watched lately. Still think that Kabuto had the best fight scenes of the rider shows I watched, but I really liked Kuuga. Plus, he actually used his bike for a good chunk of action, something more modern shows seem to use less and less of.

Also, liked the police doing things against the Grongi, even if it was just to die in droves, at least they were there, trying to accomplish something.

Now what I didn't like. First of all, Yuusuke was just...boring, you know? He was like Mary Sue with all his 2000 skills and everyone loving him, though I suppose it's justified with all the times he saved their lives. Moreover the kill count was ridiculous. It got to the point, where the moment I saw a random character, my first thought was wondering how they were going to be killed by the Grongi of the week. I get the ridiculous kill count was supposed to make the show darker and edgier and more mature, but all it did was make the show seem more silly to me. A high death count does not make a mature series, it just makes the citizens too stupid to live by going outside when people and police are dying in droves every week.

Now the Grongi were a bit menacing for the first couple times they showed up, even that Rhino Grongi's human form, who now makes me crack up when I remember him. Eventually, when I found out the reason for their attacks I just faced palmed. So, it was a game for them? For what the right to challenge for leadership for a tribe that is dying out precisely because of said game?.

Now the last couple of episodes were disappointing, Amazing Rising Mighty shows up and last for not even half an episode before being replaced by Kuuga's Ultimate form which lasted not even 5 minutes. I probably wouldn't have minded the last fight if it had lasted longer, or into the next episode, but in the end, it felt really anti-climactic for me.

All in all, I don't really dislike Kuuga, I certainly like it more than Wizard, but it was just...meh, for me.