[GWolf]

I felt the opening 15 episodes were relatively weak. Ankh and Eiji were bloody fantastic from episode 3, and I loved the Greeeds, but the opener was relatively weak and the secondary characters seemed to be ill defined. Things picked up slightly when Kazari made his move, but it wasn't until Ankh's storyline kicked off in episode 19 and 20 that I was hooked. The relationships between the two main protagonists carries this series, but the growth of Maki, the finding of place for the secondary characters and the almost bipolar nature of the second half of the show compared to the first make this in my opinion one of the strongest series. I ADORE the ending, and the PuToTyra/Purple Core storyline is to die for. Like Blade, get over the first hump and this is sublime. Becomes very dark, very mature, but like W, remembers to give you a few laughs.