[Locke]

Dragon Knight 04.

Although this episode was kinda rushed in places, you can really see Dragon Knight starting to find its footing. Len and Kit are building some fun on screen chemistry even if Len's refusal to say what needs to be said is infuriating, and the mystery is coming together and building well.

The clunky, scruffy unchoreographed feeling fighting is not the kind of action I usually enjoy but in context it works quite well, it gives it a nice urban warfare feel - especially the Japanese footage which has a nice feel of intensity and urgency, like when Len and Richie have their final showdown it's like a crazy scramble, and you can tell Len knows the stakes of losing and winning.

Although if they wanted to use a show with a card gimmick, I think Blade would have been a better choice, the whole use of the Advent Decks, despite their importance to the story, kinda sucks. Especially those finishing moves, minus Kit's all the final vents so far have sucked. I mean what does Incisor get, a leg up flip? Intense...

Also, I know they ruin it at the end - but what Kamen Rider doesn't? - but I LOVE the concept of the Advent Void. If you ignore the retconning at the end, it's one of the ballsiest ways of portraying death in a kids TV show other than just literally killing them. And it's nice to watch a kids show with actual stakes.