[EnerPrime]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

Decade 22.

I'm on the home stretch and honestly...I don't hate the show. I know there are gonna be cries of hypocrisy but hear me out. Decade is flawed, massively flawed. Tsukasa is the worst character in it despite being our protagonist, it makes no damn sense and every creative decision leaves you scratching your head. And yet, the thing is, even though there are shows with much smaller flaws they just aren't as entertaining as Decade is. And at the end of the day, Decade is so entertaining I can largely look past the flaws as I'm having so much damn fun.

Baffling as it may be, the choice to do this anniversary season from scratch is one I actually really like. Most of the shows Decade covers are shows I've either never seen, or never really liked much. So taking this shows, starting them from scratch, giving them all new casts, worlds, mythos and a budget to try and live up to their original ideas, I just think it's great.

Speaking specifically more of the episode, it was a pretty typical Decade episode. Nonsense held together with selotape made of baffling creative decisions that are entertaining enough to work despite themselves.

It was nice to get a chance to discover movie only suits, these Missing Ace Blade Riders look somewhere between Faiz and Blade and they look sweet. It also turns out Larc was played by a MEGA babe.

I'm with you on that. I see most the flaws people point out in hindsight, but I have so much fun watching it that I just don't care. Though I do like Tsukasa, he's my favourite Rider even. I like a guy that's clearly a hero, but still likes to mess with people for fun.

Also, a bit of fun trivia: all three 'Missing Ace' Riders have their actors return for Decade. Larc gets her first name changed, because her Blade version was named Natsumi, while Glaive gets his last name changed to match his new role as Diend's brother. Also the twist about him in Decade is foreshadowed by his role in Missing Ace.