[Dormamu]

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Originally Posted by Paladin

This is really not helping my opinion on Drive.

A big part of this episode hinges on us being emotionally invested in the saga of the Shift Cars, which is really hard when they haven't really told us a goddamned thing about them.

And while I don't expect them to tell everything at once there's really no reason NOT to at least offer some brief insight.

There's a big difference between "characters not knowing" and "writers not telling" the reason for something. The former allows the characters to grow & understand their world along with the audience and the story is usually stronger for it.

Drive unfortunately is the latter. Mr. Belt & Kiriko seemingly know all about the Shift Cars & just aren't telling for apparently no reason beyond padding out the story length. That's incredibly lazy writing.

What gets me is that the cars are supposed to be sentient, and have all these back stories, but really are just there to be fondled by Drive. I do like that they can be used in tandem with each other, and that Shin does make good use of the forms given. I'm sure we'll have some sort of back plot for the cars specifically, it's too soon to tell in the series. Since this is the hashiest rehash of Den-O possible, I find myself just sitting back in the passengers seat. Oh...wait, that was a car joke.

Dimension Cab is the creepiest upgrade ever. It's like a chikan's ultimate desirable superpower. Also, kudos to running out of CG budget and just using a cut off camera shot of the legs. And the Steering Saber is awkward to look at, but seems more powerful than Den-O's Hissatu attacks.