[ZeoRangerV]

Finished Agito last night (well the series anyway, still gotta watch the TV Special and Project G4) and I'm kinda mixed on the whole thing. It had some really great episodes, the characters all bounced off each other pretty well and the whole mystery element was really cool to watch unfold once it got going. But at the same time it took a hell of a long time to gain momentum, the finale felt somewhat anticlimactic and in general I can't help feeling the show felt it was being far cleverer than it actually was.

The first half of the show had very little in the way of plot progression, and as I stated earlier in this thread the whole "G3 goes into battle, gets wrecked, Agito shows up, rinse/repeat" got old really quickly and didn't need to go on for half as long as it did.

The ending was a bit weird too. Not specifically the finale itself, more the sudden "one month later" time jump for the last five or so episodes. It's strange because despite having some really strong episodes the whole thing just felt weirdly disjointed from the rest of the show.

Despite not being a particularly big fan of Agito himself, the suit designs in this show were great - especially Gills and Another Agito. Really hope those two get better figures one day.

One thing this show did REALLY well however was the supporting characters. Ozawa is hands down one of my favourite non-Rider characters from the shows I've seen so far (she's no Ichijo but she comes damn close) and even Houjo was weirdly engaging despite managing to stay a massive dick from start to finish.

Writing all this out makes it sound like I'm hating on the show a lot more than I want to. I guess its the kind of relationship I have with Black - the good parts are utterly amazing but then there's a lot of mediocrity to wade through to get to them. Gonna need to mull the show over a bit more before I write my full review I guess.