[HenshinTrouble]

I watched episodes 23-24 of Kamen Rider W. Generally, I'm enjoying the show, except that I seem to be more in the mood these days for Super Sentai.

What I like about KRW is pretty constant:

• Shotaro and Philip, individually and together
• the Sonozaki family,
• the suit designs (W and the Dopants)
• the off-kilter humor, seen especially here with Fuutic Idol

What I'm not too keen about (and a testament to how much I enjoy the show can be seen in how I can't even use the word "dislike" in this context, because I find it too strong) isn't improving though. I still don't find the supporting cast, including Akiko, funny, and I'm glad they're at least not quite crossing over into "irritating." They strike me as pretty useless though, which I'm worried may be close.

And then there's Accel.

After several episodes with Accel, I find that I don't like him much as a rider, oddly enough. I like the way Ryu interacts with Philip--serious and professional--but despite the popularity of Accel over here (where most people prefer him to W), I don't see the appeal.

While I like his main weapon, I don't like his suit design, his vehicles (himself, his motorcycle, his tank thing from the previous episodes), and his henshin device or even the way he says "henshin"!

To be honest, I do want to like him, so I'm hoping to warm up to the character soon the way I did with Zeronos, even while I don't think I can like him as much as I do Meteor.

I must also say that since I like Dekabreak's even more over-the-top Brace Throttle, I feel a bit odd that I dislike the Accel Driver so much.