[Leo Novum]

I am liking everything so far except for the hospital director. He seems to be the most likely candidate for "Old Man Comic Relief" like Chief Honganji and Sage Edith.

The action scenes were awesome. They were dynamic and funny, definitely a huge step up compared to Ghost. I like a Rider who has a good grasp on what do and Emu seems to be having fun while dishing it out.

On a similar note, the level generation system of the Gamerdriver is something I found particularly nice. Kinda sorta like procedurally generated levels of older videogames. This driver even sounds better than the Ghostdriver, although that's not a high bar to clear.

On the cons, there's the protag himself. To be honest, there's nothing specific to dislike about him. His back-story nicely explains both his profession and his hobby and his babyface looks symbolize his greenhorn status in the medical world. The problem I see is that the actor himself isn't particularly good at emoting. But I'm willing to overlook this since this is the first episode.

Another thing that I would like to comment is Asuna being a physical avatar of a virtual being. This is not a bad thing considering that the Bugsters themselves are virtual viruses infecting the physical world. I'm just curious as to where the story would go with her.

Overall, nice episode, can't wait to see more.