[Suzu]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I like Blade's early episodes too, but I think they have problems beyond not being "about" Kenzaki. The way I'd put it is he's the audience surrogate, trying to piece the mystery of Board's downfall together, and there is plenty of character building with him early on, so he's not the issue. I haven't seen the show in long enough that it's hard to put my finger on, but the execution of that first arc just felt generally rough in a way the rest of the show wasn't. It's maybe not as drastic as it's sometimes made out to be, though. Just sort of like the show was struggling a bit to find its "voice".

I think the problem is more that the early episodes are throwing so much information and hints on plot details at you that the more subtle character bits kinda get lost as they mostly happen in calmer, dialogue-heavy moments.

I actually wrote a little essay-thingy about it some time ago, so if you have the time to read it...
http://suzustarlight.tumblr.com/post...ly-episodes-of