[TimeCrimson]

Regarding Faiz, it's a really awkward show all around. I feel like the story is kind of messy and a lot of the things don't really get revolved until the very end and Inoue's insane endings come back with Faiz and spirals way out of control.

But other than that, it's an awesome show. There's a fire lit under it and it retains the shock feel that Kuuga, Agito and Ryuki maintained, you didn't really know what was gonna happen or who was gonna die in the next episode, the basic story is rather interesting and how it approaches morality and looking more at the "tough" side of life was rather well done honestly. The ensemble was also pretty cool honestly, the rogue trio are some of my favorite characters in all of Kamen Rider and everyone else was very enjoyable too(even Kaixa, he was the asshole that you wanted to punch in the face but love him at the same time), inserts were catchy and upbeat, suit acting was awesome(I think I'd maintain Faiz as my all time favorite Seiji Takaiwa role) and yeah, it had a lot of little things and a huge heart that made up for it.

On other things, in the past few weeks(months? How long have I not been here for) I caught up on Blade and Hibiki. In short, I didn't like Blade, I appreciate the ideas but I felt the execution was poor and the pacing was too glacial for me, making a show that I felt very bored sitting through(the King Form debutand Ending were great though) and Hibiki.............was quite delightful in it's own right, I really appreciated the show as a whole regarding the cultural elements and social commentary going through, plus the amazing Sahashi soundtrack and visuals. The second half wasn't exactly ideal with carrying Takatera's original vision and how Toei treated the show, but I even enjoyed that part(hell, I think the second half did somethings better such as focus more on Akira and Ibuki, and the wonderful conclusion of Todoroki and Zanki's storyline). Hibiki was the man and one of the best protagonists I've ever seen.

Continued on with a true, coherent Kabuto watch(saw chunks of it years back) and from a show that I really loved watching back when it was under five years old, it's been rough so far.