[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

Certainly, it's a taste thing. I can't suspend my disbelief enough to take the Spark Doll device even remotely seriously, so I just couldn't roll with it.

I don't particularly care about Spark Dolls either, so I was happy to see that Orb used cards instead, but I still like X a bit more. Reasons include that I prefer the Xio guys to the SSP; and I think Daichi was a better protagonist because Gai was rather disconnected from the world and his development was restricted on his traumatic past and nothing else really.

Not that that's bad, and Daichi has a similar issue, but Daichi has to learn more and figures things out, Gai can already do everything he needs to starting from the first episode, his progress is limited to just fighting stronger enemies while Daichi works on the problems at hand without necessarily fighting monsters, and he has a goal that is much more human.

I also had more fun with the slice of life stories in X, as the Xio crew offered a much wider variety of stories to tell and they did it well IMO.

I think both X and Orb are phenomenal and I agree that what you prefer is up to personal preference, but mine favors X a bit more.

What I can say Orb did better is having a consistent threat and enemy with Juggler, as X only had the recurring bad guys until the final boss suddenly dropped in during the final episode and that’s it. And Juggler isn’t just a simple villain either, they really did a great job by making him so complex.