[ZeoRangerV]

RE: Edel showing up again out of nowhere in the finale. So Tom from TokuNet went to a screening event for the finale and said the director explained Edel died the day the humans killed his parent dragon, but the dragon resurrected him, and he will live on for as long as the dragon and its offsprings live on. Good thing the show explained that or everyone would be totally confused

After sleeping on it I've kinda laxed on just how good I think Dragon Blood was. I'd still argue that it's one of the stronger series since Makai Senki, but I'd probably more put it on par with the likes of Gold Storm -Sho-. As far as combining episodic stories and a larger arc goes this handled it far better than previous attempts (mainly looking at you, Makai no Hana). It was also nice to have a show that didn't centre around Horrors directly, or yet another endgame of "awaken ancient super powerful Horror".

I don't really agree with the assessments that Alice was a bad character either. Naive and stupid yes, but that really gave the twist in episode 12 so much more impact. It was only after that they dropped the ball with her character, pretty much cementing her as stupid and naive. Edel was a bit of a mixed bag too, an interesting character in concept but the show constantly tried to flutter between making him a villain or a sympathetic character but not really managing to get either right.

The fights were all excellent, and even beyond the proper reappearance of the armour timer this was the most-GARO feeling series in a while. After Black Blood Rei deserved so much better, and while Dragon Blood had its own problems it felt closer to capturing the magic the original show had.