[Kiwami]

I'm about to wrap up Blade, I have about 10 episodes left, it took me a while to get back to it but I'm glad to be back.

I witnessed the arrival of Blade's King form, the Joker-arc and the "Trials" with Hirose's dad.

Quite awesome to be honest. Some things I didn't like as much, the whole "the hero becomes a second Joker"-thing feels kinda forced, especially since it's more of an arc for Hajime then Kenzaki, and Garren being bamboozled into switching sides yet again was a bit dumb.

Aside from that though? It was great. I really like Wild Chalice and can now completely understand why so many people crave to have him in Figuarts-form, and Blade King form is no slouch either, really awesome looking suit.

The short arc with Hirose and her dad was pretty great too.

The big stinker though is still Mutsuki/Leangle. I don't get this character at all. Wasn't he completely possessed by the Category Ace when he became this wannabee pimp? Now he seems normal again but still acts like a dick because...?

I swear he was interesting at first with the whole "Being trapped in a locker as a baby"-kinda thing but after they resolved it they just completely ruined the character. Switchblade told me it's because of the change in writers, but man it's still so annoying that this character sticks out like a sore thumb all the time.

Anyways, I'll finish Blade soon and then it's another dive into the Showa-territory for me. I wanted to watch V3 next but have a slight hunch to go for something different, there's a Showa Rider I knew next to nothing about but after trying the first episode I kinda want to keep going. The Rider I'm talking about has a great taste in gloves and I love it.