[C3Gaming]

Finished Blade after struggling to get through the first episode on three separate occasions. The first half was a challenge. Lots of interesting stuff going on, but it needed to take more time to establish the characters. It wasn't until Garren was introduced I started to remember who the characters were, and they'd all had a character arc before then!

Second half was more engaging though also dragged a bit. Pretty much everything related to Garren was gold, and the ending was brilliant. But overall... could take or leave.

Also watched the first two episodes of Kamen Rider Black. Cool visual effects, and the setup was engaging, but think I prefer the semi-serialized, more lighthearted approach of the Neo-Heisei stuff overall (if only they had less CGI!).