[Layton13]

Ahhhh! Finally, we reach the stretch of series I feel really strongly about, in either direction. Agito definitely falls into the love category.

And your description of how you felt during the first three episodes reminds me a lot of how I felt when I watched them. I slogged through the end of Kuuga. I knew it wasn't bad, I just wasn't invested. Agito reminded me why I loved Rider after Kuuga left me so unaffected. Why I had watched everything from W-Ex-Aid at this point. Characters. Seeing characters struggle and trie to come out the other end as better people, and some failing. Kuuga didn't really give me that, especially with how it's lead was so optimistic with seemingly no reason for it. Agito immediately made it clear, that these people weren't just gonna be alright, they would have to fight for it. That things wouldn't just magically work out, they had a long, hard road in front of them.

And yeah, Agito has a certain feel to it. It isn't overly dark and depressing, but it's also not happy. There is this looming darkness everywhere, seemingly waiting to strike at any moment.

Also, the way you described the way G3 felt in these episodes, good catch. That is a first teaser on what this series will focus itself on later on when it establishes its own identity more. I didn't even catch that the first time, but really cool that stuff like this was already around from episode one.

I hope you have as much fun with this show as I did.