[AkibaSilver]

I almost made it! Just as you start, I've onto the final episode. Boy, it really was a twist when Kotarou turned into the Cow Undead and tried to enact Milk-strumentality, wonder how they're gonna get out of that one.

The first time I tried to watch Episode One of Blade was 2014 or so, and for some reason the encoding didn't work, because the screen was glitching every two seconds. That put me off till Excite go to work, and I could watch it properly, and it was... still confusing! It's certainly a decision to jump you right into the status quo, then instantly shred that, but it's memorable if nothing else. You have just enough to be able to gauge things, and then Blade is fighting in the rain as BOARD burns around him. Plus, that alarm sound is iconic.

Kenzaki is one of those characters who people just seem to like, and that includes me! He's easy-going, kinda jokey, definitely not an expert in anything, yet he does what he does, even if BOARD doesn't pay him anywhere near enough. He's just... nice. Tachibana may or may not have betrayed them, keep watching for that, but to see you click with Koutarou is interesting. I like him enough, but I never quite *got* him 100%. We'll see if I can figure out why in hindsight. Maybe it's because I don't like straight milk.

Designs are good, especially Garren, but especially Blade, and the music is also good! Blade Brave grew on me after a while, and while the first insert song is the least memorable in my mind, it's not bad.

So yeah, a rocky start, but it can only go upill, right? 0w0