[Kiwami]

I'm very tempted to and eventually will re-watch R/B. It was, until Trigger came along, easily my least favorite of the New Generation shows. Even though at the time I fully admitted it was not a bad show, and I only had to rank it that low because every other one was better to me.

But now I realize a lot of that was due to the designs not working for me, which is something I can overlook nowadays, and also the fact that it was not broadcasted to the west. Geed was the last show to stream on Crunchyroll IIRC, then that deal ended and - nothing until Taiga aired on YouTube.

So R/B was out in the wild only and got no real coverage. One group started, stopped, then only sporadic updates and a cancellation until a new group entirely emerged and finished it. But that meant a lot of breaks in between and a lot of frustration trying to watch the show. I'm not an entitled "yOu OWe ME mY sUBs"-idiot, I know what we enjoy is brought to us by the sacrifice of free time and hard work others muster and I'm grateful for it. But R/B suffered for me personally because of this situation, I think I even grew annoyed at it a little, so all that is just on me for being a weak human being.

I want to give it another chance eventually. Because honestly, I only have fond memories of it. The characters were fun and wholesome, the action was great, and the villains were a pure delight. Aizen was great and Saki - I adore her. Her relationship with Asahi was fantastic, every scene they shared was a treat. I'm looking forward to watching it again.