[DreamSword]

I've started watching Ex-Aid. Currently up through episode 13, including the Pac-Man movie, the Gemn specials, and Episode Zero.

And so far it's... okay.

The first quarter certainly flows way better than what the first quarter of Build did, and most of the characters sans Brave are likable enough. Though I will give the show credit in that Brave does have a good point every now and then.

Maybe seeing Zero-One first spoiled me in terms of Yuya Takahashi's' writing, because comparatively, there aren't nearly as many strong character moments in Ex-Aid as there were during Zero-One's' first quarter. Even the infamous Christmas episode really didn't do much for me.

Don't get me wrong, I liked Kujo fine and all, but his arc being nothing super engrossing for me ontop of the weird way the episode itself is structured more so made the entire experience feel as if the episode was written just for shock value rather than anything character based. The biggest point of contention being that it felt like two separate episodes fused into one.

I think watching Episode Zero after the third episode might've put a bit of a different expectation in me, because I actually rather liked that set of extra episodes for the most part, and is the biggest reason why Taiga is my favorite character so far. Also helps that I think he has the best suits out of the whole cast so far. Although I will say that the introduction of Nico has me worried given that she didn't exactly make a good first impression.

But yeah, so far the show is overall just fine. Nothing terrible, but nothing spectacular either.