[GuardianAngel87]

Currently watching episode 18 of Ultraman Trigger and I thought the show, from what I have seen so far, is just okay at best. Sadly, Trigger really did have a lot going against it, both as a would-be successor to Ultraman Tiga due to being a then-25th anniversary of that particular series at the time and as a series/season that took place after Ultraman Z. The show did have a very enjoyable crossover with the latter series though. Anyway, I honestly liked the idea of the Dark Giant trio serving as the central villains for the show and the overall lore having a bigger emphasis on the narrative as a whole especially in comparison how this sort of story was utilized for Tiga: The Final Odyssey movie and I actually liked that film. In theory, these concepts for a pseudo-remake of Tiga are great, the execution, on the other hand, is basically hit or miss and the show itself feels like it really needed a higher episode count just to do the story and the characters justice. Also, I can really make do without the whole, “Smile, smile!” thing that crops up in almost every episode. At least Saki/Go-On Yellow from Go-Onger had an actual backstory that deals with why she often said this as her catchphrase in one of the episodes of that show.