[GoldenXtreme]

I wrapped up Ultraman Geed (and its movie). I don't know if I have my thoughts fully sorted out yet, but this show is definitely my favorite New Gen show so far. I think Geed had a lot of novel ideas. The head writer isn't usually a tokusatsu writer so it does a lot of uncommon things, but at the same time it was a show that had pretty inconsistent episode quality, ranging from fantastic (loved episodes 14 and 15 with Zena and his protege) to just feeling wrong (did not like that episode with the alien that could read minds at all). Still, I overall enjoyed what the show did and thought it had a good balance of humor and drama compared to the other New Gen shows I have seen. I was also happy to see another Ultra show where the whole secret identity things pretty much completely falls apart before the end. Tends to allow for more interesting character interactions when people actually know who the Ultras are. I think the biggest strike against this show was that I was not all that into the cast though. Moa was honestly kind of annoying and creepy to me with her whole jealous crush towards someone who was raised in the same household as her. Most of the rest of the cast I was pretty neutral towards. Shoutout to Leito though, pairing a salaryman with a wife and daughter up with Zero of all Ultras was an absolutely inspired move. Fukuide Kei was also pretty enjoyable as an unhinged villain. The show was also a treat visually, the miniatures are just stunningly beautiful in this show and there were lots of really striking scenes such Geed fighting a monster while Laiha and Pega fight on a nearby rooftop or the bit where Geed gets stained black by mud while fighting Belial.

I still don't know if this is quiiiite a B for me, but it was definitely close. I'd say I like it about as much as Ultraman Max, so on the high end of the C tier!