[Sentai Tamashii]

Micchy's flirting with going dark completely, shit or get off the pot Micchy!!

[Switchblade]

There are a few things about Gaim that don't work for me:

- I'm still not into the fruit motif. It works in context of the show and the whole nature of the Invess as an invasive species, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still look ridiculous.

- Mai. The dance stuff is over. It's over and it hasn't been important in months. But every time she shows up she's acting like we're still in the late 00s or early 10s, going on about how awesome and important all the dance crap is. Part of it is that Kouta and Micchy are intentionally keeping her in the dark, but it's starting to make her incredibly frustrating as a character.

- The hype. Gaim is a good show - a really, really good show. In many ways it's the Rider show I've been wanting for years and I love those parts of it. That said, I don't think it's the best show in the history of the franchise and it hasn't ruined every show that comes after it. It's good, but some people are praising it as the best thing that's ever been on television ever and I'm sorry, but I don't see it.

- The odd, hard to articulate or even rationalize aspect of it that kills my enthusiasm for the show when I'm not watching it and in the hour or so after I finish an episode.

So yeah, there are some issues that don't work about the show for me. If I had to pick only one, though? One aspect of the show that represents Gaim at its absolute worst?

Micchy's sweaters.

[TokuChris]

Micchy's scarves.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Micchy's sweaters.

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Originally Posted by Kickback

Micchy's scarves.

Micchy.

[algo448]

The fact that the Jinba and Kachidoki forms barely resemble fruits any more?

[ShockerCon]

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Originally Posted by algo448

The fact that the Jinba and Kachidoki forms barely resemble fruits any more?

I can see Jinba, but Kachidoki looks as much like an orange as Cherry Energy looks like a cherry.

[Sentai]

Absolutely nothing, if I'm honest. Maybe I'm just easy to please.

[KyoryuGreen]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Absolutely nothing, if I'm honest. Maybe I'm just easy to please.

Lol the same for me. Most times

[Dr Kain]

The dancing. You cannot even call that dancing as all they are doing is walling their arms around like a lunatic and jumping back and forth. Dancing is supposed to have choreography and actually look like they are doing something. Hell, the dance off between Voltron and the Robeast from Robot Chicken is more dancing than the stuff in Gaim.

Mai is completely useless. Like Koyomi useless. Maybe even more useless. She needs to just stay in her Final Fantasy cosplay because she feels like she has a purpose then.

Finally, I guess I was expecting more out of both the mythology and warring states aspects of the show. When it was revealed that the corporation was called Yggdrasil and the Forest of Helheim, it felt like it was really going to be based on Norse mythology. The series seems to have moved away from that and now gone more into Christian belief with Sagara being the snake who gave Eve the forbidden fruit. Don't get me wrong, that is still awesome, but I really was hoping for more in the way of Norse mythology.

As for the Warring states stuff, when the show started, Gen said the dance battles were supposed to symbolize when a part of the country was at war. If that is the case, then that was a short war. Sure, I just said I hate the dance stuff, but the man made a big case for them when it turned out to be nothing. Unless, of course, they decided to move past that and now the Overlords are supposed to be symbolic for the foreigners now entering Japan. Either way, I was expecting a lot more out of their representation of the Sengoku period, and most of all, someone to represent Nobunaga given his importance in Japanese history.

Oh, and as everyone else has said, Micchy's clothing. My god, does that kid even look at what he wears? His clothing is almost as bad as Shunpei's.

[GoseiWonder]

Micchy's Hotpants.