This is one of those shows that I knew was going to be a banger even before I started the first episode, just like with Frieren and Edgerunners. What I didn’t expect though was for my expectations to be blown away as much as it did. I felt so many emotions watching this. There were multiple times when I was visibly sweating, sitting at the edge of my seat watching the action. Which pretty much defines the show. Its a story with action at its center. I love it when shows just grab me and don’t let me go, moving from one battle arc to the other with little to no downtime. This suits well with my watch habit of binging whole shows at once or in two parts.
Watching this was hype incarnate honestly. From the moment our guy became a Kaiju to that fucking meteoric punch, I loved all of it. Then there are the characters. I really liked Kikuo from the beginning then began to slowly like the other characters as well, they grew on me. Especially the photocopy Levi and the battle loli. Even the comedy landed almost every time. I was squeaking quite a few times.
There’s something about the action that just hits right. Its not just the action in and of itself, its the setup, the execution, the payoff and the easing at the end. Each time we went on a cycle, it felt soo satisfying. It was like the Wezaemon arc from Shangri-la Frontier but a whole show with that level of hype. I’m an easy guy to please. Give me some characters I care about, likable and give me non stop action, I’ll chuck it down like my chocolate almond milk.
And eh, yeah the OP and ED are just disappointing. The ED sounds like a copy paste pop song, which I know for a fact that I’ve heard somewhere else. They should’ve sampled something more creative. The ED… the song is pretty good but the animation man. The start of it is very creative, then it turns into a bunch of blobs that look meaningless. The soundtrack however, that was something else. Especially when we get to a fight scene, when the guitar riff comes on I knew I was in for a ride.