Review of SSSS.Gridman

This show started off on the slow side for me. An episodic monster-of-the-week tokusatsu style show reminiscent of old school power rangers for me. Then something clicked with me as the Gridman started showing what it was about. There was always a looming oppressive feel over everything mostly due to the fact that there was next to no background music. Anything background noise related was always based on the scene creating this intense feeling that a kaiju was gonna pop up out of nowhere. The dialogue never drug its feet and every conversation had real weight and meaning never truly bogged down by exposition ormeaningless dialogue. Everything about this show just fell into place and really struck some sort of chord with me.

Combine all of these story telling elements really fun and flashy and overall just hype battle scenes makes for a really fun watch for anyone who grew up with these shows/movies with great characters and an oddly sinister feeling to its world and that makes Gridman what it is. Sidenote, I have never seen a show end with a 15 second epilogue that completely changes the entire narrative of the show into something completely different. Shattering any preconceived notion for what the "universe" of the show was and adding insane levels of depth to an already technically deep show.