Review of SSSS.Gridman

I've noticed that a lot of people failed to realize TWO BIG THINGS about this show. Firstly, YOU WERE INTENDED TO WATCH ALL TWELVE EPISODES. The show REALLY doesn't work if you stopped at like, episode 4. I know, it starts off pretty shaky, but it DOES get better. Secondly, it's based off of a freakin' Tokusatsu show, of COURSE there's going to be a lot of Gridman shows up and kicks a Kaiju in the dick. They establish pretty early on that it's in the same general vein as Ultraman. the amount of people who didn't get that is ridiculous IMO. Story: 9/10 SSSS.Gridman startsoff somewhat shaky leaning pretty heavy into the monster of the week format and not much else. Once you reach about episode 6 though the main plot kicks off, which is where I feel Gridman really starts to shine. the twist in the end of the show was fantastic IMO, though a lot of people who watched it didn't seem to understand it.

Art: 9/10 There isn't really anything too standout about the art to Gridman IMO, but that doesn't mean it's not great. The 2D AND 3D are both well animated and I don't recall having ever seen any glaring animation errors.

Sound: 10/10 This was one of the really great facets of the show. There's no background music when the great are just sitting around talking. That might sound weird, but it's really great. It makes conversations in the show feel more genuine, and puts emphasis on the soundtrack when it does actually run.

Characters: 8/10 They're not super or deep or anything for the most part, but they're still generally entertaining. A lot of people clearly watched a couple of episodes and then either A, stopped watching, or B, decided they hated the show then continued to watch anyways (for some reason). I've heard all sorts of weird allegations like "Yutta is an edgy teen"(Were we watching the same show?) or "Akane was there for fan service"(Dude CLEARLY didn't finish the show) but if you actually watch the show all the way trough these aren't really true. The only characters I felt were kinda neglected were Glasses guy (whose name I cannot remember) and Rikka (who kind of gets a plotline of her own?). I've also seen people hate on Alexis, which clearly shows they really weren't paying attention when the show explained who Gridman was.

Enjoyment: 10/10 It's not a perfect show, but it's pretty damn close IMO. TBF I do enjoy watching Tokusatsu though, so this show was kind of already in my strikezone. Overall I'd say it's a fun show, but if you're going to watch I'd recommend keeping a open mind and watching the whole twelve episodes. Honestly you've probably watched worse 12 episode shows.