This review was part of Anicords Winter 2025 Contracts Gonna keep it a buck and say this review will likely be a bit shorter than normal simply because there was almost nothing that I enjoyed about this show. When thinking about how to write this review I realized it is a lot easier to write about something you actually enjoyed. And this wasnt one of those so bad its good scenarios either I just legitimately think this was not good. Plot 6/10 I think the plot here is largely confusing and the way the plot progresses is not helping its case. We have the main character Hajime who becomes a Gatchaman which if you arent aware are like the OG Power Rangers. At first they are fighting this evil alien force at the behest of their leader but that enemy quickly is determined as friendly by Hajime then never brought up again. Next the main antagonist shows up and even though half of the gatchaman seem to have a history with it they dont actually tell anyone else until essentially the very end of the show? You would think if your job is to protect the world you would share any information you had on the one trying to destroy it right? Another character Rui is introduced as sort of an antihero in a sense that is doing things differently to update the world. But hes basically playing god with almost no foresight into what the potential ramifications are to messing with peoples souls. Doesnt seem like a great way to update the world to me. And the way the plot progresses is to me nonsensical and boils down to Hajime using talknojutsu and her extroverted personality to solve nearly every issue. Plot was a big miss to me World/Setting 7.5/10 Setting is fine. Its just modern day Japan if someone had developed TikTok for good instead of evil. I think a lot of the alien stuff isnt utilized very well which makes the world and setting much more generic than it needed to be. Characters 6.5/10 I felt like none of the characters here were actually interesting and none of them were utilized well. JJ for example just exists as their overlord but is never actually explained past Paiman telling them they have to listen to him. Maybe its because I wasnt enjoying this already but I also felt like Ruis redemption arc was just boring and kind of uninspired. He ignores all warning signs to do something he thinks is good then has to face the consequences. Very basic stuff imo. Then I feel like they set Sugane up to have some kind of character growth and all he does is decide he wont blindly follow JJ anymore and basically blindly follows Hajime instead. Hajime. I do not have an issue with bubbly characters but I feel like there needs to be a little contrast to their personalities to make them interesting. Hajime was basically the same character the entire season and solved every single problem with just being a nice high energy extrovert. Not every character needs to have development in every anime but if they dont they need to be interesting from the start if theyre getting a bunch of screen time. Visuals 7.5/10 Fine for the age of this show. Audio 7.5/10 Fine nothing really stood out Enjoyment 6.5/10 This was an absolute slog to get through. I legit was dreading having to watch each episode past episode 5 or so after I just felt like none of the set pieces here were used in an interesting way and none of the conflicts amounted to anything other than Hajime talking someone down and solving every problem. Even in the end Im not sure who this anime is for but it certainly isnt me. Final Score 6.9/10