Yeah, since I'm going to be reviewing the anime series soon, I decided to watch the first two episodes of the series for some context and so far I'm not impressed. The episodes were kind of boring to sit through and the reasoning for the kid doesn't make sense. Hell, he never even attempt to hand over his love letter and there was nothing to indicate he was in love with the girl. He just mumbles and then later he proclaims she through out his letter and ****. WTF? I hope that kid dies badly as he is already an unlikable creeper.
Anyway, the Gridman fight was not all that great either. I like the concept, but I can't take a monster destroying a digital world seriously for some reason. It could also be that I just don't see a reason to care. I mean, the first time we see this kid he is in bed in pain, yet, I'm supposed to care for him just because he's a kid? I guess... Like my thought process was, "Oh no, they can't actually perform their surgery at that exact moment in time... how terrible." Maybe if it was a heart transplant or something actually complete serious, sure, but again, getting to know this kid first would have helped me care.
Oh, and the visuals are quite atrocious, though that could be the horrible quality of the YouTube video. Not to mention that horrible border is distracting. I found my eyes trailing towards the Gridman BD box set cover over the subtitles and what was going on at times. I wish there was a way to turn that off. I don't get why they didn't stick with the black bars on the side.