Talk:Ultraman Nexus (series)/@comment-37848182-20181217214309

I tried so hard to get into Ultraman Nexus, but I seriously can't, so much so that I gave up after ep. 18. It just drags on in terms of pace, there is hardly any characters for me to get invested in, and it feels like Tsuburaya just crammed so many 'dark sci-fi' tropes in to appeal to an older audience. I'm sure there's a compelling plot in this somewhere, but the overall 'grimdark' tone just hits me over the head so much that I just didn't bother to pay attention.

The worst part of all is that I came into the series after seeing Nexus' guest apperance on Ultraman X, and you could not have pitched this series to me in a better way than that one half hour. It sold me on the tone, the Dunhamist concept, and Nexus' abilities pretty damn well. And yet, the actual series is one that I would routinely pause to do something else.

Ultimately, I'm not a fan of Nexus. Hell, I'm not a fan of the concept of a 'dark and gritty' Ultraman in general. I'll just go over to SSSS.Gridman if I want a more mature Ultraman series.