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Based on other reviews here I believe this show has fallen victim to poor advertising, or a misunderstanding of what "adult animation" means.

This show is not really a comedy, by most measures anyways, it does contain jokes certainly, but that is not the main focus of the show. The show is more of a sci-fi mystery drama, with light humour scattered throughout, and on viewing it solely by that metric I think it's been quite good so far.

This review is being written after watching the first 4 episodes, which I found to be interesting enough to make me want to keep going and understand more of what's going on.

I will concede it's hard for me to say right now if the show is "good". We are only 4 episodes in as I write this, and shows of this sort often live or die by their endings, but the show is "interesting" for certain, that's really the best word for it.

The show has an eerie lonely tone, aided by the music and backgrounds which fill the show with an uncomfortable vibe... as do the series of errors made by our protagonist.

So, I want to talk about our protagonist Jeff for a bit here. Jeff is a fairly average guy by most measures, but he's very self-absorbed without even realizing it. He enjoys meeting people but only talks about himself, he seems very bad taking an interest in others. He has a surprisingly large ego, but it leads him to be totally crushed by even small setbacks, that leads him to make error after error as he tries desperately to find a place he can click into. It's interesting that despite his self absorption he doesn't seem to desire anything more than a fairly standard life, he wants a family and a nice house, and a job that he'll receive admiration for, but that noticeably doesn't put him at the top of the food chain, he's not a cut-throat gunning for an executive role, he just wants a consistent normal life... something I'm guessing he's never really had before, which has lead to his desperation to achieve this goal.

This is a lot to say about a character who I think many people will cast off as "annoying" or even "one note" if they're not trying to analyze him much. But Jeff seems to be an extremely consistently written character who has a consistent and understandable drive, even if it feels like we're missing some critical details about him. Jeff is, to be fair, an annoying person at times, this is on purpose by the scriptwriters, made clear by much of the cast of the show finding him actively annoying, but I think it works well for the show overall. Still, I can understand how this could be a turnoff to viewers... Jeff simply put it not a great guy, and not everyone wants to watch shows about kind of annoying guys.

Overall, if you went into this show expecting something in the vein of something like Family Guy or most "adult animated comedy" for that matter I do think you will be disappointed, this is a frankly dreary and anxiety inducing show, it is not a lighthearted romp you'd watch with your friends.... But it's a very interesting show, that feels like it has something unique and interesting to say, and I plan on finishing the show to see what that is exactly. I'll likely add an update to this review when I do finish the show.

For now I'm giving this show an 8/10, the show does have a few weird moments and things I didn't enjoy, but overall I think it does very little wrong if you're taking it at face value as a sci-fi mystery drama, it's a solid start.

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To be maybe a bit petty for a moment I want to add a note, and point to one other review on here, called "It's SUCH an original and fun idea! Right?" that was written when (like my review) only the first 4 episodes were available. This review is horribly misleading as whoever wrote it seems to have fully misunderstood a reveal in a particular episode. The review seems to imply the show has an "it was all a dream" type of moment, or that it becomes stuck in a dreaming format, but this is not true, at least of the time of writing this. I feel like this person got to a particular moment, assumed what was happening incorrectly, and then stopped watching and wrote their review. It is quite baffling because what they are complaining about simply does not happen as they describe it at all. Is it impossible something like that could happen? It's not impossible, but as of now it's not the case and I won't judge the show for an ending they "could do" before it even ends.

This show isn't too shabby imo.

As a throwback to an era of sitcoms that isn't really around anymore (can't even think of the last time before this where i sat down to watch a *new* sitcom and it had a laugh track), i think this is fun little show. It is not groundbreaking or genre-reimagining, I mean as a sequel to another show it would be hard pressed to be either of those things...

This isn't to say the show couldn't be better, it definitely could be, i wish there were more episodes and more scenes to give us more development and insight into the cast in particular. The scripts could be tidier, and there aren't a lot of stand out "lough out loud" moments. I enjoyed it less for the jokes, and more for the comfortable and laid back sitcom vibes

But overall nearly all of my issues with the show feel like very "season 1" problems... Many good or, even great, shows don't hit their stride in their first season... and i feel like this is a show that has all the pieces it needs in place to become a better show with time and some care from the staff.

More than anything I really hope this doesn't become yet another netflix show that is cancelled after it's first season due to middling ratings (show's need time to grow and find their fans!)

I see many people saying this needs more from the original cast, but frankly I found a lot of the cameos more odd than anything, it felt okay as a handoff in the first episode, and the central returning characters (like Red and Kitty) are more than fine, but some other cameos just feel weeeeeeeird and shoehorned in, I'd like to see this show break away from "That '70s Show" in the future and become more of it's own show, only using cameos and references when it feels natural and relevant, instead of writing stories designed to lead to a cameo or reference

I can definitely see this show not being for everyone, but i think at face value it's a fun enough show to put on and binge on a day off, and I do hope to see more of it in the future.

I think Takuro Fukuda is a writer who gets a bad wrap in the Rider fanbase (serving as head writer on the often panned Kamen Rider Ghost, as well as mixed-reviewed Kamen Rider Saber, despite writing only a handful of episodes of the latter himself). However, this movie is a clear example of Fukuda's ability to write amazing, powerful stories. Then, coupled with the amazing, methodical, and impactful directing of Kazuya Kamihoriuchi, we are gifted a masterpiece.

Trio of Deep Sin is not an entirely original movie, I could point to elements it borrows from other Kamen Rider properties, but it's style and intent are wholly its own. Trio of Sin is a devastating yet beautiful gut punch, that personally left me in tears a number of times, and has become a film that I can't stop thinking about days after watching it

To be frank, I do not want to provide a single specific spoiler in this review, this is an incredible movie, and if you are a fan of Kamen Rider, or just *good movies* this is one you should definitely give a watch!

If you haven't seen the show this film serves as a sequel too, I'd say the film is still watchable, but you may be left scratching your head more than the film intended. If you have no intention of watching the show, but do want to watch this movie, I would highly recommend seeking out a summary of the show first.