Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
Maybe it worked for you, but it didn't work for me. The entire fight lacked the awesomeness that you felt. The Sabertooth dragons also lacked in having a variety of attacks. They brought out 3 a few unique ones, but that was it. Shadow's a one-trick pony thus far. Light was better, but currently their fight is just full of self-enhancing power-ups.

In general, I also hate the whole:

This, no THIS, no THIS.. or maybe THIS is my true power shit. Sometimes it's alright - particularly if a strong move has a huge setback - but not when you use it for the entire episode.
Personally, I found it hilarious. It's like watching someone go Super Saiyan, then SS2, then SS3 and each time having FT just go "Nope. That's not gonna do it." Which is something protagonists don't get to do very often.

That said, I don't know what the point of the Drives was. They're powerups, but not as strong as Dragon Force. Which is like introducing SS2, when the series main character has already used SS3 in the past.

Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
Then there's the "the crowd's gone silent, I wonder what it means" x 3.
No shit. Get a viewing lacrima in the hospital or something guys.