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This is so far my anime of the season...hell at this point probably the year - and I'm surprised it's being so slept on here. There's still two episodes to go but I'm confident after the most recent episode that they know what they're doing and that they're gonna slide this one out of the park.

SSSS.Dynazenon is carrying forth a lot of the fantastic work done by Trigger's B-Team with SSSS.Gridman and just dialing it up on everything that was working. The impeccable direction, shot composition, and the right blend of surreal and exciting - that's all here, perhaps even better than before. Gridman is ... my favorite show from Trigger and Dynazenon is doing everything that worked about the original show without retreading the same ground - and playing with way more riskier concepts and theming than before.

So much of this show feels like it was done with intention - every shot, every line of dialogue felt like it had special care to make sure there was a reason it was there. There's a level of craft here that I don't even see in Trigger's other works and I think that's down to the show having strong (if simple) ideas and making everything tie together with the nicest bow wrap imaginable. I've made it a habit to rewatch episodes upon finishing them to just take a gaze at the details I've missed, and the hints regularly made about the show's direction and characters.

Special praise has to be given to the character dialogue and voice direction, which is some of the best in anything I've ever experienced - it fits the tone of the show so freaking well. There's a sense of surrealism, realism, and even comedy to the way characters respond to each other and it naturally flows together pretty much perfectly. I'm honestly envious - I'd kill to make something that's got direction this tight. If I could achieve even a monochrome of the success they've done here, I think I'd die happy!

Of course, who knows how this show will end up - I'm not the kind of person that likes to put my thoughts on a show until I finish seeing it to the end, but I'm more-and-more positive with each week that SSSS.Dynazenon is going to be a favorite of mine for years to come - a show that I'll watch a million times over like I've done with its predecessor. This show is a essential watch, especially if you've watched SSSS.Gridman. Let's check back in two weeks and see if that 9 is a 10.