I really loved the first 7 episodes. Honestly. Masayoshi's good, honest intentions with his powerlessness and desire for justice made a very enjoyable piece to watch, and it was fairly believable how he gradually became better and honestly began making a difference in his society. I loved his reckless, wacky interaction with the serious-minded and more realistic Goto, and a lot of the other characters also had interesting intentions and characterizations that meshed well to make a very cohesive plot.
It was at the end of episode 7 that things became very weird too fast. Before, the heroes were believable real-life superheroes who were really just humans with some courage and maybe a little-advanced technology (BUT nothing major as it was basic technology that is honestly quite realistic and doable in our world). With the advent of King Torture, the series goes full-out supervillains, with a monster of the week and disregards most of the realism and realistic social issues built up in previous episodes. It becomes zany, unrealistic, and to be quite frank, boring. The episodes stopped engaging me as much as the antics became more extreme and unbelievable and drew less on the real life social drama that I had loved.
Thus, this series is a huge disappointment to me. I'm not sure what the directors/writers were thinking with this. The majority of reviewers I've read online agree with this sentiment: the beginning was brilliant and well executed, but the latter was crazy and went too far too fast with too little cohesion to the first 6 episodes. I looked if there were bad reviews or a reason for the sudden shift in plot, but nothing online indicates it, so I'm honestly confused. There was so much potential and greatness, and I feel now that its been ruined by a poor plot decision.
Overall, I think this show is very much worth a watch for the initial 6 and a half episodes. It tells some nice lessons about society and life, and it brings nicely to the forefront the question of what is the right thing to do and when. Those 7 episodes alone are excellent and very enjoyable. But don't bother with anything after the 7th unless you want to know what happens at the end. The shift in tone/genre does not keep the spirit I felt in the original IMO, and that is a tragedy.
Also for scoring, for the first 7 episodes I'd give it a solid "7" score overall, but the remaining episodes, I'd give it a "1" or so overall, so the overall score is about a 3/4 for me.
