Baretto/Baretto

(No spoilers) The settling and plot for the show is really cool and interesting. Some (please note that not all) obstacles the protagonist faces when trying to fight for his ideals, are for the most part pretty cleverly done, especially later in the show. There is overall some really good world building done. I do start to have problems when coming to the characters, sometimes it feels like there actions don't make a lot of sense, like how the villain just lets the main character try to ruin there plans, for no apparent reason, other than trying to prove to him that it is pointless, which the villain has no need to prove that to the protagonist because the villain is a lot stronger than the protagonist. The protagonist makes dumb choices, that even go against the ideas of his team (though that doesn't stop the team from going along with them), there is also a lot of in location changes, that don't make sense, because the protagonist shouldn't know or even end up where they do. There seems to also be a bit of random points where certain characters get a lot stronger/weaker. But other than the relatively small plot holes, and the tad-bit of cringey dialogue, I think this a pretty cool show.

Bullet/Bullet hits like a nitrous blast: dusty dystopian highways, junkyard ingenuity, and a scrappy crew that keeps stealing from the wrong people for the right reasons. Gear's cobbled-together muscle car (the "Bullet") and the ragtag lineup-Gear, the larger-than-life White Bear, and their glitchy multi-mode robot buddy-get pulled into something way bigger when a quiet drifter named Noah asks them to recover a mysterious cassette tied to the world's dead power grid. That simple "one job" snowballs into chases through sandstorms, double-crosses, and a mid-season kidnapping that flips the show from caper fun to full rescue mission.

The real surprise is Amanda Turen as Noah. She starts off soft-spoken and guarded, like she expects everyone to sell her out, then gradually lets the edges show: dry humor in the cab of the Bullet, a cracked voice when everything goes sideways, and steel when she's being marched in front of guns. The scenes where Noah is separated from the crew sell the stakes because Turen never overplays it-she lets fear, resolve, and a hint of guilt bleed through line by line. By the time the team's racing to pull her out, you're in it emotionally because she made you care.

Action's slick, the desert chase animation feels weighty, and the soundtrack slaps-but it's Noah (and Turen's read of her) that gives the show its heart. I'm all-in for the next drop. 10/10.