Ride Back, takin for a ride!

Written by KurtFan on March 29, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Ride back starts off with Rin Ogata who no longer dances Ballet because of an injury entering college. There she is introduced to 'Ride Backs' which are basically motorcycles with arms. Rin Ogata gets on one and it goes out of control. She then she realizes she has talent for riding and spends the rest of the series figuring out why she is drawn so much to the Ride Backs and her feelings about it and quitting ballet. That’s the first few episodes are good, then it becomes an anime about the political struggle being the GGP and the 'terrorist' group trying to shut them down ending in a huge battle that ends quickly and it was somewhat disappointing. The fighting was cool but it ended somewhat anticlimactic. Even the last scene was very short and left a sour taste in my mouth as there is no real closure with Rin Ogata.
This anime was good, but not great. If it was more about the ride backs and less about the political war then it would have been really good.