This is definitely not The Boys although it is set in the same universe and setting.

This is more aimed at YA audience, I am late thirties but I still found it enjoyable. I've watched five episodes so far and the story is slowly starting to unravel. I think its best to have watched The Boys first to understand whats going on in this series properly. This series unravels very slowly which I presume is because you should already have a feel for the backstory already.

While this series is less gritty than the Boys it still has a lot of the tropes that made The Boys popular. Blood, Gore, Sex, Nudity, Drugs e.t.c. There are many abrupt, made to shock scenes that some may find too much.

In this series however things are slightly more cartoonish or silly.

The characters are all at High School/College age and there is a heavy focus on young peoples issues. From sexuality, personal, image, emotions, drugs and alcohol. Basically your typical YA type stuff. Then there is the more deeper stuff like mental health and self harm etc, although nothing too overbearing or deep, more of a relatable nod

Some characters are likeable others not so much but over five episodes there is a fairly balanced approach to them even though they start off in that stereotypical way.

Nothing is too preachy but there is a lot of things here that some will call progressive although for young people I imagine all this stuff is just the norm. There are different races, different sexualities and gender swaps

What isn't the norm, is the entire super hero/villain premise and like The Boys its not all black and white.

There is an exuberance of creativity at play here which is where I give the most credit. The story ( so far ) has been slow to get to an actual point although after the fifth episode its now making headway.

The acting is pretty good, there is no real stand out characters here though although two are slowly coming to the top of the pile.

The show has definitely grown on me rather than other shows that blew me away first episode then fizzled out.

7.5/10.