The shoes are cute, very light, and have the same great traction as the Enduro 6. I think they'd be just as comfortable as every other pair of Asics Gels I've ever owned if I didn't have to lace them so tightly. I'm not sure if it's the actual length of the laces, or if the lacing area is just too wide, which uses more of the length. It seems wider than most of my other Asics, but my Enduro 6 pair have a wider lacing area too, and I don't have this problem. I have to lace them extremely tightly in order to have enough lace to tie them, and even then the bow is so small that they come untied all the time.

I'm wearing them, uncomfortable as it may be, to see if the laces stretch out at all. If not, I'll probably just buy new laces.