Mercuri
Oh, I love 86, but it is very emotionally intense. You’re in for one wild ride. But don’t worry, it’s not all downers. Hedgehog dilemma is definitely an appropriate metaphor.
I mean… only in the same sense that Beastars is all about furry porn.
Popular girl ends up liking nerdy guy but is terrible at expressing her feelings so she ends up bullying him, but it’s not like he gets off on the mistreatment or anything. Still, not surprising that it draws in that sort of crowd.
I’m getting Hi-Score Girl vibes. Definitely going to watch this.
Okay, I really liked this episode. Noel plotting and basically being a villain is great. And the dichotomy between Blue Beyond and the Winged Knights is fun to watch.
One minor gripe is that Wilheim from Re:Zero basically pulled the test out of his butt. Even if he’s gunning for Noel to be the commander, setting it up as a competition between two B-ranks seems far-fetched. Then again it’s just for clan admittance and Noel might be pulling strings behind the scenes.
Another gripe is the Puppeteer guy. We’re introduced to him at the start of the episode and then never see him again. Feels like they forced his scene in there because they didn’t know where to put it. I’m sure he’ll become relevant later but by the end of the episode I had all but forgotten about him.
Episode 9 was a ton of fun, but this one…wasn’t. It had its moments, but it weirdly felt like a bad imitation of episode 9.
Full agree. This episode didn’t really bring too much to the table. We got a brief rundown of what happened with Will Seeker and then a whole lot of nothing. Not even very many cool villainess moments. And seriously, ANOTHER rumor of name calling and ANOTHER brainwashing reveal? Felt like a filler episode.
Like, this is Grade A creeper stuff Alicia!
And Creepy Prince does creepy things, surprising no one.
Oh yeah, nothing against him working at the gas station. He wasn’t really even a racer in Initial D. But we see all these other Initial D characters doing different things and there he still working the same job he had in high school. I wouldnt be surprised to find out it’s the same station. Anyway he’s got a wife and kids now so he’s definitely happy there and making ends meet no problem.
The cinematography and art direction continues to impress me. Changes in field of view, angles, colors… just everything comes together so well. It makes even the silly dialog scenes stand out.
I also REALLY love this callback to the original Acrobatic Silky:
As for the joke at the end, we all saw it coming and yet they still made it funny with the fisheye field of view, wacky animation, and cartoony art style
Dandadan makes even the predictable impressive.
This sounds terrible. I’m probably going to watch it.