O yeah, this show is building up so much right now. While it indeed is true that the past few episodes have simply featured Ayanami sending a bunch of Ghouls at Teito, there was no way that the creators could have omitted them, because there would have been no way to flesh out the characters and the setting that way. It’s indeed been one of the least eventful shows this season so far, but you can really see that it’s nowhere near the meat of the series so far.
And besides, it’s not like the ‘fillers’ are bad either. There indeed is the formula of Ayanami sending badly disguised Ghoul at Teito, but there’s lots of stuff going on besides it. The ghouls sent always have something that Teito and Mikage can relate to in some way and to be honest, the battles do kick ass at times, and they’re meant to be predictable: we now know that Teito has hidden powers and Frau is going to easily take care of any Ghoul out there, and Ayanami knows that like no other. It’s really being established that the past fights weren’t pure luck, but based on Frau’s skills none of those Ghouls had a chance whatsoever, so Ayanami is really going to have to come with something more hard-hitting than that.
My one complaint about this episode was that random group of punks that appeared from out of nowhere, tried to look cool and got blasted to bits. I mean, I understand that this show is also trying to establish how l33t Ayanami’s Goons are, but the creators could have spent a bit more time fleshing these guys out, even though they’re probably never going to appear again.
Rating: * (Good)
Call it a ‘filler’, but at least it was a fun filler that served its purpose.
I’ve just seen it and . . .
Call it a ‘filler’, but at least it was a fun filler that served its purpose.
=== I totally agree on that! Oh wow, for a filler, it had been really really good! I’m so impressed =D
For a Filler it was definitely very good but the story should pick up soon. Because I’m already more a fan of an intriguing story to me that long series of predictable battles (though quite good in itself) can’t make the whole series an entertaining experience. I don’t know the manga but I hope that we get to see a bit more of Mikages conflict (of course not in an manner that it becomes self-pity) and perhaps more of an explanation for the overall situation (the church, the ghouls, Ayanami and his fellows, the war refugees – they all seem to be simply ‘there’ for now without you knowing why they fight against each other).
Where did the word flesh in “fleshing these guys out” come from? I’m not even sure that I’ve seen it used like the way you always use here. Maybe in a very few other anime blog, but other than that, where did you pick up on how to use the word “flesh” here? It’s so weird to the point that I have to ask.
To be honest, I can’t remember. I’ve been using the term for so often now that I can’t remember where I saw it first. I’m actually surprised that I’m one of the few people to use it, since it’s such an important issue with relatively long stories like the ones you see in anime.