Oh my god. I couldn’t stop laughing this episode. Even five minutes after that doll went down I was still snickering like an idiot. It’s been a while since I laughed so much at one single joke. I still keep seeing Frau running around like crazy with that very weird laugh of his. I’m not sure who exactly voiced that very high-pitched laugh of his, but that guy was hilarious.
Apart from that, this was another slow paced episode. It’s really apparent that you don’t want to watch this series for the plot, because it really isn’t the major focus. It’s like trying to watch One Outs for its deep characters: it ain’t gonna be amazing, so stop hoping for it; and instead the shows are enjoyable for very different reasons. For 07-Ghost it’s the characters, who for me are both funny and compelling when the drama starts.
Basically, Teito polished up his skills a bit in this episode, and started learned how to control the Eye of Mikhail, and how to take care of ghouls. (with one of the practice targets being that ridiculously voiced dummy that Castor modelled after Frau; it still cracks me up thinking about it). This episode also introduced a new character, who turns out to be rather cocky. I’m interested to see what that guy can add to this series’ second half. In fact, I’m really curious to see what this series can do with its second half. I’m not hoping for the story to get back on track, but instead I’m waiting for the character-development, or something else that’s going to spice up the characters and make them even more enjoyable to watch than they are now.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
If only because of that hysterical doll.
The Frau doll was freakin’ hilarious xD Oh I’m so happy how the anime made it really crazy! Bwahahahahaha!!!!
I’m excited for the subs *_* Though my cheeks might hurt again form so much laughing xD Wahahaha!
Grammar nazi invasion. It’s spelled ‘hysterical.’ 😛
A 07-Ghost episode… that’s funny?
BRB MUST WATCH NOW.
The problem I’m having 07-Ghost, firstly being that I AM STILL WATCHING IT FFFFFFFFUUUUU, is that you could essentially shorten the entire timeline of things and still be at the same point.
We got the Kor thing after one episode, no need to go much further than that. Doing more than two episodes on such a lame monster-of-the-week (its entire motif is a pair of skeletal CG wings. Is that seriously it?) is just indulgent. Akuma, Hollows, etc are viable shounen MofW villians as they can be creative and imaginative. The Tors are just…bland, too much time spent on those.
Major themes like TEITO LIEK MIKAGE were obvious from the first episode and it felt like The Matrix the amount of times it was repeated. Yes we get it.
That and all other themes could have been remixed and complete in half the time it took. A training arc shouldn’t be happening after 3 hours of airtime, it should be episode 6 or 7, perhaps.
The church is nice, but I would have thought the focus would have left it by now. And yet the whole plot is destined to stay there for even more time, it seems.
For some reason, it’s a hooking show, but the storywriting is criminal.