Silver Spoon – 04

What an unbelievably charming episode!

I mean, I’m stumped here. The premise of this episode: “the cast makes pizza”. This should have been an average filler episode. And yet, somehow the creators did it: they took every single characters, grabbed their talents, and combined all of that into a delicious pizza. Hachiken set everything up, but beyond that he got so much help from everyone, ranging from a teacher who illegally stashes a bunch of cheese in a school building to a classmate who deals in vegetables. And of course getting his own pig named and slaughtered.

On top of that, these pizzas were really made out of organic ingredients. The cast just had this challenge set to them, and overcame it while fleshing out just about every character and remaining incredibly fun to watch. Yeah this was written by a very talented writer who really has mastered emotions in her delivery. And at the same time, this series never gets preachy: it’s got a lot of organic food, but it doesn’t sugarcoat things either, as shown by that Kentucky Fried Chicken reference. Also, Gouda cheese, the first time I’ve seen Dutch food in anime (Gouda is a city in the Netherlands, famous for its cheese; don’t go there on a holiday though because nowadays it sucks).

Also kudos to the animation for how it brought all of the side characters alive. Their enthusiasm for the pizza really rubbed off. Hmm, I want to eat pizza now too… Damn you Silver Spoon!
Rating: 6/8 (Awesome)

7 thoughts on “Silver Spoon – 04

      1. I know; I’m reading the manga. But hush, no spoilers for those people who innocently wander into the comment section 😉

  1. yay, glad you love it as much as I do.

    I’m following the manga so know how it all goes, but I’m still charmed by the anime, love all their reaction to pizza, and the fact there’s a gambling cheese hoarding teach that looks like a buddha

  2. This one continues to be a surprise, good show to relax too, probably not as funny as reading it as manga but solid enough as an adaptation, not gone on MCs voice really.
    This episode made me hungry…I even made a pizza after it I think =P

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