Yes! This definitely is a start here! Best episode of Tsuritama so far!
This episode kept the light-hearted nature, added the epic “the world is doomed”-effect, increased the pacing, used the build-up of the rest of the series, and really got fun and exciting. The balance between comedy and drama especially was brilliant.
It’s also here where it really shows how creative this show is, because once again this episode thrived on it, and it had a ton of these nice finds that made this episode really interesting to watch, ranging from the bizarre bunny suits that the members of Duck wore and their hilariously direct ways of taking control of Enoshima to the use of hot curry and Haru’s idea to send Yuki to Nagoya of all places. It’s a really neat idea to have the cast make the main character make a little side-trip.
What’s more: this episode flowed really well into each other. For one the members of Duck are hilarious, but they were also very effective in rounding up the city despite that. It’s here where you can really see the build-up paying off, because Enoshima really feels alive, especially now that it has changed so much because of the evacuations. All the events in this episode also flowed really well into each other, and nothing felt forced. Come on, Kenji Nakamura: you can do this. Continue this upward trend for two more episodes and we’ll actually have a really great series here.
Rating: *** (Awesome)
Someone told me Tsuritama has 12 episodes too. Although I keep hearing conflicting information about that.
I’m really curious what really happened to Koko and why Haru decided to send everyone out of Enoshima (is he trying to get them away from the mischievous alien in Enoshima waters to save them after failing to confront it or is that just him acting weird and randomly after he lost Koko to the mischievous alien).
And why i’m calling the alien mischievous !!? .. because what alien would be able to control people only to make them dance their own national dance over and over endlessly .. that’s got to be some mischievous bastard .. i can’t wait to see how it looks like and how it thinks … and i wonder if it can take human form like Haru and Koko.
Oh .. and i like how Duck agents are just hilarious and over the top yet they are effective .. heck .. they have armored cars and battleships .. WTH .. did the Jap government assign them these and do they even know what Duck is doing in Enoshima !!? (i suppose since it was shown on TV), wish we could get to know more about this Duck organization before the show ends.