Odd Taxi Review – 96/100

Odd Taxi pulled up with little fanfare, unknown staff, and a bizarre name. Thirteen weeks later, I sit here shocked at how much I enjoyed this ride. Exceeding expectations and not falling prey to any of my worries, Odd Taxi was a tightly written – with a few head-scratching elements – cleanly executed, multimedia mystery/drama/romance/heist. What did they do right? What were my (very) few complaints? Read on!

A word on my grading criteria. For me, each show has 50 points to earn and 50 points to lose. Points are earned by going above and beyond the norm – showing me something I hadn’t seen or making me feel something unexpected. Something that makes me applaud.

Points are lost when I feel a component of the show was below average or less than acceptable in terms of animation, storyline, etc. Something that takes away from the show as a whole.

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Odd Taxi – 07/08 [Trick or Treat/Bless You]

Sorry everyone – I’ve been travelling (and can’t sleep in a face covering on a 9 hour flight T_T). Worse than that, I failed to acquire an Odokawa shirt (I found out there are “good” and “bad” Aloha shirts…I guess Odokawa has “bad” ones that apparently people get insulted if you ask them for).

I haven’t even seen the latest episode as I struggle to catch up, but let’s talk about the previous two!

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Odd Taxi – 06 [Let Me Hear You Say WTF?]

(Before anyone gets on my case, yes I know I’m using a different title than the official English one, but I think “WTF” fits more than “What the hell”, since it’s more local slang-y.  Call me dumb if you like ^_^).  This week on Odd Taxi, things get heated in da club…and the story comes together nicely.

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