This episode had even more talking than the previous two episodes. It had a lot of politics and other conversations, and it actually managed to make them exciting. A lot was about Oda Nobunaga’s ambitions, discussed by his followers. It’s an excellent build-up, it touched a bit upon his backstory and really made him out to be this megalomaniac leader.
Also, this series has some strange fascination with facial hair. I mean, the vast majority of the characters here have moustaches (in fact, it has the first moustached lead character I’ve seen in a long, long while), but this episode also put some strange amount of detail in the sideburns of each character, up to the point where they were blowing really smoothly in the wind. That’s part of the charm of this series, though: the really strange facial art. Especially the facial expressions make for some awesome non-verbal communication.
Like most other series about politics, the cast is also looking out to be huge here. These past three episodes have focused on a ton of different characters. Now, these are obviously not as well fleshed out as the lead characters, but they fit in well with the other characters, in particular Sasuke. I’m not sure what it is about him, but they all play wonderfully off of him.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
Hyouge mono is no doubt my most favourite of the season. I really love the white-blue porcelain Chawan featured this episode (didn’t catch the name but I’m sure I came across it in some book before). The castle was fabulous too. Can’t wait to see more stunning arts in next episodes.
It would be interesting if someone come up with an anime like Hyouge mono but focus on leaf tea and such, like having the protagonist drooling over Wedgewood tea sets and go nerdgasm with Darjeeling Second Flush.
I am glad Huzzah is subbing this show. They have subbed episode 2 rather fast. I hope they will continue with it.
I don’t know, is it worth it? It seems interesting, but not very interesting. As in, the concept seems nice, but the show itself doesn’t seem very interesting.
For one not interested in politics, would this be interesting?