Mayoiga – 10

It is a feast to see a show that still remains very unpredictable till its very end. Yes, this episode put the silliness to the max and I prefer it this way. Now to think about it I think this might be one of the best way to approach Mayoiga. They consistency screw up our expectation, twist any ordinary convention by making things as insane and as little sense as possible. So kudos to Tsutomu Mizushima for remain really consistent for composing things inconsistently.

Because for me, the fun of watching Mayoiga is to experience the ridiculousness of the episode, and this week it’s choke full of absurd and nonsense sequences that  today instead of reviewing the episode, I will rank them in order of RIDICULOSNESS:

For number 10, we have our Yotsun back (which makes the total body count a big ZERO). This is a good introduction phase to our GOD, which later we found out that “a long time” means 3 years ago.

For number 9, we learn that Mitsumune indeed returns back to the real world. We witness one of the most bizarre parental guidance (“You can leave home and come back any time”), and even a more chilling confession above. It’s a shame because after nearly 10 years of imposing his dead brothers, Mom just decided to not getting better. And what they mean by getting better? Accept Mitsumune as Tokimune? Yuck.

At number 8 and 7, we have two out of nowhere backstory mean to freshen out Yotsun and Lion, respectively, which at the end we learn nothing new from each of them. Who are the people with those cello? His parents? Over the rap career? Lion said nobody believe her but she did build quite a strong following so I’m just not sure what she complaining. Also her gift is quite vague: she can see dead people? She can see the people who about to die? She can see people that might not die? Oh god. This adds up to nothing, which also means Mayoiga at its best.

At number 6, Mitsumune again proves why he’s the main protagonist of Mayoiga. For a show that pretty much nonsense and play with your expectation, his train of thought is very much what represents Mayoiga. To meet up a person that helped him out of the mess, his first line would be as careless and insensitive as asking the name. He then apologized because this is him who must know the important of the name. Right on bitch!

For number 5, where everyone in the village started to feel fatigued and I think they affected from some kind of sleeping gas. It is Lovepon who I presumed because of the sleeping gas that helps her calm down, making her appear as the most sensible person in the village, as well as the most sober, humane side of herself (which I, in a million year, would not ever dare to dream of). Well done Mayoiga!

And now to the introduction of GOD, yes you read it right. The God who behind everything pulling the strings, testing out people in the village and when in need, single handed rescue the person he thinks “get his idea”. Mitsumune seems like a very good fit.

Turns out it’s not. Kamisama is just the name of a scientist who spent his whole life researching Nanami monsters. He pulled off the theory about psychological scars turns into the monsters. He himself succeed to look for Nanami and results in what I feel the most whimsical part of this episode “just a click. And he gone” (consider our main cast have so much trouble getting out, he himself had it too easy)

But that’s not the end. He even has balls to suggest that losing Nanami means losing yourself, which yeah, only Mayoiga can pull it off.

To our two top spots, what I guessed last week about Koharun might turn out to be insane proved true. Koharun had been one of only few characters who speaks and acts more like a normal person (Well, except when she sings), but she does have a very extensive knowledge about Mayoiga, so I’m not surprised if she is the “boss”. This is one of the most WTF moments in an episode full of ridiculous moments. Apparently on my guess she and Masaki’s uncle are the one who have lost their own Nanami, that’s why him can sees the shape of the Nanami monsters and her can be able to protect the losers.

And my number one for absurdness would be when Dahara fixes himself a smoke (look at his face!) and people around just get so works up that it feels like he fixing a bomb instead. Mayoiga has an insane quality of putting unimportant stuffs for the cast to scream at each other, and a unique touch of making them going sidetrack to those ridiculous stuffs (like how to name Rock, scissor, paper or tried to recall the name of one of the vanished person). This sequence speaks a lot on why Mayoiga is so ridiculous but entertaining piece of works.

And finally, a round of applause for the entire episode has balls to exclude our key character, Masaki, 3 episodes before it ends.

~SuperMario~