Really, this series continues to surprise me. When I first read the premise, I thought that this series would be something like Dennou Coil or Ghost in the Shell, but I’m still struggling to find a good series to compare this to. Real Drive has become much more light-hearted than I think anyone could have expected, but because of that it’s able to show exactly how people have come to live with the metal, and it’s really able to show the ins and outs of its premise, and the creators can really show their vision of the future, and it’s really great to have series as this one show a more positive view on the future, instead of the bleak corrupted and screwed-up science-fiction series.
This time: pets. I absolutely love the little touches, where chips have been invented that translate what dogs can say (in fact, why shouldn’t this be possible in fifty years?), but there still are a few flaws in the translation, like it mistaking “food” for “friend”. That’s indeed a typical characteristic of software like this: it may do its job 90% of the cases, but it obviously can’t be perfect. It’s the same thing as in episode five: that cyborg was great at fighting, but as soon as he needed to do something else, he became like a three year-old.
The thing is that this series is already so much fun, even though all it’s been doing is building up. I really can’t wait to see this series enter its second half, and use what it’s been building up for, especially considering the director: chevalier had a rather boring first half, but it so much made up for this with its second half, and the same goes for nearly all of his work.
I havent watched episode 7 yet but I compare it to the matrix =)