And yet again this show is building up. Thankfully the creators did give a reason for it: everyone is pretty much waiting for back-up to arrive. So yeah, in the meantime nothing much is gonna happen. It’s a stark contras with Aquarion, which figures out a big battle in every episode. If this show can pull it off in the end, it will be the better approach, because it can put more focus on the individual battles, rather than them turning into some sort of unity sausage (is that a proverb in English as well? I’m not sure…).
The big pitfall of this approach is that the series isn’t going to pick up enough momentum. In the end, what really happened in this episode? Some of the villains wandered around and met a bunch of people. The direction and timing made for some funny moments and Madoka’s past was nice, but it’s still missing something. If this was just one episode I wouldn’t be worried, but this has been going on for quite a few weeks now. Still, this is a Tatsuo Sato series. In the end, this series too puts emphasis on letting characters play out, it just does this a bit later than Mouretsu Pirates. Because of that, Mouretsu had a dull beginning, while it’s getting really interesting now, whereas Rinne no Lagrange’s start was excellent, only for it to catch up on the build-up right now in order to prevent the characters from turning into underdeveloped stereotypes.
Rating: * (Good)
lololololol unity sausage lololol
what does that even mean
Ah, apparently it isn’t an English proverb. 😛
What it stands for in Dutch is a disapproving term for a large amount of similar things.
You’d think someone as seemingly diligent as Kirius would have remembered to ask Madoka if she knew Madoka; perhaps he was in awe of her selfless heroism!
I wonder whether getting the character work done at different times in Rinne (now) and Mouretsu (earlier) was a conscious choice by Tatsuo Sato to see which would have more success.
I like how the girl pilots fell into the background while the focus was on the three guy pilots. While it did somewhat arrest the momentum from an action standpoint, the action that follows this episode will be more meaningful now that we know a little bit more about what makes the lads tick.
I like the little reference to Sket Dance, especially since one of the leads is voicing one of the guys.
That first screenshot almost looks like it was taken straight of Samurai Champloo haha, looks exactly like the retired samurai kick ass fellow.