My reaction to this episode: okay, they are starting to stretch that annoying manager who keeps calling. I’ve seen enough anime to know where this is going: he keeps bothering her and she suddenly develops feelings for him and they become a couple and HOLY CRAP WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO HIM!
This really is a deconstruction of the Superhero genre, or should I say Supervillain-genre, because the premise of this series is: what if earth was attacked by stereotypical supervillains”? They just identify the most visible superhero at the time to be their main adversary. But the way in which this series does its things is particularly clever, and really plays with your expectations.
The generic goons were used quite interestingly. This series acknowledges that these monsters are just a dime a dozen, and that they’re easily beaten, luring us into a false sense of security that everything will be easy. And even the random monsters that explode have a tail left behind, in the form of the dust that their explosion covered.
And then it comes with these huge mood-whiplashes that are actually really effective. The question is whether this show will keep that up for the entirety of the airtime. Shock value needs to be balanced and can only get you so far.
Rating: 6/8 (Excellent)
I really don’t know how you see this as good, Madoka Magica was an example of a GOOD deconstruction, this is an example of a POOR deconstruction. You can see what it’s trying to do, but it falls flat. If you go back to the shoutbox after an episode airs, you see a lot of dissapointment.
I think this episode is good overall. Don’t care about it being deconstruction or whatever but the show is still highly entertaining. And that’s what matters.
Uh, the most disappointment I saw came from you, and I also saw people who were just fine with this episode. For me it works.
Actually wanted to throw in there that in addition to spike, Tanz was also pretty underwhelmed and disappointed in the recent episodes of this series. =<
In its defense, Galilei Donna was worse. 😛
I liked this episode, and felt it brought Samurai Flamenco a bit back on track, introducing a fantastical element, and then keeping it grounded with an air of realism in how the everyday people would react to the situation.