Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~
Short Synopsis: Our lead character has… ah screw it, I’m not going to make a Pokemon joke here; everyone and his dog is already doing that.
Here’s the big problem with Sekirei: it’s not like it’s another one of those brainless moe or fanservice shows; it’s actually got quite a decent storyline, but the comedy is utterly terrible. This episode too, the fanservice jokes were god-awful and uninspired. The creators took the most often used jokes and somehow found it a good idea to just repeat them. Within six minutes, the lead female had already tripped and planted her bosom into the conveniently placed lead character, and this episode was full of dumb jokes like that. The animation was interesting, though. The characters were drawn with a consistently as heck, but there was actually quite a bit of movement, and it actually looked quite good. Although there were times at which the animators also didn’t really understand what they were drawing (weren’t those plates hot? And what idiot closes off a program by using SHIFT, seriously?). The few serious parts reminded me of why I didn’t instantly drop this series, though. I can take this series seriously as long as it takes itself seriously. Let’s hope that the majority of this sequel will be like that, with as little of that awful comedy as possible.
OP: Standard J-pop; not good; very cheesy.
ED: Very annoying J-pop. Oh, but I guess it doesn’t matter because it has boobs…
Potential: 60%
Some Quick First Impressions: Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~
OH MY GAWD.
did you just drop your standards drastically this season,or what?
This just doesn’t like psgels….
“Our lead character has… ah screw it, I’m not going to make a Pokemon joke here; everyone and his dog is already doing that.”
This is your best line ever. I LOL’ed at this! And no way am I watching Sekirei.
mds: uhm, I actually liked the first season of Sekirei: http://psgels.net/2008/09/17/sekirei-review-75100/
It was nothing great, and it had a ton of flaws, but it also had its charms. This isn’t me, dropping my standards now, this was something of two years ago. I just want to give every show a chance, and Sekirei just turned out to be among the better fanservice shows out there. Though granted, it’s nowhere as good as some of the fanservice shows of the current spring-season.
5:45 for the first trite/cliche boob-in-face joke, yet I’d already learned to hate this bland, generic action/trash anime. Between the Bleach reject character designs, the purile humor and the cheap animation I saw nothing to bring me back here. There are certainly worse shows on the air but that’s not saying much.
Hopefully Zombie Highschool will carry the summer season…