Short Synopsis: Ran, Rui and Midori look for a way to spend the Golden Week. They end up in a suspicious looking village.
Highlights: No signs of subtlety yet, but the quiet moments is as solid as ever.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10
Well, it doesn’t look like this series is going to be a subtle one: Ran, Rui, Midori and Ran’s father arrive at the village, and they’re immediately attacked by an army of zombified villagers. Thankfully, it does know how to build up a good mystery-plot that keeps you interested. Since the characters have gotten such huge powers, this series also needs to come with some big and complicated enemies.
Also, I’d love to see the face of someone who watched episode 1 and 2, and then skipped episode 3 to move on to the fourth one. You wouldn’t be able to recognize Midori back. I knew that she’d turned good quite soon, but this episode shows her fangirling over how cute Ran’s brother is. It’s interesting how she does know how to speak in regular Japanese, but just switches to Kansai-ben when she’s in a trusted environment. Makes it harder for me to understand, though. One thing I also like about this series is how the word jokes are easy enough for my limited Japanese to understand. I agree how it’s funnier if you manage to pick them out yourself.
In any case, what I’m most surprised about in this series is the huge role that Ran’s family plays in this series, where most families in show about middle or high-schoolers are virtually non-existent. This episode features Ran’s father, as he seems to know one of the people in this village (incidentally, this also turns to be the one who’s linked to the village’s mysteries. A bit sloppy, in my opinion).
