Okay Zetman: if you’re planning to end next month, you’d better make it an awesome one. The past two episodes understandably switched a gear back in order to focus on some character development, and after this you need to pick the right chapters to both give this closure and an action-packed finale.
I really noticed that with series as Kamisama Dolls and No.6 past summer: these series may have been excellent in their start and middle, but their unsatisfying conclusions unfortunately hurt a lot, and lowered my opinion of them significantly. Zetman isn’t the big disaster in terms of pacing this season; that award goes to Medaka Box, but it would be such a shame if this show ended with a lukewarm feeling.
The one standout point in this episode was the fight at the Amagi mansion. That was short but sweet, and there was a very interesting death along the way: someone actually got careless and didn’t run away fast enough. The players actually didn’t charge into the strongest opponents, but tried to attack everyone at random. One criticism here is that it’s again the old ugly guy who died on a whim, even though the girls in this show have been attacked again and again while coming out alive.
Rating: *+ (Great)
enjoyable episode. except that scene where jin professed his feelings for tanaka was a WTF moment; i thought i was used to the rushed elements so far.
I was totally hoping that that scene was just Tanaka’s fantasy, but nope. It just seemed too silly to be real to me.
ha i was actually thinking at the time that that must be another clone.
I agree with that. Sadly Tanaka is another character who’s development suffered in this adaptation. In the manga she was quite reasonable and her love for Jin was better built up. In the anime she’s comes across as being clingy and possessive.
I haven’t seen this show yet…but maybe I will. The title pic for the preview turned me off for some reason.