Campione! #02 — Throwing Pigs

July 13th, 2012

 

At least it’s not more horses.

Impressions:

I guess unlike the other two breastful AT-X ‘action’ shows in this 12 hour span, this one didn’t drop as much as the other two. Then again, it was starting on a lower level. So congratulations to Diomedea for managing to maintain the same standard. Round of applause. The whole plot continues to be completely paint by the numbers, Godou continues to be annoying, the exposition continues to be excessive, and Erica being horny is a poor substitute for her being drunk. There weren’t even any of the ‘nice’ CG cars for me to sarcastically compliment.

Well, it wasn’t all bad. They actually did a surprisingly decent job with the fight scene. It was just shortish, had a constant narrative over the whole thing, and as a training fight, had little actual impact to it. I did chuckle a little bit at the end when he just tackled her in the middle of her endless rambling though. Anything to finally shut these characters up. But it did look like an actual fight when they bothered to show him instead of the spectators. Not obnoxious stills or staring at each other as long as you ignore the long asides from the peanut gallery. Otherwise, just some introductions to a few other characters. His bitchy sister, random obnoxious classmates, etc. Just checkboxes for the show to go through while it fills up some time. Yawn. Next!

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9 Shouts From the Peanut Gallery

  • Kadi says:

    Wow, that was an unexpectedly nice review. You didn’t even complain how they cut away from the fight to give more exposition. Then there’s the reused footage, all the corniness and the “convenient developments”…

    • Nanaya says:

      Have you seen the other series this season? It’s all relative…

      • Kadi says:

        I’m reading this blog so that I don’t have to watch them. So far it’s increased my enjoyment a lot.

  • EXM says:

    This blog brings enjoyment to people? Aroduc must be losing his touch.

  • jingoi says:

    No more bitchy sisters! Got enough of that from Kirino, Kureha and my own sisters. If MC’s sis wants to be tsun or whatever then do it without clothes.

    • Nanaya says:

      I hope you don’t mind if I take that last line. Some alteration and a decent setup and it’s a great comeback.

  • icymirage says:

    Apparently, parks in Rome are deserted during the day. Also, no one seemed to care that he just destroyed the city’s most famous landmark. The fight was … okay for an intro I guess. You’d think he’d use super-speed to tackle Erika instead of just dodging, but I guess then he wouldn’t have an excuse to destroy the Colosseum.

  • The Phantom says:

    was not that bad but yeah so far the story is a joke, hopefully we will see less and less of the miko girl again I hate her already and the other two girls will have more personality.

  • coldcompress says:

    They’re really rushing the plot. They seem to be combining two separate arcs together. It might work?