天下制覇

It bears repeating.

Impressions:

God, the start of this episode was tortue in just about every possible way. First we had an absolute ratking mess of bad cg cars, buildings, roads, everything as Birdy ne Senkawa leapt around the town. Then, there was approximately a minute straight of a conversation going something like this:

Senkawa: "WHAT’S GOING ON!?"
Birdy: "Calm down and I’ll tell you."
Senkawa: "I NEED TO KNOW NOW!"
Birdy: "Give me a minute."
Senkawa: "WHAT’S GOING ON!!?!?!"
Birdy: "Just be quiet for a moment!"
–repeat–

Some five minutes of exposition and explaination later, most of which has been covered by anybody who has read at least a paragraph on the premise of the show, we finally get to… Senkawa meeting up with his friends like a bump on a log. Can this dude possibly be any lamer? "I’m the body of an intergalactic superpowered supermodel who talks to me all the time while my own body gets fixed. THIS SUCKS." At least, once again, we finally got to the action and I could go back to being relatively content with the show. There was quite a bit less this episode than last, and it wasn’t anywhere as impressively done, but I’m not certain if that was just to keep ol’ Fleshy mcFallingApart a little underpowered so that his fusion with Giga for next episode is all the more impressive, or if the budget is already drying up. I’m hoping it’s the former.

Still, thanks to Senkawa’s continued sucktitude, and even his "no no, we need to save the paparazzi instead of chasing after the intergalatic mass murderer, YOU KILLER HOW DARE YOU BIRDY ROBBLE ROBBLE ROBBLE" I think I’m sticking to my opinion that thus far, the action’s pretty much all that’s worth watching. Of course, next episode shows Senkawa using some of Birdy’s powers in his form, so maybe he’ll start developing a spine and some confidence instead of just whining constantly. I also wasn’t aware that the paparazzi dude was going to be a running gag. That’s very… Eddie Brock. I think I’ll be disappointed if he doesn’t end up fused with a villain now that I’ve got that image in mind.

Birdy vs Captain Goo

Preview:

Senkawa gets hit on by a gay robot and stretchy Giga.