天下制覇

…If the door has no knob!?

Impressions:

Let me get this straight, Hattori… you went to the middle of a warzone, and because you saw people killing there, you decided the logical course of action would be to make a bid for controlling the world? That’s one hell of a post-traumatic stress disorder. I shouldn’t even need to point out that you, the ninja photographer who took down 5 guys with guns pointed at you, should probably have been able to take out the entire attacking force by yourself if you weren’t too busy trying to get good pictures. What would Ben Parker think of you? Also, that shot of him next to the full moon ranks at least a roquefort on the cheese-o-meter.

An extrordinarily boring episode, only livened up by Raikou occasionally wailing on nameless thugs and the bewildering stupidity of various characters. Miharu’s in a room, and the door to the outside has no knob. He doesn’t try to push it, slide it, or kick it down, he just notes that there’s no knob and comes to the conclusion "well, I’m screwed." Why would you even build a door with no knob? There’s a lock on the other side. What is the point of a knobless door? To make matters worse, his plan for escape was "pretend I need to use the bathroom, and throw pepper in the guard’s eyes." That guard needs to be shot. Gau’s plan for breaking out Yoite by drugging one guard is also circumspect. Was he counting on Yoite to be able to fight his way out? That guard also needs to be dragged out into the street and shot. "Oh hey, it’s someone sympathetic to the prisoner saying that he just wants to visit and he’s brought me food and drink… what a nice fellow." I’m pretty sure that’s straight out of the Evil Overlord’s List of qualities to avoid in your prison guards.

Aren’t we supposed to be finding Kumohira? How will I remember that his doodad is in his earring if they don’t show it to me every week?

Preview:

Aftera few days of bright sunshine and warmth, it’s blizzarding again.