天下制覇

You’re killing me here, A-1.

I have no idea where this episode was leaked from. It just… appeared. A cursory trace leads to youTube of all places. I kind of wish it hadn’t though. Edit: Apparently a number of shows were leaked. See comments below for link.

Impressions:

A-1’s certainly getting predictible with this timeslot. This episode went off in a completely opposite direction from previous ones and turned out pretty atrocious for it. About 95% of it was spent on introducing the ditzy Mikaze as Uchida’s romantic interest a giant walking ball of painfully forced cuteness and inconsistent art. Maya showed up for maybe four minutes and spent most of that time randomly speculating about tengu. Uchida on the other hand, was feeling whiny and homesick after seeing himself on TV, so spent the better part of a week staring at Mikaze’s breasts before going out on a date with her. Remember, this is a show that purports to be about an imminent alien invasion at a school infested with ghosts. That’s why they wanted to have an episode centered around staring at boobs and other horrible romantic cliches. "Oooh, an indirect kiss through food." Fantastic, I haven’t seen that joke eight thousand times before. The closest we get to supernatural isn’t even Maya shooting some bat thing with a crossbow in the final 5 seconds of the episode, it was Uchida’s frog-eyed landlady.

The whole thing would have been more tolerable if not for the sound and visual effects. Mikaze’s entire schtick was filled with so many harp riffs, pink backgrounds, and all the same delicacy that is required to cram a herd of elephants into a phone booth using a weed whacker. It was bad enough to be able to actually see that they spent quite a bit of effort animating her fidgeting and hopping around to try to make her ‘cute.’ Alternatively, if Uchida had done anything besides staring at her chest or fawning over her for saying that the young version of him was cute, then maybe the romance could have been touching in some way. Sadly, it was none of the above. You’re going to get boob jokes and you’re going to like them. The best gag of the episode was Uchida’s potential future if he hooked up with whose-her-face… who immediately fell madly in love with him for not making fun of her hair.

This is all part of A-1’s plan to give me an aneurysm, I can tell.

Preview:

Uchida lands in crap.