天下制覇

This show sure knows its presentation.

Impressions:

Twenty continues to be the star of the show. The entire segment at the end with him was hilarious. I would have preferred that he throw a few more random articles of clothing as an attack before ending up completely naked, but I’ll take an attempted boot to the head. Plus, all the weirdness when he was trapped in the sarcophagus with Cordelia had be chuckling too. I’m not as big a fan of the Toys randomly returning whenever the plot dictates that it’s important for that. Then again, I’m not expecting a particularly nuanced plot here. Regardless, it’s still a crappy cliche that I was hoping the show would avoid. Oh well.

The first half wasn’t as much fun as the second half, but I’m remaining impressed at how they’re able to keep up the energy even without much of a budget. JC Staff’s really letting their artists go to town with this one, and while there are plenty of bizarrely oversized chins and eyes drifting slightly outside of faces, the constant style parodies and overplayed faces keep everything expressive and give the delivery impact without everybody screaming every single line. The police are just a generic rival squad, but we didn’t really see them do much of anything except force the protagonists to play Twister under the promise that it’d return their powers. After that, the cops just got tricked by Arsene and essentially disappeared for the rest of the episode… so, not much of an intro at all aside from showing that they’re not overly bright either. Also, given their stupidity and willingness to do anything to get their powers back, I give the team a month before they’re sniffing crack off a male prostitute’s chest and tripping the light fantastic.

Preview:

The number one threat to detectives: BEARS.