Tiger & Bunny #11 — Rubber Room

June 11th, 2011

 

Heroes are on leave today.

Impressions:

Yawn. This was about three minutes of content stretched out to the entire episode. Hell, they could have just removed HANZ, DESTROYER OF WORLDS, replaced him with a generic copter pilot, and fit the whole thing into the opening teaser. Plus, their plan of having Origami take the place of HANZ, DESTROYER OF WORLDS, despite knowing absolutely nothing about him, his powers, or his personality just made the whole thing even more laughable. Then the episode ends with the surprising cliffhanger that Jake has somehow already figured that out. Actually, it is somewhat impressive that he did, considering that the show is full of characters who are baffled by who Wild Tiger could be. I mean, he’s wearing a little black mask. Nobody could ever see through that amazing disguise.

And that’s really all that happens this episode. Well, that and a bunch of off-model art. The rest of it is spent watching them chatter about how they’re in trouble, and talk about how they’re worried about Origami. Yawn. Nothing more exciting than a bunch of ‘super’ heroes sitting in a room looking worried. But in spandex! The two closest things to anything ‘super’ happening this week were Bunny punching a monitor and Jake punching some random criminal with his mind. Apparently he’s a telekinetic too. I wonder if they’ll just keep adding new powers for him at the writers’ whims. I also have absolutely no idea why, in the middle of a terrorist attack, they decide that it’s time to call a press conference and reveal Bunny’s past. Maybe it’s to distract the public from the fact that the city streets are full of teddy bears pilotting mecha trying to kill them. Or more likely, the writers are drunk again.

Preview:

Making deals with psychopathic murderers backfires for some inexplicable reason.

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10 Shouts From the Peanut Gallery

  • Lollerman says:
    June 13, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    You ever get the feeling that the alcohol is really flowing freely lately? I mean, pretty much all the series you are blogging have had the same complaint: The writers are either drunk, high, or some bizarre combination of the two.

    And they keep wondering why anime sales continue to plummet

    • Aroduc says:
      June 13, 2011 at 2:48 pm

      Only the ones that are pretending to have plots. Between this season and last season’s Deen disasters plus Rio, Merry, and GOSICK, it has been particularly dismal for the last six months as far as writing with any kind of cohesion has gone.

      • Leah-san says:
        June 15, 2011 at 1:41 pm

        But what about Madoka, Ano Hana and Steins Gate? Madoka and those two are pretty well written shows.

        • Aroduc says:
          June 15, 2011 at 3:48 pm

          …Aside from mixing and matching any or all of characterization, heavy-handed melodrama, and severe pacing issues, right? Not to mention other issues relating to production and/or direction.

  • T_I says:
    June 16, 2011 at 5:06 am

    I honestly don’t know what kind of show you like. I’ve been following this blog for about two years and… it seems that you only blog about shows that you hate

    are you punishing yourself or are you trying to be like Zac Bertschy from Anime News Network?

    • Aroduc says:
      June 16, 2011 at 10:09 am

      I would suspect that’s because you have a puritanistic outlook, unable to see the thrill of experience. A preference to live in a fluffy world where everything has round edges and offers the same inoffensive dull sensation rather than the joy of condemning something truly terrible or exalting something moving.
      And here’s the big spoiler that might change your life. Despite how eternally worked up the fandom is about how the last month of episodes is the most epic/real/funniest that any show has ever been ever… [spoiler]98% of what’s made is average at best. If you cannot see the bad, why should I think you are able to see the good?
      [/spoiler]

      Feel free to get a towel if I just blew your mind.

      • T_I says:
        June 16, 2011 at 5:29 pm

        Ok, so you derive pleasure from scorning things. I get that much. I understand schadenfreude

        But you still haven’t answered my question.

        What kind of anime do you LIKE?

        I’m just going to assume that it’s the ones that you don’t blog about

        • Aroduc says:
          June 16, 2011 at 9:12 pm

          A.) No, it’s not. It’s not even close.
          B.) You did not ask that question. You begged a (different) question, so I deftly ignored it.
          C.) To be charitable, I’ll answer your new question. “Good ones.”
          D.) Feel free to browse the archives and discover for yourself the shows that I like.

  • TheFox says:
    June 17, 2011 at 7:41 am

    I can understand not wanting to answer the question “What DO you like?” every time somebody asks, myself included in a previous C post, but come on. It only takes five seconds to type up a brief list. Instead we get the passive-aggressive answer “Go search for it.”

    Here’s a thought: Maybe some people wouldn’t think you hated everything if you didn’t overuse sarcasm to the point of being eye-rolling. Your “final thoughts” wrap-ups are more reasonable and fair critiques than your weekly posts as the show airs.

    • Aroduc says:
      June 17, 2011 at 7:43 am

      I could also surround the borders of every post with My Little Ponies. That would make it rainbowy magical.

      Alas, it is not meant to be.