天下制覇

Well, at least it reinvents itself every week.

Impressions:

Eeeh. The good thing is that I doubt we’ll ever see Ieyasu again. The bad thing is that now that it’s clear what the format for this show is going to be, I’m not thrilled by it. Compressed episodic stories could work if Nobunaga acted as a connecting thread between them but she was completely absent until the final seconds and really didn’t need to be in the episode at all. I’m not really sure where that leaves this if things continue. It’s certainly not funny or creative, and a series of 12 vignettes about girls that happen to be named after Japanese warlords learning to believe in themselves in very random and contrived ways does not seem like a good idea in the slightest.

Anyway, here we have just an exceedingly generic story about Ieyasu wanting to sing and dance, then finding out it’s hard work, learning to overcome her own insecurity and becoming a real idol thanks to never saying give up. Gag me with a fork. Of course, after a training montage and insert song, her idol turns out to hate her for stealing her thunder. Shock and surprise. At least Nobunaga then shows up and stabs her, taking her magic heart or whatever nonsense that is because she’s going to conquer the present world as an idol. Yeah, sure. Whatever.

Preview:

Kenshin and Naoe.