天下制覇

I think the entire club wears women’s underwear.

Impressions:

Beginning with almost a minute straight of just walking along CG paths and hallways… Not a great sign for production. I guess probably nobody expected this to be a visual tour de force anyway though, but that was certainly not how to make a good first impression. Although it is a little strange since they apparently had the budget to animate Mr. Milquetoast getting thrown by the crossdresser. Otherwise, it’s about as cheap as I remember the first two seasons being, which is to say quite.

I’ve never been a particular fan of meta humor, but a lot of this does strike me as overly gimmicky and a kind of soulless attempt to simply identify and rebrand for more recent otaku fads, like adding a crossdresser and a super wacky girl (who was technically in the first series, but not a main character). A process sort of like how making Looney Tunes characters wear baggy pants and rap totally makes them modern and hip. Maybe I’m just old and bitter. Well, I am, but I don’t think that accounts for all of it. I was also annoyed that they were watching Bakemonogatari instead of one of their weird made-up shows too, so never let it be said I don’t carry a grudge too.

Next Episode:

Rocks fall, everybody dies.