天下制覇

I am shocked by this thing already revealed seventeen minutes prior.

Impressions:

Here's (finally) our second in the day's subgenre of "world-weary young adult male cohabitates with precocious girl who heals his soul." This one's a lot more by the numbers than the earlier thing, which is to say that it's a lot less angsty. Then again, a wake would probably have less angst. It's more consistent overall, and the standard manic pixie girl isn't being forcefed nothing but Pepsi, so doesn't constantly vibrate in place. It's definitely trying to be more adorable than 'funny,' which is a good thing because the comedy's also the standard I HAVE SUDDENLY SHOUTED SOMETHING terribleness.

 I don't know that there's much else to say. He mostly bums around, goes on a tour of the characters, has some traumatic udon-related flashbacks about the crushing burden society/family placed upon him, and the big twist at the end is… the manic pixie girl is actually a tanuki, which will surely come as a dramatic surprise to all the people who skipped the opening. Not that it stops the protagonist from staring, and staring… and staring… in shocked wonder as sunbeams cascade around him at the sheer super duper craziness of this reveal. And then, because they accidentally ended the episode at 18 minutes long, here's a two minute flash short of the show within the show.

Next Episode:

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