天下制覇

At least they're still making silly faces.

Impressions:

I guess it was marginally more tolerable than the first episode because there was less screaming, but on the other hand, it's because it kept getting sucked into the internal narration dimension, and every time it did, the entire screen was covered in a red filter. Subtle, it is not. Well, except for the very start where it straight up just explained the whole schtick. So if you thought what the first episode was missing was a buttload more having everything happening explained to you at length, then this episode will thrill. But don't worry, even the red filter doesn't stop the characters from constantly making silly faces. You'd think people would notice her staring daggers or grinning maniacally constantly, but I guess that stuff only exists in the internal narration dimension.

So no, it's still not gripping me. Its default state is still being really obnoxious, and it is nowhere near as smart or as intense a war of intellects as it thinks it is. As usual, it's making silly faces and just straight out telling the audience that it's engaged in a battle of wills and smarts rather than actually doing so. Hell, her first attempt to kill the time manipulation dude worked. She's not really up against a wall here. On top of that, they're nearly accidentally killing themselves/each other just by screwing around anyway, so… I don't know. Just walk away and let nature take its course on these morons? 

Next Episode:

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