天下制覇

Weird society, but sure.

FYI, I'm not skipping the Sentenced to Be a Hero show today. It's just off this week, rebroadcasting the double length first episode. It should be back next week.

Impressions:

Unfortunately, I think I'd also put this on the south side of mediocre, and even with this kind of show going out of style, I am much more familiar with its ilk and when it's done well, such as Black Bullet or Release the Spice's intros. That's about one part on the pacing and one part on the production. It's definitely not well animated, and this absolutely could've been half an episode. Both of them getting a chance to show off their skills would've done wonders, though if that intro scene of him stomping a random thug was meant to be that, things bode ill.

On the more positive side, the script and characters are on the north side of tolerable, if only barely. Starting out with the Indiana Jones gag, except it's the protagonist getting shot, is fine, and only a couple of the characters are overdramatic idiots. Dialogue flowed decently, with quips back and forth and even a few decent gags here and there as part of the conversation instead of someone going "BWAAAGH!?" There was just twice as much of it as was necessary. Or maybe my baseline is just shattered from every other show today being godawful. Still both the two main characters are a deadpan snarky reluctant do-gooder, and an overly enthusiastic knight errant weapons fangirl. There are far, far, far worse, and both their breeds have become as rare as cryptids in 2020 anime.

Threre's a lot of room to improve, and I'm actually a little surprised an OLM show is as poorly animated as this episode was. But hey, still more watchable than at least four other shows. That's… depressing.

Next Episode:

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