天下制覇

I would think the stairs would kill their ankles.

Impressions:

A decent episode, but in accordance to the Seven Arcs principal of only being good once every three episodes, the art and animation this week was really really gimpy. And not a whole ton happened either since there was apparently some kind of time skip and the cats retreated back to the castle while Shinku et al patiently let them leave before setting off in ‘hot’ pursuit. Shinku and Eclair took the brunt of it, barely moving in their little squabble with the soldiers. It was like everybody had nerf weapons and was too afraid to even use them. The sound work was also a little weird. Like the first episode, there was a lot of heavy drama in the air… which at this point feels like it’s just a complete joke, particularly when Milly’s enjoying her captivity and snuggling lions.

Brioche and Yukikaze’s intro was a little better animated and done, but still nowhere near the levels of episode 2… or even particularly good animation in general. Plus, they both just wrecked some grunts/towers, so again, we still have the issue of the fights being completely one-sided. Since Eclair’s facing off against the Baka Rangers/Zettai Karen Animals, Shinku vs Gaul, and Brioche vs Godwin with god only know how many other people running around in the background… along with a pissed-off Hot Pants… and we’ll be past the three episode budget-saving buffer zone, I have much higher expectations for next week.