天下制覇

It’s not a lot of things, actually.

Non-Impressions:

KSG’s ‘episode’ this week was one of those abhorrent featurettes where staff wander around and point at things in real life that they drew for the show and go "Wow. This was in the show!" Probably. I didn’t really stick around for the in-depth look. I guess that means Beyond the Ugh gets a temporary stay of execution, although to be honest, I didn’t really watch that either. After flipping through and seeing the obligatory rival girl get adopted by doofus, rival girl can’t eat people food either OMGSOCUTEGAGGINGSOUNDASIRETCH, rival girl becomes new student in the class, etc, I just focused on the paltry action scene.

So then, in the big showdown, our Super Special Awesome Heroine told Mousy Rival that she wasn’t as super special awesome as Super Special Awesome Heroine and should just go home and bake pies. Whereupon, being more super special awesome than the rival, the rival’s weapon spontaneously shuts down in the face of Super Special Awesome power and then starts eating her for her hubris of ever thinking she could be as super special awesome. At this point, I think most people would settle for the mundane solution of punching a certain somebody in the face or knifing them in the ribs. Alas, since this is Japan, having proved that her power level Super Special Awesomeness And Horribly Tragic Burden That She Must Eternally Bear is greater than anybody’s, Mousy Rival simply gives up. 

You could’ve at least kept it subtle, guys. There’s a reason Superman doesn’t go around taunting everyone about how pathetic humans are compared to him thanks to his glorious inalienable (*snigger*) birthright. And why we cheer for the scrappy superheroes to fight back when the supervillains flaunt their superiority to them. So yeah. They basically took a supervillain taunting scene and tried to pass it off as some kind of tragic heroic gesture that unless you’re the heroine, you suck and are terrible. Another uplifting moral lesson and touching character moment from Japan. How much of the kool-aid for "She really is special and awesome" do they think people are drinking?

Please don’t answer that. I cherish my ignorance. 

Next Episode:

Giant robots.