天下制覇

You’re not even trying, Japan.

Impressions:

Well, I watched it, so I may as well take the five minutes to say something. The long and short of it, however, is that I think this is about as good as it’s going to get, and that’s aggressively subpar. The direction/writing was particularly awful this week. "I’m under special orders to kill you and I’ll be handsomely rewarded. […] What? You’re not an ordinary human!?" Really? Really? That’s the kind of deductive leap that I expect even Sai and Hattori to be able to make, and that’s only after about 10 minutes of exposition about what he is. Damn chatty villains. Plus I have no idea how Tsukumo got hurt. He saves Yuki, they cut away, and then when they cut back, his shirt and neck are covered in blood. I hardly even want to mention that the enemy called himself Midboss Mid-Villain. Come on, Japan. I feel like I’m making fun of a 3 year old here. There’s no sport in that.

So yeah, I think I’m going to stick to the two comedies on Sundays for this season. This is simply moving at a snail’s pace and the ‘dramatic’ battle at the end was about as animated and interesting as watching moss grow. I still can’t say that I’m entranced with either of them, but at least they can be funny for a minute or two most episodes. Here, I just find myself longing for the days of the toilet bishies.

Preview:

Yuki in the big city.