Anime summer 2018 in a nutshell3/21/2024 If this show ends up finished at all, it’ll be simply due to my boredom between air dates for other titles. Not when there are far better shows airing this season. Suffice to say that I’m an episode or two behind on this one. And while it is a bit amusing, I’m sad to say the cliches aren’t joked on nearly as much as I originally hoped, making this show a walking stereotype depending entirely on it’s basic set up to carry some of the most lackluster characters ever created to the finish line. This is pop, not rock, but thanks for playing) instead of swords? Sounds just crazy enough to be entertaining. Samurai using idol pop music to “fight” (seriously Japan. Is this a hopelessly ridiculous idea? Pretty much. It’s not my top show this season, but it’s fun enough to take off the edges of more serious shows. They have personality and legit opinions. They are stereotypes, but at least they aren’t shadow characters that just barely tick off the stereotype checklist and little more. Simple set up, but the characters thus far are decent enough. The story is of an over zelous Japanese culture lover dragging a native around to dance and said native figuring out, slowly, what she wants out of life and who she is. Not by bucketfuls, but enough to keep the ball rolling. This show is almost exactly what it first apears to be. Which is important in keeping me coming back for more when the characters themselves are a bit bland. Although the pacing is still a bit too laid back for the subject matter (seeing the future and such? Didn’t see that coming), the unique twist on romantic slice-of-life is just enough for me to be curious to see what happens next. But, low and behold, it actually picked up a bit from episode two onward. I honestly believed right off the bat that this show was going to end up as a drop as the first episode is one of the slowest I’ve seen in a long time (and that last few minutes at the end sounded more cliche than tantalizing). And considering that we’re now a few episodes in, let’s see how many I’ve gotten roped into this time. Unlike the leaner winter and spring, this summer has some decent shows in the running. This summer streaming line up is packed with quite a few decent titles. Other anime bloggers gave fair warning and boy were they ever right.
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