I included
the episode title because… damn. Look at that monster! I've read essays with less words in them than that!
Dat
ahoge. It puts Araragi’s to shame! I mean, I love ahoge (AKA idiot hair/cowlick)
and all, but this is a bit ridiculous.
It’s as tall as her head! Well,
you know what they say… It’s not the size that counts. When I first saw that design, I had hopes
that this show would be as legitimately insane as that ahoge. They were cruelly crushed shortly afterwards.
The premise
is a standard Cute Girls Doing Cute Things™ one. Ahoge-girl doesn’t want to join any clubs, so
she jokingly says that she wants to join the ‘Going Home Club’. However, of course, there is a going home
club, and she is forced into it. What a
shocker. We will focus on ahoge-girl and
her four clubmates trying (and failing) to recreate humor. Some of the jokes have potential,
however. For example, there was one
where the stoic-badass girl is recounting a tale of when she fought a
bear. Then, after she beats it up, she
turns to her phone and texts someone something to the nature of ‘just fought a
bear LOL <3’ and I almost smiled. Then…
Ahoge-girl
has an almost irresistible compulsion to ruin any joke/quirky situation. That’s a legit medical condition, I
swear. Look it up. Every time anyone says anything, she yells (in a fashion that will quickly
start to grate on your ears, keep the volume low on your computer if you watch
this) either an annoying commentary or she outright explains the joke while making a constipated expression. Because
explaining the joke makes it funnier, am I right?
Every time
something happens, I practically can start counting down on my fingers for when
she cuts into the screen and makes me want to rip her ahoge off of her head and
give it to someone who deserves it (I mean, Araragi could make entire sentences with it if he had one that long!).
It is crap,
dear, but it isn’t a game… It’s a crappy 4-koma adaptation. By the way, show, don’t intentionally make
flaws/lazy decisions in your animation to make fun of when there are tons of unintentional flaws/lazy decisions that occurred
earlier (blank backgrounds, not bothering to color in background characters,
just looking rather cheap overall).
Also, your breaking-the-4th-wall jokes aren’t funny. Tamaki in Ouran
High School Host Club calling all the guys the homosexual supporting cast
was funny. Saying (well, yelling) “the
animation’s not good here LOL” isn’t. On
that note…
Massive opportunity for a ‘commoner’s
coffee’ joke missed in this scene. Who taught
this show its humor? They need to have
their license revoked.
It’s like Tourette’s
except it ruins comedy instead of providing comedic potential. Ahoge-girl, you need to seek medical
help. Or just go far, far away. You could have been a fairly entertaining
snarker with awesome hair. But noooooo….
When taking
screenshots, I basically just told myself to take a screenshot whenever
ahoge-girl was being obnoxious. Thus, I
have a bit of a surplus of them.
Okay, I need
to talk about something else or I’m going to be on this all day… Well, the other girls are a good start. The rich one, the stoic-badass one, the club
leader, and the other one. And they all
act like they’re ten (even though they’re in high school) because. Just because.
Besides the
fact that they’re stereotypes, they occasionally work in a mildly funny/quirky
line. One made an arson, murder, and
jaywalking joke (“she fought a shark, fought a bear, fought a snake, and played
with a squirrel”) which I liked. Then
ahoge-girl explained it. ARRRGH-
Three… two…
one… I think I’m better now. Besides the rather fail humor, let’s see what
exciting stuff happens in this
episode. They feed pigeons, buy ice
cream, and talk some. Sounds exciting,
right? I figured a club called the going
home club would… y’know? Goes to show
what little I know about Japanese culture, I guess.
So, the
verdict? Guilty. Of what?
I don’t know, but the punishment involves ahoge-girl having her mouth
duct-taped shut and being forced to marathon Sergeant Frog, and someone yanks on her ahoge
every time she tries to ruin a joke out of reflex. And 100 hours of community service.
You have no idea.
Dropped.
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