I definitely
see that this anime’s trying for some of that Black Butler camp. However,
no one will ever be as fabulous as Grell.
It made me snigger like a fifth grader, though. I mean, about halfway through the episode,
there’s an honest-to-goodness transformation sequence, with the declaration of
title, silly clothes, and rainbow background.
It was positively glorious.
Now, I
understand that the joke of me calling all of these extremely feminine-looking characters
girls will get old quickly (I mean, almost everyone does it already), but I
really do have to emphasize how female
our new cast member, Sytry, looks. He
even has high heels! In fact, if you
just squint a little, you could pretend that he’s a girl without much trouble. Beyond all that awkwardness, though, I did
find his personality enjoyable enough.
He was
summoned by the moe ginger (accidentally, of course). I don’t know how one as stunningly inept as
he just casually accidentally summons a high-ranking demon from Hell, but I
guess that’s just how things around here roll.
The moe
ginger also tries to summon an angel (er… summon an angel? Doesn’t one pray for an angel?), because he thinks that if he summons a strong
angel, it can make the demon go away.
Flawless logic, there.
He fails, by
the way, unless angels can shapeshift into giant mutant boars in this universe.
So,
basically, plot-wise, the importance of this episode is essentially setting up
Sytry, who is now a part of William’s harem trying to get William to
elect him instead of Dantalion.
Considering how Dantalion’s the least fabulous of the bunch, I kind of
hope this Sytry fellow (or the purple one, who portals in at one point between
Dantalion’s legs) wins instead of him, just for the sake of my entertainment.
Somehow, at
the beginning, William totally believed that Sytry was a normal guy in his
school. I think he needs to wise up and start
being more doubtful of the suspiciously effimate males with elaborate hairdos
who transfer into his school, of which I’m sure there will be more. It isn’t a harem until there are at least
three guys, right? Well, I guess it is
one if we count the incompetent moe ginger…
Whoops, got off track there.
We also get
more guys touching each other, of course. Wow,
that blond guy really got around…
So, the
overall verdict…? Remember how I said Free! was amusing to watch, even if it
was just to laugh at it? This is,
too. The transformation sequence needs
to be seen to be believed, trust me.
And there’s
a guy named Swallow. That sounds like a
hilarious parody of a BL name.
This does,
too.
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