I can't figure out what kind of story they think they're telling. It's possible it's supposed to be "coming of age", but now that we're a quarter of the way done it really shouldn't be a mystery.

Tossing in fan service isn't a substitute for skillful story telling, unless you're pandering. (And even then, it isn't a substitute; it's just an admission that you don't give a damn and don't think your viewers do either.)

So the McGuffin this time ended up at the bottom of the sea, and Uchuujinsan transformed everyone's clothes into swimsuits. And then they went deep diving.

Subaru is dumb as a bag of rocks. It took until this episode for her to realize that the cute redhead boy she's been meeting is the same as the redhead boy with horns who they've been fighting -- and I'm not convinced she has made that connection even now.

I'm not ready to drop this yet, but I'm moving in that direction. If they don't get the story in gear Real Soon Now, it's gone.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 06:11 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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