April 05, 2012

Medaka Box -- ep 1

Man, that reeked. They say you can describe lousy shows with "X meets Y". Medaka Box is Haruhi meets Ikki Tousen. But it's more Haruhi than Hakufu.

Medaka is what Haruhi wants to be. She's Haruhi without the goddess powers; Haruhi with the biggest tits in the school.

The Student Council is what Haruhi wants the SOS Dan to be: solving lots of problems, big ones, all the time. No problem too big or small, and all of them getting solved. Medaka herself is super woman, and not just her figure. She's superhumanly fast, hyper confident. It's Haruhi's mania without the depression.

Medaka is Haruhi with Hakufu's figure, fighting skills, and confidence. And yeah, she gainaxes.

In fact, they showed us that, in closeup, before they showed us her face.

And Zenkichi is Kyon with blonde hair, and without the wit. He spends most of the show bitching.

I probably won't give this one a second episode. It looks like a total loss.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 10:04 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
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1 So Medaka is Haruhi without all the things that make Haruhi Haruhi, and Zenkichi is Kyon without the pitch-perfect deadpan snark?

Sounds awful.

Reasonably nice artwork, but nothing one can't find elsewhere.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 05, 2012 03:54 PM (PiXy!)

2

Yeah, exactly. Medaka is an unbelievable character. She's just too damned good. She's better than everyone else, in every way.

It isn't me who says that; characters in the show say that about her. A review I saw elsewhere referred to her as being a Mary Sue, and I can understand why.

It's like she's on a pillar looking down on everyone from a great height. In fact, they used that concept visually at one point.

Now I suppose that could  all be interpreted as satire, but while I can't say it comes off as totally serious, it doesn't have the edge of good satire. It just isn't funny.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at April 05, 2012 04:48 PM (+rSRq)

3 So, Ookami-san is not for you either, then.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at April 05, 2012 04:50 PM (5OBKC)

4 She looks more like a well-developed Konata than Haruhi though...

Posted by: EYanyo at April 05, 2012 05:39 PM (0HNgj)

5 Character-wise, you've nailed them except that Zenkichi is only a whiner at first.  He's having a crisis because he's been dragged around by her since she was 5*, and he's really in love with her, even though he doesn't admit it.  Also, bear in mind something else...

*Major spoiler:

But all that aside, I'd still only watch it for the tits and 'lulz.'  The question isn't whether it's bad, it's whether it crosses the line into 'so bad it's good.'  I don't think so.

Posted by: ubu at April 05, 2012 07:04 PM (GfCSm)

6

Ubu, that explanation sounds an awful lot like a retcon by the author, who created this monster and then had to figure out how to explain her.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at April 05, 2012 07:30 PM (+rSRq)

7 The author is a Class-A level troll of his die-hard fans.  I wouldn't put it past him.

Posted by: sqa at April 05, 2012 08:15 PM (ZtkPH)

8 Oh good grief.  I didn't realize the last chapter had been posted. I think he just elevated to class-AAA.  That was... awful.

Spoiler for the end: 

Posted by: ubu at April 05, 2012 10:34 PM (GfCSm)

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