May 27, 2024
Trying to catch up...
Elf Bride has reached a part of the story where it seems kind of aimless, because the new boss antagonist they brought in doesn't seem to be antagonizing as hard as he could.
Tonari no Youkai-san continues to be pretty and introspective, and a little maudlin, as Buchio has concerns about the relative lifespan of his form of Youkai and his beloved family. But that's not universal, as some of his Youkai friends have lifespans similar to humans. Mu-chan has a similar issue from the opposite perspective when she learns that Jiro and her great-grandmother were friends when she was little.
That will cover it for tonight.
I really should have dropped Re:Monster a long time ago. If you want a show where the protagonist gets buried under a waterfall of new skills that don't even make sense every time he so much as sneezes, this is the one for you. Where everything works out in his favor with no effort, you've got it. Wait, now that he's evolved so far and brought his entire tribe and those others he's picked up along the way into a "Mercenary Company" he's managed to wipe out three bands of the human army, over 3500 troops, all in plate armor, with almost no casualties until the end - at best two dozen.
Maybe the point was taking nine episodes to introduce these other 8 or 9 supreme warriors, one step below legendary heroes. He fights one and he gets away. That's as close to a loss as I've ever seen in this show. Which means eventually he's gonna steamroll them all. He also finds out the root cause of why the Humans are after the Elves (They have a sick princess betrothed to the adjoining emperor, the elves have a cure-all medicine that they won't give up to them) and makes an end-run around it.
If I were the protagonist, I'd be dying of boredom. And it hasn't even been three months since he was reincarnated.
Elf Bride has reached a part of the story where it seems kind of aimless, because the new boss antagonist they brought in doesn't seem to be antagonizing as hard as he could.
Tonari no Youkai-san continues to be pretty and introspective, and a little maudlin, as Buchio has concerns about the relative lifespan of his form of Youkai and his beloved family. But that's not universal, as some of his Youkai friends have lifespans similar to humans. Mu-chan has a similar issue from the opposite perspective when she learns that Jiro and her great-grandmother were friends when she was little.
Episode 8 drops some interesting tidbits about things like the Magic in England, and how it's used for all the movie special effects. The power there is so pervasive that anyone can learn to do magic. But it also goes deeper into the relationship between Jiro and Mu-chan's great grandmother, and it's not happy.
That will cover it for tonight.
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Sounds like I'm glad I gave Re-Monster a pass. Thanks for taking the bullet.
As for Elf Bride, I don't think they're going to get to an actual antagonist this season; I don't even see Nephy's evil twin in the credits. And I mean that literally, since she looks identical but with dark skin.
-j
As for Elf Bride, I don't think they're going to get to an actual antagonist this season; I don't even see Nephy's evil twin in the credits. And I mean that literally, since she looks identical but with dark skin.
-j
Posted by: J Greely at May 27, 2024 05:06 AM (oJgNG)
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He's got so many powers, when he ass-pulls something, like disguising himself as a human when it's convenient, you can't even guess which episode he got the skill in, or figure out why he didn't do that to begin with once he realized they didn't like Ogres in town....
Posted by: Mauser at May 28, 2024 03:28 PM (nk1Z+)
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