Melody of Oblivion eps 22-24
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WTF, ANIME???
I'm not sure what's worse. The cows, Pee(yes, that is a characters name) or the climax of the final battle. (In another anime, that wouldn't have been as bad, and probably would have had the desired affect, but here? No way.)
Buried somewhere in here was a pretty decent shounen plot with an interesting take on the idea that the "bad guys" maintained world peace, but the "good guys" can't accept one aspect of that, but it's pretty much lost amongst the misogyny and overuse of surrealism.
Also, even for shounen anime, I find it really hard to accept that three teenagers, two of whom have under a year's experience, one of whom has nothing vaguely resembling proper training, are the most important and powerful Meros warriors, and the biggest threats? And that the least trained, least experienced one with canonically inferior equipment is the only real threat?
Also, the end? Doesn't remotely go with what came before it.
Solo became the Monster King because, after killing the last one, he realized the world needed a monster king to maintain peace. Bocca kills solo, but does not become the king. Therefore, the moster's organization should fall apart. At the end, however, we see that nothing has changed, and the monster society is still in place, exactly like it was before.
Here, have screencaps. I refuse to give you any context at all. Possibly because I don't understand half the context, anyway.
I now need to cleanse my brain with something. I was going to read the first volume of RG Veda or Magic Knights Rayearth, but I don't think that's the kind of thing to use to cleanse the brain.
ETA: Also, I left out the most disturbing part about the cows. No one deserves that.
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WTF, ANIME???
I'm not sure what's worse. The cows, Pee(yes, that is a characters name) or the climax of the final battle. (In another anime, that wouldn't have been as bad, and probably would have had the desired affect, but here? No way.)
Buried somewhere in here was a pretty decent shounen plot with an interesting take on the idea that the "bad guys" maintained world peace, but the "good guys" can't accept one aspect of that, but it's pretty much lost amongst the misogyny and overuse of surrealism.
Also, even for shounen anime, I find it really hard to accept that three teenagers, two of whom have under a year's experience, one of whom has nothing vaguely resembling proper training, are the most important and powerful Meros warriors, and the biggest threats? And that the least trained, least experienced one with canonically inferior equipment is the only real threat?
Also, the end? Doesn't remotely go with what came before it.
Solo became the Monster King because, after killing the last one, he realized the world needed a monster king to maintain peace. Bocca kills solo, but does not become the king. Therefore, the moster's organization should fall apart. At the end, however, we see that nothing has changed, and the monster society is still in place, exactly like it was before.
Here, have screencaps. I refuse to give you any context at all. Possibly because I don't understand half the context, anyway.
I now need to cleanse my brain with something. I was going to read the first volume of RG Veda or Magic Knights Rayearth, but I don't think that's the kind of thing to use to cleanse the brain.
ETA: Also, I left out the most disturbing part about the cows. No one deserves that.