So… that’s it? Apparently this season is only ten episodes.
The ending itself was weird, to say the least. But I guess that weirdness is the best part of this show.
It was all over the place. We start out with Haruna surfing on perverted slime that eats clothes. Continue reading Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka?!! Of the Dead 10 — It’s Over?
This week’s post is a collaboration with John Sato, Reiseng, redball, and Foshizzel (who provided pictures).
draggle: One of the major ways in which the world of Queen’s Blade differs from our own is that pants do not appear to have been invented yet. All of the female characters (human or otherwise) wear either dresses, short skirts, or undergarments alone. As a study in cultural anthropology, this lack of pants leads to many interesting cultural differences, including the apparent lack of shame at having one’s undergarments exposed. Continue reading Colloqium: Queen’s Blade 6 + 7: A World without Pants
In a brief moment, Mutta has squandered much of my goodwill. So much is wrong with this picture. They have broken both the “every other urinal” rule and the “no talking rule.” For my uninitiated female readers (and no, I don’t want to know about what you do in there) these are the two unbreakable rooms of the restroom. No talking, and don’t get any closer than you have to. Standing next to someone at the urinal and chatting it up is akin to taking a baby and boiling it in a pot of lard. Not cool. Continue reading Space Bros 10 — Breaking the Rules
So many death flags. The only question left, is will it be just Rider, or Waver and the grandfather as well? I’m guessing Waver will die, since otherwise this story would have a happy ending from my perspective.
The scene with the grandfather was clearly a death flag, but it was still nice for Waver to be accepted despite tricking the old man and his wife. I think it could have been more powerful if they’d made more than the most cursory nod to these two old people earlier though. Continue reading Fate / Zero 22 — Triggering Death Flags
Great plan, Duck. Let’s send all our forces right over to the enemy who can brainwash them.
And of course, that’s what happens. A more terrible fate for humanity can hardly be imagined: doomed to a life of eternal dancing.
Akira learns everything about Haru and Coco by… surprise, surprise… asking them! I like how they built up all this mystery around Haru and Coco’s origins as if it were some big secret. But the only reason no one knows about their origins is that no one bothered to ask them. (also, Coco has the best poses)
In another wonderful anticlimax, the reason Yuki is needed to capture the alien is revealed to be simply that Haru and Coco don’t know how to fish. I love this show’s logic.
In addition, it turns out that Haru and Coco communicate through water. That means Haru wasn’t trying to control people, he was only trying to communicate. From the small snippets of flashbacks we saw, it looked like he only squirted the others because he was overwhelmed and panicked. Then he regained control and didn’t shoot Akira.
This appears to put the Bermuda syndrome in a different light as well. It isn’t actively evil, but is simply trying to communicate. I guess it wants to communicate the joy of dance?
Coco looks jealous that she doesn’t get to go fishing.
How does she swim underwater with her glasses on? They must be some highly advanced alien technology.
Administrative Note: I’m moving across the country tomorrow. I have a tournament post scheduled, but Fate / Zero and Space Brothers will be delayed until I acquire an internet connection for my new home and settle in. Probably Tuesday or Wednesday, but possibly earlier or later.