Gabby, the teeth girl, is the first to show up after Yuru finally has his Daemons. She then simply asks Yuru to join her. I feel like you need an explanation. Not even a good explanation, but just any explanation. You need to start off with, “Hey, so uh this might sound kinda crazy, but the villagers have been lying to you this entire time…?” Clearly, Yuru and his Daemons aren’t attacking on sight. So why not be a little a little less blase about this? Instead, when Yuru asks if Gabby and her people are responsible for the villagers’ deaths, she’s just all, “We sure are!” Just strikes me as kinda stupid. Maybe they sent the wrong person to do this job.
It’s kinda hard to describe Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk, because nothing really happens. So far, we have three characters. Ibuki, the resident adviser, drinks alone because she always hiccups. Anime is dramatic as all hell, so we get a glimpse of a bad experience she had said hiccups. Sigh. Luckily, she soon meets a kindred spirit in Botan, who burps if she consumes any carbonated drink. Somehow, this makes Ibuki comfortable enough to drink with her. Then we have Kanade, who’s a bit jealous that Ibuki is willing to drink with someone else and not her. Sounds like she has feelings for Ibuki. And… that’s it. There really isn’t much to the show at all.
It’s funny how this show is scratching my new game plus itch far more than the series that actually has the words “new game plus” in its title. I only wish Bertia was a little less clueless. In fact, she might be a touch too clueless. Y’see, she’s too brain-rotted by cheap, cliche otome games, so she continues to see her life as a “scenario.” Everything, she thinks, is dictated by said scenario. For example, saving her mother’s life has led to the woman bearing a second child, which doesn’t happen in the original story. This has the unintended consequence of her father not turning evil, which is necessary for the the scenario to play out as it should. Bertia fears that Cecil won’t have his happy ending as a result. So what does the girl do? She tries her best to corrupt her own father. She even gives him a book with pretty pictures and everything — a literal how-to on the finer points of being evil. By the way, how did she manage to print something like that in this universe? Are there people passionate about graphic design in our fantasy setting? But I digress. This part is a little odd to me, though. Bertia was so deathly afraid of her mother dying, but she’s just fine with her father becoming an evil doer who might get punished harshly, i.e. executed? I dunno, man…
Is this story going to feature a love triangle, square, or any polygon for that matter? Who knows? But Minato already seems to be jumping to conclusions. Why is he so fixated on Koyuki anyway? And why so soon? Hell, he just recently got dumped, so he’s had a girlfriend this whole time. You can of course befriend the opposite sex regardless of your relationship status, but his jealousy over Koyuki and Giraffe Boy would suggest something more. So what’s his deal?
In the land of-… whoa, three moons? Man, the tides must suck. Anyway, in this land, the noblewoman Serafina attempts to lead an army eastward in order to claim fertile territory from the barbarians. Thus begins the first episode of The Barbarian’s Bride. Basically, it’s an invasion; the barbarians have every right to defend their home. In Sera’s mind, however, this is her kingdom’s only solution to the famine that ails her people. To nobody’s surprise, the rest of the nobility are gleefully fattening their coinpurses, because war is profitable. It’s familiar if unoriginal world-building. The people starve while the fat cats party and feast (actual cats not invited). The people could probably survive this famine if the rich weren’t hoarding all the resources. Oh yeah, they’re also misogynistic! Have we painted a clear enough picture yet? Has this completely one-sided portrayal of the noblewoman’s kingdom convinced you that they deserve to be hated? Unfortunately, Sera’s hands aren’t exactly clean either. Look, I get the logic. Even if she knows that most of the spoils will end up in the ruling class’s coffers, the riches will surely “trickle down” and save the people. It will, right? It must! And thus she fights to maintain the status quo, because she sees no other option. But again, this is an invasion. She’s hoping to steal from others — others that she has deemed “barbaric.” Why is it okay in her mind to take from them? Because she’s racist.
