She must really like that dress.
Panty Shots & Zombies
Is Usui a pick up artist?
Episode 14 was kinda lame. We have a little gender reinforcement here, a little absurdity there (hypnotism? really?). I’m not gonna bother going in-depth into a single episode like this. Let’s talk, instead, about an interesting charge written against the anime.
First Impressions: Amagami SS
Not a hot start for our, ahem, “hero.” Two years after being stood up on Christmas Eve, Junichi is still moping about it. Oh yeah, when I said “moping,” I actually meant “floating naked in a fetal position amidst the lonely stars of frigid space.” Sheesh.
First Impressions: Ookami-san
For a parody of “fairy tales such as ‘Little Red Riding Hood,’ ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper,’ etc.,” the first episode didn’t seem to do anything remotely clever (something about Cinderella). For a comedy, the first episode is as dull as the “watching paint dry” cliche. The characters aren’t even interesting either. This would make it a pretty bad first episode, right?
Somewhere, somehow, this show is probably gonna be popular thanks to its Flame Haze/Taiga hybrid tsundere for the female lead. Somewhere, somehow, non sequitur shit like the constant references to the heroines’ flat chests and Ookami’s cat gloves are probably considered top comedy.
Last and definitely least, we have a pathetic boy lead who’s literally scared of stares. His only merit is stalking the poor girl (hey, kinda like Edward!) and being a dumb meat shield. Forget the fact that he’s utterly average in every respect and forget the utter absence of any chemistry between him and the girl even from the outset. Since he took a pipe to the back for her, it means raburabu! It must be easy to take a hit to the back though when you have no spine whatsoever.