This post is a long time coming. It annoys me when I tune into a Twitch channel just to find the streamer yapping for hours about their personal lives, so I won’t bore you with details of my own struggles. I’ll just say that my situation is still not great, but it’s better now than it was back in March. No new cats yet. Just been reading a lot of books and playing a lot of games. And yes, watching a lot of mediocre anime. With that out of the way, let’s talk about some recent anime.
I was originally going to do one big post to recap my thoughts on the shows in the past week. I took a mental break to grieve my cat, but I still watched everything that came out. But as I was writing up my thoughts on Zenshu’s two recent episodes, it just got longer and longer and longer. So I decided it might as well be its own post. I can complain about the stupid isekai shows and romantic comedies at a later date.
When we last left off, a school festival coming up, and Uka had volunteered to lead the charge. She’s organizing a maid cafe, by the way. When is it not a maid cafe? But hey, you get to see Uka in a maid uniform if that’s your thing. Don’t worry, it’s a pretty tame uniform for a pretty tame anime. Either way, this part of the episode feels a bit disjointed. It’s like a dream as we drift from scene to scene. At first, nobody wants to help Uka, so she’s careening around on her bike all by her lonesome. But eventually, the other girls get over themselves and lend a hand. Ganbatte this, ganbatte that, and our heroine is happy. For now.
That’s not how the saying usually goes, but if it fits, it fits. Natsuko was a little too arrogant in last week’s episode, so she got a taste of humble pie and a good dose of tough love from her teammates. QJ and Memmeln even get to play key roles in taming the gremlin, which is nice since they tend to fade into the background in most episodes. Luke and Justice finally get a chance to talk and at least get bottled up feelings out into the open. The former also learns that he doesn’t have to be jealous of the latter, because Natsuko simply likes to draw new things. As a child, she drew every conceivable angle of Luke, but Justice is new to her. Last but not least, the blob-turned-giant-centipede is eventually defeated by the entire group. After seeing the light, our heroine draws stairs to help her teammates rather than yet another badass creation to win the battle all by her lonesome like in previous bouts. The rest of the Nine Soldiers — Luke, Unio, Memmeln, QJ — have all been sidelined since Natsuko discovered her powers, but they each finally get to play a role in saving the day this time. Even Justice is crucial in attaining victory this week. This will likely be the team dynamic going forward even if Natsuko remains the primary catalyst for victory. So just like that, everything is wrapped up in a neat and tidy bow. Eat your heart out, one-episode conflicts! We can do two episodes now!
