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Tumbling, episode 10: Wow, this episode kicks off with so much bitching, whining, selfishness and infighting. Nice to see people holding grudges and being self-involved like teenagers actually are. This inevitably all gets a heartwarming resolution but then, yay, lots of violence.
Also, Kiyama, you fool. What, you thought begging would work? Aren't you supposed to be wise and better at psychology than that? More to the point: Wataru, you are even more of an idiot, and your priorities are all kinds of wrong. Screw the competition, take your goddamned backup fighters with you. I hate these noble self-sacrifice gestures.
Episode 11: Aw, no more facebeating for Kiyama? But he's still kinda pretty at the moment. Akebane, you are not trying hard enough. The rest of the team turn out to in fact have their priorities right, thank god for that. Admittedly, with half of the team members, involving them in a big gangfight is a bit like throwing kittens into a bearpit. Seto Koji finally got punched in his puffy face. I HAVE WANTED IT FOR SO LONG. They win by confusing the fuck out of the psychotic gang leader, as far as I can tell. It's kind of beautiful.
Their final performance -- and yes, they have to do it while covered in blood and bruises -- is genuinely pretty hilariously awesome, and combines all the stuff they've talked about doing for a while. I'd assumed a lot of this stuff had been dropped from their routine for logistical/sanity reasons, since they stopped talking about most of it (including the hip-hop dancing and the shamisen&electric guitar music, both of which made me giggle). The ending is pretty much ideal for me, actually. The main character doesn't get the girl he's been drooling over all series, and the guy who does get her number pokes fun about it appropriately, prompting a perfect translation choice of 'oh no you DI'NT' for the response. I am very pleased.
So yeah, that's that. I was genuinely charmed by the combination of sincere gymnastics stuff and regular brutality. Apparently violence really is the answer here. That and a smattering of pretty boys, who usually got the best lines. The show does do absurd melodramatic friendship-over-all team stuff, but it's a lot more entertaining about it than I'd have expected. I have no idea what I'm going to watch next, but I have many many options to choose from.
Tomorrow -- er, today, now -- we are going into London to have lunch with Pez's sister, then to be stuffed with ALL THE FOODS by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kahochan. Should be a good day!
Also, Kiyama, you fool. What, you thought begging would work? Aren't you supposed to be wise and better at psychology than that? More to the point: Wataru, you are even more of an idiot, and your priorities are all kinds of wrong. Screw the competition, take your goddamned backup fighters with you. I hate these noble self-sacrifice gestures.
Episode 11: Aw, no more facebeating for Kiyama? But he's still kinda pretty at the moment. Akebane, you are not trying hard enough. The rest of the team turn out to in fact have their priorities right, thank god for that. Admittedly, with half of the team members, involving them in a big gangfight is a bit like throwing kittens into a bearpit. Seto Koji finally got punched in his puffy face. I HAVE WANTED IT FOR SO LONG. They win by confusing the fuck out of the psychotic gang leader, as far as I can tell. It's kind of beautiful.
Their final performance -- and yes, they have to do it while covered in blood and bruises -- is genuinely pretty hilariously awesome, and combines all the stuff they've talked about doing for a while. I'd assumed a lot of this stuff had been dropped from their routine for logistical/sanity reasons, since they stopped talking about most of it (including the hip-hop dancing and the shamisen&electric guitar music, both of which made me giggle). The ending is pretty much ideal for me, actually. The main character doesn't get the girl he's been drooling over all series, and the guy who does get her number pokes fun about it appropriately, prompting a perfect translation choice of 'oh no you DI'NT' for the response. I am very pleased.
So yeah, that's that. I was genuinely charmed by the combination of sincere gymnastics stuff and regular brutality. Apparently violence really is the answer here. That and a smattering of pretty boys, who usually got the best lines. The show does do absurd melodramatic friendship-over-all team stuff, but it's a lot more entertaining about it than I'd have expected. I have no idea what I'm going to watch next, but I have many many options to choose from.
Tomorrow -- er, today, now -- we are going into London to have lunch with Pez's sister, then to be stuffed with ALL THE FOODS by
kahochan. Should be a good day!