But how will I understand jokes unless they’re yelled at me?
Short break #1 for breakfast. Fermat’s dramatic restaurant after breakfast.
Impressions:
This is what I’m talking about. Characters who get straight to it. Whether it’s heroism, killing slavers, or date rape. Okay, maybe ignore that last part. The first third of this episode covered character intros and the premise for the whole main cast. It did this without explaining the joke about the hero fainting when flirted with for ten minutes, let alone a screamed explaination that’s what’s going on. They figured it out, then it was just something that they did for quick gags and to move things along. Because there were three separate segments to get through, which also helped keep things from getting stale and obnoxious. Well, just not shouting every joke was already doing a lot of work there. As is the titular hero being largely a prop.
All that said, I don’t think the humor was particularly good, and the last segment in particular got… uncomfortable, let’s say. Certainly better than so many of the cheat power rape bait stuff, but… eh. Simply moving the story and characters along and not dwelling on or over-explaining the jokes is doing a lot of heavy lifting, and I think that’s where I’d prefer to see it lean into over the gimmicky humor and ancient RPG references. It’s also a bit better animated with more effort into the action sequences than I expected, but I expected nothing, so minor competence is welcome, though there’s also not a ton in the way of visual humor either. I can’t say that it made me laugh too many times, but unlike a lot of anime comedies these days, I actually can recognize and appreciate the attempts at humor without being screamed at or having every single joke explained.
Next Episode:
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