2009-09-09, 15:04
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The Great Dine
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Spoiler for Review:
General:
Pacing- Holy crap, pacing is all out of whack. They literally get to the study before the commercial break. And the ??? tea party was even shorter than the last one. The only scene that had a good amount of time for it was the tea party with Rosa.
Voices- Lambda sounds just like Miyoko. I excepted a bit more deeper haughty tone to be honest. I did like Ami (Rosa) and Daisuke (Battler) in this episode though.
Music- I think playing Dominator would have worked better right when Maria and Rosa were being chased by the butterflies, not when Maria got tackled. I did like the music they used in the tea party, before Dread of the Grave popped up.
Pros:
-Shannon battle was awesome and so was Rosa Musou (despite the latter not being nearly as long)
-Naked Battler was there, although I didn't feel nearly as sorry for him as I did in the VN. Not surprised that the 'dressing Beatrice' scene was cut
-The scene when the goats eat up Kinzo was good.
-Tea party scene, as I said before, was great. The way they rendered Maria's appearance was nice I think.
Cons:
-??? tea party was probably only a minute tops. Lambda kinda appeared really randomly too and I didn't get much of a playful side from her. No super paper, not even a royal girl laugh.
-Concerning the Rosa tea party I'm a bit upset with the beginning. I remember Beatrice told Rosa she was actually drinking Krauss's blood, but she tells her right from the start. But otherwise, no complaints.
-Crazy fast. Not surprised, but damn.
-Didn't feel as much tension between Rosa and Battler in the scene when she calls him a wolf.
-Maria's faces. Seriously. The part when she was in the chapel was especially annoying. I never really complained too much about it, but this time it was frankly bothersome.
-NO HEAD -> TABLE SMASHING </33333 Seriously best part and they cut it. And Dread of the Grave didn't even play that long. And what's with the ending with the wind flying between them as they look like they're ready to tackle each other.
Overall:
I didn't really like the episode. I knew this would happen because of how damn slow they were going the last couple episodes, but man the pacing was all out of whack. They should have cut down the Rosa tea party scene a bit to make more time for ??? though. The part when Maria's head was talking just felt way too long for my tastes.
I give it a 6/10. The 6 is majorly for Shannon battle, Rosa-Musou and the tea party though.
2nd Arc Overall:
Episode 1- 8/10
Episode 2- 8/10
Episode 3- 7/10
Episode 4- 6/10
Episode 5- 8/10
Episode 6- 6/10
Average/Final Verdict: 43/60. 71%, which is barely above passing as Battler would say. Arc went off to a great start but slowly but surely plummeted. Some things were great (battle scenes) but some things fell short (almost everything else)
And now to await in excitement for the 3rd arc, my personal favorite. I'm sure some anime-only viewers in the future will agree with me as well <333
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