Review:
I know we shouldn’t actually expect much from an episode called “Sakai-Kun’s Hairstyle Has Changed”, but for a show that has defied my worst fears most of the season, this episode was just plain painful to endure. And it was an endurance. Okay, I skipped about three minutes in the second half because I was about to turn the video off and instead just jumped forward hoping that somehow things would improve.
What was so bad?
Well, we already knew that the mob of mindless females in the fan clubs of the school aren’t exactly screaming great characterisation or great roles for girls but they are such a minor part of the story normally, and there are female characters that actually get characterisation, so it hasn’t been an issue. Until this episode where the mindlessness just really hurt.
Follow that up by having a truly obnoxious lead character this week, Aoyama almost not appearing in his own show, and a side story about another character trying to improve that ultimately didn’t go anywhere, and this was actually a chore to get to the end of it.
I’m hoping this doesn’t mean I’ve officially run out of tolerance for this show because it has been pleasantly surprising most of the season, but I don’t think I can sit through another episode like this one.
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So far, this has to be the worst episode. It was hard to watch and I almost turned it off as well but I somehow managed to finish it. It felt like there was enough material to fit the time so they just stretched it out with screaming girls and outdated gags.
Agreed. It just went on and on and ultimately went nowhere.
dang,to physically skip some of the episode,you know that somethings not going to be good lol
I don’t do that very often. If I’m that over a show I’ll usually just accept defeat and drop it. I want to finish this one having watched most of the season and considering I’ve had some fun while watching it. But yeah, I won’t sit through another episode like this one (though apparently there’s only one more episode to go so hopefully I make it to the end).
yeah i know how you feel, there’s always a “that episode” to any show, well the end near so have fun with the final episode when it comes out =)