Losing your head over Samurai Flamenco

(note this editorial assumes your have seen episode seven)

This wouldn't have happened if I was the star of the show.

This fall among my favorite anime shows has been Samurai Flamenco. It has been a rather fun comedic take on the Japanese super hero genre that can make you think from time to time. I did have one misgiving about the show, the question of where this show is going to go. Episode seven answered this in a big way introducing a villain organization, King Torture and whatever followers he has. However with one answered misgiving another arising, just how does one explain how a man can transform into a gorilla with guillotine in it's stomach.

Moe thinks the show will sort itself out.

In my mind one of the best comparisons to episode seven of Samurai Flamenco is the reveals in Madoka Magica. Both episodes radically changed how viewers think about the shows in question. However there is big possible difference in reveals in these shows. In Madoka Magica only two people knew about the true nature of what was happening before it was revealed to the viewer. In both cases made sense that they would hide what they were saying; with Kyuubey being truthful about the nature of a magical girl would have made his deal a harder sale and in the case of Homura it was shown that she already tried revealing information in another timeline and it didn't do any good. 

I like badguys with more guts.

So the question is who knew about Guilotine Gorilla and when? How Samurai Flamenco answers this will determine how the show will be viewed. There are currently a few factors in the shows favor. The first is than in the previous episodes the world has become slightly more fantastic, especially the heroes armaments. The show has evolved from a man being beaten up by middle-schoolers to a man with office supplies that allow him to mimic spider man. Secondly there is the fact that said gorilla transformation was only able to occur because of police interference. It is fairly understandable that King Torture wanted to keep his organization secret. So if most of the super science can be confined only to his organization some sort of plausibility can be maintained. At least as much as need for a sentai show parody.

See this drove our hero into a despression

Of course at this point all of this is speculation and hope. So far Samurai Flamenco has been a fun exploration of the human condition and morality. I can only hope that the last fifteen episodes. At least it can't be as bad a Coppelion.