In
this penultimate article of my winter 2014 anime review I cover four
new shows. We finally get the first girls who do nothing show without
subtext, grimdark digimon and exploding butts. It's one hell of a ride.
Sakura Trick
Haruka
and Yu are two girls who have just become high school
girls in a school that will be closed in three years. They decide to do
something special and so they share a kiss. Sakura Trick is a slice of
life romantic comedy that is about girls in love with each other. It
seems that almost every four girls who do nothing seems to have some
vague lesbian attraction going on but this show makes a point of making
it deliberate. I found this to be a fun show although it might not be
for everyone.
Z/X Ignition
Three
years ago monsters appeared from five portals and nearly destroyed the
world. Now there are people with card devices that can control monsters
which are the possible salvation of humanity. After watching the first
episode of Z/X Ignition I found it
to be a postapocalyptic digimon cum magic the
gathering with political deception, I think. In truth this is a very
confusing show and not in a way that makes me think it is intelligent in
any way. One of the major problems is that the prologue sets up a
monster invasion scenario and then the first episode has only person
with monster vs person with monster conflicts.
Strange +
Kou
and Takumi are brothers that are now working in a detective agency with
some other people. Thus they take on various assignments. This is
another one of those three minute long shows and thus there isn't enough
time for much more than a couple of jokes which may or may not include
exploding butts (it did in the first episode).
Hozuki no Reitetsu
Hell,
is a place with over two hundred subdivisions and thus requires it's
own bueracracy. This needs experts that can smooth over the rough
patches and in the case of hell that expert is Hozuki. This is are
rather interesting comedy as Hozuki is one of the smarter protagonists
that I have seen in comedies recently. The art includes more classic
Asian drawings of hell and
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