Absolutely leading episode of Log Horizon this week, with direction and impetus much outstripping the regular menu of the show. The episode jumped over to the city in Nureha so that you can check in the old Debauchery Tea Party regulars right into a story within a story of Kanami's experiences on the server that was Chinese. Like many of the finest episodes of Log Horizon, this week was nearly completely self contained, offering an engaging opening to the girl who inspired Shiroe.
Kanami's journey over the wastes that were Chinese was set up as an extremely direct parody of the classic Journey to the West, the Chinese epic that is inspired retellings and innumerable parodies (including many works recognizable to the majority of anime fans). Kanami, the old leader took the function of the Monkey that was hotheaded, and proved herself exceptionally worthy.
This framework allowed for loads of fine character moments involving the cast that was brand new, together with the debut of several worldbuilding details that were new. Character and worldbuilding work came in the type of Coppelia, whose identity as a Chinese farming bot operated as a joke that was cunning while both describing her mannerisms and raising more questions regarding personhood and individuality in post-Apocalypse Elder Tale.
And even beyond understated worldbuilding and all these amazing character touches, this episode nevertheless found time for a few of the very good-directed fight scenes of the show up to now. The last battle's cartoon here was quite small, but visual layout and the direction gave a great awareness of energy to the fight regardless. What sort of show said Leonardo's adversary by means of a type of damage- the spectacular pans and also swap skill over Erius Kanami, and Coppelia's fight were both a definite measure above the standard visuals of Log Horizon.
This episode was nearly shocking in how nicely it had been performed and how much it packed in. I do not anticipate this! The underlying construction given by the Journey to the West riff, the recognized characters and storyline-related worldbuilding, the sound visual performance - Log Horizon can occasionally do these things all, although not consistently, and never all in once. I doubt the show will keep this degree of performance going to the 2nd half, but I am still quite able to see Kanami Nureha, and Shiroe eventually come. Occasionally this show is a treat.
Kanami's journey over the wastes that were Chinese was set up as an extremely direct parody of the classic Journey to the West, the Chinese epic that is inspired retellings and innumerable parodies (including many works recognizable to the majority of anime fans). Kanami, the old leader took the function of the Monkey that was hotheaded, and proved herself exceptionally worthy.
This framework allowed for loads of fine character moments involving the cast that was brand new, together with the debut of several worldbuilding details that were new. Character and worldbuilding work came in the type of Coppelia, whose identity as a Chinese farming bot operated as a joke that was cunning while both describing her mannerisms and raising more questions regarding personhood and individuality in post-Apocalypse Elder Tale.
And even beyond understated worldbuilding and all these amazing character touches, this episode nevertheless found time for a few of the very good-directed fight scenes of the show up to now. The last battle's cartoon here was quite small, but visual layout and the direction gave a great awareness of energy to the fight regardless. What sort of show said Leonardo's adversary by means of a type of damage- the spectacular pans and also swap skill over Erius Kanami, and Coppelia's fight were both a definite measure above the standard visuals of Log Horizon.
This episode was nearly shocking in how nicely it had been performed and how much it packed in. I do not anticipate this! The underlying construction given by the Journey to the West riff, the recognized characters and storyline-related worldbuilding, the sound visual performance - Log Horizon can occasionally do these things all, although not consistently, and never all in once. I doubt the show will keep this degree of performance going to the 2nd half, but I am still quite able to see Kanami Nureha, and Shiroe eventually come. Occasionally this show is a treat.