Otakuism

Is it possible to love a show just for one man’s voice? Cause I tell you Norio Wakamoto just made this episode perfect. The Emperor had more lines this episode than the rest of the show combined, and they were all so awesome. I don’t know how Lelouch plans to defeat the Emperor when all he can do is cower like a little school girl before his awesome, powerful voice. LE-LOOOOSH!

It’s also perfectly normal to freak out after killing the man you’ve been meaning to kill for 39 episodes, instead of, say, dancing a little victory jig over his corpse.

I have no idea why C.C. needs to be naked in this scene, but I’m not complaining. There’s probably still more to the Geass mystery (oh look Jupiter’s hanging out in the sky), but with C.C. all amnesiafied we won’t find out anything more for a while. Code Geass now returns you to your regularly scheduled political thriller, and I use political lightly.

Another season under my belt just in time for the special episodes being released with the manga. Then again, who knows when we’ll see those. I think I understand what I really enjoy about Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei now. It’s not the retro-avant garde art style courtesy of Shaft, though the animation certainly is nice. It’s not the great characters everywhere (Komori is the best hikikomori ever). It’s not even the insanely awesome OP’s. It’s that the show can bring up the most random topic or observation and I immediately think it’s true.

Take for instance the “maybe, maybe fraud” of episode ten. It’s all about how when one person says a ridiculous idea might work everyone else thinks it will too. As the episode went on I realized “hey this is completely true. I see this all the time!” SZS has the perfect way of satirizing society in the most insane ways possible, but no matter how weird it gets there’s still the ring to truth to it. Even the downright bizarre Zetsubou Fight segment from episode nine, the weirdest segment the show has ever done, has some depressing truth in it (which basically says we’re all going to kill each other).

SZS is probably the weirdest, most experimental anime to come out in years. I don’t know if it can be enjoyed by everybody. You’ll probably want to start with the first season, though, since technically I am reviewing the second season. For everybody else who already watched and enjoyed the first season, then what are you waiting for? Zoku Sayonara Sensei is even more spastic, ludicrous, and surreally great comedy that is unlike anything else being done today.