Monday, January 17, 2011

Kore wa Zombie desu ka episode 2

So two people in my inner circle think I have brains and common sense. The rest think that I will be molested, rapped, and murdered in Japan if I go to Sanrio Puroland (Hello Kitty type theme park) by myself. Because I am not capable of getting on one train, getting off at a certain stop, walking around a theme park, and getting back on the same exact train without being kidnapped by the makers of Hostel and having my kidneys sold on the black market. EXACTLY PEOPLE!

For the record I have decided to take my husband along instead of shooing him away to the Sony store of awesomeness for the day. Partial because he was one of the doubters. But mainly because I doubt I can carry all the goodies myself and I need someone to take my pictures with all the characters. BUT IT LET IT BE KNOWN I COULD HAVE DONE IT! For real people, where is the faith? This is my angry face.

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And the suffering continues YAY!

Also this is an anime blog post. Kore wa Zombie desu ka episode 2 to be exact. Spoilers for more bizarre behavior. Also women DOING WHAT THEY WANT!!!!!!!



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I don't know if I could handle that much egg...

Episode Summary: Ayumu is reliving the drama of last week, when the entire school saw him in a magical girl outfit. He thought his life was over until he remembered he could erase memories. All is well folks, nothing to see here. Haruna makes a lunch for him and he is a little -___- to see it is all eggs. But to his and his classmates delight they are AMAZING eggs and he is given wonderful trades for the eggs. But that is all Haruna can make and he is still stuck making dinner. Haruna proves to be bossy and Ayumu keeps picturing Eucliwood as some moe crazy girl. And Sera is pretty bossy too. Oh Sera? She randomly shows up at dinner, announces she is a ninja vampire, and she is here for Eucliwood’s help. Eucliwood doesn’t seem very impressed with her and Sera is pissed that Eucliwood rather be with Ayumu. So she challenges Ayumu to a duel. Sera has one move but it is pretty deadly. Good thing Ayumu is already dead. After some fighting Ayumu wins because he is a zombie and he can throw his cut off limbs around.

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Weren't you just leaving?

Sera acts like she is going to leave but really she goes back to Ayumu’s house and says that he is her servant too, until she can get Eucliwood to come with her. Also she calls Ayumu a piece of shit every five seconds. Later in the night Sera is like hey Eucliwood is depressed cheer her up NOW. Ayumu thinks back to when he met Eucliwood. She was outside a store looking lost. Ayumu tried to make a fool of himself and it worked. XD They “talked” all night and it was wonderful. Until he was killed trying to save someone. Eucliwood brought him back to life and the rest is history. He thinks about this at breakfast when the girls are being bossy. Eucliwood and Haruna get into it wen Haruna uses the DEAD word but apologizes are issued and life moves on. Ayumu tries to have a serious moment but he can’t. Because he lives with a magical girl, necromancer, and ninja vampire. THE END!!!

Ya’ll. Ya’ll. I am so disappointed. I really thought that Ayumu was going to turn into a vampire ninja. Disappointment all over my face.

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Sorry no one cares.

Because really what am I supposed to do with a zombie magical boy? Nothing. He would have been something if he was a zombie magical boy vampire ninja. But now he is nothing because he isn’t 5 things at once. You can’t just be one thing and be important! Ayumu is dead to me.

No really he is dead to me. XD

So I think it is obvious now what the tone is of this show. Stupid. But stupid on purpose. More like making fun of many genres at the same time. I mean we have magical girls, a girl who actually knows magic (necromancer), and a ninja who is a vampire. What are we missing? If you can think of it don’t let me know, but let Studio Deen be aware. Because obviously they weren’t trying hard enough to include every single stereotypical girl role out there. Well I guess we don’t have an alien….

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Oh duh a vampire ninja. I should have known.

This week we were introduced to Sera. Well really Seraphim but hard names are hard okay. And instead of her magically showing up during battle or meeting Ayumu on the streets this show has to take the stupid one step further. Sera randomly shows up at the house and Ayumu is like oh…this is dumb but here is your miso soup? Because Ayumu isn’t like most reluctant heroes. He realizes that his life is weird and this is just par for the course.

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Not creepy at all folks.

Of course more details on why Seraphim is here would have been nice. Like really vampire ninja you need Haruna’s help? You and your other vampire ninja friends can’t defend your own home? Also it wasn’t explained why Eucliwood is so important to Sera. The feeling is obviously not mutual but you know. In this entire magical world of craziness I wonder why Eucliwood is important to Sera.

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Victory will be mine because my eye glows!!!!

The whole battle was X__X. I do like Haruna because of her asshole attitude. Like um I am not here to cheer you on, I am here to be entertained. XD I guess it is kinda humorous that Sera only has one attack name. But I figured that Ayumu was going to use his dying ability to his advantage and Sera sucks for not realizing that.

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Serve us now MAN SLAVE!

Also I love that this is a “harem” show and yet all the girls don’t like him. Well I guess Eucliwood tolerates him and has some feelings for him. But certainly none of the girls are fawning all over him trying to have his babies and telling him how awesome he is. Rather that he is a disgusting human being or a piece of shit. Amazing.

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Hello random person on the ground.

We got a bit of a back story on how Eucliwood and Ayumu met. Very random of course. Not sure what to make of Eucliwood hanging out at a corner store. Maybe she is trying to catch the killer. I like how she called Ayumu all these names and he still thought it was awesome to talk to a real girl. A REAL GIRL. Did he not notice the armor?

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At least he knows he is probably ineffective.

And then we got a little show of how Ayumu died. It makes me happy that he died trying to protect someone else. I don’t like random crap. But I also like that he was nervous while trying to save some random person. Because I don’t buy that men are awesome and macho all the time. It is okay to be scared folks.

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Accept my egg offering as an apology.

I also like that family interaction at lunch/dinner. Not everything is happy in Ayumu’s house. The girl who deals with death hates it being taken out of context. Haruna ends apologizing and making it up with her magical eggs but I like the tension. There is a limit to how harsh you can be with people and we now know the limits.

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I was trying to be dramatic GOSH!!!

Of course the melancholy moment was ruined and that too was amazing and stupid. XD AMAZING folks.

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The table isn't even that big people!

Not sure what is going to happen next week. I am sure it will involve the girls demanding Ayumu serve them food when they are RIGHT THERE AT THE TABLE.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, definitely a harem show. One by one they show up and demand food. X)

Hey, SELFISH QUESTIONS: so, my Suncoast Video is closing in 4 days which means 1/2 price anime DVDs, better prices than on 3rd party Amazon sites. Any suggestions? I mostly watch online but it's nice to have discs of some of the good series. Recent stuff I've been watching Kuroshitsuji, Hakuouki (2 lazy to spell the rest), Uraboku, Otome Yokai Zakuro, some Soul Eater and recently some Railgun, loved FMA, old-skewl Yami no Matsuei ... Figured it couldn't hurt to ask cuz 1) I started reading your blog cuz it was everything I was watching and 2) you are way more immersed in this stuff than I am.

Christina said...

Anonymous- Well this comment probably would have been better 4 days ago when you asked. :( Sorry that I suck. Maybe you still have time to do shopping.

Also I share in your sadness that your Suncoast is closing down. When mine closed down it was sad city. Mainly because you couldn't get online anime like you can now but still.

If you have not done any shopping yet (although I do suck :( sorry) I would recommend buying the Haruhi Suzumiya series. If it is still there. I think watching the show in broadcoast order and then chronological order would be something fun to do over a weekend. You can pick up on a lot more stuff that way. But I only recommend watching 2 of the Endless Eight episodes.

And if you like the Railgun series I really recommend the Index one. XD Same basic idea but with more magic and epic speeches.

Anonymous said...

Well I probly suck more because I'm asking a self-serving question on a thoughtful post on a specific anime. Thank you for sharing my sadness. I like physical DVD stores even tho I watch and buy online, so I am part of the reason places like that close.

Update: I loved your advice but alas no Haruhi Suzumiya, at least not the complete season one volume which would have been appreciated. Had volumes three and four maybe but I'm a completist. Did not buy. No Index. Lots of random junk. BUT the story has a happy ending as I did score two consolation prizes -- Super Gals 10-disc set for way cheaps, and Greatest American Hero for next year's Xmas for the bro, in a tin with a cape. Because brothers need superhero capes even when they are adults. Because I say so!

Update update: my word verification is "nondenuf." Senetence: There were nondenuf Haruhi discs at Suncoast to complete the season.

eternia said...

It can't be helped, you can't become zombie and vampire at the same time. Duh, they are both undead. :-P
Most people hated this episode but I think it's proper to tell us how Ayumu met Eu and later, died. I am sure they will also reveal to us later why Eu loitered aimlessly and was unable to talk.
Seeing how she hated the word 'die', I predict her family/friend got killed in a way that she can't even revive them. That's why she ran away to the human world (from the underworld?) and sat down pointlessly at some random place.
The ninja girl sucks as a character though, she is nothing special. The one who shines brightest is definitely Haruna. I love her pose, I love how she acted like a spoiled brat, and how she has no regard for life. And tt's a mystery that she choose to wear only two pieces of clothing, T-shirt and panties.
LOLOLOL.

Christina said...

Anonymous- Tis okay with leaving random message. I don't think I got one comment during the Amagami SS posts about Amagami. XD Probably because it sucks. XD

But yes, I feel guilty too about not buying anime. I try to support the industry in some way by buying as much manga as possible but really. Poor pizza delivery driver girl has to eat. And go to Japan. XD

Sorry you didn't get that many good deals. They probably shipped most of the good stuff to their sister stores. They did when ours went under. But yay for scoring a present. XD I love buying presents way in advance. Because usually I end up broke before the holidays so it is nice to have presents already in the wing.

Christina said...

Eternia- XO Are you saying it is not possible to be a magical boy vampire ninja zombie? FOR SHAME! Anything is possible when you have a harem of girls who hate you.

I agree that it was necessary to show some of their past, just not the whole thing yet. And yes Ms. Crazy Name probably has a deep dark past and I hope it is shown why she was just randomly sitting at a store front.

Ninja girl seems useless to me too. Like oh crap, we need someone with boobs ENTER THE BREASTS!!!

And yes if Haruna found UNDERWEAR to wear why can't she find pants? Weirdo. XD

eternia said...

You can become magical girl without proper training, the prove is in Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, that Nanoha girlie was (ridiculously) able to fight and use magic to defeat the enemy even though she only transformed for the first time. I was like... LOLWUT?
But it's not possible to be ninja without harsh training~

Probably it's Haruna' preference.
What a perverted loli. :-P

Christina said...

Eternia- XO Lies. One must go to a school in magical land to learn how to be caring over innocent civilians and how to minimize human causalities. Obviously Haruna is a shining example of this excellent schooling!

Vampire Ninja girl probably needs to go to the mall and learn how to dress herself. XD Might be a little chilly fighting enemies at night in that kind of shirt.