It’s gonna be Dark and Dark to the END…
I welcome you back for the final time, Battlers. Well, we have ourselves a wrap up, and that’s pretty much what we expected.
Unusual Days (Ordinary Life)
Chifuyu and World Create FTW…..for now….
It was a very good return from last episode’s cliffhanger. We got straight into the action (no OP, and a quick refresher on the action) with the gang able to pull out some hasty teamwork and save their bacon. But, they soon realize they are out in the rain after a a quick Closed Clock retreat, down two powers and little idea what has happened. After a battle strategy, tucked away in the local karaoke box, they soon get themselves up to speed. After some deductions they realize that Mirei is not acting to personality, and is possibly a fake, or possessed. What is surprising to everyone is how much Andou had given these sorts of measures the thought he had. It does make me wonder what Hiryuu has in story for Child Virgin after all. Did he count on that chuuni nature of Andou’s to kick everything up that many notches?
…now that is turning the tables….
And so we find out what Hitomi and Shizumu had in mind. I guess they figured by taking out another faction, and getting a new member stocked up with powers, Hiryuu would forgive her former membership in F. But Luci First has other things in mind for our Literature Club (what? a next season? that would be a great super-power right there <name it for bonus points>). Regardless of future plans, in present we get a pretty terrifying reason why the group forbade Andou from using ….to the End! Crap, son! You went from useless to needlessly dangerous!
OMG, why did Chifuyu imagine it with blood??!!
Yeah, that was rather crazy. But crazier still is that they didn’t take any time to refine their methods. I guess they were in a bind, and honestly, I would be hard pressed to come up with an alternative to the situation given the powers they had to work with and the timing. But, those tears. Even though it was handled fairly well with Route Origin able to heal up the damage, none of them could stand seeing it the second time. No matter what anyone else has in mind for them, I don’t think they are ready for the War. And with that in mind, this still leaves them in the dark as too why all this happened in the first place. Which again, give me a super power to create the second season and I could tell you what they do next….(well, the super-power is actually learing Japanese with the Level Up of buying the LNs) As the first act of three act story, I felt the story stands up very well, and it leaves me anxious for the next act…
…cause after that…it was back to normal….
With the first half being fairly well paced, and exciting, I was hoping they would carry that over to the second half. But, nope. We got an ending which pretty much wrote itself.
…with the usual wacky hijinks….
It’s nice to see that everyone is getting along, status quo maintained. And for once, I’m going to go out and say that that is boring. Drama and comedy are made of pain and misunderstandings, and we did get that in the run of the show. We also got a good romance brewing as well. Both Mirei and Sayami admit a love for Andou, and he get’s to reestablish his protective relationship with Chifuyu. And then we got confirmation with both Hatoko and Tomoyo on how they feel. But you know, nothing says we kinda did a cop out like Hatoko’s “I won’t lose” bit. We’ve seen that so many times already. Which is not to say playing the play is necessarily a bad thing. But it looks like they didn’t even bother to make it their own by the end. They have no excuses, as they very much did put their own brand on some time honored tropes in previous episodes, and for most the series as a whole.
Extra Battles
Well, we have come to an end of another Fall 2014 show, and it’s one I’m sorry to see go so soon. It had a great deal of potential that it realized, and made the promise of more to come. I’m hopeful for another production. But with Trigger fully geared up for NINJA Slayers, it might be a long wait for the next Everyday. I felt they did a very good job on this program, and loved the character design, and the animation style suited the story very well. So with that in mind, I’ll leave on a positive note, and thank Sumaraii for allowing me to take over for the show two months ago, and a thank you to all of you, the commenters, for your support. Of the shows I covered this season it was a surprising top of my list sorta feeling. So, what did you folks think?
