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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Ai wo Utau Yori Ore ni Oborero Chapter 30 anime

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What's your taste in humor? Slapstick? Snarky bickering? Satire? Do you like action? Big, Hollywood movie-style city smashing action? How about a dashing of feel-good schmaltz? Welcome to episode 2 of Tiger & Bunny, and all of the above in under 25 minutes.

Last week's premiere suggested something – that Tiger & Bunny was a smart show. The combination of action and satire is rare in anime these days, and it's even rarer when it works. That was probably the biggest concern after episode one; that sustaining that level of smart, fresh quality would be tricky. But with the satirical exposition and world-building out of the way the show has narrowed its focus to a smaller, more personal level. And that's not just with the plot, but with the humour too. Instead of big wide stabs at commercialism and Japanese pop culture (although they are there too) the gags mainly come at the expense of characters and relationships.

Examples? It's hard to know where to start, as this episode is crammed full of genuine laugh out loud moments. There's the opening shot of our hero moaning and looking ridiculous in a futuristic motorbike sidecar. There's the buddy-movie style banter between our odd-couple protagonists. And there's what is meant to be a poignant flashback scene that left me – quite intentionally – in fits of giggles.

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