Despite episode 4 being the first of a new arc, Boogiepop doesn't break its chain of tying episodes together and begins almost exactly where we left off on the ending of episode 3. This was a minute detail I noticed and greatly appreciated. The rest of the episode requires a little bit more to be unpacked.
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Kakegurui's second episode makes its first a complete thought and reveals that XX is going to be deepening the story beyond just a high school where gambling rules all. This second episode throws some surprising (to some) information our way, and dangles some tantalizing possibilities for the story.
In one of the strongest testaments to the effectiveness of the "three episode test" for the likability of an anime series I've seen recently, Boogiepop's third episode definitively marks the tone, storytelling style, and intelligence of writing that the series plans to offer and fully explains its title of "Boogiepop and Others".
The first episode of Kakegurui XX takes literally no time to provide background for its first scene. The viewer is immediately thrown into the main gamble of the episode, featuring Yumeko, Midari, and a pink haired loli with heterochromia and absolutely no regard for the uniform of the prestigious Hyakkaou Private Academy.
The scene: Vietnam. 1970s. An American soldier loses his mind and fires on his own squad, killing several and wounding many others. A squad mate retaliates, shooting him in the legs to stop his rampage. The squad mate looks at the carnage brought on to his team by one within it and asks the man "Why?" His answer?
"Banana Fish". |
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