Post-Cellular-Apocalypse Schoolgirls Pulling Trains, episodes 1-4

Not nearly as shouty as the trailer, and Our Tan Gal Girl refuses to eat the bugs, which are both positive signs. The CG is well-integrated to the point that they seem to be showing off how well-integrated it is, and I suspect this will continue. You can always tell, but it’s not jarring like so many shows these days.

The second episode fleshes out the characters by bouncing their personalities against each other while they think about all the things they should have done to prep for a trip. Even Our Action Girl filled her backpack with useless junk, and the others didn’t bring anything but the change in their pockets.

Third is The Terror-Filled Flight From The Mushroom Planet (with apologies to Mr. Bass), in which Our Heroines are saved by the power of melons. Fourth is a whistle-stop acid-trip tour through places weirder than where they started, ending with some G-rated helicopter bondage.

As for Our Button-Pushing MacGuffin Girl, well, this was the first thing that came to mind…

(unrelated Cinderella Train Girls)

Slime Expo 3, episode 4

You’re not going to believe this, but they talked in two different locations this week.

Undercover Kaiju, episode 3

Our Monstrous Hero isn’t inferior, he’s just up against the best of the best. Meanwhile, Our Obnoxiously Superior Rich-Girl Twintail Bitch-Kitty desperately needs a spanking, by human or kaiju, preferably both. Hopefully that comes next week, and Kafka does something sufficiently impressive to make the team without breaking cover.

Verdict: the character art still bugs me, the OP and ED songs are things I never want to hear again, people in their twenties and thirties are built from high-school tropes, and The Power Of Trying Really Really Hard is overused, but somehow this does not suck.

(“giant monsters? oh, I must have misheard”)

Undercover Mook, episode 4

This week, Our Unjust Defenders Of Justice let their hair down, Our Fed-Up Mook lives to fight another day, Our Sparkly-Eyed Trainee gives him a hand and a backstory, and Our Gloomy Gloopy Acid Boy isn’t nearly as much fun as Mina Ashido.

Verdict: a bit incoherent in places, but hopefully they’ll fill in the plan with flashbacks next week.

I’m not sure I want Naughty Magical Girl sodas…

…even if they come with themed coasters.

Kana Tsuruta shows off her melons…

Unfortunately, the rest of this set, including the nude bits, was shot in harsh sunlight with a wide-angle lens.

“I can hear the ocean!”

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