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Impressions:

Before I go into how much the episode sucked, let me just say that my new favourite character is the blonde girl who was flying in the first episode, wearing some old fashioned gown. The main reason is because despite the very, very, VERY HUGE drop in quality from the first episode, she managed to stay cute and not too deformed. Her name is Risu, though the fansub I watched, Your Mom, obviously translated it wrong as they named her Wreath! Yes, they suck at subbing but at least they’re fast (though it isn’t that much of a consolation). Her full name though, is Riisuritto Noeru (from the official website). I’ve never heard of that before, but then again, I have never heard of Feena before either. So far, she’s appeared quite a few times and no one’s recognised her. It seems like she came from the moon, but her role in the story has yet to be revealed. She doesn’t seem evil either, with her childlikeness. She also seems to know Feena, but then again, who doesn’t? She IS the princess of the moon. Now, on to one and a half paragraph’s worth of prolonged ranting and belittling the series.

Now, this really sucks. The producers really did blow all their money on the first episode. Jeez, what a letdown. I cannot believe how shit the quality is of this episode. Even I can draw better than the random blobs which they call ‘characters’. Sometimes I can’t even tell whether the show’s in chibi mode or not because the characters are THAT horrible deformed. And even then, the chibis themselves are drawn badly! They’re the easiest to draw; I can definitely do a better chibi character them the ones in this episode. And by the looks of it, the next episode won’t be that much better than this. The storyline is only average, which means the sever drop in quality has just destroyed this series’ value. Why then, am I still watching and blogging this show? Because I tend to be stubborn until the end, thinking the show might make a turn for the better eventually. I also keep following the show because I don’t like starting something, watching three quarters of the series then stop. No matter how predictable or bad the ending is, I must see it. Of course, there are exceptions, where the it becomes so crap it’s unbearable to watch, or when I cannot get it for whatever reason.

Now I REALLY can’t think of anything to write. Whenever something like this happens – the quality becomes so noticeable there wouldn’t be anyone who didn’t notice that, it makes me lose the plot completely and wipes my mind of any positive or semi-positive thoughts of the show. I’m pretty sure this show has a few good points left, and that is subjective, but I can’t really think right now. Tatsuya’s relationship with Feena didn’t really advance much this episode; in fact, in terms of character and relational development, there was practically none. We got to see a bit more of Mai’s brother, Mai herself and Feena. Hey, speaking of Mai, I finally found something that was good about the episode. “Master Carbon”, the name which Mai has been dubbed for turning everything she tries to cook into black coal. Even the soup, that’s right, liquid soup was turned into a big chunk of blackness. Now that part was funny; the rest, especially the chibi scenes, no longer became funny because Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na Crescent Love (I remembered the name!) has fallen victim to the over-repetitive-humour-technique disease. Meh, let’s just hope for a better attempt next time.

Plot Outline:
What’s the point of a summary? Feena and Mai had a cooking competition. Mai got her ass owned. The end. Nothing else happened. Really.

Preview:

Next episode – #4
Please be better…please!

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