Sunday, July 14, 2013

Stella Jogakuin Koutou-ka C³-bu! Episode 2! [Review]



Confirmed that everyone in C3-bu are all "Hen na Hito"! (*≧▽≦)ノシ))

Yura-chan meets Sonora for the first time, not realizing that her room mate is the president of the C3-bu. Meanwhile, the other girls get up to all sorts of weird antics in a futile attempt to recruit Yura-chan, who remains somewhat scared yet intrigued by them at the same time. Karila then proposes a game: if Yura-chan and Sonora manage to outwit the rest of the club, they won’t try any more forced recruiting.

Quite a decent episode. Now that Sonora is in, they should have some more interesting battles. Hopefully she will actually shoot next time! Yura's imagination of what's happening was really interesting yet hilarious!

I will admit, I’m largely in this for Yura-chan (Yurara, Yura-pyon, Yuracchi etc.) who continues to be adorable beyond belief, and that applies to no matter what she does – from shooting a gun to hiding in the bathroom to eat her lunch. I have a feeling Sonora didn’t participate in the recruitment because she realized Yura-chan was already willing to join by herself – though just wanted a little more time to sort herself out first. And that maybe a war game would help.

I loved seeing Yura-chan learn and get to grips with things despite being inexperienced. In particular, that stunt with the anatomy doll – I genuinely thought it was Sonora’s idea to trick Honoka and Yachiyo into knocking each other out, so it made me so proud to see it was Yura-chan’s idea! ヾ(^ ^ゞ

If only they put some more work into the animation though! The still frames here and there are not too fluid. Well, it no doubt it was enjoyable! I really wish more of the animation would focus on the feedback of guns since nearly all of them sound like AEGs. Would definitely enjoy it more if they used sfx for GBBs and animated slide blowback. I just love the sound of a new mag getting loaded and pulling back the bolt. The gun battles so far have been far more enjoyable than Upotte's. Loving the characters as well! The shout outs to K-ON! and Oreimo were unexpected but great!

 In contrast to last week, I found myself really enjoying the series more this time. Maybe I was just slightly more awake in the second episode. Things are looking pretty good so far, especially with a new set of battlegrounds turning up next week.

 Looking forward to the next episode! ヾ(゚∀゚ゞ)

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