MISERABLE SPOILERS BELOW This will be another short review mainly because my opinion about these special episodes is even lower than that for the full series its bad. Like the main series I watched these as part of the anime club at my school at a rate of one episode per week. I saw the first 7.5 directly between episodes 7 and 8 and the second 13 after concluding the main series. And in a lot of ways I really wish I hadnt. Im not a great fan of the series as a whole for several reasons typical explicitlycharacterized cast terrible pacing very poor plot and extremely weak and hilariously unsatisfactory ending. Unfortunately the specials take each of these undesirable characteristics and extend them doing absolutely nothing to add to the alreadystruggling story or further flesh out the disappointing characters. Episode 7.5 and I wish I was joking is entirely about what happens when you get a lot of fauxmilitary moe characters drunk out of their minds. Yes the platoon raises most of its money from illegal distillation but Aniplex sees that alreadyminor plot point as a mere excuse to get its cute girls completely smashed. But why? What purpose does it solve? Somehow its supposed to be funny that older teenagers yes teenagers deceive their younger counterparts along with a celibateandsober member of the local church into getting totally hammered? This rite of passage that Kanata passes through is some sort of cruel hazing ritual involving intense physical activity injury intoxication and some bizzarelysexual scenes. Its almost as if the writers thought that rushing a stereotypical American fraternity constitutes a hilarious and heartwarming military picture. I guess that makes sense given the alreadytenuous military anime that wants to be a slice of life that the entire series struggles under why not throw some alcohol into it? On the other hand Episode 13 avoids the sheer awfulness of 7.5 by being completely lackluster and uninteresting. Kanata doesnt know her dream so she asks everyone else. Wonderful What are we in preschool? Can dreams be so swiftly singulated into becoming a beautiful bride or playing the trumpet so well that peace returns to the earth? The point is lost on the audience who is probably still chortling from the inane trainwreck of episodes 11 and 12. If Aniplex was trying to save the series tender moments in this final special episode it should be obvious that they failed a full halfseries ago. And that brings this notsoserious review to a close. These specials are pathetic. If youve had the misfortune of seeing the rest of the series just avoid these shows if anything they make it worse.
16 /100
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