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「腹黒系汚職騎士」 (Haragurokei Oshoku Kishi)
“Corrupt, Black-Hearted Knight”
I must confess, it took a great deal of effort to concoct this post. Many a tear were shed through the typing, the agony at times severe. Why suffer through such a task you ask? Because my sides have been thoroughly abused. I didn’t know what to expect this week, but what we got was fantastic.
The challenge of comedy is always imagination and execution. It’s not good enough to only have a funny joke, it also has to be dropped at an appropriate time or else all that effort runs the gauntlet from boring to inappropriate. It’s why comedy will always be subjective material and why Sentouin has arguably stumbled at times earlier this season. No matter the quirky characters, regardless of setting, a lot had trouble clicking in place – at least until this week. Pancakes biases aside (what can I say, my sense of humour is robust), there’s just something beautiful about watching a successful Grimm curse lead into two-way seduction gone wrong and Six literally topping off festivities with the most appropriate sort of party trick. Aren’t you glad to now know why Kazuma is so damn tiny?
Outside of party tricks, gold digging, and oh so enjoyable demon teasing, plot-based tidbits weren’t lacking either. Besides the fun of watching water wars emerge in real time (if only there was a prayer to solve the problem) that’ll keep Six and Alice rolling in tasks for a while to come, the very eccentric nature of this world and the presence of modern tech are growing increasingly more curious and blatant in its teasing. While I don’t expect much on this side of Sentouin to be revealed anytime soon (let alone this season), the further mentioning of ruins and Alice’s own interest in them means it’ll turn into an important plot point sooner or later – and one which certainly will tie back to the shenanigans Kisaragi gets up to.
After all, there’s nothing which says Six and Alice were the only agents dispatched to this planet, or that such other agents were dispatched into the same time period. Not that I think things will turn out like this – but just imagine how glorious it would be if they did.
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I was not prepared for that party trick.
Good job, Sentouin, that was shamelessly hilarious.
Bets on the demon general kid being related to our glutton?
I hope he is, and in fact likely is given the similarities between them. Wouldn’t put it past the doctor to have made more than one chimera since everyone needs a friend 😛
Snow, your “gold digger” tendencies are showing. Never thought I’d see someone who’s more greedy than
useless goddessAqua, yet here we are.NGL, Heine looks damn good in that red formal dress. Not that Grimm’s own party dress is less pretty by comparison, but Heine hits that “evil is sexy” vibe perfectly–despite ending up the “butt monkey” in her encounters with No. 6 most of the time. (Hmm…must be those black thigh-highs.)
No. 6: “–Why is this balding old guy turning into a harem protagonist?”
Joro (OreSuki): “First time?”
Oh… So this is the “Party Trick” scene I’ve been hearing about? *scene unfolds*
Well boys, girls and whatever else your chosen gender, we’ve already reached peak “crosses the line twice” humor. Also, Rumi Ookubo saying “You earned Evil Points!” is pretty much a “most wonderful sound” at this point.
And the reveal that Grimm’s “Curse of Impotence” actually affected Prince Engel before the party, that was a pretty nice punchline. (Brick joke?)
That “party trick”. XD
I really like how the shamelessness progressively escalated.
It’s also nice seeing Six act like a proper small time villain. Whenever you pity the demons, you know Kisaragi is doing good at being a villain Though I think the Princess would fit right in. Finding other methods of getting water than doing that shameful prayer? Fine. Prefer going to war than doing that prayer in public? Can’t say she’s got her priorities straight. XD
“Pity the Demons” would make a great subtitle for the show.
I don’t know, you sort of have to also pity Snow for her utterly corrupted soul 😛
All things considered, Six ruined the mission. First, he teased grimm, making her cast the curse. Then, he dodged the curse, making it hit the Prince. This disabled entire seducing by Snow. And party trick is final straw..