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「オーバードライブ 歪曲王 5」 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 5)
“Overdrive: King of Distortion 5″
If you and I came up with exactly the same interpretation of all this I suspect Kadono Kouhei would think he’d failed at his job.
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「オーバードライブ 歪曲王 4」 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 4)
“Overdrive: King of Distortion 4″
As usual, “Warawanai” tends to make me think in metaphor, and this episode was certainly no exception.
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「オーバードライブ 歪曲王 3」 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 3)
“Overdrive: King of Distortion 3″
It’s started to click into place for me that the way you have to approach this series is the same way you would a song.
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「オーバードライブ 歪曲王 2」 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 2)
“Overdrive: King of Distortion 2″
Boogiepop gives you answers, but at the cost of more questions.
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「オーバードライブ 歪曲王 1」 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 1)
“Overdrive: King of Distortion 1”
If there’s one thing I can say about about Boogiepop after 14 episodes it’s that it’s not especially interested in making things easier on the audience.
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「夜明けのブギーポップ 」 (Yoake no Bugiipoppu)
“Boogiepop at Dawn”
Watching this arc immediately after “VS Imaginator” was interesting, because they seem to represent the two tonal extremes of this series.
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「VSイマジネーター 5」 (VS Imajineetaa 5)
“VS Imaginator 5″
On their own either Boogiepop’s pure intellectual ambition or its historical importance would make it notable as a series. Together, they’re more than enough to stamp it as one of the more interesting and important anime of the season.
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「VSイマジネーター 5」 (VS Imajineetaa 4)
“VS Imaginator 4″
It’s probably fair to say at this point that I find the longer arcs of Boogiepop wa Warawanai more involving that the really abstract ones.
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「VSイマジネーター 4」 (VS Imajineetaa 4)
“VS Imaginator 4”
For an episode with no Boogiepop, Boogiepop sure gave us a lot of Boogiepop this week.
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「VSイマジネーター 3」 (VS Imajineetaa 3)
“VS Imaginator 3”
What strikes me after six episodes is that Boogiepop is narratively like a body of water covered by whirlpools which are constantly on the move.