World Trigger Episode 2

Oh boy! It’s time for more World Trigger already! Well at least there’s probably no more of that stupid annoying duckfa-

AH GODDAMN IT!

(sigh)

Anyway, the episode starts with glasses guy telling duckface not to be so conspicuous around people and not to tell them that he’s a neighbor. Then for some reason he flashes around money.

Then he meets up with some thugs who saw he had money and now want it.

So he breaks one of their knees and they run away.

So ANOTHER group of thugs show up.

He then proceeds to knock them out.

Oh boy. the tension. I can feel it in my bones.

So then duckface gets hit by a car…again like he did in the first episode. But as he gets up we see a strange smoke come out of his face, showing how he’s not really human.

Cause…you know, him not being human was such a shock considering he didn’t tell us about it… oh wait. he did.

We cut to the next day where he’s on the rooftop with glasses kid. And then the bullies from last time show up. and are jerks. Because this show loves thugs being jerks.

It turns out they don’t remember what happened yesterday because the Border patrol picked them up. and erased their memories. Cause…you know..who needs to have bullies realize their own weakness and have to have emotions character development? Pff. Silly viewer didn’t you know? Bullies aren’t people.

Duckface and glasses then go back to class where everyone’s asking him questions because he’s the new kid. He tells them he’s from a war torn country and everybody fawns over how amazing he is. And also he has the fucking duckface.

And then, 20.5 minutes into the episode, a portal opens and a neighbor attacks the school.

As the school gets attacked, the episode ends.

It’s like…..this show is boring…but I hope it’s because it’s leading to something awesome. I think the writers of this show just don’t know how to pace. I feel like there could be a good show lodged somewhere deep in here but… as of right now, the lack of caring I feel for this show is immense.

Well, there are a few things that bother me. Firstly, Duckface tells us that the things that have been attacking aren’t neighbors, they’re robots built by neighbors. So yeah. Sorry. right off the bat your whole preconception of killing aliens is wrong. They’re robots. So feel free to kill em however you like. Because there’s  no repercussions or feeling bad with their deaths. Because they’re robots.

Secondly, the duckface we keep seeing 15 times an episode, the glasses guy getting punched, and the thugs they keep bringing in. Stop it. it’s (in order) Annoying, Stupid, and boring. Those three things do not have to be there anymore. Stop it.

I kind of want to see this show pull an amazing U-turn and be awesome. I don’t think it WILL but a man can dream… a man can dream.

All in all, a boring ass episode, with hopefully now that the school’s being attacked some possible cool stuff will happen. I doubt it, but one can hope.

Episode is a 5/10. DO BETTER NEXT TIME!

-Hideki 

 

 

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Heyo, Savage here. Like Hideki, I didn’t find a lot that was amazing about this episode. One thing in particular I didn’t like was this little plot point.

Wow, way to replace a boring design for your aliens with an even lamer concept. Oh no, the aliens look just like humans….that’s only been done since forever (looking at you, Superman.) Of course, even though Yuma is a Neighbor, he gives NO answers on anything to do with them. You’d think Osamu would ask “Hey, why do your kind wanna keep invading with earth? They want our gold, our water, our women, our twinkies?”  All we get is “there’s lots of kinds of people in my home” and that apparently, the Neighbor’s planet is a war zone.

As for character stuff, we got Yuma, or “duck face” as Hideki as named him. He’s got some basic fish out of water “I’m alien so I don’t know people stuff” like not knowing how currency works.

Also GAH that stupid glasses thing. I know its an artistic choice, but I just..don’t like it. It bugs the crap out of me. If you don’t want to draw glasses covering your character’s eyes, then don’t draw glasses. Don’t make invisible glasses that defy physics!!

One scene that made me laugh though, when thug group 1 decides to shake Yuma down, saying he broke his leg, and demanding payment. So Yuma actually breaks his leg then pays him for the damage.

Not that Osamu’s been shown much better. He is a goodie-two shoes, who believes “violence is never the answer” but doesn’t actually have a non-violent solution to the problem, meaning he just gets his ass kicked.

Literally every single scene with the guy and bullies can be summed up in these two panels.

 

While I got some entertainment from Yuma’s antics, and do feel in a strange way how their friendship is kicking off, there’s nothing standing out as amazing, unique, or cool yet. Its ok for a typical action show, but still hoping something better comes along.

 

~Savage