![]() ![]() So, at this point, you may be able to tell I’m struggling a bit here. Probably should’ve put some more work into him. ![]() I’m fine with the Qmay Group grunts looking generic, but Turtle Man was their most prominent threat for a bit. Just a lazy take on the uniforms from Jin-Roh. There’s one antagonist referred to as “Turtle Man” because Rabura’s turtle bit his junk when attacked them (yes, really). Some cool stuff was done with the eyes, too. Everyone (significant) had a unique look. I really liked most of the character designs. (Editor’s note: Kinda.) I’ll sum up the plot as simply as I can: Think Steins Gate, but with a metric crap-ton more panty-shots.Īs for how it looks–it looks good. I won’t say it meshed well all the time, but it all played a part. Credit where credit’s due, though–it all does come together. But the show becomes an actual super-powered action/drama while still including all the crazy stuff. ![]() If it was a straight-up comedy, all these elements would work as gags showing up in this crazy world. Ghosts, time travel, body-swaps, government cover-ups, nefarious experiments, etc. There is so much going on at any given point. I’ve touched on it when I discussed the tone of the show, but the plot is beyond out there. There were also a few curveballs thrown in terms of the real identities of some of the main cast that legitimately caught me off guard. He’s too reactionary for a large amount, but after that, I grew to like the kid. Rabura and the landlady Meika Daihatsu are probably my favorites of that lot. They get a lot of agency, and–surprisingly–only one seems to have a thing for Yuuta. Since Yuuta spends a lot of the series as a spirit and can’t be seen by the other residents of Korai House, the camaraderie between the girls gets a decent amount of focus. I’m not gonna say they’re terribly well-rounded, but they are an entertaining and diverse lot. I don’t wanna say that’s a downside, but the show definitely isn’t upfront with what it’s about. Basically, this show has some major mood whiplash. Also, that whole serial killer thing I just flippantly threw out there. That is until it’s revealed that the world really is going to end, and suddenly there’s a deadline. The world ending thanks to homeboy getting the ol’ double panty-shot is funny. See, this show actually gets pretty dark. As you can probably tell, Punch Line is a comedy…for a while, at least. I didn’t even get to the parts about the robot and the escaped bear and the serial killer and the everything else that shows up in this zany show. Whooboy! I was just typing that and I need to catch my breath. But then he happens to get glimpses of his neighbor Ito Hikiotani’s and Mikatan’s panties, which causes an asteroid to crash into Earth and kill all of humanity! It’s okay, though, because spirits can travel through time, and that’s just what Yuuta does by going right to when his spirit wakes back up in Korai House. At the sight of Rabura’s underwear, though, Yuuta seemingly goes Super Saiyan, tackles the guy off the bridge, and…dies? Yuuta’s disembodied returns to his home at the Korai House apartments and learns from the cat spirit Chiranosuke that another spirit has possessed his body, so now, Yuuta must find the mystical Indian text the Nandala Gandala in order to reclaim his body. ![]() The superhero Strange Juice (really Yuuta’s other friend Mikatan Narugino…who’s also an idol) then arrives to save the day, but the Qmay Group’s leader gets the drop on her. To kick things off, the bus he and his friend, Rabura Chichibu, are on gets hijacked by the villainous Qmay Group. Yuuta Iridatsu is probably having the strangest day anyone’s ever had. ![]()
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