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MAGI #21 - - Watch & Learn
It seems like the animators just got the chance to release assorted creative
urges they’ve had to repress for most of this season. The nature of the phantasmagoria
in this labyrinth was just so markedly… cutesy that I might as we been watching
the actual movie LABYRINTH, at times. You can’t help but imagine some scenario
where the director finally just throws everybody a bone
in exchange for the super-serious, dark magoi-focused slog they had to get
through.
That slog can’t be understated, either. We’re a couple episodes out of Balbadd
- - and those episodes have been fun, for sure - - but I can’t shake the
feeling that it’s too little, too late. Like, I would’ve been a much better mood for this final dungeon-questing
arc if it had started six or seven episodes earlier and was part of a more briskly-paced assortment.
With present conditions, I
can only think about how there really isn’t enough time in the series left to resolve this plot with the evil djinn in a satisfying fashion. To
further the pit highway breakdown analogy I used before, it’s like this car
pulled itself out of the off-road, Balbadd mud trap with just barely enough fuel
to get home. We’re going to get to the end, sure, but we aren’t going to get there
in style…
In simpler terms, this episode was just so-so. There’s plenty of
chibi, and that’s never been my bag, but I did get a good chortle out of the
gag where Hakuryuu turns into a big cry baby. Maybe I’m just sadistic like
that, but I loved how the guy’s self-pity got so embarrassing that it even made
the bad guy break character to double-take over it (exact moment captured
above). There's a very specific kind of sick humor there.
Watch this episode, "Zagan
Labyrinth" here and decide for yourself, then read my comments on the
previous episode here.
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 | Tom Pinchuk’s a writer and personality with a large number of comics, videos and features like this to his credit. Visit his website - - tompinchuk.com - - and follow his Twitter: @tompinchuk |
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