Reflecting Lights

I finally found an episode that really seemed to work.  Yes, Keiichi and Belldandy are nauseatingly sweet, but at least there was some actual direction involved.

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I had originally planned on really trying to give this episode a chance.  I’ve been harsh about this series.  Unfortunately, that plan had to go unused, because this episode was just a mismash of complete incoherence.

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It’s taken me a month to work up the will to stomach another episode of this.  Alas, Urd did nothing for the series.

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I’m going to slightly alter what my husband said to me while I was watching this episode to make it a bit less tacky.  Belldandy has gone beyond vapid to the point where I’m beginning to wonder if she isn’t mentally handicapped.  It’s not cute.  It’s not even funny.  It’s just painful to watch her act so stupidly–particularly when she’s perfectly capable in most other settings.  Naivity can be a very fun characteristic to work with, but when taken too far, it just piles on the misery.

Next episode will bring in Skuld and Urd, but I have little hope.  I’m not sure even Hisakawa can rescue this train wreck.

Oh, and why is the art and animation so cheap and ugly?  It’s not that old of a show, given the manga’s popularity, surely that had something of a budget to work with. Right? I guess not…