Going through the motions
(This review contains
spoilers!)
Now that we’re two episodes into
Amaama no Inazuma, I feel that the show hasn’t quite gotten comfortable with
what it is yet. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a good episode from a show that
is really trying to be a sweet, relaxing watch. It’s just that this week episode
is, for all intents and purposes, a repeat of what happened last week.
Everything that was good about the
first episode is still here: The art is fantastic, Tsumugi is still the best character in the show, her relationship with her father is believable and fantastic, and
the cooking is surprisingly fun to watch. The animation remains choppy at
times, with some weird facial expressions, but overall it’s still good.
The thing is, aside from a few
important plot developments (which I’ll get to in a moment), the show follows
the exact same pattern as last week. We open with Tsumugi and her father at
home, then we see them at school/work, and then they go to the restaurant to
cook with Iida. There’s nothing wrong with sticking to a pattern, at least for
a little while. I’m just worried that if it goes on like this, the show will
become stale very fast.
Speaking of Iida, she is where the
true meat of this episode lies, and her character development is why it’s not
just skippable filler. Whereas in the last episode she was just kind of there with nothing really memorable
about her, this week we saw more of her personal fears and exactly why she
keeps bringing Tsumugi and her father back to the restaurant.
So, all in
all, a decent episode, and one that’s worth watching, even if it is too similar
to last week in terms of plot threads. I hope that next week we’ll have
something a little different, or this cooking show might grow bland really
fast.
FINAL SCORE
6/10
Okay
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