Do or donut
(This review contains
spoilers!)
This week’s episode of Amaama to
Inazuma started out with the implication that Tsumugi was getting kidnapped by
a creepy guy.
So, uh, that was different.
Of course, this turned out not to be
the case, as it turned out to be a friend of Tsumugi’s father who was taking
care of her for the day. It was nice to see him have a relationship outside of
with Tsumugi or Iida. This new character, Yagi, doesn’t seem to have too much
of a personality right now aside from being chilled out and nonchalant about
everything, a trait I’m honestly really sick of. I do like that he genuinely
cared about Tsumugi, instead of having him be like “I’m only doing this for
your father” type of deal.
He did mention that when Tsumugi grows
up, she’ll look just like her mother. It’s been odd how the mother hasn’t been
mentioned that much in the series thus far. We had the explanation in episode
1, and unless I’m wrong, she hasn’t been mentioned since. I guess this is
understandable, since it could be a bit of a downer on the normally
happy-go-lucky feel of the show, and they might be saving it for towards the
end.
The cooking is the same process as
usual, nothing special there. As we approach the halfway mark on this series, I
have a definite fear that it could start to get stale before long. Maybe if
they accidentally screwed up the meal, that’d make things more interesting? And
in turn, next episode Tsumugi could be a little less trusting of her father’s
cooking, and they’d need to remedy that. They sort of went that route with this
episode, with the donuts initially coming out burnt, but as they were able to
recover from it by baking a second batch, it didn’t really matter in the long
run. If the results had been more permanent, that might’ve had more of a
lasting impact.
So while this was another fine episode
of Amaama to Inazuma, and the introduction of Yagi wasn’t too bad, there’s a
definite concern of the show grinding to a halt in the near future, as the
episodes blend more and more together in terms of content. Hopefully next week
they’ll shake things up again like they did last time this happened.
FINAL SCORE
5/10
Average
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