Better late than never
(This review contains
spoilers!)
After a disappointing third episode
(and a longer than usual wait for this one for who knows why), Princess Principal returned to its
quality standards this week, creating yet another delightful episode with all
the trappings that made the first two so special.
The whole team is back in action again
this week instead of last week’s disastrous Ange and Beatrice pairing, and I
couldn’t be happier about it. The writers do a fantastic job at making each
characters set of abilities feel unique and tied specifically to them, leaving
none of them, even Beatrice, feel like unnecessary baggage. Similarly to
Episode 2 this one saw them infiltrating a party, and while it didn’t quite
match the stress levels that episode reached, it’s still a completely
delightful episode with a lot of fun moments.
One thing that I’ve been finding
interesting is that it doesn’t seem like these episodes are being set
chronologically. From what I can tell, this episode is set before Episode 1,
but after Episodes 2 and 3. I’m also guessing that there’s going to be another
few set before this one to establish the ninja character a bit more, as she
just kind of reappeared out of nowhere after spending the last couple of weeks
absent.
This episode definitely featured a lot
of the stuff I thought last week was lacking in, including great interactions
between the characters, the warm colour palette, and a lot of awesome action
sequences. I loved how the entire episode was more or less set around the girls
trying to come up with a team name. I love seeing them all debate and banter with
each other, which really is a testament to how well they’re all written.
Beatrice was handled significantly better this week, and was the source of some
of the funniest moments in the entire show thus far.
A lot of the spy gadgets and stuff was
at its best this week as well. I adore Ange’s gravity shifting device, but I
still think it hasn’t quite been used to its full potential yet. Maybe it’s
just the Inception fan in me saying
this, but I really want one of their enemies to get one for themselves so we
can have a crazy zero gravity fight. The car chase towards the end of the
episode was equally frantic and hilarious, and really did a great job in
showing off how great this show’s visual style is.
With Re:Creators kind of stuck in padding limbo for the majority of
summer, Princess Principal has
emerged as the one to fill the Little
Witch Academia-shaped hole in my anime life. This week’s episode alleviated
the worries I had after Episode 3 bombed, returning to the delightful and
spectacular spy show I’d come to love over just the first two weeks. Even the
characters I thought I’d dislike have their moments in this one, and the spy
work is just as enthralling as ever. If I had one complaint it’d be that the
writing wasn’t quite as brilliantly subtle as the first two episodes were, but
that’s just a nitpick on an overall brilliant episode.
FINAL SCORE
9/10
Amazing
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