The baking episode
(This review contains
spoilers!)
It continually impresses me how this
show continues to take the post-apocalypse genre and leave it in the dust week
after week. Since we’re just past the halfway point with this anime most other
shows would take this time to start setting up the ending, create conflict
between the leads, and drive home the implications of the hopeless situation
the characters are in.
Instead, this week Chi and Yuu made
bread.
This episode is delightfully
simplistic. It consists of one segment again, as Chi and Yuu follow the path
Ishii mapped out for them last week to find more potatoes. They succeed, but
discover a way to turn the potatoes into rations. That’s all we get, but it’s a
complete joy.
Just as with other great slice-of-life
anime, there’s something captivating about just sitting back and enjoying the
fun and happy simplicity unfolding in front of you. While I’m always a fan of
unfolding mysteries and lore (and I’m still hoping we learn more about the city’s
origins before the season ends), this episode might’ve been my favourite so
far.
It was also one of the funniest
episodes we’ve seen yet. I loved the running gag early on with Chi’s solution
to using rope so they wouldn’t fall off the pipe, only for her to admit it was
basically useless shortly after. Even better was Yuu continuing to mess with
Chi, and Chi fighting back in retaliation. The animators make great use of all
the comedic possibilities they can with the squishy and stretchy animation on
the characters’ faces, creating lots of cute and funny moments.
There really isn’t much else to say.
This show continues to be a highlight of the week for me with its cheerful atmosphere
despite a bleak setting and delightful characters doing fun things.
FINAL SCORE
9/10
Amazing
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