Episode 4 – AND DA AND

The episode titled “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Butt” has a lot going for it. The stakes are immeasurably high. You can’t simply walk away from such a legendary, once-in-a-lifetime promise and not deliver on it. If you want to give us a great show He Daheand then you title an episode just four weeks later “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass,” which requires more than excellence. it requires Perfect. If the audience got anything less…well, it would be like we were sitting at Wrigley Field shortly after Babe Ruth hit the tee ball on that fateful October day in 1932. ), but could only watch helplessly as Bambino scored a goal. Even after bathing in glory He DaheThe first three episodes have been incredible, and I was still nervous as I sat down to join Momo and O’Karen in their climactic confrontation with a gluttonous Nana this week. I mean, the episode is titled “Kick Turbo Granny’s Ass.” What’s the point of the medium of animation if it’s not at least one of the greatest twenty-three minutes of animation I’ve ever seen? what’s the point Art?

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The second good news is, this episode is so damn hard, you guys. I mean, honestly, science saru For this time, take off your devil felt sneakers and put on your big ass adult boots, in the name of Holy Jesus Jumping Christmas shitwhether it actually has bones. I can’t even properly review all the gorgeous animation and exquisite direction shown throughout “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass” because I’ll end up writing about all this. The whole thing. every last frame. The same applies to Wakayama Shion and Natsuki HanaeStarring Momo and O’Callen. How am I supposed to pick out the best and funniest lines from these characters when I have to choose between every stupid word coming out of their idiot mouths! ?

All I can think of is breaking down the titular ass-kicking into different “phases,” since each phase of the fight has something new to bring to the table. The opening sequence in the tunnel is both atmospheric and ridiculous, using distorted camera perspectives and a ridiculously oversaturated red filter to great effect. this is a plot start Okarun gained the upper hand by taking a big bite out of one of Turbo Granny’s flabby ghost boobs, and it escalated from there.

Afterwards, we burst out of the tunnels into a surprisingly intense giant crab chase, and how much weight and destruction it can create as he hunts down O’Callen and Momo. Momo’s impromptu boiling of hot spring crab to lock in the creature’s tender muscles is also a great example of how well it’s done. He Dahe Balances ridiculous action spectacle with meaningful quick thinking, giving the heroes more to do rather than relying on cheap abilities and pointless magic systems that are more concerned with shattering reality than building interesting fights Clear boundaries required. Yeah, I’m still mad about how bad things were Jujutsu Kaisen Dropped off after the flashback arc. Why ask?

The episode gets off to a bad start when Granny Turbo recruits a group of possessed pedestrians to help run Momo and O’Callen off the road – pun very intended. Dubbing the entire psychedelic sequence to a remix of William Tell’s Overture is a galactic brain decision so stupid that it falls right back into the realm of genius. I also came close to having a real criticism of this episode because the harsh red filter started to put a real strain on my eyes. Still, I ultimately liked how the show used color to differentiate Turbo Granny’s power thresholds as the characters careened along the train tracks, so what the heck, I guess. I have no notes. It’s just one of those infuriatingly perfect TV shows that laughs at me for the life of me being unable to find anything relatable to criticize.

If all that wasn’t enough, the episode also left some fuel behind after the battle, weaving pathos into the mix. The fact that Turbo Granny is the patron saint of poor lost souls of female victims of assault and violence is just so Heavy, it reinterprets everything we know about the character. Was she gobbling it down to prevent more victims from being claimed in those dark tunnels? Did she dig through Momo’s phone out of protective instinct to fight those aliens? This attention to detail makes it impossible to log out He Dahe Like cheap crap. Instead, it’s incredibly well-crafted and lovably trashy.

And that stupid joke where Momo just sits there wolfing down a piece of crab meat like a crazy leprechaun? I laughed so hard I almost spit the spicy guacamole out of my nose. I don’t even have anything meaningful or constructive to add; I’m just pissed that I’m probably going to choke to death on a mushy mixture of boogers and jalapenos because of this damn cartoon.

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He Dahe Currently streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix.

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