Tag: Welcom to the NHK

NHKにようこそ! :09-14: Packaged

Posted by Ryan A - November 2, 06

I have to say, I enjoyed watching this set of episodes, but it felt somewhat airy, or sparse. Welcome to the N.H,K. still confuses me with its story, but I suppose the ultimate goal is to really see if Misaki can “save” Tatsuhiro from the hiki-life (not that its a bad thing, but can’t go on forever, imo). In lue of this outlook, where does this set of episodes take the plot? Mainly, episodes 11-14, the “Suicide Arc” takes up quite a bit more time than I would have suspected, but why? Does there really need to be 3+minutes of screen time showing Satou testing Misaki’s defensive behavior when he raises a fist at her? What I’m seeing will be either some decent foreshadowing and linkage for a fitting end, or just random non-sense that will not be addressed at all. The latter is worst cast, because I don’t recall this in the manga at all, so it better be taken care of in the anime. Some short notes on the episodes (very random).

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