{"id":1052,"date":"2009-01-09T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2009-01-09T21:00:07","modified_gmt":"2009-01-10T03:00:07","slug":"not-fun-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/not-fun-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Not fun anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The tenth episode of Macademi Wasshoi<\/em><\/strong> is more of the same, with the students and faculty of the magical academy running amok while rescuing Takuto and the girls from a trio of formidable bandits. Then, about twenty-minutes into the episode, it suddenly gets very serious, and Anyone Can Die<\/a>. The eleventh episode continues in the same grim vein, and there’s another death (or two, depending on how you count). It soon turns out that they’re Not Quite Dead<\/a>, but now the story veers off in another unfunny direction, borrowing a motif from the final episode of Petite Princess Yucie<\/em><\/strong> and the forty-sixth episode of Cardcaptor Sakura<\/em><\/strong>. Hitherto, Macademi Wasshoi<\/em><\/strong> was a farce with occasional thoughtful moments. Now it’s a drama, with Sakuma and the girls as annoying comic relief.<\/p>\n

The episode ends happily with a restoration of the status quo, but the fun has leaked out. The final episode, in which the girls try to get a Christmas present for Takuto, might have been enjoyable earlier in the series, but following the eleventh episode, it seems off-key.<\/p>\n

So, do I recommend Macademi Wasshoi<\/em><\/strong>? Yes, with reservations. It’s funny and inventive overall, but it’s also frequently off-color with abundant fanservice. If it sounds like something you would like, I recommend watching the tenth and eleventh episodes last.<\/p>\n

Update: Steven liked the eleventh episode a lot<\/a>. There is<\/em> a lot going on there and a lot more that’s hinted at, as Steven points out, but the shifts in tone are too jarring for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tenth episode of Macademi Wasshoi is more of the same, with the students and faculty of the magical academy running amok while rescuing Takuto and the girls from a trio of formidable bandits. Then, about twenty-minutes into the episode, it suddenly gets very serious, and Anyone Can Die. The eleventh episode continues in the … Continue reading “Not fun anymore”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,27],"tags":[343,677],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-viewing","category-reviews","tag-macademi-wasshoi","tag-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-gY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}